Star Wars: Galactic Racer, developed by Fuse Games (creators of some of the best high-stakes racing moments in Need for Speed and Burnout), will be available on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC in 2026. Prepare to enter as Shade, a competent (if little rough-around-the-edges) pilot on a mission to create a reputation for himself and settle old scores in the Galactic League. This is the subterranean racing circuit where the Empire’s collapse has allowed for some rule-bending.
Engineers at Tokyo’s Suzumori Endo Robotics Lab have created a slightly creepy four-legged robot that moves with the same ease and fluidity as a dog running or jumping. The researchers refer to it as a Canine Musculoskeletal Robot, which is a quite appropriate name, given what the robot is capable of.
With the release of its first full-fledged teaser trailer, which features all the well-known faces you’ve been hoping to see punch it out on the big screen, Street Fighter, that classic arcade brawler that made gamers go crazy about feeding their quarters into a machine, has finally begun to come out swinging. This Street Fighter movie, now helmed by Kitao Sakurai, the director of the Netflix movie “Bad Trip,” will be released by Paramount Pictures on October 16, 2026.
Astronomers now have a new measuring stick to peek into the universe in its early stages. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured the earliest known supernova on camera, a mind-blowing stellar explosion that lit up the universe some 730 million years ago. At the time, galaxies were still finding their feet, and stars were burning with an unrestrained ferocity. This discovery pushes the timing for such massive events back more than a billion years, providing a better understanding of how the early cosmos formed its first heavy elements.
A group of college students in the Netherlands recently debuted a compact electric vehicle called ARIA, which stands for Anyone Repairs It Anywhere. Over the course of a year or so, this inventive group of engineers from Eindhoven University of Technology and a few friends from neighboring schools built a prototype that allows drivers to simply change out parts, eliminating the need to call a mechanic.
Logitech has a knack for coming up with keyboards that not only feel just at home on your desk, but also fit right in with your backpack, and their POP ICON Keys are a perfect example of that. Weighing in just a hair over a pound, it slips easily into a backpack without taking up too much room. Launched late last year for a pretty affordable $50 (now a steal at $32.99 with coupon), it’s quickly won over a lot of fans among people who fly a lot and work remotely who can’t bear to compromise on comfort and speed just because they’re on the move.
Last week, Rivian assembled a group of engineers, executives, and a few lucky journalists in a Palo Alto conference room. On stage, surrounded by some very slick prototypes, CEO RJ Scaringe steps out to reveal the company’s own made-in-house processor for self-driving systems. This chip is the real deal, ready to take on Tesla’s FSD.
Fourteen years ago, Sony’s Xperia Play phone attempted to blur the line between phone calls and game controllers. It slid open to show a series of buttons that made each thumb swipe feel like crossing the finish line. The device soon disappeared from memory, but AYANEO has brought the concept back to the forefront with the Pocket Play, their first smartphone.
Blake Scholl founded Boom Supersonic with one single purpose in mind: to reintroduce commercial supersonic travel, which had been lost from our skies for decades. Ten years later, the Denver-based startup has quietly raised an eyebrow at that concept and moved it in a whole other direction.
