We took some impressive pictures with the OPPO Find X9 Pro’s Hasselblad lens kit, and the rather impressive 230 mm lens offers significant distance, which can be extended up to 40x digital zoom, roughly equivalent to 920 mm. That’s pretty long range, and as a very, very, very amateur astronomer, I wondered whether OPPO’s lens
Read MoreIn this new era of console… inclusivity? driven by Sony and mostly Microsoft bringing their exclusives to other platforms, it’s getting harder to highlight games that make a singular console shine. Indeed, the top-performing games year after year on both PlayStation and Xbox are multiplatform releases, and often the best games of the year, like
Read MoreConvenience isn’t just for meat eaters anymore. These plant-based meal kits and delivery services bring healthy preprepared meals and meal kits to your door.
Read MoreQuestions around the reliability of the US greenback are dulling the luster of what was the world’s currency of trade. New, global alternatives are emerging.
Read MoreI am a staunch believer that the iPhone vs Android debate has gone on far too long. The two ecosystems have matured enough that the difference between them isn’t about features anymore, but about personality. Neither is better or worse than the other (conditions apply, depending on who you’re asking). I am personally at a
Read MoreQuestions around the reliability of the US greenback are dulling the luster of what was the world’s currency of trade. New, global alternatives are emerging.
Read MoreIn the mid-19th century, Bernhard Riemann conceived of a new way to think about mathematical spaces, providing the foundation for modern geometry and physics.
Read MoreIn the mid-19th century, Bernhard Riemann conceived of a new way to think about mathematical spaces, providing the foundation for modern geometry and physics.
Read MoreThese days, it can be hard to remain competitive in online shooters without spending your entire life dedicated to the sport. This leads some to explore the world of competitive aids. (AKA: cheating.) A great example is [Nick], who built a mechanical aimbot to help in this regard. [Nick’s] build moves a mousepad underneath the
Read MoreThese days, it can be hard to remain competitive in online shooters without spending your entire life dedicated to the sport. This leads some to explore the world of competitive aids. (AKA: cheating.) A great example is [Nick], who built a mechanical aimbot to help in this regard. [Nick’s] build moves a mousepad underneath the
Read MoreAt the Houston Museum of Natural Science they recently made a disturbing discovery: their Foucault pendulum had stopped swinging for the first time since its installation in the 1970s. (Video, embedded below.) While some might take this as yet another sign of the end times, here it is simply a sign that the electromagnetic system
Read MoreAt the Houston Museum of Natural Science they recently made a disturbing discovery: their Foucault pendulum had stopped swinging for the first time since its installation in the 1970s. (Video, embedded below.) While some might take this as yet another sign of the end times, here it is simply a sign that the electromagnetic system
Read MoreAn anonymous reader shared this report from Engadget: OpenAI is looking for a new Head of Preparedness who can help it anticipate the potential harms of its models and how they can be abused, in order to guide the company’s safety strategy. It comes at the end of a year that’s seen OpenAI hit with
Read MoreAn anonymous reader shared this report from Engadget: OpenAI is looking for a new Head of Preparedness who can help it anticipate the potential harms of its models and how they can be abused, in order to guide the company’s safety strategy. It comes at the end of a year that’s seen OpenAI hit with
Read MoreWaymo explained this week that its self-driving car technology is already “designed to handle dark traffic signals,” and successfully handled over 7,000 last Saturday during San Francisco’s long power outage, properly treating those intersections as four-way stops. But while during the long outage their cars sometimes experienced a “backlog” when waiting for confirmation checks (leading
Read MoreWaymo explained this week that its self-driving car technology is already “designed to handle dark traffic signals,” and successfully handled over 7,000 last Saturday during San Francisco’s long power outage, properly treating those intersections as four-way stops. But while during the long outage their cars sometimes experienced a “backlog” when waiting for confirmation checks (leading
Read MoreGaming is a wonderful thing. Unfortunately for many of us, work takes up our valuable time, which should be allocated to our gaming. What if there was a better way? Well, printers can print an image quickly, and receipt printers can print a lot of images. This sounds like an effective display for DOOM in
Read MoreEveryone loves a full-wave bridge rectifier, but there’s no denying that they aren’t 100% efficient due to the diode voltage drop. Which isn’t to say that with some effort we cannot create an ideal bridge rectifier using active components, as demonstrated by [Mousa] with an active bridge circuit. This uses the NXP TEA2208T active bridge
Read MoreEveryone loves a full-wave bridge rectifier, but there’s no denying that they aren’t 100% efficient due to the diode voltage drop. Which isn’t to say that with some effort we cannot create an ideal bridge rectifier using active components, as demonstrated by [Mousa] with an active bridge circuit. This uses the NXP TEA2208T active bridge
Read MoreI played a lot of games on my Steam Deck this year. It seemed like there was a never-ending list of incredible indie games to try – The Verge wrote about a lot of them! – and many worked brilliantly on Valve’s handheld gaming PC. Some bigger games made a splash on Steam Deck, too,
Read MoreI will wear two hats today — one as a reviewer and one as a consumer. That’s because I’ve been on both sides and know exactly how the two brains function, and perhaps make sense of how differently they each perceive the same product. This is exactly what we need today, because the device in
Read MoreApple has a way for videogamers to keep progress and friends synced, leveraging iCloud to do it. Here’s how to get the most out of Apple Games and Game Center. How to use Apple Games & Game Center Apple’s revamped gaming tools let players jump between iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV, without losing progress
Read MoreIn the AI boom, chatbots and GPTs come and go quickly. (Remember Llama?) GPT-5 had a big year, but 2026 will be all about Qwen.
Read MoreOver the course of 2025, I’ve had my hands on every new Pixel-branded gadget that Google has released. From the Pixel 9a to the four Pixel 10 models, as well as the Pixel Buds 2a and the Pixel Watch 4, I’ve tried, tested, used, and continue to use many of these in my everyday life.
Read MoreIn the AI boom, chatbots and GPTs come and go quickly. (Remember Llama?) GPT-5 had a big year, but 2026 will be all about Qwen.
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