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Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) A wireless charging pad is now the most-desired in-car feature among people intending to buy a new vehicle. Being able to forget about a USB cable and still not run down one’s battery topped the list…
Enlarge / A rendering of NASA’s proposed lunar gateway. (credit: NASA) Do you remember the Lunar Gateway? You could be forgiven if not, as the program continues to be tossed around by NASA planners, and it is still not entirely…
Enlarge / Microsoft’s Arm-powered Surface Laptop 7. We’re still waiting for Arm chips to make their way into cheaper PCs. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) For the first time in the decade-plus that Microsoft has been trying to make Arm-powered Windows PCs…
An orthopedic surgeon explains what it’s like to support USA Basketball at the Olympics.
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have found that Ariel, a moon of Uranus, has some of the most carbon dioxide-rich deposits in the solar system, hinting at a buried water ocean.
Little is known about the fate of PFAS in our environment, but new research finds that bacteria in wastewater can degrade specific types of “forever chemicals.”
A set of three studies showed that lonely individuals tend to trust others more, but expect those others to be less trustworthy. The situation was reversed in extraverted individuals, who also tended to be less lonely. The research was published…
Reflections in the eyes of AI-generated images of people don’t always match up, researchers report.
Enlarge (credit: Peter Muller) Singing off-key in front of others is one way to get embarrassed. Regardless of how you get there, why does embarrassment almost inevitably come with burning cheeks that turn an obvious shade of red (which is…
Huge iron ore deposits in Western Australia’s Hamersley Province formed when major tectonic events led to the breakup of supercontinent Columbia and to the amalgamation of Australia.
In a new study published in eClinicalMedicine, researchers have found that the use of semaglutide, a medication primarily prescribed for type 2 diabetes, does not increase the risk of developing neurological or psychiatric conditions. Surprisingly, semaglutide may even offer protection…
Dog rabies was eliminated in the United States in 2007. The new rules on bringing dogs into the country aim to keep it that way.
New ion-trap chip eschews lasers for an integrated circuit that can be mass produced in existing semiconductor factories.
Caryn Marjorie is a social media influencer whose content has more than a billion views per month on Snapchat. She posts regularly, featuring everyday moments, travel memories, and selfies. Many of her followers are men, attracted by her girl-next-door aesthetic.…
Enlarge (credit: Julian Chokkattu/WIRED) Nothing has a new smartphone—the Phone (2a) Plus—nearly identical to the Phone (2a) it released earlier this year, but with slightly beefed-up specs. It costs $399 and is available in the US through the same beta…
Spending a few months in low-cost backyard spas could help frogs fight off a deadly fungal infection. That’s the finding of a new study. Scientists in Australia placed small brick structures in sunny spots. Later, green and golden bell frogs…
Citizen scientists have discovered what may be a brown dwarf racing through the cosmos at around 1.2 million miles per hour. Now astronomers want to know what launched it.
It turns out that looking good in your high school yearbook might have more significance than just reminiscing over youthful days. A new study published in Social Science & Medicine has found that people who were rated as the least…
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) A familiar debate is once again surrounding Cloudflare, the content delivery network that provides a free service that protects websites from being taken down in denial-of-service attacks by masking their hosts: Is Cloudflare a bastion of…
Enlarge / Shelves sit empty where Boar’s Head meats are usually displayed at a Safeway store on July 31, 2024, in San Anselmo, California. (credit: Getty | ) Over 7 million pounds of Boar’s Head brand deli meats are being…
Enlarge / A Starliner spacecraft departs Boeing’s spacecraft processing facility before the program’s first orbital test flight in 2019. Boeing announced another financial charge Wednesday for its troubled Starliner commercial crew program, bringing the company’s total losses on Starliner to…
Enlarge (credit: Tim Goode/PA Images via Getty Images) Reddit CEO Steve Huffman is standing by Reddit’s decision to block companies from scraping the site without an AI agreement. Last week, 404 Media noticed that search engines that weren’t Google were…
Enlarge / A marketing image by Microsoft for the desktop version of Skype. (credit: Microsoft) If you’ve used Microsoft’s Skype in recent years, you’ve probably noticed that the user experience is less than ideal because of the pervasiveness of ads…
Archaeologists used metal detectors to find the hoard, which includes several pieces of jewelry and weapons.
Enlarge / A naked-eye sunspot group on May 11, 2024. There are typically 40,000 to 50,000 sunspots observed in ~11-year solar cycles. (credit: E. T. H. Teague) A team of Japanese and Belgian astronomers has re-examined the sunspot drawings made…
Enlarge (credit: Paper Boat Creative | Stone) Today, Google announced new measures to combat the rapidly increasing spread of AI-generated non-consensual explicit deepfakes in its search results. Because of “a concerning increase in generated images and videos that portray people…
Olympic triathlon racers finally dove into the Seine following postponements due to poor water-quality test results. Will the water stay swimmable?
Enlarge / Oclean’s X Ultra, released in July, has optional Wi-Fi connectivity. (credit: Oclean) One of the most unlikely passengers on the AI gadgets hype train is the toothbrush. With claims of using advanced algorithms and companion apps to help…
Enlarge / If you enjoyed taking out adorable, if dangerous, widdle cweatures with an assault rifle after a while, Palworld‘s team wants you to know that’s normal and cool. (credit: Pocketpair) Palworld‘s head of community has a radical idea: Stop…
Enlarge / Some of the galaxies in the JADES images. (credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, M. Zamani) One of the things that the James Webb Space Telescope was designed to do was look at some of the earliest objects in the…
Vivid clouds swirl across Jupiter’s skies like colorful brushstrokes in a new photo from NASA’s Juno spacecraft.
Enlarge / A stock photo of a robot whispering to a man. (credit: AndreyPopov via Getty Images) On Tuesday, OpenAI began rolling out an alpha version of its new Advanced Voice Mode to a small group of ChatGPT Plus subscribers.…
The unusual patterns, found beneath West Antarctica’s Doston Ice Shelf, could help scientists to better understand how glaciers erode.
A peculiar leopard-spotted rock, found beside an ancient, dried-out river in Mars’ Jezero crater, contains some tantalizing clues of ancient life, NASA said.
Researchers have long struggled to understand why weight loss is so difficult to maintain for individuals with obesity. A new study published in the journal Obesity sheds light on this issue, revealing that an 8-week low-calorie diet not only results…
Enlarge / The tumbling continues. Microsoft’s revenue from Xbox console sales was down a whopping 42 percent on a year-over-year basis for the quarter ending in June, the company announced in its latest earnings report. The massive drop continues a…
Enlarge / Intel’s Lunar Lake Core Ultra CPUs will be announced in September. (credit: Intel) Intel announced today that it plans to launch its next-generation Core Ultra laptop chips on September 3, just ahead of this year’s IFA conference in Berlin.…
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images |NurPhoto) Meta says it configured its AI chatbot to avoid answering questions about the Trump rally shooting in an attempt to avoid distributing false information, but the tool still ended up telling users that the shooting…
PFAS, which are found in common products such as cosmetics, food packaging and waterproof gear, have been linked to health problems.
Researchers have laid out the case for complex life evolving 2.1 billion years ago, but not everyone is convinced it started so early.
Researchers say they’ve recovered one of the world’s oldest known dinosaurs after heavy rains exposed a Herrerasaurid skeleton in southern Brazil.
A recent study explored how Black couples support each other in romantic relationships, specifically looking at how well partners respond to each other’s needs and how they cope with stress together, and how these factors affect their relationship happiness. The…
Enlarge / The cosmetic changes to the MY25 Ford Maverick include a new front bumper, front grille, and new headlamps. (credit: Ford) Ford is giving its Maverick pickup truck a midlife refresh for model year 2025. And while the changes…
Dot matrix printer paper is the most treacherous, physicists report. Magazine paper comes in second.
The newly discovered Youti yuanshi larva fossil is so well-preserved that it provides a road map for arthropod evolution during the Cambrian period.
Enlarge / This image of an Atlas V launch on Tuesday morning has been intentionally blurred. (credit: United Launch Alliance) The emails from United Launch Alliance started popping into the inboxes of photographers a few days after the Fourth of…
Trees don’t like to breathe wildfire smoke, either.
A recent study published in BMJ Public Health has shed light on the connection between sleep patterns and cognitive performance. Researchers at Imperial College London found that older individuals who identify as ‘night owls’ tend to have higher cognitive scores…
Electrostatically charged lepidopterans could draw pollen out of flowers without touching the blooms, computer simulations suggest.
The Paris Olympics welcome the strongest, fastest and sharpest athletes in the world. But to what extent does age raise or lessen their chances of gold?
