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Hubble Captures Markarian 178, a Tiny Powerhouse Lighting Up the Cosmos

By Jackson Chung December 8, 2025

Markarian 178 lingers quietly in the constellation Ursa Major, a mere 13 million light years from our own home planet earth. As a blue compact dwarf galaxy, it’s around 5,700 light-years wide, small in comparison to the Milky Way’s vast expanse. Astronomers first noticed it in the 1960s and 1970s for its extremely bright ultraviolet glow, which Benjamin Markarian “collected” in his catalog. There are actually over 1,500 Markarian galaxies, each of which shines in ultraviolet due to the high energy processes that occur within them.

Lenovo’s Legion Pro Rollable Laptop Leaks Ahead of CES 2026

By Jackson Chung December 8, 2025

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Leaks have a habit of catching you off guard when CES is right around the corner. This time, we’re looking at Lenovo’s Legion Pro Rollable, a gaming laptop that aims to broaden your vision in ways that regular laptops cannot. Official promotional images and internal conversation reveal that it is a device with a screen that rolls out sideways, transforming what would otherwise be a tiny laptop into something much larger.

Marques Brownlee Gets Behind the Wheel of Xiaomi’s SU7 Max

By Bill Smith December 8, 2025

Marques Brownlee, popularly known as MKBHD, put his hands around the Xiaomi SU7 Max’s leather steering wheel and eased onto the pavement just outside a nondescript office building. In China, this 4-door costs $42000 and has 673 horsepower from dual motors, a 101kwh battery that claims 320 miles of range, and can accelerate like a real supercar.

NASA-JAXA’s XRISM Satellite Unlocks Secrets of a Star’s Final Moments

By Jackson Chung December 8, 2025

NASA and Japan’s JAXA have collaborated to investigate Cassiopeia A, also known as Cas A, a large debris field located 11,000 light years away and around 340 years old. The XRISM satellite was expressly created to examine star graveyards in greater detail than ever before, and it has just passed over some extremely interesting data revealing evidence of chlorine and potassium in the blazing wisps of Cas A.

Pokémon’s HD-2D Dream is One Fan’s Unreal Engine 5 Kanto That Game Freak Should Use

By Bill Smith December 7, 2025

Pokémon has always been about using your imagination rather than becoming entirely immersed. Those old-school Game Boy sprites, with their blocky graphics, didn’t require fancy ray-traced reflections to make you feel like the 10 year old ruler of the Pokémon universe, catching them all. Then there’s NIONX, a French YouTuber who has no prior expertise with 3D modeling or Unreal Engine 5, but has now released an amazing HD-2D reconstruction of the Kanto area that looks exactly like the remake we’ve all been waiting for.

Apple’s Grip on F1 Brings Racing into the Stream, Teases New Interface

By Bill Smith December 7, 2025

F1’s engines are gearing up for a significant shift in the United States next year. Apple recently signed a five-year deal to become the series’ sole broadcaster, and they are making all session footage available on their Apple TV platform. That means everyone with the basic $12.99 monthly membership will be able to watch all 24 races, practice runs, qualifying heats, sprint events, and the works for free. And the best part? There are no additional payments, and no advertisements to disturb the action.

Viwoods AiPaper Reader C is a Phone That Reads Like an E-Ink Book

By Jackson Chung December 7, 2025

Viwoods debuted the AiPaper Reader C to slip neatly into a pocket right alongside your regular phone, but with a screen designed for long reading sessions without all the usual glare or battery drain. They brought out this device as a follow up to their earlier black and white model, and this time they’ve swapped in a color display which makes a big difference when handling comics, mags and illustrated guides. At $349, its placement really is where e-readers meet basic mobile tech, and the end result feels like a nice companion for everyone who’s just had it up to here with scrolling through endless feeds.

You Could Either Pay Tolls, Or Attempt to Evade Them with This License Plate Spy Gadget

By Bill Smith December 6, 2025

A driver’s dashcam captured a brilliant blue Lexus GS sliding beneath a toll gantry in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, with a rather strange effect. For a single second, the sedan’s license plates seemed completely blank, with no numbers or letters visible.

Engineering Student Builds Flying Sword Drones, Stunts Ensue

By Bill Smith December 6, 2025

A young engineering student in China has created a really interesting drone that resembles a slim sword and simply hovers there in silence, responding to the sweep of your hand. There are videos all over the internet depicting it rising off a table, circling a room, and even flipping through the air before landing in a waiting palm.

How One Modder Turned a Desktop Staple into GPU Chill by Injecting Ice Cold Water

By Bill Smith December 6, 2025

Water cooling for desktop computers has been around for a long time, serving as a savior for high-end workstations prone to overheating during marathon gaming sessions or intensive use. Graphics cards, on the other hand, have always relied on air-based solutions, with fans and metal fins providing all of the cooling they require. That all changed when one tinkerer had the brilliant notion to remove a normal CPU cooler from a shelf and repurpose it for his GPU instead. Running frozen water directly through the heatpipes allowed him to not only cool the GPU but also significantly increase frame rates.