We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard. Understanding AI’s energy use was a huge global conversation in 2025 as hundreds of millions of people began using generative AI tools on a regular basis. Senior…
Xiaomi’s 17 Ultra Leica Edition smartphone comes with a manual zoom ring
Xiaomi just launched its flagship 17 Ultra by Leica phone that may make you feel bad about your current device’s cameras. Naturally it’s a spec monster, with a 1-inch sensor 50MP f/1.67 main camera and 1/1.4-inch 200MP periscope telephoto camera. But…
From record warming to rusting rivers, 2025 Arctic Report Card shows a region transforming faster than expected
This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. The Arctic is transforming faster and with more far-reaching consequences than scientists expected just 20 years ago, when the first Arctic…
Deal alert: AirPods Pro 3 are back on sale for $199 ($50 off)
Amazon’s $199 AirPods Pro 3 deal is back, saving shoppers $50 on Apple’s newest earbuds. Grab AirPods Pro 3 at the best $199 price. Apple AirPods Pro 3 are back on sale for $199.49 at Amazon, beating Black Friday pricing by…
Amazon launches a massive after-Christmas sale — deals from Fitbit, AirPods, TVs, and more
As we recover from the holiday season, Amazon has launched a massive after-Christmas sale, offering discounts on this year’s best-selling products. You can find clearance prices on TVs, smartwatches, kitchen appliances, smart home devices, vacuums, headphones, and fitness equipment. As TechRadar’s…
AI Wrapped: The 14 AI terms you couldn’t avoid in 2025
The key to R1’s success was distillation, a technique that makes AI models more efficient. It works by getting a bigger model to tutor a smaller model: You run the teacher model on a lot of examples and record the answers,…
The best Nintendo Switch 2 games for 2026
With Tears of the Kingdom, Nintendo managed to follow up the reinvention of the Zelda series with a game that added more to discover and more to play with, and it even throws in a mystical LEGO kit. Link soon discovers…
What old, dying stars teach us about axions as a candidate for dark matter
How do you search for invisible hypothetical particles? One way is to see how quickly they could kill white dwarfs — the dense, leftover cores of dead stars. In recent years, astronomers have become increasingly interested in a theoretical particle known…
Merry Christmas and happy holidays from AppleInsider
While we’ll still be here looking for news and bringing you the best deals, we at AppleInsider would like to wish you a peaceful and happy holiday season. Thank you for being with us throughout 2025. Jony Ive helped design the…
South Korea tightens SIM card access as data leaks and scams push facial recognition into everyday mobile signups
South Korea adds facial recognition to SIM registration to choke off scam-driven phone numbers Stolen personal data has made mobile fraud cheap, and regulators want higher barriers Telecom security failures forced government to rethink how phone accounts are approved South Korea…