NX Tech Tips SHORT β SpaceX Caught a Rocket Mid-Air
Four tech stories in about a minute, with Max.
1. SpaceX caught its Starship with tower chopsticks
22.5 hours after launch, the Starship upper stage was plucked out of the air by the tower's "chopstick" arms β the first Ship catch ever. Musk's target: hourly launches by 2030.
2. One broken router in Arkansas paused every plane
A malfunctioning FAA router flooded the network. More than 3,500 flights grounded for about five hours β pilot-controller comms and radar went down together.
3. RTX 50 got another price hike
The 5080 rose another $380β$450 per board-partner lists β the year's third major hike, with RTX 5090s climbing past $10K at Newegg. Memory prices do the damage.
4. Samsung beat Apple in AI phone satisfaction
ACSI 2026: Samsung 81, Apple 80 β the first time Samsung held the outright lead after tying last year at 80.
Rockets caught, planes paused, cards raised, phones ranked. I'm Max β follow for tomorrow's tips!