Why solving crosswords is like a phase transition
At that point, there is a phase shift in which the largest cluster of nodes grows rapidly, giving rise to more long-range ...
CES 2025 teases alarming smart TV future loaded with unwanted software, gimmicks
LG has long made some of the best—and most expensive—TVs available. Its OLED lineup, in particular, has appealed to people ...
Google loses in court, faces trial for collecting data on users who opted out
A federal judge this week rejected Google's motion to throw out a class-action lawsuit alleging that it invaded the privacy ...
X CEO signals ad boycott is over. External data paints a different picture.
A TikTok ban could be a boon for X, Sensor Tower suggested, if its user base flocks to X as an alternative platform. That ...
Of course Atari’s new handheld includes a trackball, spinner, and numpad
In the wake of the successful Nintendo Switch and Valve Steam Deck, we have seen a wave of PC-based, Android-based, and even ...
New $120 16GB Raspberry Pi 5 is for the people who use it like an everyday PC
The 16GB version of the Pi 5 includes the revised "d0" stepping of the Pi 5's BCM2712 processor. For the Pi's purposes, this ...
Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Opera agree on something—supporting Chromium
In a press release, the Foundation states that the project will allow "industry leaders, academia, developers, and the ...
How the UK was connected to the Internet for the first time
Later, we connected the first multi-service heterogeneous network outside the US ( Janet, the UK’s academic network ...
Intuitive Machines set for second landing, looking to build a lunar economy
And a large integration hangar was packed with hardware: two lunar landers, two lunar rover mock-ups, a hopper, and other ...
Archaeologists just mapped a Bronze Age megafortress in Georgia
Archaeologists recently used a drone to map a sprawling 3,500-year-old fortress in the Caucasus Mountains of southern Georgia ...
NASA defers decision on Mars Sample Return to the Trump administration
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson left a final decision on a new mission architecture to the next NASA administrator working ...
Here’s how hucksters are manipulating Google to promote shady Chrome extensions
The people overseeing the security of Google’s Chrome browser explicitly forbid third-party extension developers from trying to manipulate how the browser extensions they submit are presented in the ...