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In today’s digital age, our smartphones have become indispensable companions. From checking emails to connecting with friends on social media, these devices are integral to our daily routines. But what happens when you can’t find your phone or its battery…
NASA’s asteroid-hunting NEOWISE space telescope will soon plunge into Earth’s atmosphere and burn to bits. Here’s a look back at its epic mission that defied all expectations.
Enlarge / OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush shows David Pogue the 2010-era game controller that pilots the Titan sub during a CBS Sunday Morning segment broadcast in November 2022. (credit: CBS Sunday Morning) In a 2022 CBS Sunday Morning segment, CEO…
Google’s DeepMind has been used to train a robot arm to play table tennis, and it beat human players.
New research has found that increased masculinity is linked to reduced mental distress among gay men in China. The findings, published in the International Journal of Sexual Health, highlight the significant role that mindfulness plays in this relationship. Unlike their…
Enlarge Federal authorities have arrested a Nashville man on charges he hosted laptops at his residences in a scheme to deceive US companies into hiring foreign remote IT workers who funneled hundreds of thousands of dollars in income to fund…
Enlarge / Screenshot from AT&T commercial featuring Ben Stiller making a satellite call to Jordan Spieth. (credit: AT&T) AT&T has been told to stop running ads that claim the carrier is already offering cellular coverage from space. AT&T intends to…
Enlarge (credit: jules/CC BY 2.0) Inertial confinement fusion is one method for generating energy through nuclear fusion, albeit one plagued by all manner of scientific challenges (although progress is being made). Researchers at LeHigh University are attempting to overcome one…
Enlarge (credit: Intel) Intel has shared more about the voltage-related issues that affected some 13th- and 14th-generation Core processors, as the company tries to put the episode behind it. As reported by Tom’s Hardware, Intel says that the problem originated…
Enlarge / In the experiments, people had to judge what constituted a fair monetary offer. (credit: manusapon kasosod) In many cases, AIs are trained on material that’s either made or curated by humans. As a result, it can become a…
