Researchers have developed small robots that can work together as a collective that changes shape and even shifts between solid and “fluid-like” states — a concept that should be familiar to anyone still haunted by nightmares of the T-1000 robotic assassin from “Terminator 2.” A team led by Matthew Devlin of UC Santa Barbara described … Read more
Earlier this week, a prominent Valve leaker promised we’d finally see Valve’s wireless VR successor to the Index, codenamed Deckard, in 2025. With Meta fully targeting the low end with budget hardware and free-to-play games, I’m relieved that at least three XR companies are swooping in to keep VR power users happy in 2025. According … Read more
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority While limited data plans still exist, unlimited plans have become much more prevalent in the US market over the last decade or so. Unfortunately, not all unlimited data plans are created equal. Many carriers only provide so much high-speed data before the line is slowed down in priority or even … Read more
New submitter TronNerd82 writes: Linuxiac reports that the 6th alpha release of the COSMIC desktop environment has been released. The new alpha release includes zooming, desktop icon management, some new scaling options, and improved accessibility features. Also included in the release are a number of bug fixes. These include, but are not limited to:– Fixing … Read more
Amnesty International on Friday said it determined that a zero-day exploit sold by controversial exploit vendor Cellebrite was used to compromise the phone of a Serbian student who had been critical of that country’s government. The human rights organization first called out Serbian authorities in December for what it said was its “pervasive and routine … Read more
With Friday’s launch, the iPhone 16e has become the newest member of Apple’s iPhone 16 family and the company’s latest low-cost iPhone option, though it does come in at a significantly higher price point than the outgoing iPhone SE. Other major Apple news and rumor stories this week included new details on both the iPhone … Read more
Try as they might, your Palico can’t provide the same level of support as another human hunter in Monster Hunter Wilds. When you reach the endgame hunts, playing with friends is the best tip we can give you to overcome those deadly hunts. Monster Hunter Wilds is a cross-platform game, so there’s no barrier to … Read more
Quick Links U.S. Carriers Without RCS Support on iPhone It Might Not Be That Simple Five months ago, iOS 18 began rolling out, and that meant Android and iPhone users could finally text over RCS. Well, most of them. There’s a hold up with several smaller carriers, and it seems Apple is to blame. Why … Read more
In the mid-18th century, Benjamin Franklin helped elucidate the nature of lightning and endorsed the protective value of lightning rods. And yet, a hundred years later, much of the public remained unconvinced. As a result, lightning continued to strike church steeples, ship masts, and other tall structures, causing severe damage. Frustrated scientists turned to visual … Read more
Messaging service WhatsApp went down briefly on Friday afternoon, thousands of users reported. Downdetector, a site which monitors platform outages, received more than 50,000 reports from users shortly after 15:30 GMT, which began to decline soon after. WhatsApp said the issues, largely impacting users’ ability to send messages, had now been resolved. “We know some … Read more