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Strange, unique, and otherwise noteworthy PCs and PC accessories from CES 2025
i respect and applaud the effort Most of these experiments don't stick around for long, but who knows. Acer's Nitro Blaze 11, which takes the "portable" out of "portable handheld gaming PC." Credit: Acer The Consumer Electronics Show is a reliable source of announcements about iterative updates to PCs and PC components. A few of
Strange seismic wave arrivals lead to discovery of overturned slab in the Mediterranean
Credit: The Seismic Record (2024). DOI: 10.1785/0320230049 Strange seismic wave arrivals from a 2010 earthquake under Spain were the clues that led to an unexpected discovery beneath the western Mediterranean: a subducted oceanic slab that has completely overturned. The waveforms paint a picture of a slab that descended rapidly into the Earth's mantle and flipped
What a long, strange year it’s been in enterprise tech news
From Salesforce drama to the year of generative AI Apologies to the Grateful Dead, but what a long, strange year it’s been in 2023 enterprise tech news. It began with a ton of Salesforce drama and eventually got taken over by generative AI and ChatGPT, which seemed to come out of nowhere to completely dominate
A very strange thing happened to smartphones this year
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 (left) and Motorola Razr Plus Joe Maring / Digital Trends For a while, it seemed like there was little actual choice out there when we wanted a new smartphone. Instead, there was just a string of competent devices that didn’t exactly shine. But in 2023, something unexpected, a bit strange
Strange nebula changes colour rhythmically like a mood lamp
Space A mysterious, star-like object seems to be making its nebula change colour and brightness in a rhythmic way every four years By Alex Wilkins An unidentified light source named VVV-WIT-12 (centre) seems to be making two sides of a nebula (circles either side) brighten and dim in opposite phasesRobertoK.Saito et al. 2023 A cloud
Blindness Is a Strange Country
I’m going blind as I write this. It feels less dramatic than it sounds. The words aren’t disappearing as I type. I’m sitting comfortably in the sunroom. The sun is rising like it’s supposed to. I can plainly see Lily sitting next to me, reading in her striped pajamas. The visible world is disappearing, but
News Entertainment Guess who's back for a super-short cameo? Chief Engineer Lt Hemmer, played once again by Bruce Horak (Image credit: Paramount Plus) Warning: Spoilers ahead for "Strange New Worlds" Season 2, episode 6Forget the fact that "Strange New Worlds" has tweaked a teeny-tiny bit bit of Trek history (the date of the Eugenics Wars
Strange Disease Kills 10 Children In Kaduna
News Investigators/ No few than 10 children have been reported dead following an outbreak of an unknown disease in Kafachan, headquarters of Jama’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The children who were between the ages of three and 13 lost their lives with symptoms of a respiratory infection on Thursday. Findings by the Nigerian
A Strange Way of Life: Everything We Know
With all of our favorite TV shows ending, what are we going to watch? Let me introduce you, dear reader, to the world of short films. And what a perfect time to make this introduction today, because we have a real star-studded hitter on our hands. Coming in at just 30 minutes, Strange Way of
Physicists See ‘Strange Matter’ Form inside Atomic Nuclei
New research attempts to discern how bizarre particles of strange matter form in the nuclei of atoms Credit: koto_feja/Getty ImagesA new physics result two decades in the making has found a surprisingly complex path for the production of strange matter within atoms. Strange matter is any matter containing the subatomic particles known as strange quarks.