At its Surface event on Oct. 2, Microsoft announced that its latest Windows 10 update would be available immediately. Microsoft hasn’t put as much of a push behind publicizing the features baked into the latest update as it has in previous cycles, so what, exactly, is under the hood for …

Years after its proposed detection, Planet 9 remains obstinately absent from our astronomical charts. Evidence for its existence is found only indirectly, in the orbits of a number of trans-Neptunian objects, or TNOs, which follow trajectories around the sun that collectively imply the presence of another, larger planet in the …

The physics driving supermassive black holes are difficult to fathom even for scientists who devote their lives to studying such objects. When you add a second black hole, things get even harder to follow. Scientists have never been able to observe the collision of two black holes, but a new …

This year has been a breakout one for micro-financing startups in Southeast Asia, which are becoming among the most funded within the region’s fintech space. Next in line to raise capital is First Circle, an SME-lending service that’s based in the Philippines which has pulled in $26 million as it …

We’re kicking off Startup Battlefield MENA here in Beirut, where 15 startups will be taking the stage, along with speakers from Facebook (our partner on the event through its FB Start program), Instabug, Eventus, Wuzzuf, Careem and Myki. For those of you who can’t be here in person, check back …

Apple strives to include high-end hardware in its flagship iPhone variants, but it can only do so much. Years back, it started designing its own ARM chips to boost performance, but it still has to go to other companies to get LTE modems. LTE performance in last year’s Intel-powered iPhone …

We’ve officially entered the era of 5G, sort of. Verizon has followed through on its promise to light up a consumer 5G network for home internet service in a handful of cities. However, other wireless operators are keen to point out Verizon is taking a shortcut, and the service it …

Humans aren’t built for deep space exploration. We’ve evolved to live here on Earth with an atmosphere, gravity, and a vitally important magnetic field that deflects high-energy cosmic radiation. It will take all our technological prowess to expand on to other worlds, and it won’t simply be a matter of …

In the nine months since Didi acquired the Brazilian ride hailing startup 99 in a deal that valued the company at a reported $1 billion, the market for mobility and logistics startups in Latin American region has changed dramatically. The Didi deal was perhaps the first big acquisition for a …

Every electronic device that communicates with other devices has an antenna, and the realities of antenna performance often influence the design of the hardware. For example, many of today’s phones have glass back panels because glass is better for antenna performance. What if antennas could go anyplace and be any …