Weevils, spores, slime mold and cells are in extreme closeup for the 51st anniversary of the Nikon Small World competition. For more than five decades, the award has brought scientific wonders under the microscope, with scientists, artists and enthusiasts from 77 countries contributing 1,925 photo entries this year alone. Judges...
Why is ‘chronic’ lyme disease so controversial? – podcast
Celebrities including Bella Hadid, Justin Bieber and Miranda Hart have talked about their years-long struggles with the effects of Lyme disease, but despite rising rates and better awareness, the illness remains poorly understood. To understand more about how the illness can impact people over the long term, Madeleine Finlay hears...
‘Bored aliens’: has intelligent life stopped bothering trying to contact Earth?
Astrophysicist proposes a ‘radically mundane’ theory for why humans have yet to encounter extraterrestrials For centuries, great thinkers have pondered why, given the hundreds of billions of planets in the galaxy, we have seen no compelling signs of intelligent life beyond Earth. Now, scientists are mulling an intriguing possibility: if...
Steve Jobs to appear on new commemorative $1 coin next year
The US Mint recently announced plans to release a special $1 coin featuring Apple co-founder Steve Jobs in 2026. The coin is one of four planned for next year, commemorating technological innovations associated with four states, including Jobs' native California. Read Entire Article
Google is changing how ads appear in Search, slowly and carefully
Google recently updated its sponsored search results – those listings that typically appear above organic results in search engine results pages (SERPs) – with new navigation features. Announced in a brief note on its Ads & Commerce blog, the change groups textual ads under a single "sponsored results" label, giving......
Asus’s ROG Xbox Ally X is a handheld powerhouse – and a wallet buster
Asus and Microsoft's ROG Xbox Ally X blends Xbox comfort with PC power, offering superb performance, ergonomics, and a slick full-screen Xbox interface. For $1,000, reviewers agree it's the best Windows handheld yet, though it feels more like a mini-PC than a true console. Meanwhile, the (non-X) ROG Xbox Ally...
Microsoft blocks one-click IE Mode launch in Edge after browser exploits emerge
In a technical report from Microsoft's Browser Vulnerability Research team, investigators said malicious actors had combined basic social engineering tactics with zero-day flaws in Internet Explorer's legacy JavaScript engine, known as Chakra. The attackers used these unpatched vulnerabilities to gain remote access to targeted machines, often by disguising malicious pages......
Apple M5 debuts on MacBook Pro 14, new iPad Pro, and Vision Pro refresh
Apple officially unveiled its next-gen M5 processor this week, promising substantial gains in performance over previous generations. The M5 GPU now includes Neural Accelerators across all 10 cores, delivering up to 3.5x faster AI performance than the M4 and roughly 6x faster than the original M1. Those are big numbers......
This $800 experiment caught unencrypted calls, texts, and military data from space
A new academic investigation has exposed a widespread and largely overlooked vulnerability in global satellite communications. Researchers from the University of California, San Diego, and the University of Maryland found that a significant share of geostationary satellite signals – responsible for transmitting vast amounts of sensitive data every day –...
Tim Cook risks Trump’s wrath with new Apple investment pledge in China
Cook is currently in China for the second time this year, promoting the delayed launch of the iPhone Air in the Asian nation. Read Entire Article