Microsoft's new era of AI PCs — called Copilot+ PCs — was announced on May 20, and the company announced myriad new AI tools coming for them, including advanced AI image generation in Microsoft Paint. MS Paint for some readers will conjure up memories of struggling mightily to create a ...

Most people are familiar with the best things to eat for a healthy heart: vegetables, low-fat dairy, and lean proteins like fish. Some fish like salmon also have the added benefit of being full of omega-3 fatty acids, which are healthy fats that can help to raise good cholesterol and lower ...

The mysteries of the pyramids just got deeper. Subterranean Stash The pyramids at Giza continue to yield ancient secrets. But this time, they come not from those towering wonders up above, but what's being described as an "anomaly" interred in the desert sands below. Using ground ...

Last year saw more mass compromise events arising from zero-day vulnerabilities (53 percent) than from older vulnerabilities for the first time since 2021. The latest Attack Intelligence Report from Rapid7 also shows mass compromise events stemming from exploitation of network edge devices ...

This is private eye Takayuki Yagami’s second adventure; a spin-off of Sega’s popular, pulpy and convoluted Yakuza saga. He lives in the same Kamurocho area, the same yakuza gangs roam the streets, and there’s the very occasional crossover of side-story characters and, well, weirdos. But ...

  Meta is consistently adding new features to WhatsApp. Yesterday, we learned that the company is working on making the Chat Lock feature available on linked devices. Now, Meta seems to be working on improving the discoverability of new sticker packs on the messaging platform. According to ...

Apple has released a point update to fix the iOS 17.5 photo glitch. iOS 17.5.1 patches the bug that was causing deleted photos to be available again. As you may recall, the iOS 17.5 update was made available to users on May 14th. When users installed the update on their iPhones, they ...

Our brains change more rapidly at various times of our lives, as though life’s clock was ticking faster than usual. Childhood, adolescence and very old age are good examples of this. Yet for much of adulthood, the same clock seems to tick fairly regularly. One lap around the Sun; one year ...

Google had lots to announce at last week's Google I/O 2024 event, including plenty of news around Android 15, which is currently in beta testing. One tidbit that emerged a little later on is that the new OS could boost smartphone battery life by as much as three hours. This comes courtesy of ...

It is our somber duty to report, dear reader, that if you search the words "how to edge" on Google, the top autocomplete suggestion isn't how to edge a beard, or a lawn, or a snowboard. Instead, Google suggests that its users are looking for how to edge "in class." For those blessedly ...

Last updated: May 19th, 2024 at 22:54 UTC+02:00 In May 2023, Meta introduced the Chat Lock feature in WhatsApp, which allows you to lock and hide chats behind a passcode or biometric authentication. While this is a very useful feature, it only works on primary devices. Fortunately, last month we ...

Slowly but surely, the ground is regurgitating its secrets. The history that lies buried beneath the swirling sands of time yields, piece by piece, to technology. But one such piece, in a well-explored region, has archaeologists a little baffled. Near the famous ancient Great Pyramid of ...

The function of a motorcycle throttle lock — sometimes referred to as a throttle brake — is to lock the throttle into place. In practice you're basically just getting the bike up to speed and then using a thumb to rotate the lock. Then you can coast along without having to manually keep the ...

Forward-looking: Apple is reportedly working on a thinner iPhone that could replace the Plus model in the iPhone 17 lineup. It's also said to come with a price tag exceeding the iPhone Pro Max. This will be no souped-up iPhone 16 either, but instead will represent an iPhone X-level leap in ...

While the PRC isn't in the habit of disclosing the technical details of its weapons platforms, some information has come out regarding the H-20's design. Superficially, it looks similar to the B-2 Spirit and B-21 Raider developed by Northrop Grumman in 1997 and 2023, respectively. The design is ...

OPINION: It’s been a hectic few months in the TV world. Samsung launched its TVs, followed by LG, Sony, Hisense, TCL, and now Panasonic. All have revealed their hand for what’s to come in the following months. There have been rumours – or at the very least some musings in the industry – ...

Every major new version of Android improves device efficiency, privacy, and security. This year, Google unveiled Android 15 at the Google I/O 2024 event, which improved the same things. It has been revealed that Android 15 improves the device's battery life in standby mode. Android 15 (One UI 7) ...

Toshiba has announced plans to bring 30TB+ hard drives to the commercial market in 2025. The large capacities have been made possible through two magnetic recording technologies: Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording (HAMR) and Microwave Assisted Magnetic Recording (MAMR). HAMR technology ...

May is an unusually quiet month on Netflix, especially when it comes to sci-fi movies. There’s only one new addition worth talking about: Upgrade, a film that may remind you of Sony’s Venom movies. Except Upgrade‘s artificial intelligence controls the body of its host, and doesn’t care for the man ...

Within the last five years, astronomers have discovered a new type of astronomical phenomenon that exists on vast scales – larger than whole galaxies. They're called ORCs (odd radio circles), and they look like giant rings of radio waves expanding outwards like a shockwave. Until now, ORCs ...

Tech companies are increasing their pace in developing AI technologies. Baidu, China’s largest search engine, is often compared to Google and is pushing hard to gain a global lead. According to its CEO, Robin Li, the company has developed a system to combine GPUs from different vendors and use them ...

While the Fit is a car that Honda should never have discontinued, it also ranks as one of the Hondas with the most recalls. One severe problem that plagued this little car was faulty airbags — more specifically, the inflators within the airbag deployment system. If they reached certain ...

Two months ago, this man bought a wrecked Ford Mustang after the muscle car had had a third-degree encounter with a pole. The vehicle was terribly crumpled and dented and looked every inch a write-off. However, Ben fixed it, and the 2024 Mustang, once on its way to the crusher, now looks ready ...

Your Saturday Quordle offers you another chance to redeem yourself if you've struggled over the week, or to continue your hot streak if you've been bossing this game like a champ. You'll find some helpful hints below, should you need them. SPOILER WARNING: Information about Quordle today is ...

What just happened? NASA's Juno spacecraft has captured the closest images of Jupiter's moon Europa in over two decades. These images reveal bizarre surface features that could be signs of a shifting icy crust atop an interior ocean. The high-resolution pictures, taken during Juno's flyby of ...

After one of the great cliffhangers in the show’s history, fans are eager to gather every detail about Stranger Things 5. Understandably, season 5, the finale of Netflix’s Stranger Things, is now one of television’s most highly anticipated events. Since Vecna succeeded in tearing open a massive ...

She received a standing ovation when the award presenters announced her as winner of the best in Lead Actress category of the 2024 African Magic Viewers Choice Award (AMVCA). As the audience at the venue clapped, some of them nodded in affirmation. They all seem to agree with the decision ...

How to watch Tyson Fury vs Olexandr Usyk: The first undisputed heavyweight boxing champion of the world in a quarter of a century may be crowned this weekend. Here’s how to stream Fury vs Usyk live in the UK. Where’s your money? The biggest prize in boxing is up for grabs when The Gypsy ...

  Five-hundred-and-ninety-five in a series. Welcome to this week's overview of the best apps, games and extensions released for Windows 10 and 11 on the Microsoft Store and elsewhere in the past seven days. Microsoft is working on a new Start menu feature called Companions. This adds a ...

With the M4 iPad Pro now available, we’ve had a chance to discover several hidden features and other secrets Apple kept from us after the announcement of its most powerful tablet to date. Whether you’re still on the fence about buying one or you’ve already picked yours up, these are six ...

  The appeal of a truly great period drama lies in its ability to transport the viewer to another time and place. How else to explain the delight of watching a historical show hinging on the secret romances and jaw-dropping scandals of high society during New York’s Gilded Age or a royal ...

BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA — Last night (May 15) musician, artist and filmmaker Laurie Anderson was the first to receive the prestigious Stephen Hawking Medal for Science Communication during the Starmus festival award ceremony hosted by popular science comedian Robin Ince and Starmus founders ...

This is our list of the best record players we’ve tested. If you’re looking for a new record player or want to upgrade from and older model, we are here to help you in your search. We’ve included traditional spinners as well as wireless vinyl players, have decks as low as £100 to as much as ...

10 photosPhoto: Bogdan Popa/autoevolution Android Auto and Android Automotive are slowly but surely feeling more like Android, and an announcement released at Google's developer conference that took place this week confirms that this transition is part of the company's long-term ...

There are several common problems to look out for when inspecting an old tool. The first and most obvious one is signs of outward damage. If the tool's case is cracked, or a piece of it is clearly damaged, or its plug is pretty beaten up, then it will probably have to be discarded. Bad ...

  Netflix and the National Football League (NFL) are entering into a partnership, letting the streaming platform air live games on Christmas Day 2024, 2025, and 2026. It's all part of a new “three-season deal” between the two companies. In December, the service will offer two football ...

Powerful new imaging techniques reveal humans were already crafting complex hunting weapons from wood 300,000 years ago, upending the stereotype of the Stone Age. Archeologists have previously suspected humans have been using wooden tools for at least as long as stone ones, but due to ...

NASA’s Juno mission captured these views of Jupiter during its 59th close flyby of the giant planet ... on March 7, 2024. They provide a good look at Jupiter’s colorful belts and swirling storms, including the Great Red Spot. Close examination reveals something more: two glimpses of the tiny ...

Samsung has been in the smartphone game for fifteen years. The company held the top spot in terms of smartphone shipments year after year for more than a decade and continues to outperform giants like Apple. New research shows that, over the past ten years, Samsung shipped almost three billion ...

Most people will remember Sergey Brin for his iconic (and courageous) demo of Google Glass during the company's I/O developer conference in 2012. 12 years later, the Google co-founder is back at I/O, but to talk about other things... sort of. Following the opening day keynote, in a rather ...

  Google I/O 2024's entire two-hour keynote was devoted to Gemini. Not a peep was uttered for the recently launched Pixel 8a or what Android 15 is bringing upon release. The only times a smartphone or Android was mentioned is how they are being improved by Gemini. The tech giant is ...

OPINION: Google I/O was almost entirely focused on its Gemini AI model’s takeover of its most important products. It may not have been the most exciting showcase of AI’s potential, but it’s the first to leave me feeling enthusiastic rather than icky and scared. I’ve seen generative AI as a ...

On May 14, 1954, Boeing, now one of the world’s largest commercial aerospace companies, unveiled its first commercial jet-powered passenger plane, the Model 367-80 prototype, at its Renton Field plant on the south shore of Lake Washington in Washington state, where jetliners are still ...

Yesterday, Samsung released One UI 6.1 to the Galaxy A54. Initially, the company made the new software available in South Korea and then rolled out the update in Europe. It hasn’t been twenty-four hours since then and Samsung is now expanding the One UI 6.1 update to the Verizon-specific model of ...

CO2 occurs naturally in the atmosphere. When carbon dioxide enters the atmosphere, the greenhouse effect causes the climate to warm. Although ice age cycles and other natural factors have caused fluctuations in the levels in the past, human emissions are currently increasing. Previous ...

Apple has released the iOS 17.5, macOS Sonoma 14.5 and iPadOS 17.5 updates. The new software comes with a cross-platform anti-tracker feature, and improves the capabilities of the News app. What's new in iOS 17.5, iPadOS 17.5 and macOS Sonoma 14.5  Apple has improved its Find My app to add ...

Financial analyst turned stock and meme influencer Roaring Kitty has roared back onto social media. His return to Twitter on Sunday didn’t even directly mention GameStop—the stock whose rollercoaster ride sparked global headlines and a documentary film—but nonetheless prompted the price of GME ...

Amprius is working on ensuring that its wearable battery fits into military operations. The battery will be part of a new Amprius battery vest, which will use batteries with silicone anodes to give soldiers twice the energy storage as the current generation. The idea here is pretty simple. ...

Roll up, roll up for today's Quordle game, brought to you by the dictionary people Merriam-Webster, who should know a thing or two about words. It's a difficult game that you will require a good strategy for – or maybe some hints, which you can find below. SPOILER WARNING: Information about ...

Several nations (mostly Soviet allies) deployed the IS-2, either during World War II or after when the Cold War dominated global politics. By supplying the Eastern Bloc with the formidable IS-2, the Soviet Union was able to establish and maintain dominance in continental Europe and keep a ...