Double trouble: Gaia hit by micrometeoroid and solar storm
Launched in December 2013, ESA's Gaia spacecraft is on a mission to map the locations and motions of more than a billion stars in the Milky Way with extreme precision......»»
Kia PHEVs’ electric range will double to 60 miles
Kia is aiming to double the electric range of its PHEVs in a couple of years......»»
Northern lights may be faintly visible across parts of the US this Thanksgiving
This Thanksgiving, solar storms may produce faint auroras across the northern rim of the United States......»»
South Korean capital hit by record November snowfall: weather agency
South Korea's capital was blanketed Wednesday by the heaviest November snowfall since records began over a century ago, the weather agency said......»»
Chinese island plastic pollution turned into artistic omens
As storm clouds gathered on a forgotten beach in China's Miaodao islands, artist Fu Junsheng picked his way through piles of plastic waste washed up along the shoreline, looking for inspiration......»»
Black Friday Week Deals: AirPods Pro 2 hit insane $154 low, iPad mini 7 $99 off, black Apple Watch Ultra 2 best price ever, more
Amazon’s roll onwards alongside the now live Best Buy event and Walmart’s official primetime sale, but we have some fresh new price drops, and there are some seriously notable deals here folks. First and foremost, Apple’s latest AirPods Pro 2.....»»
Apple finally announces streaming date for ‘Fly Me to the Moon’ movie
The Apple original film Fly Me to the Moon veritably bombed at the box office, when it hit cinemas in July of this year, grossing a mere $42 million worldwide. In fact, the poor takings for the film is seen to be one of the factors that led Apple to.....»»
iPhone 16 Pro battery life has officially passed my biggest test
One of the iPhone 16 Pro upgrades that’s gone under the radar is its battery life improvements. Though Apple hasn’t put much marketing focus on the new model’s battery upgrades, this year is the first that the iPhone’s battery has finally hit.....»»
11,000 US and Canadian Starbucks stores hit by ransomware attack; UK supermarkets too
Some 11,000 Starbucks stores in North America have been hit by a ransomware attack on one of its largest IT providers. Two UK supermarket chains have also been affected by the security breach, and car-maker Ford says it is trying to determine whether.....»»
Ultrawide binary objects in the Kuiper belt may not have come from the earliest solar system, research suggests
Trying to understand the makeup and evolution of the solar system's Kuiper belt has kept researchers busy since it was hypothesized soon after the discovery of Pluto in 1930. In particular, binary pairs of objects there are useful as indicators since.....»»
Planetary scientist proposes an alternative theory for what lies beneath the surfaces of Uranus and Neptune
Diamond rain? Super-ionic water? These are just two proposals that planetary scientists have come up with for what lies beneath the thick, bluish, hydrogen-and-helium atmospheres of Uranus and Neptune, our solar system's unique, but superficially bla.....»»
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice streaming release date set at Max
The hit sequel Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is set to debut on Max this December......»»
Concern as climate talks stalls on fossil fuels pledge
The failure of UN climate negotiations to double down on a global pledge to move away from planet-heating fossil fuels on Sunday was decried by experts as a "worrying" setback to global progress on curbing warming......»»
Earth to bid farewell to its temporary ‘mini moon’ on Monday
A so-called “mini moon” that’s been orbiting Earth for the last couple of months is about to disappear off into our solar system again......»»
Mercedes bets solar paint is part of EV-charging future
Mercedes-Benz is developing a solar paint which can harness energy from the sun to power up EVs......»»
Next-gen AirPods Max headphones might take a while to hit the shelves
Apple is reportedly in no rush to launch a next-gen AirPods Max, owing to the headphone's niche market appeal, which also reflects on their sales figures......»»
Storms bring chaos to Ireland, France, UK
Ireland, Britain and France faced travel chaos on Saturday and one person died as a winter storm battered northwest Europe with strong winds, heavy rain, snow and ice......»»
Black Friday software deals hit Adobe Creative Cloud, Parallels Desktop, Microsoft Office, VPNs
With Black Friday just around the corner, many software deals are emerging, offering substantial savings on some of the top software products. Here's a roundup of the best deals AppleInsider has found.Black Friday software deals - Image credit: Adobe.....»»
Get Glicked: 3 great double features like Wicked and Gladiator 2 you need to watch
Stream and watch double features as unique as this weekend's Glicked (Gladiator II and Wicked) -- like a 2000s rom-com paired with a 2020s melodrama......»»
COP29 braces for new deal after poorer nations reject climate offer
Fierce bargaining at UN climate talks in Azerbaijan dragged into Saturday after a $250 billion a year offer from rich nations was flatly refused by developing countries hardest hit by Earth's rapid warming......»»
The solar fire up close: Newly analyzed data offers first high-resolution view of the entire solar disk
The entire solar disk in unprecedented detail—this is shown by images of the visible surface of the sun, which researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research have now created from 25 individual images taken by the ESA space probe.....»»