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How scientists are using quantum squeezing to push the limits of their sensors When two black holes spiral inward and collide, they shake the very fabric of space, producing ripples in space-time that can travel for hundreds of millions of light-years. Since 2015, scientists have been observing these so-called gravitational waves to help them study fundamental questions about the cosmos, including the origin of heavy elements such as gold and the rate at which the universe is expanding. But detecting gravitational waves isn’t easy. By the time they reach Earth, the ripples have dissipated into near silence. Our detectors must…
Samsung typically hosts two Unpacked events each year, usually in January/February and late summer, to unveil its latest mobile devices. Recently, the company held its January Unpacked event, where the Galaxy S24 series debuted, leaving us eagerly awaiting the next Unpacked event. And according to a new report, the wait for this event might be shorter than expected.As per SamMobile, the Korean tech giant has reportedly set the date for the next Galaxy Unpacked event in 2024, scheduling it for early July. There’s a chance it might take place in the second week of the month, specifically on July 10,…
“It’s cool work,” says Matthew Gudzial, an AI researcher at the University of Alberta, who developed a similar game generator a few years ago. Genie was trained on 30,000 hours of video of hundreds of 2D platform games taken from the internet. Others have taken that approach before, says Gudzial. His own game generator learned from videos to create abstract platformers. Nivida used video data to train a model called GameGAN, which could produce clones of games like Pac-Man. But all of these examples trained the model with input actions, button presses on a games controller, as well as video…
As the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona comes to an end this year, we have witnessed numerous new devices, technologies, and services. Samsung showcased its first-ever Galaxy Ring live, prompting a competitor, Honor, to announce its foray into the smart ring and flip phone, for that matter, market, too. In the realm of phones, Nubia is set to introduce budget-friendly gaming, flip, and camera phones to the global market. Amidst these exciting releases, the backbone of these devices, the chipsets, also garnered attention, and we have updates on that front, too.Qualcomm, one of the leading chipset manufacturers, has confirmed…
In background conversations, several industry insiders I’ve spoken with acknowledge that the number of carbon removal companies is simply unsustainable, and that a sizable share will flame out at some point. The sector has taken off, in part, because a growing body of studies has found that a huge amount of carbon removal will be needed to keep rising temperatures in check. By some estimates, nations may have to remove 10 billion tons of carbon dioxide a year by midcentury to keep the planet from blowing past 2 °C of warming, or to pull it back into safer terrain. On…
Tick tock, tick tock! A limited-time deal on the awesome Pixel 8 is on the clock. Woot is currently offering the 128GB version of the amazing Pixel 8 on sale for $160 off its price, allowing you to get one for $539.99, instead of the phone’s usual cost of $699.99. However, you should act fast since you have less than 20 hours — as of the time of writing — to take advantage of this deal. And you definitely don’t want to miss out on this sweet offer, as the Pixel 8 is a great value for money, especially with…
LIGO has confirmed 90 gravitational wave detections so far, but physicists want to detect more, which will require making the experiment even more sensitive. And that is a challenge. “The struggle of these detectors is that every time you try to improve them, you actually can make things worse, because they are so sensitive,” says Lisa Barsotti, a physicist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Nevertheless, Barsotti and her colleagues recently pushed past this challenge, creating a device that will allow LIGO’s detectors to detect far more black hole mergers and neutron star collisions. The device belongs to a growing…
Viber is upping its game with the release of a brand-new update introducing an important new feature: customizable chat folders. Specifically designed to make it easier for users to quickly find conversations and streamline their communication, customizable chat folders are gradually rolling out globally to all users.For starters, Viber users will be able to create up to five custom folders, besides an “All” tab, which automatically includes all other chats. These five custom folders can be very different. For example, you’ll be able to create folders for friends, family, work, and favorites. Also, the customized chat folders can be assigned…
Many apps have an issue with parity when it comes to functionality and WhatsApp is no exception to this unwritten rule. But Meta is working on providing all users with the same experience regardless of the platform they use. Today, the social company made another step toward this goal by releasing a feature on Android that’s been available on other platforms, including iOS, Mac desktop and WhatsApp Web, for quite some time.Mark Zuckerberg has just confirmed via his WhatsApp channel that Android users are now getting the ability to “search by date” on both individual and group chats. To take…
Aside from the occasionally added new functionality, Google Contacts isn’t an app that is known for getting frequent updates. However, there is one update that is possibly on the way, which will add a nifty new home screen widget and a fresh user interface.By flipping a few developer flags in the app’s version 4.26, @AssembleDebug from TheSPAndroid was able to identify these changes. While these features are currently in the testing phase and there is no timeline currently available for deployment, we can definitely get a sneak peek at what was found hidden in the code.The first noticeable change is…
2019-13%2020-11%2021-11%2022-15%2023-13%CIRP said in today’s report that those Android users who switch to the iPhone are male and make less money than existing iPhone users. Most of these iPhone buyers switch to a legacy model to save money; having said that, a surprising share will buy the latest Pro or Pro Max model.For the 12 months that ended in December 2023, 29% of Android users who made the switch to iPhone purchased the iPhone SE 3, the iPhone 12, and the iPhone 13/iPhone 13 mini models. What is interesting here is that the percentage of iPhone owners upgrading to one of…
An Apple employee on Linked In is supposedly the source of a new report that claims Apple has started designing chips that will be built using TSMC’s next-gen 2nm process node. Leaked slides published on the Korean website gamma0burst and posted via a tweet on “X” by leaker Revegnus (via MacRumors) the heavily redacted Apple slide refers to older 5nm chips such as the A15 Bionic, 3nm chips such as the A17 Pro, and a future 2nm chipset.As the process node used to build a chip “shrinks” in size, the features of the chip get smaller including the transistors allowing…
Apple is considering renaming Apple ID to Apple Account, says a new report.Apple ID is an account that users use for accessing Apple services like iCloud and Find My. It authenticates users and makes all the devices in the Apple ecosystem work together seamlessly. The Cupertino giant wants to start calling the account Apple Account instead, according to sources in the know, per MacRumors.Apple has been referring to its user accounts as Apple ID accounts for well over a decade, so it’s newsworthy that the company is considering a rebrand. The report doesn’t mention if anything other than the name will…
Apple is considering renaming Apple ID to Apple Account, says a new report.Apple ID is an account that users use for accessing Apple services like iCloud and Find My. It authenticates users and makes all the devices in the Apple ecosystem work together seamlessly. The Cupertino giant wants to start calling the account Apple Account instead, according to sources in the know, per MacRumors.Apple has been referring to its user accounts as Apple ID accounts for well over a decade, so it’s newsworthy that the company is considering a rebrand. The report doesn’t mention if anything other than the name will…
Tal, who has been obsessed with infectious disease since losing an uncle to HIV/AIDS and a cousin to meningococcal meningitis, wondered what this striking diversity could reveal about our immune response to infection. According to one hypothesis, the wide array of these receptors is the result of an evolutionary arms race between disease-causing microbes and the immune system. Think of the receptor as a lock, and the “Nothing to see here” message as a key. Pathogens might evolve to produce their own chemical mimics of this key, effectively hiding from the immune system in plain sight. In response, the human…
T-Mobile says that Scam Shield is built into the core of the carrier’s network and includes features like Scam Likely, Scam Block, and Caller ID. The service is free to subscribers of the nation’s second-largest wireless carrier and Ulf Ewaldsson, President of Technology, T-Mobile, said, “Scammers are leveling up, but so is T-Mobile’s Scam Shield, allowing us to continuously evolve our technology when our network filters detect a scam call.” Ewaldsson added, “In 2023, Scam Shield identified a staggering 628 scam calls every second, proving scammers aren’t slowing down. T-Mobile’s Scam Shield technology continues to lead the wireless industry in…