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Neon, a viral mobile app that paid users for recording their phone calls, has abruptly gone offline after a serious flaw exposed call transcripts, audio files, and phone numbers. The shutdown came shortly after TechCrunch reported the breach, raising urgent questions about whether apps built on personal conversations can ever guarantee privacy. What Happened: How the Breach Came to Light...
Meta is planning a robotics software platform modeled after Android, aiming to give manufacturers a ready-made “robot OS” for humanoid and service robots. According to Reuters, the initiative is part of a new robotics division under Reality Labs and is backed by CEO Mark Zuckerberg and CTO Andrew Bosworth. The idea sounds revolutionary — but can it really work in...
The dream of a quantum internet—a network where information is transmitted through fragile quantum states—has taken a major step forward. Engineers at the University of Pennsylvania have demonstrated that quantum signals can travel across Verizon’s existing fiber network while using the same standard Internet Protocol (IP) that powers today’s web. By combining classical and quantum signals into a single hybrid...
Swedish scientists at Chalmers University of Technology have engineered an atom-thin magnetic material that could cut the power consumption of memory chips by up to 90 %. This could be a turning point for energy-efficient electronics, where every watt saved matters. At its core, the innovation combines two opposing magnetic orders in a single ultra-thin layer, enabling memory states to...
YouTube has unveiled AI-powered music hosts, a bold move aimed at competing directly with Spotify’s popular AI DJ feature. By blending machine learning with music discovery, YouTube hopes to reframe how listeners engage with playlists and recommendations. This development signals an intensifying rivalry in the streaming space, where personalization has become the new battleground. How AI Music Hosts Work Unlike...
As global data use explodes, researchers are racing to find new ways to preserve information. Traditional hard drives and servers take up enormous space and energy — and they don’t last forever. Now, scientists are experimenting with DNA data storage, a method that encodes digital files into life’s own blueprint. If successful, this breakthrough could reshape how we archive everything...
Accenture’s recent layoffs reflect a coordinated recalibration across client demand, delivery models, capital allocation, skills, and partner ecosystems as AI reshapes the services value chain. Understanding this as a system-of-systems explains why some roles vanish while AI roles grow, why headcount can shrink even as capability expands, and how costs, skills, and outcomes are being rewired in parallel. What Changed...
Quick summary # iPhone-like design, but with a useful rear “Magic Back Screen.”# Back screen handles QR boarding, main‑camera selfies, music, and quick glances.# Big battery with fast charging and reverse power for accessories.# Leica triple 50MP cameras with 5x periscope; rear screen doubles as a viewfinder.# Philosophy: elegant restraint vs controlled abundance—choose speed and glanceability. At first glance, Xiaomi...
Xiaomi has introduced phones that can place voice calls without mobile networks by creating a direct device‑to‑device link between compatible 15T series devices, functioning like a long‑range, voice‑first walkie‑talkie. The promise is straightforward: when towers and Wi‑Fi fail, two nearby phones can still talk directly, with practical range shaped by line‑of‑sight and environment. The lighthouse analogy Imagine each Xiaomi 15T...
The idea that a blind spot near Venus could conceal city-killing asteroids sounds sensational—until the geometry is mapped and the detection gaps are audited across telescopes, orbits, and mission timelines. The danger isn’t that Earth is about to be hit tomorrow; it’s that the current surveillance architecture leaves a wedge of sky where large, fast, low-warning objects can hide until...
A fiery wave from the Sun can rip a comet’s tail clean off—an eerie spectacle we’ve witnessed before—but this time the target is an interstellar visitor, turning a familiar space-weather drama into a once-in-a-generation scientific opportunity that traces directly back to decades of comet–storm forensics and the dawn of interstellar object hunting. How comets became space-weather gauges Long before interstellar...
OpenAI’s ChatGPT Pulse reframes the morning routine by assembling a set of concise, visual briefing cards overnight and presenting a prioritized slate at wake-up, shifting assistants from reactive Q&A to proactive, asynchronous support. The result is a programmable morning where attention is allocated across news, meetings, and personal commitments through a finite, high-signal interface rather than an infinite feed. What...
