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WASHINGTON / Content Syndication Services / – NASA is preparing a robotic mission to raise the orbit of the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, a space telescope that has tracked high-energy events across the universe since 2004. The Swift Boost mission targets launch no earlier than Tuesday, June 30, from Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. The mission aims to lift Swift from a lower orbit after solar activity increased drag on the spacecraft. The observatory has no propulsion system to correct its orbit. Recent solar storms heated Earth’s upper atmosphere, which made it expand and increased drag on objects in…

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA / Content Syndication Services / – Anthropic will bring an updated privacy policy for Claude consumer users into effect on July 8, adding clearer terms for age and identity verification. The policy says the company may ask users to confirm their age or identity in certain circumstances. The change applies to Claude Free, Pro and Max accounts. It does not apply to Claude Team, Enterprise plans, the Claude Developer Platform or services covered by commercial agreements. Anthropic published the updated policy on June 8. It adds a category called Verification Data. Depending on the method used, Claude…

MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA / Content Syndication Services / – Meta services were restored Friday after a brief outage disrupted access to Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and related business tools for thousands of users. The disruption began during the U.S. morning and eased before midday Eastern time, according to public outage reports and company status updates. Users reported problems loading feeds, logging in, sending messages and accessing accounts across several Meta platforms. Facebook drew the largest volume of reports, while Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp also saw complaints. The outage affected both consumer services and tools used by advertisers, developers and businesses. Reports rose sharply around…

CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA / Content Syndication Services / – Apple introduced Siri AI on June 8, 2026, marking a major upgrade to its digital assistant through Apple Intelligence. The company said the new Siri can hold more natural conversations, answer web-based questions, understand personal context, and respond to content on a user’s screen. The announcement places Siri AI across Apple’s main software platforms and makes the assistant a central feature of iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27, and visionOS 27. Siri AI can search across messages, emails, photos, and other content to help users find specific information. Apple gave examples that include locating…

SpaceX launched its upgraded Starship V3 after a countdown halt, marking Flight 12 from South Texas with payload tests and ocean splashdown.

SpaceX 10,000-launch target brings FAA reliability reviews, licensing capacity and airspace oversight into sharper focus in US policy.

Meta begins global layoffs affecting about 10 percent of staff as AI spending, data center costs and team restructuring reshape operations.

AI is reshaping weather forecasting as agencies use advanced models to improve flood alerts, early warnings and climate readiness.

OpenAI has added Codex to ChatGPT mobile, letting developers manage coding tasks on iOS and Android from connected machines.

SpaceX is set to debut Starship V3 with Super Heavy changes, Starlink simulators and new tests for upper stage systems during Flight 12.