Clik here to view.
Computer modeling is tracing the hidden evolution of sign languages
In tracing signed vocabularies’ evolutions, researchers applied phylogenetic analysis typically associated with biologically inherited traits to physically conveyed communications. Deposit Photos It’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
No, ’10G internet’ is not a thing
10-gigabit downloads and '10G' internet are not the same thing. Deposit Photos Contrary to what many consumers could be forgiven for thinking, Comcast does not offer 10G cable internet connections—at...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Don’t worry, that Tesla driver only wore the Apple Vision Pro for ’30-40...
PSA: Don't. X Videos of what looks like Tesla drivers using the new Apple Vision Pro “spatial computing” headset while in Autopilot mode are going viral, but at least one is staged. After getting over...
View ArticleClik here to view.
It’s time to check out these incredible antique musical clocks
The highly western design of this elegant zimingzhong would have appealed to the Qianlong Emperor. Its engravings of rural scenes and reproduction Joshua Reynolds portraits are typically European in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The latest emojis feature a mushroom, a phoenix, a lime, and more inclusive...
Finally! This, but in emoji form. DepositPhotos Over a hundred new emojis are on deck to arrive in the coming weeks, including six brand new designs such as a fiery phoenix, a lime wedge, a broken...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Twitter alternative Bluesky is now open to the public
The social media alternative harkens back to a pre-Musk Twitter. Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images Bluesky is finally open to anyone still desperate to fill the social media void left by...
View ArticleClik here to view.
2,000 new characters from burnt-up ancient Greek scroll deciphered with AI
Left: Restored images of papyrus scrolls from Mount Vesuvius. Over 2,000 characters composing 15 lines of an ancient Greek scroll is now legible thanks to machine learning. Right: The scroll read by...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A crowd torched a Waymo robotaxi in San Francisco
The vehicle appeared 'decapitated' by the time first responders arrived, but no one was injured. Credit: San Francisco Fire Dept. Media / Séraphine Hossenlopp Vandals thoroughly obliterated a Waymo...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Martian solar eclipse turns the sun into a giant googly eye
A Phobos eclipse will only grow larger over the next 50 million years as it continues to descend towards Mars. NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU The next solar eclipse to cross North America is fast approaching,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Scientists swear their lab-grown ‘beef rice’ tastes ‘pleasant’
It might not be the most appetizing, but it is definitely more eco-friendly. Yonsei University The whole point of lab-grown meat, by and large, is to create a sustainable product capable of… you know,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
This edible, wriggling robot mimics experience of eating moving food
The gelatin gummy component wriggles when inflated with air. Osaka University Remember the old reality show competition stunt of getting contestants to eat live bugs on primetime television? Consuming...
View ArticleClik here to view.
OpenAI’s Sora pushes us one mammoth step closer towards the AI abyss
A screenshot from one of the many hyperrealistic videos generated by OpenAI's Sora program. OpenAI It’s hard to write about Sora without feeling like your mind is melting. But after OpenAI’s surprise...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Delta’s solar eclipse flight sold out, but your best bet to see it is still...
A total solar eclipse is seen on Monday, August 21, 2017 from onboard a NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center’s Gulfstream III 25,000 feet above the Oregon coast. A total solar eclipse swept across a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
NASA wants you to record crickets during April’s solar eclipse
The behaviors of animals such as birds and crickets can be affected when they see a solar eclipse. Credit: Moment Open / Getty American scientist William Wheeler not only looked to the sky during a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
OpenAI wants to devour a huge chunk of the internet. Who’s going to stop them?
WordPress supports around 43 percent of the internet you're most likely to see. DepositPhotos, Deposit Photos You probably don’t know about Automattic, but they know you. As the parent company of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
TSA is testing a self-screening security checkpoint in Vegas
The prototype is meant to resemble a grocery store's self checkout kiosk. Credit: TSA at Harry Reid International Airport at Las Vegas The Transportation Security Administration is launching the pilot...
View ArticleClik here to view.
‘Alien’ signal was likely a very big truck
The area near the seismic station in Manus Island, based on satellite images acquired on March 23, 2023. CREDIT: ROBERTO MOLAR CANDANOSA AND BENJAMIN FERNANDO/JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, WITH IMAGERY...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Airbnb finally bans all indoor security cameras
Airbnb previously allowed visible security cameras in common spaces like living rooms and hallways. Deposit Photos Certain Airbnb hosts will need to make a few adjustments to their properties. On...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Crypto scammers flooded YouTube with sham SpaceX Starship livestreams
The SpaceX Starship Flight 3 Rocket launches at the Starbase facility on March 14, 2024 in Brownsville, Texas. The operation is SpaceX's third attempt at launching this rocket into space. The Starship...
View ArticleClik here to view.
For nearly $500,000, you too can have dinner in the ‘SpaceBalloon’ above Earth
The high-priced trips are scheduled to start in late 2025. SpaceVIP A luxury space tourism company called SpaceVIP is currently taking reservations for its Stratospheric Dining Experience. For...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Silicon Valley wants to deploy AI nursebots to handle your care
Hippocratic AI is using Nvidia GPUs to power its nurse chatbot avatars. Nvidia / Hippocratic AI / YouTube The medical startup Hippocratic AI and Nvidia have announced plans to deploy voice-based “AI...
View ArticleClik here to view.
‘Cyberflasher’ sent to prison for the first time in England
The convicted offender received 66 weeks in prison. Deposit Photos England’s court system has sentenced a “cyberflasher” to over a year in prison—a first for the country after its Online Safety Act...
View ArticleClik here to view.
NASA needs your smartphone during April’s solar eclipse
This image highlights Baily's beads, a feature of total solar eclipses that are visible at the very beginning and the very end of totality. It's composed of a series of images taken during a total...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Vernor Vinge, influential sci-fi author who warned of AI ‘Singularity,’ has died
Vernor Vinge is one of the first thinkers to popularize a technological Singularity. Lisa Brewster / Wikipedia Commons Vernor Vinge, prolific science-fiction writer, professor, and one of the first...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A designer 3D printed a working clone of the iconic Mac Plus
Kevin Noki painstakingly built his own Mac Plus to the exact specs as the original. Kevin Noki Got around 40 free weekends in the near future? Possess a 3D printer, extensive knowledge of vintage...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Drones offer a glimpse inside Fukushima nuclear reactor 13 years after disaster
In this satellite view, the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power plant after a massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami on March 14, 2011 in Futaba, Japan. DigitalGlobe via Getty Images via Getty Images...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Vinyl records outsold CDs for the second year running
Taylor Swift unsurprisingly made up a solid chunk of those sales. Credit: Peter Nicholls/Getty Images Somehow, someway, vinyl records keep defying the odds. Despite falling firmly behind compact disc...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Gmail debuted on April Fool’s Day 20 years ago. The joke is still on us.
Gmail's features were so impressive at the time that many people thought it was an April Fool's prank. Deposit Photos A completely free email service offering 1 GB of storage, integrated search...
View ArticleClik here to view.
NASA is designing a time zone just for the moon
The White House has instructed the agency to begin looking into Coordinated Lunar Time ahead of our return to the moon—something Buzz Aldrin never had. NASA What time is it on the moon? Well, right...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Would you wear this ‘shoe-like vessel’ made from genetically engineered...
The bacterial cellulose is engineered to produce its own dark, leather-like pigment. Imperial College London Transitioning towards sustainable clothing practices is a must for combating climate...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Watch this robotic slide whistle quartet belt out Smash Mouth’s ‘All Star’
Somehow, it only took Tim Alex Jacobs two weeks to build. YouTube The slide whistle isn’t known as a particularly difficult instrument to play—there’s a reason they’re usually marketed to children....
View ArticleClik here to view.
How cryptographers finally cracked one of the Zodiac Killer’s hardest codes
The 'Z340' letter from Zodiac Killer, sent on November 8th 1969. Credit: FBI/Public Domain An international team of cryptographers has published a new whitepaper detailing the massive amounts of work,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Smugglers melted and spray painted $10 million in gold to look like machine...
Hong Kong Customs on March 27 detected a suspected case of large-scale gold smuggling involving air freight, and seized about 146 kilograms of suspected gold with an estimated market value of about...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Internet use dipped in the eclipse’s path of totality
Internet usage dropped as much as 60 percent in some states while people watched the eclipse. Photo by Brad Smith/ISI Photos/USSF/Getty Images for USSF New data indicates a once-in-a-generation...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Let this astronaut show you around the International Space Station
Astronaut Andreas Mogensen spent over six months aboard the ISS. ESA/NASA Andreas Mogensen returned to Earth in mid-March after a six-and-a-half month stint aboard the International Space Station. To...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Startup pitches a paintball-armed, AI-powered home security camera
PaintCam Eve supposedly will guard your home using the threat of volatile ammunition. Credit: PaintCam It’s a bold pitch for homeowners: What if you let a small tech startup’s crowdfunded AI...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A ‘bionic eye’ scan of an ancient, scorched scroll points to Plato’s...
New imaging tools uncovered text that revises the timeline of Plato's life. Deposit Photos A research team’s “bionic eye” deciphered thousands of new words hidden within an ancient scroll carbonized...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Romance scams just ‘happen in life,’ says CEO of biggest dating app company...
Only an estimated 7 percent of online romance fraud victims report the crime to authorities. Deposit Photos Online romance scams netted con artists over $1.1 billion in 2023, with an average reported...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Surprise! That futuristic COVID mask was even sketchier than we thought
The Razer Zephyr base model sold for $99. Credit: Razer The Federal Trade Commission has ordered Razer to issue over $1.1 million in full refunds for its Razer Zephyr facemasks after alleging the PC...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Boston Dynamics gives Spot bot a furry makeover
That's certainly one way to honor 'International Dance Day.'. Boston Dynamics/YouTube Boston Dynamics may have relocated the bipedal Atlas to a nice farm upstate, but the company continues to let...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Watch a tech billionaire talk to his AI-generated clone
Both Hoffmans appear to miss the larger point during their lengthy interview. YouTube Billionaire LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman has recently released a video ‘interview’ with his new digital...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ancient mystery code was probably Sargon II’s name
Late 19th century drawing of an Assyrian lion symbol published by French excavator Victor Place. New York Public Library King Sargon II was a big fan of seeing his name around town—at least, that’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Welcome aboard the world’s first hydrogen fuel cell superyacht
'Project 821' took five years to build, and is currently for sale. Credit: Feadship Superyachts are notoriously dirty luxury toys, with a single billionaire’s boat emitting as much as 7,020 tons of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
AI ethicists warn of ‘digital hauntings’ from dead loved ones
MaNana isn't real, but similar companies already exist outside of design fiction. Tomasz Hollanek The internet is filled with personal artifacts, much of which can linger online long after someone...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ancestry and the National Archives are digitizing tens of millions of records
The new scanning equipment is up to 10 times faster than previous tools. US National Archives The National Archives is partnering with the genealogy company Ancestry to digitize and index tens of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The World Video Game Hall of Fame announces its 2024 inductees
A total of 45 games are included in the Hall of Fame. Strong Museum There are a lot of great video games, but only a select few are considered pivotal enough to earn a place within the World Video...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Washington state deploys $30,000 drone to combat graffiti
Aquiline's Spartacus Endure drone is reportedly already used for window and roof cleaning. Credit: Washington State Department of Transportation Washington state is readying a $1 million...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Worryingly bendy humanoid robot can crush nuts, slice Coke bottles
The G1 Humanoid Agent was shown twirling a staff, soldering wires, and crushing walnuts with its fists. Unitree / YouTube What is going on in the tech industry right now? Less than a day after OpenAI...
View ArticleClik here to view.
OpenAI dissolved its team dedicated to preventing rogue AI
The 'superalignment team' existed for less than a year at OpenAI. Deposit Photos OpenAI has disbanded its “superalignment team” tasked with staving off the potential existential risks from artificial...
View ArticleClik here to view.
OpenAI pulls ChatGPT voice that’s totally ‘not an imitation of Scarlett...
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is a self-professed fan of the 2013 film, 'Her.'. Deposit Photos OpenAI’s new GPT-4o system released last week is receiving a wide range of reactions. But most who watched the...
View Article