Apple has unveiled a new iMac powered by its latest Apple Silicon M4 chipset and it now comes with updated accessories that bring USB Type-C connectivity. Attachments such as the Magic Keyboard, Magic Trackpad and Magic Mouse are now fully USB Type-C compatible and can be purchased in multiple colourways, fulfilling the long-standing request of Apple…
HMD Sage could be the next smartphone from the Finnish OEM. Key details of the purported handset have surfaced online. This includes a leaked design render which suggests that the smartphone will likely be a slightly altered version of the HMD Skyline, which launched in India in September. The design of the HMD Sage also…
Google Pixel 10 is expected arrive next year as the company’s flagship smartphone powered by a next-generation Tensor G5 chipset, and details of the processor recently surfaced online alongside details of its successor. Now, a publication has shared details of new photo and video capabilities likely to arrive on the purported Pixel 10 and Pixel…
Elon Musk, the founder of the artificial intelligence (AI) company xAI, announced a new feature for Grok on Monday. The in-house AI chatbot is now getting image understanding capability that allows it to process and analyse the content in an image. Users can now upload an image and ask the AI questions based on it….
A 17,000-year-old infant skeleton, found in Italy’s Grotta delle Mura cave, is providing new insights into human populations during the Ice Age. Discovered in 1998, the remains were recently analyzed for DNA, allowing scientists to reconstruct aspects of the infant’s appearance, ancestry, and health. The DNA results suggest that the child likely had dark skin,…
Recent research is shedding new light on how rainfall affects the ocean’s ability to absorb carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the atmosphere—a factor that scientists have often overlooked when assessing how well our oceans act as a “carbon sink.” This latest study finds that rainfall can boost the ocean’s CO₂ uptake by 5 percent to 7…
Researchers have used AI to understand patterns in DNA sequences that control when and where genes are active. This work, from The Jackson Laboratory, MIT’s Broad Institute, and Yale University, introduces a new tool for precise gene editing. The focus of this study was on DNA regions called cis-regulatory elements (CREs). These are like on-off…
Astronomers have identified a black hole with a tightly bound companion star and a distant third star in orbit, forming the first-known “black hole triple” system. This discovery, detailed in recent research led by Kevin Burdge of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), sheds new light on how some black holes may form more calmly…
Scientists from UiT The Arctic University of Norway have raised concerns about Arctic sea-ice melt affecting global ocean circulation. The study shows that melting ice in the Arctic is sending large amounts of freshwater into the Nordic Seas, a key area for ocean heat transfer, which could lead to a drop in temperatures across northern…
Instagram lowers the quality of videos that do not get a lot of views, Instagram Head Adam Mosseri said on Friday. The social media platform’s head executive revealed this during an ask-me-anything (AMA) session held on Instagram Stories. As per him, this applies to all video formats on the platform including Stories, longer videos, and…