Daniel Kim — Technology Editor 
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
Psychologists warn that chronic bedroom clutter and the ubiquitous pile of clothes on a chair reflect more than messy habits, linking persistent disorder to task avoidance, mental fatigue, and a deeper difficulty with sustaining daily responsibilities and household routines. The Psychology Behind the Unmade Room and Procrastination While some people cannot spend a single day … 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
A Canadian man spent 18 months behind bars for child pornography charges due to a police typo involving usernames. Meanwhile, in New York, a Buffalo-area priest was arrested and charged with receiving and possessing illicit files following an FBI investigation into cloud storage. A Canadian Injustice Built on a Typo in Usernames Six years ago, … Read more
Visa plans to cut 7% of its workforce, totaling about 2,600 jobs, primarily targeting technology and product teams. Announced ahead of its quarterly earnings report, CEO Ryan McInerney stated the efficiency push aims to reinvest in high-growth opportunities as artificial intelligence reshapes daily operations across the payments giant. Visa Workforce Reductions and the Technology Restructuring … Read more
NASA researchers examining data from the MAVEN mission have uncovered a local process akin to Earth’s Dandy cycle above magnetized Martian crustal regions. Simultaneously, the Psyche spacecraft captured a time-lapse of Mars during a planetary flyby, providing scientists a rehearsal for its 2029 asteroid arrival. A lost NASA spacecraft has handed scientists the key to … Read more