Neck lamps are a bookworm’s best friend
Callum at home NOT annoying his partner. | Photo by Callum Booth / The Verge As convenient as e-readers are, I can’t quit actual books. Maybe it’s their reassuring weight,…
Zuckerberg is Making a Bunker But Bomb Resistant UHPC Buildings Could Become Common
Ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) is an enhanced fibrous and cementitious concrete with high compressive strength (120–250 MPa) particle packing density (0.825–0.855, tensile strength (15–20 MPa) and extraordinary durability. UHPC has…
Actor in Some of the Best Movies for the Best Movie Franchises Has Died
Carl Weathers was an actor in the best parts of some of best movie franchises. He was Dillon in Predator. Predator has become a movie franchise but he was the…
‘There is no such thing as a real picture,’ says Samsung exec
The Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra, showing off its cameras. | Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge How does Samsung defend itself against the notion that its phone cameras are…
LK99 Room Temperature and Room Pressure Superconductor Verification Evidence Coming in Peer Reviewed APL Paper
Hyun Tak-Kim, the K in LK99 korean discover possible room temperature and room pressure superconductivity provided details about the American Physical Society Presentation on March 4. There will be very…
“Rasti Computer” is a detailed GRiD Compass tribute made from Framework innards
Enlarge / Penk Chen’s Rasti Computer, built with 3D printing, Framework laptop internals, and a deep love for the first laptop that went to space. (credit: Penk Chen) If I…
Our oldest microbial ancestors were way ahead of their time
Enlarge / The Golgi apparatus, shown here in light green, may have been involved in building internal structures in cells. (credit: ARTUR PLAWGO / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY) Before Neanderthals and…
Google will no longer back up the Internet: Cached webpages are dead
Enlarge (credit: Sean Gallup | Getty Images) Google will no longer be keeping a backup of the entire Internet. Google Search’s “cached” links have long been an alternative way to…
Podcasting’s all-stars are here to stay
Image: The Verge It’s been a big week for podcast deals! I look forward to sleeping it off this weekend. Why did SiriusXM give SmartLess a $100 million deal? Look…
Apple’s $3,499 Vision Pro lacks Find My location tracking, so don’t lose it
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Apple’s newly released Vision Pro may be packed with new technology, but it lacks a pretty basic feature we associate with recent…