A hotspot that now lies in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean was once under the Great Lakes, and may explain why they formed where they did. | Continue reading
Researchers from Peking University have unveiled a groundbreaking approach to DNA data storage, which leverages enzymatic methylation to store data densely and efficiently. This new method, named “epi-bits,” allows for high-capacity data storage that is both scalable and cost-eff … | Continue reading
Image: Getty The US Department of Defense has added tech giant Tencent and lithium-ion battery maker CATL to its list of Chinese military companies, as reported earlier by Bloomberg. The designation doesn’t impose sanctions or a ban, but it could make it more difficult for the co … | Continue reading
It's rare that you can actually buy any of the new tech that's unveiled at CES, but these new gadgets are already up for grabs. Check out our top picks from CES 2025 that you can purchase or preorder as we speak. | Continue reading
Is Samsung’s round robot finally ready to roll out of CES demos and into actual homes? Ballie, the rolling robot that reemerged at CES last year, will be shipping to consumers as an actual product sometime in 2025. That’s what Samsung is saying at the moment, anyway. We were firs … | Continue reading
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Satechi’s Mac Mini M4 hub adds three front-facing USB-A ports. | Image: Satechi First announced in late November, Satechi has confirmed that its Mac Mini M4 Stand & Hub will be available in limited quantities starting February 17th, 2025 through its online store for $99.99. A wid … | Continue reading
Antonio G. Di Benedetto, the Verge: The tech industry’s relentless march toward labeling everything “plus,” “pro,” and “max” soldiers on, with Dell now taking the naming scheme to baffling new levels of confusion. The PC maker announced at CES 2025 that it’s cutting names like XP … | Continue reading
A weekly list of interesting things I found on the internet, posted on Sundays. Man, these long hiking trips on Sundays is really throwing off my blog post schedule! 1️⃣ This Newji app was making Genmoji before Genmoji was a thing. And it works on devices that can’t do Apple Inte … | Continue reading
On Saturday Smudge suddenly gave every indication of developing a urinary blockage, and several phone calls and one trip to an emergency vet clinic later, it was confirmed that, indeed, Smudge had gotten himself blocked (he does have a regular vet; they were booked up). Thus bega … | Continue reading
Mashable is on the ground at CES 2025 covering the biggest and weirdest consumer tech. Here are the highlights. | Continue reading
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Neal Agarwal, fresh from the success of Infinite Craft, created the addictive yet debilitating Stimulation Clicker. Do you like dopamine? Do you hate how you're getting it? I recommend playing this game on a bigger screen for the best experience Come, friendly clicks, and fall on … | Continue reading
An exhibition in Melbourne features around 200 of the 95-year-old Japanese artist's works, as well as artifacts that help tell the story of her life | Continue reading
Today's Drop is all about "scrolling", just in very different contexts. Blogscroll is a curated directory of personal websites, the seekrit middle section is all about accessibility; and Scrollama is a JavaScript library for implementing scrollytelling features efficiently. | Continue reading
Dreame’s newest robot vacuum can climb up a step. It’s a start! | Image: Dreame First, they sprouted arms; now, robot vacuums are getting legs. The latest bot from Dreame has two small legs that can push it up and over a step as high as 6cm (about 2.5 inches). The Dreame X50 Ultr … | Continue reading
André Grétry was one of the greatest composers of the late 18th and early 19th century. He became so renowned for his opéras comiques (comic operas) in France that he was asked to give music lessons to Queen Marie-Antoinette. After the French Revolution, he became Napoleon's prot … | Continue reading
Observation Hill, more commonly known “Ob Hill,” is a rocky, 750-foot lava dome towering over McMurdo Station, an Antarctic research station. The site, now a destination for climbers in search of expansive views, was once home to a nuclear power plant that ran from 1962 to 1972. … | Continue reading
Surat, India resident Mayur Tarapara, 32, told police that he woke up on the side of a road to discover that his fingers had been chopped off. LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! He said that he had been riding his motorcyle, felt dizzy, and then woke up i … | Continue reading
Hopefully, there is enough energy in the universe to power all the GPUs that OpenAI plans to buy from Nvidia, seeking to answer the question, "What should we do with all these GPUs?" Sam Altman is now confident his team can develop the AI to replace us all. — Read the rest The po … | Continue reading
1,580 people were charged with federal crimes for the riot at the U.S.… Tags: conviction, riots, Washington Post | Continue reading
Not much faster at games than 9800X3D, but with up to twice as many CPU cores. | Continue reading
Z2 Extreme is the only one that's faster than what AMD was offering before. | Continue reading
Dell won't make Precision or Inspiron PCs anymore, either. | Continue reading
Better ray tracing and ML-backed FSR upscaling could close the gap with Nvidia. | Continue reading
AMD has just officially announced its full lineup of Ryzen Z2 chips for handheld gaming PCs like the Steam Deck, after a brief tease this fall — but as of today, it’s pretty muddy who they’re for or what they’re going to do for handheld PC gaming. First off, although AMD told jou … | Continue reading
Strix Halo is here. | Image: AMD AMD promised eventual “mobile gaming dominance” back in 2022, and it feels like we’re getting closer every day. Today, the company is announcing not one, not two, but three different families of chips designed to take it there, including final con … | Continue reading
Image: Dell Dell has made its latest UltraSharp 4K monitors more attractive to PC gamers by doubling the previous generation’s 60Hz refresh rate. The 27-inch and 32-inch 4K UltraSharp Thunderbolt displays announced at CES have been updated with new IPS panels that provide 120Hz r … | Continue reading
The Acer Swift Go 16 AI. | Image: Acer Acer is putting AMD chips in its ultra-thin Swift Go 16 AI and Swift Go 14 AI Copilot Plus laptops, both of which come with up to an AMD Ryzen AI 7 350 processor. Until now, Acer only offered its Swift Go 14 Copilot Plus laptop with a Qualco … | Continue reading
Image: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge Dell’s new monitor can beam audio directly toward your ears. The Dell 32 Plus 4K QD-OLED uses a camera beneath its display for AI-powered head tracking, allowing it to adjust the sound coming out of its five 5W speakers based on your pos … | Continue reading
Image: Acer Acer is revealing new all-in-one and mini PCs at CES 2025, and they’re among the first non-laptop computers to get Copilot Plus AI features. The new Acer Aspire S AI all-in-ones, offered in a “minimalist white profile,” come in two sizes, according to a press release. … | Continue reading
Image: AMD AMD is previewing its next generation of GPUs at CES today, based on its latest RDNA 4 architecture that includes AI-powered FidelityFX Super Resolution 4 (FSR 4) upscaling. The Radeon RX 9070 XT and Radeon RX 9070 will both be available in Q1 from a variety of video c … | Continue reading
Image: AMD AMD is unveiling its latest flagship desktop CPU, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D, today at CES. After the 9800X3D wowed us with its gaming performance, we’ve been waiting to see what AMD’s second generation of 3D V-Cache technology could do with more cores and higher boost freque … | Continue reading
Image: Acer Acer is announcing two new Nitro Blaze gaming handhelds at CES 2025, and one of them, the Nitro Blaze 11, is truly giant with a massive 10.95-inch screen. Seriously, it’s huge — just look at this photo of a person holding it! It’s absurd! Image: Acer In addition to th … | Continue reading
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A 22-year-old Spanish tourist was gored to death while visiting an elephant park in Thailand. Blanca Ojanguren García, a university student who was on the island of Yao Yai, was bathing the elephant with her boyfriend at the Koh Yao Elephant Care Centre when the animal — most lik … | Continue reading
Source: Apple. Apple has announced a slew of additions to its fitness subscription service, Apple Fitness+, including new workout programs for strength, yoga “peak poses”, breath meditation, and even training for pickleball. New editions of the Artist Spotlight series are also on … | Continue reading
An upcoming line of LG Smart TVs will include an Xbox app so Game Pass Ultimate subscribers can play their own games or stream titles through the cloud, no Xbox required. | Continue reading
Explore the depths of space through Hubble’s latest snapshot from Hydra, revealing distant galaxies and the mesmerizing Einstein ring—a result of gravitational lensing that provides a glimpse into the universe’s formative years. This week’s Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the W … | Continue reading
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America's first president-elect felon is demanding that a New York judge delay his January 10 sentencing for a mere 34 felonies. In a 17-page court filing dripping with royal prerogative, Trump's legal team insists that his impending return to the White House should put his crimi … | Continue reading
Apple didn’t see fit to describe the bugs addressed by these updates, and they don’t address any security vulnerabilities, so there’s no need to update your iPhone or iPad right away unless you’re experiencing problems. | Continue reading
The second-generation Kindle Scribe is finally on sale, which makes it the perfect time to purchase this e-notebook. In the United States the 16GB model is $324.99 and if you need more storage the 32GB model is $339.99 and the 64GB version is $364.99. Each device comes in a few c … | Continue reading
You may have lost if you had Yellowstone's super volcano exploding on your 2025 bingo card. LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! I don't think many people worry about Yellowstone's supervolcano as a top threat to existence in North America, but if you were, … | Continue reading
There’s no quick fix for decarbonizing medium- and long-distance flights. Batteries are typically too heavy, and hydrogen fuel takes up too much space to offer a practical solution, leaving sustainable aviation fuels made from plants and other biomass, recycled carbon, or capture … | Continue reading
The new offshore drilling ban could help the US Department of Energy achieve its mission of diversifying the US hydrogen supply chain beyond natural gas, and into more sustainable sources. The post New Offshore Oil & Gas Drilling Ban: Implications For Clean Hydrogen appeared firs … | Continue reading
In 2015, a group of women threw a bachelorette party in a bar somewhere in Canada. The bartender on duty said "they had dick everything – straws, inflatables, glitter — and of course — Dick Candy." At that moment, the bartender was struck by an idea: why not monetize the age-old … | Continue reading