Apple may be preparing a major upgrade for the iPhone’s camera, and this time, it’s not just about hardware. According to The Information, Apple explored acquiring Lux Optics, the studio behind the popular Halide camera app, as part of…

Apple may be preparing a major upgrade for the iPhone’s camera, and this time, it’s not just about hardware. According to The Information, Apple explored acquiring Lux Optics, the studio behind the popular Halide camera app, as part of…

Ancient humans were surprisingly creative, structured, and geometrical in their thinking some 60,000 years ago, according to some intricately engraved ostrich eggshells found across southern Africa.
The surviving fragments from these decorated…

On March 21, 2006, Jack Dorsey posted a simple message: “just setting up my twittr”.
That was, of course, the very first post on the site that is still best known as Twitter, even after being renamed X by its new owner Elon Musk (the deal…

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Nicotine, the highly addictive chemical compound in cigarettes, is having a bit of a resurgence as of late — with patches of the stuff even appearing in vending machines at tech company offices, offering overworked staffers a way to get through…

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Beijing has unveiled significant new deposits of critical minerals, reinforcing its access to resources vital for high-tech manufacturing, clean energy systems and defense applications.
At the Maoniuping mine in Mianning county, in Sichuan…

Hachette Book Group said it will not be publishing a novel called “Shy Girl” over concerns that artificial intelligence was used to generate the text.
The novel was scheduled to be published in the United States this spring. Hachette said…