Hello and welcome back to Max Q. In this issue: New topics for astronauts Ursa Major’s latest addition to the rocket engine lineup News from Blue Origin and more Don’t forget to sign up to receive the free newsletter version of Max Q in your inbox. Say goodbye to stuffy, hulking, 40-year-old spacesuits. Following a … Read more
At a developer briefing after Apple’s keynote address at the Worldwide Developer Conference this afternoon, the company took a closer look at the different types of widgets developers can now build for the iOS 16 lock screen. Inspired by the complications of the Apple Watch, Apple said these new widgets could help developers take important … Read more
As Elon Musk tries to wriggle free from his obligation to buy Twitter, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton steps in to interfere for the newly minted Texan. Paxton just announced that his office is investigating how Twitter can “mislead Texans” about the number of automated bots on its platform. “It matters not only to regular … Read more
Turns out, the tech world threw a spanner in the works by declaring the Touch Bar dead. Apple dropped the controversial input device from the 14- and 16-inch versions of the MacBook Pro in late 2021, after several years of efforts to keep that fire burning. But it won’t go softly into that good night … Read more
In a $10 million Series A fundraising round headed by Greylock, Opal is a platform that decentralizes access management for business clients. Opal’s CEO Stephen Cobbe said the money raised will go toward increasing the company’s 25-person workforce. It’s Cobbe’s belief that firms give away too much access to systems. To his point, a 2021 … Read more