Image: Autumn in Japan
This image, from the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission on 1 November 2023, captures the colors of autumn over the Japanese archipelago......»»
Whaling: why the practice will not go away
The detention in Greenland of anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson pending possible extradition to Japan has turned the spotlight on the widely condemned practice of hunting whales......»»
Researchers discover dual epicenters in New Year"s Day Noto earthquake
The first seven months of 2024 have been so eventful, it's easy to forget that the year started off with a magnitude 7.5 earthquake centered beneath Japan's Noto Peninsula on New Year's Day. The earthquake killed more than 280 people and damaged more.....»»
Apple-1 owned by Apple"s first applications engineer sells for over $300,000
An Apple-1 computer owned by Apple's first applications engineer, Dana Redington, has commanded quite the price on the auction block, along with a panoply of other Apple-related items.Image Credit: RR AuctionsIn 1978, a pile of soon-to-be-discarded h.....»»
Hubble spots the Tucana Dwarf in the dark
A splatter of stars glows faintly at almost 3 million light-years away in this new image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Known as the Tucana Dwarf for lying in the constellation Tucana, this dwarf galaxy contains a loose bundle of aging stars at.....»»
Midjourney is now free for everyone
Over the course of a 25 image free trial at least......»»
Repurposing pencil lead as an optical material using plasma
Optical materials are essential in many modern applications, but controlling the way a material reflects light on its surface is costly and difficult. Now, in a recent study, researchers from Japan found a simple and low-cost way of tuning the reflec.....»»
Foldable MacBook Pro delayed to at least 2027
Technical challenges mean that Apple won't be able to launch a foldable MacBook Pro in 2025 as expected, says Ming-Chi Kuo, and it may not be out until late 2027 or 2028.A generated image of a foldable MacBook conceptIt's previously been rumored that.....»»
There’s no beta for Genmoji or AI image generation, and Pixel 9 headlines explain why
Today reviews dropped for Google’s AI-packed Pixel 9 phones. Why mention that on an Apple site? Because the headlines Google’s getting help explain why Apple Intelligence’s image generation features are still MIA from the iOS 18.1 beta. In fact.....»»
I tried Google’s new Pixel Studio app. It created an image of SpongeBob dressed as a Nazi
Google's Pixel 9 phones come with a new image generator app called Pixel Studio. And it's a mess......»»
First visualization of valence electrons reveals fundamental nature of chemical bonding
The distribution of outermost shell electrons, known as valence electrons, of organic molecules was experimentally observed for the first time by a team led by Nagoya University in Japan. As the interactions between atoms are governed by the valence.....»»
iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Pro marketing image leak is bogus [u]
An alleged leak of promotional images for the iPhone 16 popped out over the weekend, but they are fakes.Colors of the iPhone 16 Pro according to an image leak [X/Lakhwinder Singh]As time draws closer to when we expect the September Apple Event to hap.....»»
Winners of the 2024 iPhone Photography Awards announced
The 17th annual iPhone Photography Awards winners have been announced, and this year's winning photograph has been shot with an iPhone 15 Pro Max.Pita Pinta | Image Credit: Jose Manuel Garcia Gonzalez/IPPAwardsStarted in 2007, the iPhone Photography.....»»
iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Pro marketing images seemingly leak weeks before launch
A series of promotional images for the iPhone 16 have supposedly leaked, blowing the cover off the launch of Apple's 2024 flagship smartphones.Colors of the iPhone 16 Pro according to an image leak [X/Lakhwinder Singh]As time draws closer to when we.....»»
Image: Juice snaps moon en route to Earth
During the first step of humankind's first-ever lunar-Earth flyby, ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) mission captured this stunning view of the moon......»»
Apple wants to put touch screens on every MacBook Pro metal surface
Apple still won't make us a touch-screen Mac, but it is at least considering adding touch-sensitive displays on just about every surface that surrounds the MacBook Pro keyboard as the next best thing.Detail from the patent showing an image of a surpr.....»»
Photomator and Pixelmator Pro add custom auto-straightening
Claiming a five-fold improvement in accuracy, image editing developer Pixelmator has replaced Apple's straightening tool with its own for both Pixelmator Pro and Photomator.Photomator works across Mac, iPad, iPhone, and Apple Vision ProPixelmator Pro.....»»
Study suggests video game playing may have mental health benefits under some conditions
A team of mental health, human behavior and economic specialists affiliated with several institutions in Japan has found that under the right conditions, playing video games may be good for mental health......»»
That book is poison: Even more Victorian covers found to contain toxic dyes
Old books with toxic dyes may be in universities, public libraries, private collections. Enlarge / Composite image showing color variation of emerald green bookcloth on book spines, likely a result of air pollution (credit: Winte.....»»
Procreate tells users, "AI is not our future"
Procreate, company behind the popular art app designed exclusively for iPad, has issued a public statement saying that it has no plans to include generative AI in its products.Image credit: ProcreateThe debate over generative AI is a heated one, with.....»»
iPhone 16 Pro’s new color could be called ‘Desert Titanium’
A new image shared on social media appears to show the camera lens rings of the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max models, reaffirming the previously leaked colors. The leak also contains details about the new bronze color. more….....»»