Researchers from the University of Rochester and University of California, Santa Barbara, engineered a laser device smaller than a penny that they say could power everything from the LiDAR systems used in self-driving vehicles to gravitational wave detection, one of the most delicate experiments in existence to observe and understand our universe. Laser-based measurement techniques,…
The first iOS 26 developer is out now ahead of its public beta launch in July One of its upgrades is a new option called ‘Keep Audio in Headphones’ This should reduce auto-switching problems for wireless headphones If you’re tired of your iPhone automatically switching to every other Bluetooth device other than your headphones, then…
Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater is getting an online multiplayer mode called Fox Hunt Fox Hunt is a “completely original online battle mode” Director Yu Sahara said the mode is set in the same world as the main game, but “gameplay is completely different” Konami has announced that Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater…
A Danish-German research collaboration with participation of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) aims to develop new quantum light sources and technology for scalable quantum networks based on the rare-earth element erbium. The project EQUAL (Erbium-based silicon quantum light sources) is funded by the Innovation Fund Denmark with 40 million Danish crowns (about 5.3 million euros). It…
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed an online child safety bill that requires Apple and Google to ensure that their app stores verify the age of users in the nation’s second most populous state. Under the new law, minors will need parental approval before they can download apps or make in-app purchases. The bill was…
PDD Holdings, the Chinese owner of online shopping platform Temu, has reported a near 50% drop in profit as US President Donald Trump’s trade policies added to its struggles in its home country. US-listed shares of the e-commerce giant fell by more than 13% on Tuesday, after the firm said its profits for the first…
AI tools developed by Elon Musk’s xAI are to be incorporated into the messaging service, Telegram. Announcing the deal, Telegram boss Pavel Durov said it would see his firm distribute the AI assistant, Grok, to Telegram’s “billion+ users and integrate it into its apps”. Mr Durov said the arrangement – which is due to last…
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Silicon is king in the semiconductor technology that underpins smartphones, computers, electric vehicles and more, but its crown may be slipping according to a team led by researchers at Penn State. In a world first, they used two-dimensional (2D) materials, which are only an atom thick and retain their properties at…
A second suspect has been arrested for allegedly kidnapping and torturing an Italian tourist in an upmarket Manhattan home for weeks in an effort to steal his cryptocurrency. William Duplessie, 32, turned himself in to authorities on Tuesday after his alleged accomplice was arrested last week. Their alleged victim told police he was hung off…
Data and AI tools enable broad surveillance of social media Tada Images/Shutterstock The US government is expanding its surveillance of social media to monitor millions of visitors and immigrants – and its embrace of more data analytics and artificial intelligence tools could increase scrutiny of US citizens as well. “It is nearly – if not…
