A single colossal impact may have rapidly spread water across Mercury and locked much of it into permanently shadowed polar craters — all within the span of a single Mercurian day, or 176 Earth days, according to a new study.
Being the closest planet to the sun, Mercury seems like the last place in the solar system where water ice should survive. The sun appears nearly three times larger in…
Buying a smartphone in 2026 is no longer about solely getting a good Processor or a big battery. People now look at something much bigger, which is long-term reliability. And that’s where the recently announced HMD Vibe 2 5G starts raising a few concerns.
On paper, the…
MediaTek Dimensity 8550 SoC Announced with Support for Gemini Nano v3, Enabling Gemini Intelligence
May 29, 2026
MediaTek Dimensity 8550 processor has been announced for premium mid-range devices. The company notes that the chip is “powered by an All Big Core CPU, octa‑core GPU, and advanced Gen‑AI NPU now featuring the latest ecosystem upgrades,” such as Gemini Nano v3…
Visa has announced an undisclosed investment in AI coding platform Replit. The two companies are also exploring how to integrate Visa’s payment products into Replit, so that developers – and the AI agents they build – can accept payments directly from customers without leaving the platform.
Visa added that more than 1,000 of its employees have been using Replit for prototyping…
The raging demand for computers to run AI models has only accelerated, but there are two major obstacles that anyone in the business needs to overcome: getting the right chips, and getting them into data centers where they can start generating revenue.
General Compute, a new…
Luxury smartphone brand Vertu on Thursday unveiled a foldable phone powered by an AI agent that connects with enterprise software and coordinates workflows. The company is targeting executives who manage business operations and communications on the move.
Called the…
Humans are going to the Moon. Cameras and massive seven-foot drones will help them arrive safely
May 29, 2026
NASA is building a base on the Moon – and cameras will be an integral part of getting humans there safely.
On Tuesday, May 26, NASA announced a three-phase plan across the next decade to build a permanent base on the Moon. The plan is a massive $20 billion undertaking to build a base near the Moon’s south pole that eventually plans to send humans to the Moon at least every six months.
The…
When Shirin Neshat photographed Malala, she turned to calligraphy to say what the camera alone could not
May 29, 2026
Many portrait photographers would dream of shooting someone influential and world-famous. Pretty good for the résumé, right? But at the same time, it’s a tricky ask. How do you go about photographing someone who’s already an icon? Your subject walks in carrying…
Experiencing new life developing in front of the lens is a moment few ever encounter. For photographer and biologist Julian Terreros-Martin, that opportunity came unexpectedly – and has now earned him one of the UK’s most prestigious wildlife photography…
The Pine Point School district serving Minnesota’s White Earth Reservation community has taken a huge step towards energy independence this month, with the commissioning of a new solar + BESS microgrid project that will help insulate the district from energy rate hikes caused by new data center construction.
The Pine Point Schools’ latest microgrid project from Ziegler Energy Solutions is the…
