Exclusive: Some scientists say many detections are most likely error, with one high-profile study called a ‘joke’ High-profile studies reporting the presence of microplastics throughout the human body have been thrown into doubt by scientists who say the discoveries are probably the result of contamination and false positives. One chemist...
Researchers beam energy from a moving aircraft to test space solar power
The successful test is a proof-of-concept for Overview Energy's plans to deliver solar energy to Earth from satellites. The Northern Virginia startup hopes to conduct orbital tests and begin commercial operations within the next few years. Read Entire Article
Wine 11.0 released with performance gains and WoW64 completion
Wine 11, the latest release of the Windows compatibility layer for Linux, introduces NTSYNC support and completes the new WoW64 architecture, delivering notable performance and compatibility improvements across Vulkan, Direct3D, and system integration. Read Entire Article
Scientists develop nanophotonic material that changes color, texture, and shape on demand
The Stanford team created a metasurface from a polymer previously used in solar panels and printable electronics. They found that the material swells when it comes into contact with water, but it can also revert to its original state when exposed to other liquids, such as solvents. Read Entire Article
AI researchers are now studying LLMs as if they were living organisms
Large language models have grown so vast and complex that even the people who build them no longer fully understand how they work. A single modern system contains hundreds of billions of parameters – numbers so massive that, printed out, they would carpet entire cities. That opacity has become a......
Enthusiast proves it is possible to operate a PC inside a freezer, but not really worth the hassle
The YouTuber started with modest – some would say heavily dated – hardware including an Intel Core i7-9700K CPU and a GTX 1070 GPU. For cooling, he went with a chest-style deep freezer and modified it with extra insulation around the lid to help keep outside air from getting inside....
Hilarious viral video shows driverless delivery vans causing chaos on Chinese streets
Videos trending on Chinese social media show self-driving delivery vans running amok on city streets – plowing through wet concrete, driving on shoulders and embankments, speeding along potholed roads, blocking traffic, rolling over barriers, and crashing into other vehicles. One clip even appears to show a driverless van speeding on......
Global PC shipments jumped 9.6% to 76.4M units in Q4 2025, annual shipments grew 8.1% YoY
Lenovo finished the quarter as the top PC manufacturer with 19.3 million units shipped, good for 25.3 percent market share. HP captured second place with 15.4 million PC shipments, or 20.1 percent of the pie. Dell placed third with 11.7 million units shipped in Q4, accounting for 15.4 percent market......
Amazon Prime members are being auto-upgraded to Alexa+ whether they want it or not
Amazon unveiled Alexa+ almost a year ago. The generative AI-powered version is supposed to bring the assistant into the modern age, offering more natural language interactions, better understanding, and the ability to perform more tasks. Read Entire Article
Linus Torvalds has started vibe coding, just not on Linux
The project, called AudioNoise, appeared on Torvalds' GitHub earlier this month. Written primarily in C, the program explores digital audio effects and signal processing. It grew out of a hardware experiment he conducted last year called GuitarPedal, a series of homemade guitar effects pedals he built to learn more about......