Average mortgage refinance rates have been volleying between 6.5% and 7% as fears of both higher inflation and an economic slowdown play tug-of-war with financial markets. Overall, rates are too high for most homeowners to save money from refinancing. After three interest rate cuts last year, the Federal Reserve has left rates unchanged in 2025 to assess the economic fallout from President Trump’s policies on trade, immigration and government spending. While the Fed is expected to resume lowering interest rates this summer, a major refinancing boom is unlikely if average rates stay above 6% — which most economists and housing…
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The Indian crewed mission Axiom-4 was postponed because of a leak in the forward stage of the Falcon booster in the course of testing. The mission was to launch Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla to the International Space Station, possibly making him the country’s first spaceflier. It was set to launch on June 11, 2025. Alongside him were mission commander Peggy Whitson (USA), Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski (Poland), and Tibor Kapu (Hungary), with a plush swan toy named Joy as their symbolic zero-gravity indicator.Axiom-4 Launch Delayed by Falcon 9 Leak, India’s First Spacecraft Pilot Awaits Historic LiftoffAs per ISRO Chairman V Narayanan, during the test,…
Billions of Android users may have been unknowingly tracked by Meta and Russian tech giant Yandex via a novel method that monitors fixed local ports on their devices, according to a new academic report. The technique, uncovered by cybersecurity researcher Günes Acar of Radboud University, allegedly allowed popular apps like Facebook and Instagram to silently listen for hidden tracking data. The situation raises concerns about user privacy and Android’s security architecture. “This web-to-app ID sharing method bypasses typical privacy protections such as clearing cookies, Incognito Mode and Android’s permission controls,” Acar wrote in a blog post. “Worse, it opens the…
Vivo X Fold 5 will be announced soon. While the official launch date of the phone is still under wraps, a company executive has posted a new teaser on Weibo, revealing the design and a few specifications of the upcoming foldable. The Vivo X Fold 5 is confirmed to use LTPO 8T panels on both outer and inner displays. The panels are said to reach 4,500 nits peak brightness. The foldable is also claimed to meet IP5X and IPX9+ resistance against dust and water ingress.Han Boxiao, Vivo’s Product Manager, posted a teaser on Weibo showcasing the inner display of Vivo X Fold…
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Microsoft on Sunday announced two new handheld gaming PCs at Xbox Games Showcase. Developed in collaboration with Asus, the new ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X become the first Xbox-branded handheld devices from the company. Built for gaming on-the-go, the former is powered by a Ryzen Z2 A processor while the latter has the more powerful AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme chipset. Both models sport 7-inch 120Hz LCD screens and come with a new grip design that resembles an Xbox Wireless Controller.ROG Xbox Ally, ROG Xbox Ally X AvailabilityMicrosoft says its new ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally…
My first meeting with Bill Atkinson was unforgettable. It was November 1983, and reporting for Rolling Stone, I had gained access to the team building the Macintosh computer, scheduled to launch early the next year. Everyone kept telling me, “Wait till you meet Bill and Andy,” referring to Atkinson and Andy Hertzfeld, two key writers of the Mac’s software. Here’s what I wrote about the encounter in my book, Insanely Great:I met Bill Atkinson first. A tall fellow with unruly hair, a Pancho Villa moustache, and blazing blue eyes, he had the unnerving intensity of Bruce Dern in one of…
Google added a new feature to AI Mode on Friday, the artificial intelligence (AI) search experience within Google Search. The new feature can create interactive graphs and charts by intelligently visualising data to help users easily understand data patterns. The Mountain View-based tech giant said the feature can be particularly useful when analysing financial data. The AI models behind the feature can capture a specific data point across a period of time, and then show it in a graphical representation.AI Mode Gets New Feature to Visualise DataIn a blog post, the tech giant detailed the new feature. Currently, this experience…
XRobotics thinks it has cracked the code on getting pizza restaurants to adopt robotics. The San Francisco-based robotics company built a countertop robot called xPizza Cube, which is roughly the size of a stackable washing machine, and uses machine learning to apply sauce, cheese and pepperonis to pizza dough. The machines, which lease for $1,300 a month for three years, can make up to 100 pizzas an hour and be retrofitted to work with pies of different sizes and styles like Detroit and Chicago deep dish. “This saves like almost 70, sometimes 80% of the time for the staff,” Denis…
Microsoft has announced the first wave of games joining Xbox Game Pass in June. EA Sports’ football title EA Sports FC 25 leads the slate of games joining the subscription service in the first half of the month. Other games joining Game Pass include enhanced editions of Baldur’s Gate 1 and 2, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine – Master Crafted Edition, launch title FBC: Firebreak, and more.Game Pass Titles for June AnnouncedEA Sports FC 25 will be available to Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass members via EA Play starting June 12. The sports title can be played across Xbox…