Scientists Say They’ve Figured Out What Turned the Sun Blue

The Sun was feeling gloomy. Clouded Thoughts In 1831, a volcanic eruption flooded the skies with so much sulfur gas that it cooled the planet by nearly two degrees Fahrenheit, causing all manner of famine, devastation, and social upheaval. So gloomy were its effects that, in the northern hemisphere, it even sullied the beaming visage… Continue reading Scientists Say They’ve Figured Out What Turned the Sun Blue

Waymo Self-Driving Taxi Flummoxed by Construction Worker’s Hand Signals

Waymo’s cars are still struggling with the basics. Wave Function Collapse For years, Google’s Waymo driverless taxis have been wreaking havoc on San Francisco streets — and an increasing number of other cities as the service expands — triggering traffic jams, getting stuck in roundabouts, and even colliding with a delivery robot. And when it comes to… Continue reading Waymo Self-Driving Taxi Flummoxed by Construction Worker’s Hand Signals

Behold the AI Slop Dominating Google Image Results for “Does Corn Get Digested”

What happens inside our digestive systems when we feeble humans consume digestion-resistant corn? You wouldn’t know from the not-so-helpful graphics holding rank as Google’s top image results for the query, which have been polluted by bizarre AI-generated slop. As pointed out on X-formerly-Twitter by the hardworking account “Insane Facebook AI Slop,” a simple search query for… Continue reading Behold the AI Slop Dominating Google Image Results for “Does Corn Get Digested”

Scientists Say Children Are Getting Sick and Dying in Huge Numbers Due to Chemicals and Plastics

Image by Getty / Futurism A body of the world’s leading public health researchers says that the number of children dying from noncommunicable diseases over the past 50 years has gone up dramatically, largely because of exposure to synthetic chemicals and plastics. In a new paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine, which… Continue reading Scientists Say Children Are Getting Sick and Dying in Huge Numbers Due to Chemicals and Plastics

What does Mark Zuckerberg want from Donald Trump?

/ What’s likely driving Meta’s MAGA transformation. By Alex Heath, a deputy editor and author of the Command Line newsletter. He has over a decade of experience covering the tech industry. Share this story Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images At this point, it’s pretty clear what Donald Trump wants from Mark Zuckerberg.… Continue reading What does Mark Zuckerberg want from Donald Trump?

Panasonic Z95A OLED TV Review: Searing Brightness and Colors

Photograph: Ryan Waniata Thanks to excellent picture processing, details pop, from crystalline 4K Blu-rays to 1080p and even 720p upscaling. Only the fuzziest SD images fail to impress, sometimes coming through a little blocky, but that’s true of pretty much any 4K TV. The only minor chinks in the armor I noticed over several days… Continue reading Panasonic Z95A OLED TV Review: Searing Brightness and Colors

This year could bring the iPhone Air and an entry-level iPad with Apple Intelligence

It’s looking more and more like the rumored ultra-thin iPhone we’ve been hearing about for the last few months will get Apple’s “Air” branding. In the Power On newsletter, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says the iPhone 17 lineup will feature a new model that could be called the iPhone 17 Air, and it’ll be roughly 2… Continue reading This year could bring the iPhone Air and an entry-level iPad with Apple Intelligence

Clean Technica: Is Tesla In Trouble? Was Alignment With A Trump 2.0 Presidency A Profit Gamble?003798

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Tesla seemed as if it was on a smooth road trip looking ahead to the next four years. CEO Elon Musk single-handedly rallied voters in November’s win for the right-wing entourage of Donald J. Trump. Sure, the allegiance came… Continue reading Clean Technica: Is Tesla In Trouble? Was Alignment With A Trump 2.0 Presidency A Profit Gamble?003798