With the number of exoplanets having recently passed the 6,000 mark, astronomers are busy preparing for many thousands more in the coming years, with underutilized planet-finding techniques about to come to the fore to add the deluge from transit surveys.
“We’ve found 6,000 planets, but none of them are like Earth,” said Aurora Kesseli, an astronomer at Caltech who works on…
Embrace the Dark Side with $80 off this spectacular Star Wars Ahsoka electronic lightsaber
October 9, 2025
Star Wars: Ahsoka Season 2 is taking its time arriving on Disney Plus, two years after the last series ended. If that’s got you raging, then why not surrender to the dark side with $80 off this Star Wars: Ashoka Black Series Baylan Skoll Force FX Lightsaber?
You can…
NPCI Launches Fingerprint Authentication for UPI Payments, Wearable Glass Verification, and More
October 9, 2025
The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), in collaboration with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), announced a series of digital payment initiatives at the Global Fintech Fest 2025 in Mumbai on Tuesday. Among the highlights are fingerprint authentication for UPI…
When Nick Turley joined OpenAI in 2022 as the head of ChatGPT, he was tasked with commercializing the company’s research. He has made great strides toward that goal, growing the product to 800 million weekly active users. Now Turley wants to take an even bigger swing: transforming ChatGPT into a new type of operating system full of third-party apps.
I sat down with Turley this week on the…
Despite the well-known environmental benefits of recycling, it’s estimated that less than 10% of the world’s plastic gets recycled. Ganiga Innovation looks to bring that percentage up using AI-enabled robotic waste bins.
Italian startup Ganiga built three…
Google is bringing its AI-powered conversational search feature, Search Live, to India – launching in English and Hindi – and expanding AI Mode to seven new Indian languages, as the company strengthens its presence in one of its fastest-growing…
The TourBox Prime Day promotion has landed – and it’s not just a flash sale. Running from through October 31, TourBox is offering its best-of-web Black Friday pricing early, with savings of up to $129 across its range of creative consoles and bundles.
If you’ve been waiting to streamline your editing setup, now’s the time to grab one directly from Tourbox.
The TourBox Elite Plus is a…
If you live in a region that isn’t blessed with wall-to-wall sunshine, then making a trip to the beach, even in the middle of summer, can be a frustrating exercise. I set off for a traditional vacation resort, armed with a camera and enough spare change for the dubious…
Naked truth: One of the world's largest public art exhibitions is being staged to highlight the climate crisis
October 9, 2025
Whatever your position on climate change, there is no escaping the debate – especially when 16 artists and photographers bring the climate crisis conversation to where you work, live and travel, in one of the world’s largest public art exhibitions.
Part of the UK…
After slashing nearly $10,000 off its top-selling EV in the US, Hyundai is now extending the savings overseas. In Australia, the automaker is offering discounts of more than $34,000 AUD ($22,400) on some of its EVs.
Hyundai is discounting EVs in the US and overseas
Last week, Hyundai announced it was reducing prices on the 2026 IONIQ 5 by up to $9,800 in the US. The 2026 IONIQ 5 starts at just…
