Back in the 1930s, physicists were doing experiments involving what they called “beta decay.” They observed that an element would suddenly spit out a fast-moving electron, and once it was done, it would be different — sometimes a different isotope of…
New EU and China energy initiatives don't scratch the surface of what Apple is consuming
Apple has announced a series of clean energy projects with both European countries and China to expand wind and solar energy production, and says that it covers iPhone and Mac power usage in the region. It doesn’t come close to addressing…
Fujifilm’s upgraded Instax mini LiPlay+ can add audio clips to photos, and now has twin cameras
Fujifilm unveils the Instax mini LiPlay+, six years after the original model The addition of a selfie camera is the main hardware upgrade It’s available from October 30 in two colors, with matching cases Fujifilm has unveiled a successor to the…
Transforming commercial pharma with agentic AI
The need for personalization extends to sales and marketing operations too as pharma companies are increasingly needing to compete for the attention of health-care professionals (HCPs). Estimates suggest that biopharmas were able to reach 45% of HCPs in 2024, down from…
Microsoft debuts its first in-house AI image generator
Microsoft is continuing to roll out in-house AI models, further decreasing its reliance on long-standing partnership with OpenAI. Today, the company introduced MAI-Image-1, its first internally-developed image-generating AI model. According to the blog post, MAI-Image-1 is particularly good for creating photorealistic…
‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Season 4 clip sees the Enterprise stranded on a… well, a strange new world (video)
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 just wrapped up, but we won’t have long to wait for more Enterprise adventures as Paramount just dropped the first full “Strange New Worlds” Season 4 trailer at New York Comic Con. This clip…
iPhone Air preorders in China start on October 17
After a delay of more than a month, Apple is ready to bring the iPhone Air — its slimmest iPhone ever — to China. iPhone Air During September’s “Awe Dropping” Apple Event, the company announced that preorders for the iPhone Air…
Could AV2 streaming bring 3D TV back from the dead? Probably not, but the new video codec could banish buffering
AV2 enables higher video quality using less bandwidth Multiple simultaneous streams for multi-cam, AR/VR and 3D TV Expected to be adopted towards the end of 2026 AV2, the next generation of the widely used AV1 streaming standard, could give your favorite…
This test could reveal the health of your immune system
The team members used machine learning to find correlations between these measurements and health, allowing them to create an immune health score for each of the volunteers. They call it the immune health metric, or IHM. When they used this approach…
SpaceX will attempt Starship’s 11th flight test on Monday
SpaceX is gearing up for the 11th flight test of its Starship megarocket, which will launch from its Starbase in Texas as early as Monday. The launch window opens on October 13 at 7:15PM ET. You’ll be able to watch live…