Daniel Kim — Technology Editor

Newly identified fossils of baby Tyrannosaurus rex and Gorgosaurus, discovered stashed in museum collections, reveal that hatchlings were no bigger than a house cat at roughly 5.5 pounds yet emerged ready to hunt with sharp teeth and rapid growth patterns, according to a study published in the journal Biology. Hidden Museum Fossils Reveal Cat-Sized Tyrannosaur … Read more

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered hundreds of mysterious ‘Little Red Dots’ in the early universe, sparking a debate over whether these objects are supermassive black holes or ancient globular clusters caught forming billions of years ago. The infrared-sensitive James Webb Space Telescope has spent recent surveys digging into the first billion … Read more

British scientists have reacted with alarm after the government funding body U.K. Research and Innovation announced that funding for the world-famous Lovell radio telescope at the Jodrell Bank Observatory in northwest England will end in March 2028, threatening the facility with closure unless alternative support is secured. The decision to pull public funding from the … Read more

NVIDIA has rolled out a new GeForce Game Ready Driver, expanding its DLSS 4.5 technology suite across major titles including Halo: Campaign Evolved, Palworld, and a multiplayer beta for Gears of War: E-Day, while introducing sweeping graphic updates and summer hardware giveaways. The latest graphics driver drop targets a packed slate of upcoming and recently … Read more

Tech giants Google and Samsung guarantee seven years of software support for select smartphones, echoing Apple’s long-standing update policy. However, real-world constraints like degrading lithium-ion batteries, storage limits, and high-performance processing demands for artificial intelligence mean a device’s optimal usability often peaks long before the software updates expire. Major smartphone manufacturers have transformed how long … Read more

Sixty-six million years ago, the Chicxulub asteroid triggered a global catastrophe not just through its initial impact, but by enveloping Earth in a vapor-plume dust cloud that insulated the planet, according to planetary scientists. The resulting thermal radiation charbroiled the surface with heat far exceeding lethal doses for humans. How the Chicxulub Impact Generated Lethal … Read more

New data from the ASGC Games Industry Layoffs Tracker projects game industry job losses will reach 14,259 by the end of 2026, marking a 78% increase from initial forecasts. Confirmed layoffs have climbed to 9,781 through late July, driven by major workforce reductions across North America and Europe. The video game industry’s multi-year employment crisis … Read more

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft successfully completed a high-speed gravity assist flyby of Mars, capturing detailed time-lapse imagery of the Red Planet while testing its scientific instruments and deep-space optical communications system on its multi-year journey toward the metal-rich asteroid 16 Psyche. The encounter harnessed the planet’s orbital momentum and gravity to accelerate the probe and slightly … Read more