Aaron Leong
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Sony’s newly-announced Xperia 1 VIII leans into on-device AI and photography, with a redesigned camera experience and a price that will make many of you gasp. And, unfortunately, we likely won't get it here in the US, through official channels at least.
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NASA and Microchip Technology Inc. are testing a palm-sized, radiation-resistant processor that could make mission systems 100x more powerful than current spaceflight computers, like the ageing RAD750 PowerPC-based single board...
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Apple and Google have finally (FINALLY!) released end-to-end encrypted RCS messaging between both ecosystems, a long-awaited upgrade that brings cross-platform privacy protections to perhaps the most rudimentary kind of smartphone...
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The Sun decided to throw another warning shot at Earth, this time with a powerful flare from sunspot region AR4436 triggering radio blackouts in certain regions, while sending coronal mass ejection (CME) toward Earth, raising the odds of...
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Count on Lamborghini's new Fenomeno Roadster being the kind of car that makes other supercars look restrained. Limited to just 15 units, it pairs a naturally aspirated 6.5-liter V12 with three electric motors for a combined 1,065 horses...
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Messier 77 normally looks relatively serene in images, but who knew the supermassive black hole tugging at the galaxy's heartstrings could be so violent? New Webb images have captured the bright brilliant core 45 million light years away...
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In the upcoming AirPods refresh, Apple may be adding a piece of hardware that could prove to be a bigger story than the earphones themselves. Ongoing reports point to Apple upgrading its next round of AirPods with cameras that can “see”...
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Ingenuity's little-helicopter-that-could proved that flight on another planet isn't just a one trick pony, but something that can be expanded upon. Enter NASA's next-generation Mars helicopter blades that have passed Mach 1 in ground...
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The folks at iFixit have now started scoring wireless headphones for repairability, and its first big winner is a pair built by none of the major brands. In a teardown of 14 popular models, the Fairphone Fairbuds XL took home a perfect...
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In an ongoing clinical study, Samsung has been able to use bio-data from the Galaxy Watch 6 to predict fainting episodes up to five minutes before they happened. No word on if or when this feature will be ready for public release...
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Qualcomm just widened its mobile roadmap with two new chips that aim to make cheaper phones feel less cheap. The Snapdragon 6 Gen 5 and Snapdragon 4 Gen 5 promise faster app launches, better gaming, and longer battery life, while pushing...
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Here's a small little reminder that space exploration is still full of messy, unexpected surprises. A sample rock nicknamed Atacama clung to the Curiosity rover’s drill for days before the Mars robot finally shook it free, giving its...
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Astronomers have released the biggest ever computer simulation of the universe that gives researchers a fresh way to test how the cosmos formed and evolved. The dataset, built by the FLAMINGO project, impressively contains more than 2.5...
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Bose is taking a play from Sonos by introducing the Lifestyle Collection and trying to make home audio modular and easy to set up. The new entry-level lineup consists of a wireless speaker, a Dolby Atmos-ready soundbar, and a subwoofer...
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UK’s online age-check (part of the Online Safety Act) was built to keep children out of adult or harmful spaces, but one recent report has found that more than 30% of kids have already spoofed it. The most imaginative bypass has been using...
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Sony’s next flagship headphones look ready to turn a familiar product line into a luxury statement, with leaked images and a steep price tag, ultimately with the intent of celebrating a decade of the 1000X family.
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One of the "Big Five" general contracting and engineering firms in Japan has revived one of the most audacious energy ideas ever sketched: wrapping the Moon’s equator in a giant belt of solar panels and beaming the power back to Earth via...
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Samsung could be bestowing the upcoming Galaxy Z Flip 8 with a nearly crease-free inner display via a redesigned hinge, plus a slightly slimmer body. Will those be enough to sway the tide?
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South of Austin, a startup and a fleet of AI-powered robots are reviving one of the oldest building traditions by transforming raw earth into modern, affordable housing amidst a worsening building and labor crisis. Think terraforming and...
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New analysis has turned NASA’s TESS mission from a targeted planet spotter into a broad census machine, with AI uncovering undiscovered worlds hiding in plain sight within the mission's data. For one, fresh tools like RAVEN have validated...
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Toto, the Japanese company best known for its heated bidet toilets, is suddenly looking less like a bathroom brand and more like an unlikely beneficiary of the global RAM shortage. In a year when memory has become scarce, expensive, and generally annoying to anyone trying to buy a computer...
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Porsche just revived one of motorsport’s most recognizable paint schemes, sending its factory 963s to Laguna Seca in the rainbow Apple Computer livery that first appeared more than four decades ago.
Remember this little puppy?
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