In a nutshell: The rise of streaming connected TVs mark a significant shift in how we consume media and how advertisers reach us. And while it offers unprecedented access to content, it also raises questions about privacy, data collection, and the future of advertising. In recent years, the ...

We live in a world where it is virtually impossible to escape plastics and their associated chemicals. New evidence suggests that in southern California, the average urban resident's exposure to plasticizers – the substances used to soften plastics and make them more flexible – is "through ...

  The ESP32-S3 is a powerful microcontroller developed by Espressif Systems, designed primarily for embedded applications that require Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity. As spotted by CNX Software, Waveshare has introduced the ESP32-S3-LCD-1.47 (to give it its full, catchy name), a ...

A study on the brains of mice has identified a neurological relay race unfolding at meal time, dividing activity into four separate phases that ensure the animals don't eat too much or too little. While the research doesn't identify the exact physiological cues that define each act, the ...

NASA plans to send humans on a scientific round trip to Mars potentially as early as 2035. The trip will take about six to seven months each way and will cover up to 250 million miles (402 million kilometers) each way. The astronauts may spend as many as 500 days on the planet's surface before ...

As remote working remains common for many people, so does sitting in video calls. On many videoconferencing platforms users can set virtual backgrounds. But could this choice have varying effects on how tired people feel after a video call? Researchers investigated and found that video ...

Forward-looking: Advances in AI are attempting to remove many of the prohibitive financial and technical challenges that can make content creation more challenging outside of big cloud data centers. AI research teams are developing and refining tools allowing even the most novice creators to ...

Supermassive black holes are some of the most impressive (and scary) objects in the universe – with masses around one billion times more than that of the Sun. And we know the've been around for a long time. In fact, astronomers have detected the extremely luminous compact sources that are ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have captured a stunning image of a distant supernova in a galaxy that looks like it's being stretched like warm taffy. However, the golden smear hiding this gravitationally lensed supernova, which has been nicknamed "supernova Hope," isn't ...

Tesla's least expensive car is off the market: the Model 3 Standard Range Rear-Wheel Drive is no longer available in the online configurator. first reported on the absence of that Model 3 build. It was the cheapest option from the electric vehicle brand with a price tag of $39,000. Now the ...

Lost car owners might agree that the warning lights in their vehicle are a double-edged sword. They are, after all, designed to alert drivers to potential problems with the vehicle before they can cause catastrophic damage. Still, the mere sight of even a common dashboard warning light can ...

As the most dominant tablet lineup on the market, the Apple iPad takes advantage of a robust variety of accessories. Chief among them is the Apple Pencil, a stylus that enables deeper and more precise interactions with iPads. Over the years, however, buying an Apple Pencil has become a bit ...

Apple keyboards were in a class of their own when it came to design back in the 80s. One notable example is the Desktop Bus Keyboard for the Apple IIGS, which stood out with its sleek, low-profile keys, slim bezel, and unique features like a power button and a locking caps lock. Over the years, ...

How can someone fly to space without becoming an astronaut, having millions of dollars or being a celebrity? On Aug. 29, Blue Origin successfully completed its eighth human spaceflight and the 26th mission of its New Shepard suborbital program overall. Onboard this flight was Eiman ...

With over a hundred years of history, BMW has produced a ton of iconic vehicles across its multiple brands, including its motorcycle arm, BMW Motorrad. For many car and motorcycle lovers, the company often showcases the best of renowned German engineering. Throughout the years, BMW has produced ...

I currently have five external drives attached to my System76 Thelio, each of which serves a different purpose. I have one to house virtual machines, another for music files, another for backups, one for photos and videos, and one for miscellaneous things. Using these ensures the drive ...

A gravitational lens is the ultimate funhouse mirror of the Universe. It distorts the view of objects behind them but also supplies amazing information about distant galaxies and quasars. Astronomers using Hubble Space Telescope (HST) recently released a new image of one of these weird ...

Developed by Preston Tucker and produced in 1948, the Tucker 48, often called the Tucker Torpedo, is one of the most intriguing vehicles ever designed in the US. It's also among the rarest, with only 51 units produced (including the prototype) before the company was forced to declare bankruptcy. ...

The Cybertruck may look like a poorly rendered video game car, but it's fast and it's tough. Perhaps that's why a Chechen warlord decided to deck the vehicle out with a machine gun and take it into battle. After sharing footage of himself driving the EV around in August, Ramzan Kadyrov now ...

Earth may have had its own ring system that formed around 466 million years ago, lasting for tens of millions of years. As detailed in a new study published in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters, researchers propose that the ring may have formed after a large asteroid came ...

After a years-long valuation free-for-all, every member of 23andMe's board of directors just resigned — a move that apparently took its ever-optimistic chief executive by surprise. This week, seven of the DNA testing kit company's eight board members resigned in an open letter addressed to ...

It looks ferocious. And furious. And everything in between. It is the full-custom supercharged LS9-swapped 1969 Chevy Camaro, with 800 horsepower. It is a brutal muscle car with supercar personality that eats crossovers for breakfast. It is a car that has just sold for half a million dollars! As ...

When the James Webb Space Telescope was launched on Christmas Day in 2021, it faced a whole host of intriguing questions. By the time it finally launched, astronomers had a big list of targets begging for the type of detailed observations that only the powerful infrared space telescope could ...

The big picture: Hospitals around the world have increasingly adopted drones to transport blood in urgent situations. While the tech has typically been used in rural or suburban areas, a new pilot project in central London will mark one of the first instances of medical drones operating in a ...

During the fabulous 1960s, American engineers lived by the creed, "There's no replacement for displacement." The myriad of high-performance muscle car big-block V8s developed during that decade were a statement of that belief. Still, unquestionably, the best example was the gargantuan Twin Six, ...

More than 3,600 chemicals used in food packaging or preparation have been detected in human bodies, some of which are hazardous to health, while little is known about others, a study published on Tuesday said. Around 100 of these chemicals are considered to be of "high concern" to human ...

Have you ever found yourself excited to download a new game only to fail because there's not enough space on your PlayStation 4 console? Well, you're not alone. Even when it was first released over 10 years ago, the PlayStation 4's internal storage size was always a bit of a challenge for serious ...

In the weeks leading up to the release of OpenAI’s newest “reasoning” model, o1, independent AI safety research firm Apollo found a notable issue. Apollo realized the model produced incorrect outputs in a new way. Or, to put things more colloquially, it lied. Sometimes the deceptions ...

If NASA's $5 billion Europa Clipper mission launches next month, it will be embarking on a historic scientific objective. The enormous space probe, with solar arrays over one hundred feet long, is designed to travel all the way to Jupiter, where it will examine one of the gas giant's largest ...

If you've ever gazed into the big, watery eyes of a dog and suddenly felt connected, you might have been experiencing a moment of brain synchronization. For the first time, researchers in China have found neural activity syncing up between two different species: humans and dogs. The ...

A recent study out of China has uncovered new insights into how listening to classical music can positively influence the brain, offering a potential non-drug approach to treating depression. Published in Cell Reports, the research demonstrates that Western classical music can synchronize ...

Is this the long-awaited robotaxi? Taxi Praxis Let down by Elon Musk canning Tesla’s long-awaited robotaxi reveal? Well, good news: we may have just gotten an early look at one of these things in action. Try not to be disappointed, though, because even if this is a photo of a real ...

If you've gone shopping for a computer monitor in the past few years, you've almost certainly come across models that advertise FreeSync. This popular display technology is advertised especially heavily on gaming monitors, where the best hardware specifications mean the most advantage in ...

In the outer Solar System, far from the light and warmth of the Sun, things can get a little… hinky. There, clusters of rocks have been orbiting in weird loops that some astronomers have attributed to the presence of a large, unseen planet lurking on the Solar System's fringes. So far, ...

What are they? Earlier this year, astronomers revealed one of the James Webb Space Telescope's most spectacular and intriguing discoveries yet — and that's saying something. Lying in one of the most ancient regions of the observable universe, they found, were hundreds of galaxies that ...

Lexus is actually a division of Toyota, one of the biggest car manufacturers in the world. But unlike its parent company, Lexus targets the luxury end of the automobile market, and it's built a reputation for reliability, comfort, and state-of-the-art technology. But not all its models are ...

Back in July, references for something called "Ask for Music" were found in the code of a YouTube Music patch. The potential feature was initially believed to be an upgrade for the service's search function where you could use "natural language" to look up songs. But a recent update shows the ...

The Xbox Game Pass Standard plan is starting today. Microsoft announced a revamp to its Game Pass subscription plans , introducing the Standard option alongside a price increase for the Ultimate tier. The Standard plan costs $15 a month, while Ultimate will run you $20 a month. The ...

Apple is adding sleep apnea detection to the Apple Watch. The new feature is coming to the Apple Watch Series 9, the just-announced Series 10, and the Apple Watch Ultra 2, Apple announced at its product event on Monday. Sleep apnea is a disorder that causes you to stop breathing as you ...

Despite being in the market since 2013, the PS4 DualShock Controller still holds up in the sea of newer (and supposedly better) gaming controllers in the market. At the top of our list for best gaming controllers of all time, Sony has enabled plenty of ways for it to be used on devices ...

Google first showed up as a verb in the Oxford English Dictionary back in 2006. It was a milestone moment of sorts for the search giant, which by that point was already so ubiquitous that its very name had become synonymous with the act of searching for anything on the web. Likewise, that ...

OpenAI is considering a significant increase in its premium subscription fees, potentially adding a couple of zeros. ChatGPT subscriptions currently cost $20 per month, but that figure could rise to $2,000. It's yet unclear whether this would apply monthly, annually, or if it represents an ...

Microbes that emerged billions of years ago may have made our immune systems what they are today. New research from the University of Texas (UT) suggests complex organisms like ourselves may not have been as well equipped to fight off viruses if not for the gifts bestowed by our ...

In a counterintuitive new analysis, an international group of researchers are suggesting that concussions from college sports injuries might not only be less harmful than previously thought, but that they might also slightly help cognitive performance. As the University of New South Wales ...

Astronomers often have more questions than answers about the universe — and the universe, in turn, has asked its own question. Quite literally. Last year, the James Webb Space Telescope fortuitously spotted the unmistakable shape of a question mark across the sky. The uncanny feature was ...

Faker's Ball An alleged scammer has been arrested under suspicion that he used AI to create a wild number of fake bands — and fake music to go with them — and faking untold streams with more bots to earn millions in ill-gotten revenue. In a press release, the Department of Justice announced ...

One of the company's Falcon 9 rockets lifted off from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base tonight (Sept. 5) at 11:20 p.m. EDT (8:20 p.m. local California time; 0320 GMT on Sept. 6 ), sending a batch of next-gen spy satellites aloft for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). It ...

Amid the ongoing Starliner breakdown fiasco, NASA has admitted that there's been a bit of "tension" between its officials and their counterparts at Boeing. As highlighted by Space.com, the head of the agency's commercial crew program said during a press briefing earlier this week that the ...

Snapchat is the app of choice for criminals targeting kids for sextortion or child sexual abuse material (CSAM), New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez alleges in a new lawsuit filed against the app’s owner, Snap. The suit accuses Snap of violating New Mexico law against unfair ...

Engineers have discovered a way to make an ultra-strong stretchy metal that could enable the creation of shape-shifting aircraft. The new metal is an alloy made up of titanium and nickel. It’s as strong as steel, but it stretches like rubber polymer. The new material isn’t just metal-like. ...