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Chinese giant claims lithium batteries exploded, now one server hall is waterlogged At least a portion of Chinese web giant Alibaba's online services have been disrupted by a fire at a Singapore... datacenter following what's said to be an Li-ion battery explosion....

Chinese scientists claim that radiation from Starlink constellations will actually let them detect stealth aircraft. It's a bold claim, but based on the evidence presented … The post Chinese... scientists claim they can use Starlink satellites to detect stealth aircraft appeared first on BGR.

If you try to figure out how OpenAI's o1 models solve problems, you might get a nastygram.

In recent days, seemingly every Nintendo insider has come to the same conclusion: The Switch successor will be announced in September. At least, that was … The post Nintendo Switch 2 reveal... might not happen this month after all appeared first on BGR.

You'll have to opt out if you don't like it - EU and a few others excepted LinkedIn started harvesting user-generated content to train its AI without asking for permission, angering netizens....

Rocket Lab's Electron vehicle appeared to fire up briefly today (Sept. 18) before shutting down, resulting in a launch abort.

SpaceX has shared a some stunning images and a short video showing an orbital sunset as seen from the Polaris Dawn Crew Dragon way above Earth.

Apple still relies on Qualcomm for its modems, and the Snapdragon X75 proves to offer up to 26% faster 5G downloads in iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max. iPhone 16 Pro has the new Snapdragon X75... modem Rumors still suggest Apple could cut ties with Qualcomm in 2025 and switch to an in-house modem, but that didn't happen with iPhone 16. The latest models use the Snapdragon X75 modem, which improves upload and download speeds across the new iPhone lineup.According to data collected by the SpeedSmart app, the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max rated up to 26% faster than the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max. The new modem brings 5G Advanced support, lower power consumption, and enhanced 5G carrier aggregation for faster upload speeds.

Intel Arrow Lake is slated to launch in 2024, even if that wasn't the original plan. Here's everything we know about Arrow Lake so far.

Things have been difficult for the Starliner. Now they've become just plain weird.

There are no major differentiating features between the two Pro iPhone models this year, with Apple aiming for feature parity between the iPhone 16 Pro and the ‌iPhone 16 Pro‌ Max. Last... year, the iPhone 15 Pro Max was updated with a 5x Telephoto lens that used Tetraprism technology, but the ‌iPhone 15 Pro‌ was limited to 3x zoom. This year, Apple has made improvements that allow both models to offer the 5x Telephoto lens. Some pre-launch ‌iPhone 16 Pro‌ rumors suggested that Apple might introduce a new camera sensor that was exclusive to the ‌iPhone 16 Pro‌ Max, or a new super zoom feature, but that did not happen. Both models have the same 48-megapixel "Fusion" camera with f/1.78 aperture, as well as the same 12-megapixel Telephoto lens with...

Those of you following the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System may have heard that its booms and sail are now deployed. It is receiving light pressure from the Sun to propel it through the Solar... System. Like a test pilot in a new aircraft, NASA are now testing out just how it handles. Before deployment, …

X's advertising woes are about to get a whole lot worse, according to a new report from Kantar, details of which were published by Advanced Television. The market research firm found that 26 percent... of marketers plan to cut their spending on X in the coming year, and that advertisers' trust in X is "historically low." Kantar's report, which is based on interviews with 18,000 consumers and 1,000 marketers from around the world, underscores just how far X's advertising business has declined since Elon Musk took over the company. Over the last year and a half, the platform has seen numerous high-profile advertisers halt or slow down their spending amid concerns about hate speech and other toxic content. Musk has also antagonized major advertisers, saying that brands worried about hate speech...

DraftKings and White Hat Gaming must pay the state of Connecticut a total of $22,500 in fines after its online slot machine failed to issue players a win for a whole week. NBC News reported that the... state's Department of Consumer Protection uncovered the non-paying slot machine and issued the fines. The sports betting and gambling website received a $19,000 fine and White Hat Gaming received a $3,500 fine. The website promised its players that its Deal or No Deal Banker's Bonanza online slot machine would pay out 95 cents for every dollar it took from players. However, a Department of Consumer Protections report found that the slot machine didn't pay out one red cent from August 15-21 last year. A total of 522 players put almost $24,000 into the machine for more than 20,569 spins during...

Located about 3 million light-years from Earth, the Tucana Dwarf galaxy sits at the far edge of the Local Group of galaxies and is home to aging stars that may hold clues from the early universe.

Although no aliens were found, the results have helped constrain expectations of possible alien transmitter power.

One Houston resident was suspicious of the city's "all plastic accepted" recycling program, and used AirTags to discover where the plastic waste actually ended up. Apple employs an advanced robot... named Daisy to disassemble old iPhones. Deason, who regularly recycles her packaging and other waste, began to have doubts about the city's plastic recycling program. Houston's program boasted of being able to accept even types of plastic that aren't normally considered recyclable.Curious as to where the plastic was going, she bought a set of AirTags, and included them in various bags of her plastic recycling. Of the bags she tracked, nearly all of them went to a company called Wright Waste Management, located in nearby Harris County.

In an Intelligence Committee hearing with representatives from Google, Apple, and Meta on Wednesday, senators stressed that foreign influence is far from a solved problem.

Photos and video of the doomed Titan submersible has been released by the U.S. Coast Guard.

Apple has temporarily paused the rollout of iPadOS 18 for M4 iPad Pro models, some of the most expensive iPads that the company sells, after some users complained that the update bricked their... devices. Apple acknowledged the issue in a statement to Engadget, saying, "We have temporarily removed the iPadOS 18 update for M4 iPad Pro models as we work to resolve an issue that is impacting a small number of devices." The issue first came to light through Reddit, where a growing number of M4 iPad Pro users described how their iPads became unusable after they tried installing the latest version of iPadOS. "At some point during the update my iPad turned off, and would no longer turn on," a user named tcorey23 posted on Reddit. "I just took it to the Apple Store who confirmed it's completely...

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) alleges that SpaceX committed three safety violations by failing to follow its license requirements during two of its space launches in 2023. If the full... fines are imposed, SpaceX faces a bill of $633,009, according to an FAA statement. The license violations are related to two separate SpaceX's launches. The first two happened on June 18, 2023 as part of the PSN Satria Mission that launched from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The second violation happened on July 28, 2023 involving plans for the EchoStar XXIV/Jupiter mission. Across the two cases, SpaceX requested to revise part of its communications and explosive site plans respectively. SpaceX allegedly went ahead with its revised plans even though the FAA did not approve or issue...

Earth may have had rings like Saturn many, many millenia ago. However, the formation didn't last long, and it eventually collapsed, falling to the surface … The post Earth may have once had... rings like Saturn appeared first on BGR.

STRASBOURG, France -- Leanspace, a leading provider of ground segment solutions, announced on September 17 that it has won the France 2030 "UMBRELLA" Project, valued at €10.5 million, along with... […] The post Leanspace secures €10.5 Million to Champion Next-Gen Satellite Constellation Operations appeared first on SpaceNews.

Meta has banned RT and other Russian state media outlets on its platforms, which include Facebook and Instagram. "After careful consideration, we expanded our ongoing enforcement against Russian state... media outlets," the company told Engadget in a statement. "Rossiya Segodnya, RT and other related entities are now banned from our apps globally for foreign interference activity." Meta shared briefing materials with Reuters, in which the company said it found evidence in the past that Russian outlets took steps to prevent their foreign interference activities online from being detected. It said it expects the outlets to continue with their deceptive practices. The ban will be enforced over the coming days. The company's announcement comes days after the Biden administration publicly accused...

The number of people worldwide directly killed by antibiotic resistance will rise to 1.9 million a year by 2050, according to the most comprehensive study so far