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iOS End-To-End Encrypted RCS Messaging Begins Rolling Today In Beta

With today’s release of iOS 26.5, Apple has begun rolling out beta support for end-to-end encrypted RCS messaging. As with all things RCS, there are some basic requirements both you and the recipient of your messages…

Apple brings encrypted RCS chats to iPhone

Apple now lets you have encrypted RCS conversations with Android users through the Messages app on iOS. As part of iOS 26.5, which was released on Monday, Apple added support for end-to-end encrypted RCS messaging in beta, meaning that Apple…

‘Too early’ to talk IPO, Redwood Materials’ incoming CFO says

Redwood Materials has finally found a new chief financial officer roughly a year and a half after its last one departed. He’s a familiar face to the former Tesla executives running the battery recycling and energy storage company. On Monday,…

Papa Johns Is Getting Into Drone Delivery—but Not for Pizza

Starting today, eager customers of the US pizza restaurant chain Papa Johns living in one corner of southern North Carolina will have the opportunity to receive their food from the sky, thanks to a new collaboration with Alphabet’s drone company,…

Slow breathing can calm the mind without any need for mindfulness

Slow breathing can calm the mind without thinking about it – but conscious breathwork probably helps Rahul Sapra/Alamy You don’t need to be a scientist to know that taking slow, deep breaths will calm you down. What’s less easy to…

7 sciatica stretches and exercises for pain relief

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Sciatica afflicts millions of people each year—though not as many people as think they have it. A growing catchall term among the undiagnosed for…

Scientists successfully transfer longevity gene and extend lifespan

Naked mole rats are not much to look at, but their biology has made them one of the most fascinating animals in aging research. These small, wrinkled rodents can live for decades, rarely develop cancer, and seem unusually protected from…

Samsung’s Bespoke Update Is Big Step Towards A Useful AI For Your Fridge

Sam Rutherford for Engadget The idea of installing a software update on your fridge already feels kind of weird, let alone one centered around improving its AI capabilities. But that’s exactly what’s…

The Bastl Kalimba is a wild synth that thinks it’s a thumb piano

Make no mistake, the Bastl Kalimba is a synthesizer, you just play it like a kalimba. Its tines don’t really make much sound. There is an internal mic that you can blend in for a little acoustic spice, but it’s…

Get ready for the whisper-filled office of the future

How will work setups change if we spend more and more time talking to our computers? A recent feature in the Wall Street Journal looks at the rising popularity of dictation apps like Wispr, especially now that they can be…