During a Chinese music festival, a humanoid robot named “Adam” graced the stage in what was half performance art and half marketing stunt — and did so while semi-disguised in a loose-fitting hoodie that did a terrible job obscuring its mechanical legs and hands that made it very clear that it was, indeed, a robot. As spotted by New Atlas, Adam the …
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More than five years after the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, we are still discovering the after-effects of not only the virus but also the prolonged period of stress, isolation, loss, and uncertainty that the pandemic caused. A new scientific study, published this month in Nature Communications, has revealed that the pandemic may have accelerated brain aging in people even …
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The Giants got a scare from wide receiver Malik Nabers at practice on Tuesday, but it looks like it will be a minor one. Nabers had to leave practice after hurting his shoulder. He left with members of the training staff to be evaluated away from the field. NFL Media reports that Nabers “appears OK” after the initial evaluation. Nabers …
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QUICK FACTS Where is it? Kumani Bank, Caspian Sea [39.5666672, 49.5898615] What’s in the photos? The emergence and rapid disappearance of a volcanic “ghost island” Which satellites took the photos? Landsat 8 and Landsat 9 When were the photos taken? Nov. 18, 2022; Feb. 14, 2023; and Dec. 25, 2024 A striking series of satellite photos shows the brief lifespan …
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Are you really an online multiplayer shooter in 2025 if you don’t ship with a Battle Royale mode? That is the mantra most FPS titles subscribe to nowadays, and it seems Battlefield 6 will also ship with one. The upcoming PS5 title will receive its multiplayer unveiling later this week on 31st July, but one mode already doing the rounds …
Read More »The 2025 World Aquatics Championships are underway and Team USA got off to a slow start after several swimmers came down with a stomach bug. SwimSwam reported that a significant chunk of Team USA suffered from acute gastroenteritis at its pre-world championship training camp in Thailand. One coach with an athlete on the team described the amount of swimmers affected …
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Something special’s lurking in the tall grass, Trainers! One of the treasures of ruin, Wo-Chien, is appearing in Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet 5-star Tera Raid Battles—and it’s Shiny! This Ruinous Pokémon has Grass as its Tera Type and will appear at Tera Raid crystals from Tuesday, July 22, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. PDT to Sunday, August 3, 2025, at …
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An anonymous leaker with a proven track record today shared alleged build numbers for the fourth developer betas of iOS 26 and more. The private account on X has accurately leaked build numbers for Apple software updates in the past. We do not link to the account at the owner’s request. Here are all of the build numbers shared by …
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Earlier this week, a prominent venture capitalist named Geoff Lewis — managing partner of the multi-billion dollar investment firm Bedrock, which has backed high-profile tech companies including OpenAI and Vercel — posted a disturbing video on X-formerly-Twitter that’s causing significant concern among his peers and colleagues. “This isn’t a redemption arc,” Lewis says in the video. “It’s a transmission, for …
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Astronomers have discovered that the Milky Way might be just a small piece of a much larger cosmic structure than previously believed. If confirmed by future observations, this research could suggest that our current model of how the universe evolves is still missing some crucial pieces. As we study the universe more, we have found ourselves to be part of …
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