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Surprise geomagnetic storm arrives early as NOAA warns more solar impacts are on their way today

November 7, 2025
A geomagnetic storm surprised forecasters overnight as material from recent solar eruptions arrived earlier than expected, briefly reaching strong (G3) levels. Now, NOAA has a G3 geomagnetic storm watch in effect as Earth braces for further impacts from multiple coronal mass ejections (CMEs) launched in quick succession from sunspot region AR4274. The CME that left the sun on Nov. 5 could…
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Official: WhatsApp Usernames Feature is Coming in 2026

November 7, 2025
WhatsApp usernames feature is coming next year as the company has confirmed the same officially. The feature will allow individuals and businesses to possess a username that can be used to contact them on WhatsApp instead of phone numbers which remains the sole method of…
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Inception raises $50 million to build diffusion models for code and text

November 7, 2025
With so much money flooding into AI startups, it’s a good time to be an AI researcher with an idea to test out. And if the idea is novel enough, it might be easier to get the resources you need as an independent company instead of inside one of the big labs. That’s the story of Inception, a startup developing diffusion-based AI models that just raised $50 million in seed funding. The…
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These brilliant World Sight Day images remind us how much more the story matters than the sensor

November 7, 2025
I’m loving the winning entries for this year’s World Sight Day Photo Competition, and not just because they’re great images. They also underscore something we often forget in an era of megapixel arms races and endless gear upgrades: the story matters more than the sensor. So what am I talking about? Well, every year the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB)…
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NIU's scooter-sized electric microcar is actually headed for production

November 7, 2025
Earlier this year, we covered the unveiling of the NIUMM, an electric microcar designed for urban residents (and especially those with a NIU scooter already, since it shares the same batteries). Now the company is actually bringing it to market. The electric microcar was on display at EICMA 2025, the Milan Motorcycle Show, where NIU showed off how it shares the same drivetrain as its NQi-series…
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