The red giant star Kepler-56 has a really weird spin, and it may be because it consumed one of its planets.
Kepler-56 already has two known exoplanets, but they may have had a long-lost sibling, Takato Tokuno, a doctoral student in the Department of Astronomy at the University of Tokyo, concluded after analyzing the star’s peculiar properties.
One strange quality of Kepler-56 is that its…
Poco F8 Ultra and Poco F8 Pro have been announced for the global markets as rebranded Redmi K90 series phones which were launched in China in October but with a key difference in battery capacity. The two devices come powered by flagship chipsets, have triple rear cameras…
Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 SoC With Oryon CPU
November 27, 2025
The Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 has been announced by Qualcomm as a slightly inferior chip to the 8 Elite Gen 5 which was launched a couple of months ago. The new 8 Gen 5 brings flagship performance with Qualcomm’s custom Oryon CPU, sensing hub support for quick AI control, and…
ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot
November 27, 2025
ChatGPT, OpenAI’s text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm since its launch in November 2022. What started as a tool to supercharge productivity through writing essays and code with short text prompts has evolved into a behemoth with 300 million weekly active users.
2024 was a big year for OpenAI, from its partnership with Apple for its generative AI offering, Apple…
Are you balding? There’s an AI for that
November 27, 2025
For Cyriac Lefort, the idea for his new startup, MyHair AI, came two years ago. The French native was sitting in a hair salon in New York getting a routine haircut when his hairdresser looked at him and said, “You’re starting to lose a bit of hair,” Lefort…
Major tech companies aren’t just using AI to help you generate or summarize content – they also want you to use it for shopping. OpenAI, Google, and Amazon have heavily invested in AI assistants that research new product categories for you and suggest the right…
Shot with a Canon EOS R5 and custom lighting, this magical, otherworldly photo captures a moth's glowing eyes
November 27, 2025
Ever thought you’d glimpsed an eerie pair of glowing eyes in your headlights? You may not have been imagining it. This phenomenon is the result of a little-known but fascinating biological adaptation. And here’s a shot that showcases it in stunning macro detail.
German photographer Ivo Niermann’s picture of a noctuid moth took runner-up honors in the Other Animals category of the…
Charming photo of a ladybird on a sunflower among the winners of My Perspective 2025
November 27, 2025
The winners of the Down’s Syndrome Association’s international photographic competition have been announced.
They come from the UK, France, Singapore and Australia and were unveiled at a ceremony at the Langdon Down Center in London, England, earlier this…
Michael Kenna's snow photography shows how 10-hour exposures can reveal what both our eyes and sensors miss
November 27, 2025
In an era where cameras fire off 30 frames per second and computational photography happens in milliseconds, Michael Kenna still works the way he did in 1987: one frame, one night, sometimes ten hours of exposure. Which means his new exhibition at London’s…
Porsche may take a page from Hyundai’s playbook after taking the IONIQ 5 N for a spin. After driving the electric sports car, a Porsche executive said it was “eye-opening” and hinted that it might steal a few fun features.
Porsche is impressed with Hyundai’s electric sports car
Who would’ve thought? Porsche is praising Hyundai for the work it’s done with the IONIQ 5 N, its electric…
