A more precise definition of the second is crucial to all sorts of physical measurements – but to get there, scientists have to pack up their extraordinarily fragile optical clocks and take them on tour Source link
The Fiio M21 hi-res audio player costs £279 / $329 (about AU$583) Quad-DAC configuration and two-stage amplification Desktop mode for optimized output for hi-fi systems The arrival of a new affordable audio player from FiiO is guaranteed to get our attention: when we reviewed the JM21 portable music player we were blown away by its…
LG launches 40-inch 5K2K monitor with Thunderbolt 5 connectivity Designed for finance and IT, it supports advanced multitasking features High refresh rate and color accuracy support complex visual workflows LG Electronics is expanding its B2B display offerings with the launch of the UltraFine 40WT95UF, a new 40-inch curved business monitor targeting enterprise customers in finance,…
A dangerous idea is stalking the world of passenger aviation: that of halving, sometime in the 2030s, the number of pilots at the helm of civilian airliners and filling the vacant seats with AI – a move experts say could make flying far less safe. Instead of a captain and co-pilot on the flight deck,…
Well, for the iPad faithful, Apple’s WWDC 2025 keynote was the day that faith was rewarded. I, like countless others, have been waiting for a major upgrade for iPadOS, and the Cupertino-based tech giant delivered. Yes, iPadOS 26 brings with it Liquid Glass, but more importantly for all iPads that support it, you’ll get actual…
In order to keep time accurately, we have always had to set our clocks by the ticks of a better one. Until the 1950s, the best were those set by astronomers based on the position of the sun in the sky. Back then, the most reliable clock was the one at the Royal Observatory in…
MaryLou Costa Technology Reporter Getty Images Queensland has seen serious winter and spring flooding As the skies unleashed six months of rain in February over North Queensland, Australia, many locals endured sleepless nights, unsure what level of flooding and damage they would wake up to. Perhaps none more so than Andrew Brown – a cybersecurity…
Default passwords and outdated firmware are turning your home camera into a public livestream, report warns Thousands of exposed webcams are offering a front-row seat into private and corporate life A simple web browser is all it takes to peek into 40,000 unsecured camera feeds Thousands of internet-connected webcams, intended to enhance safety and convenience,…
Wikipedia is under threat from the AI boom Chris Dorney / Alamy Wikipedia is one of the greatest knowledge resources ever assembled, containing crowdsourced contributions from millions of humans worldwide – and it faces a growing threat from artificial intelligence developers. The non-profit Wikimedia Foundation, which operates Wikipedia, says since January 2024 it has seen…
