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You won't believe this isn't AI: This otherworldly microscope image just earned prestigious honors – but what on earth is it?

December 5, 2025
It looks like a scene from deep space – twisting structures, symmetry, and textures so intricate they barely seem real. But this astonishing vision isn’t sci-fi or AI at all. It’s the newly crowned overall winner of the Royal Society Publishing Photography competition. The winning photograph, a microscope image of two threads of silk from the Australian net-caster spider, has just…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Hyundai keeps IONIQ 5 EV leases affordable at just $189 a month

December 5, 2025
Hyundai is keeping one of the most affordable EV lease deals alive with the IONIQ 5 still available for just $189 a month through December. What EV deals does Hyundai offer in December? It’s hard to find any vehicle available to lease for under $200 a month nowadays. The IONIQ 5 is not only one of the most affordable electric vehicles in the US, but also one of the most efficient…
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DefenseNews

New projects bring German 2025 military-equipment spending near $40bn

December 5, 2025
BERLIN — Germany’s parliamentary budget committee has approved 11 major defense procurement projects worth more than €2.5 billion ($3 billion), bringing the country’s tally on equipment spending for 2025 to over €33 billion across 73 major projects. The Dec. 3 approval includes a significant expansion of the Bundeswehr’s G95 assault rifle order, additional Joint Strike Missile…
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ComputersNews

Consumer data storage is too damn small

December 5, 2025
This is a story about growing older. Clutter, too. But set aside your snarky “Okay, old man” reactions for a moment: You may be genuinely shocked at how much you can store on external storage these days, and how tiny that storage is now, too. For years, I’ve had a small external hard drive about the size of a hardback book on my desk. From a capacity standpoint, it’s pretty small: just…
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