Meta’s messaging app WhatsApp could soon be subject to deeper scrutiny (and punishment) under the European Commission’s Digital Services Act, Reuters reports. Because the app’s broadcasting feature WhatsApp Channels grew to around 51.7 million average monthly active users in the European…
Aurora chaser catches a fox basking in the glow of Finland’s legendary ‘fox fires’ (photos)
In Finnish folklore, the northern lights are created when a mythical fox races across the Arctic tundra, its tail sweeping snow into the sky and setting it ablaze. Those glowing sparks, the story goes, become auroras — a legend reflected in…
Future AirPods may gain finer and faster gesture recognition
New research shows that Apple is looking to improve gestures on AirPods by dropping the separate detection circuitry of AirPods, and instead using the RF antenna to sense the gesture. In the future, the antenna may be used to sense a…
‘AI-generated music is awesome, somebody’s still generating it. When the machine’s doing it on its own, talk to me’ — will.i.am tells me how he tunes LG’s new speakers, and why TikTok rather than AI is the big danger to music
At CES 2026, LG announced a new wave of speakers in its xboom range, once again produced in collaboration with will.i.am. Last year’s models produced some real hits – we gave the xboom Stage 301 and the xboom Grab glowing reviews,…
America’s new dietary guidelines ignore decades of scientific research
That’s partly because they recommend products like red meat, butter, and beef tallow—foods that have been linked to cardiovascular disease, and that nutrition experts have been recommending people limit in their diets. These guidelines are a big deal—they influence food assistance…
Handwriting is my new favorite way to text with the Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses
When Meta first announced its display-enabled smart glasses last year, it teased a handwriting feature that allows users to send messages by tracing letters with their hands. Now, the company is starting to roll it out, with people enrolled in its…
Vera Rubin Observatory discovers fastest spinning asteroid ever and its huge!
A powerful new telescope in South America is already offering tantalizing hints of what it can do. The Vera C. Rubin Observatory began studying the heavens from a Chilean mountaintop last spring, and its “first light” images wowed astronomers and space…
Apple corrals 12 nominations for 32nd Actor Awards, led by 'The Studio'
Apple TV hit “The Studio” is the most nominated series in the forthcoming SAG-AFTRA Actor Awards, with nods as well for “Slow Horses,” “F1,” and more. Seth Rogen in ‘The Studio’ – Image Credit: Apple TV Just beating 2025’s nominations, Apple…
How to watch The Traitors US season 4 for FREE
If the Real Housewives can withstand the temptation to slip into their usual dastardly ways, they could run season 4 like a racket, perhaps even staging a coup on Alan Cumming in the process. Candiace Dillard Bassett, Lisa Rinna, Caroline Stanbury,…
Deploying a hybrid approach to Web3 in the AI era
What was once a futuristic concept is quickly becoming a more concrete reality, even at a time when Web2 still dominates. Six out of ten Fortune 500 companies are exploring blockchain-based solutions, most taking a hybrid approach that combines traditional Web2…