An early look at the Pixel 10 Pro appeared on the Google Store on Tuesday—almost a month before the official launch event. A 13-second video on the site gives the first full view of the device and showcases a blue-gray color option, which leaks say is called “frost.” The clip …
Read More »Google Reveals Next-Generation 'Willow' Quantum Computing Chip
Big tech is currently obsessed with scaling up artificial intelligence processing, but Google hasn’t totally forgotten about its bet on quantum computing. The company has announced a new quantum processor known as Willow, which it claims is capable of solving a problem in five minutes that would take the fastest …
Read More »NASA's Juno Probe Reveals Glass-Like Surface of Io's Giant Lava Lake
NASA’s Juno spacecraft was dispatched on a mission in 2011 to study the planet Jupiter. It has beamed back some truly stunning images and valuable data on the solar system’s largest planet. While in the neighborhood, Juno also took a closer look at some of the larger Jovian moons. The …
Read More »Samsung Patent Reveals Smart Face Mask for True Nerd Cred
Semiconductor giant Samsung has applied for a patent for a high-tech face mask that is likely the most advanced ever conceived. The company calls it an “electronic mask” in its patent filing, as it uses embedded chips to help clean incoming air while also communicating with a mobile app. Though …
Read More »Meta Quest 3 VR Headset
Meta has officially unveiled the Quest 3 virtual reality headset, and it’s coming this fall with numerous improvements over the second-gen headset. Meta is vague about the nitty-gritty specs, but we know the basics, including a 40% thinner frame and double the graphics performance thanks to a new Qualcomm Snapdragon …
Read More »Mars Is Still Geologically Active
Mars has a reputation as a cold, dead world, but a new study suggests that may be only partially accurate. Researchers from the University of Arizona have analyzed a region that appears to be geologically boring by Martian standards, finding evidence the mantle is pushing upward, causing fissures, swelling, and …
Read More »First-Ever ISP Study
(Photo: Stephen Phillips/Unsplash)Does anyone in the United States actually like their internet service provider (ISP)? If new research is anything to go off of, the answer is probably no. The results from a first-of-its-kind nationwide ISP study were published Thursday, and in what will come as a surprise to absolutely …
Read More »Microsoft Android Apps
There aren’t a ton of great ways to run Android apps on Windows, but there are several official methods on the horizon. Microsoft announced last year that Android apps would run on Windows 11 thanks to a partnership with Amazon. Windows 11 is widely available now, but the Android functionality …
Read More »Ancient Space Dust
When the solar system was first organizing itself, a disk of gas and dust took shape around the sun’s central mass. It eventually sorted itself into the system of planets we see today. But there are things we don’t know about how that happened. One observation that has been challenging …
Read More »Spotted Skunk Species
A team of U.S. scientists led by Chicago State University has analyzed species limits and diversification patterns in spotted skunks using nuclear and mitochondrial DNA datasets from broad geographic sampling representing all currently recognized species — Spilogale angustifrons, Spilogale gracilis, Spilogale putorius, and Spilogale pygmaea — and subspecies. A spotted …
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