The Apple AirPods Pro 2 are still the wireless earbuds to get for those who demand the best Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) and sound quality in one package, all for $169 shipped, originally $249. Adaptive Transparency leverages the H2 chip’s on-device processing to reduce loud environmental noise — like a passing vehicle siren – for more comfortable everyday listening. Product page.
This cosmic bouquet is more than meets the eye, as the image as you see it here was created using X-ray data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory (blue and green) with optical data from Hubble (yellow) and radio data from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (orange).
It’s no Aston Martin Bulldog, but we’d gladly take a $4+ million Aston Martin Valkyrie Spider as a weekend vehicle. Top Gear presenter Chris Harris was fortunate enough to experience the latter recently, and for those wondering, yes, this is the same hypercar that entrepreneur Manny Khoshbin was supposed to take delivery of.
The Adobe Firefly Video model is now available to the public, and it most certainly rivals OpenAI’s Sora text-to-video generator. Filmmakers can use it to generate custom b-roll that exactly matches their vision, craft dynamic visual effects, or just for designing motion elements.
While we wait for Elon Musk to finish work on the Tesla drive-in theater / supercharger, one fan has 3D-printed a smartphone charger that looks just like a miniature Tesla Supercharger. It consists of several pieces including the front / rear panels that hold the charging cable in place.
It’s no strontium plasma lightsaber, but researchers from Spain, Finland and Canada have figured out a way to guide electric plasma in the air using ultrasonic fields. In other words, these sparks can be precisely directed to bend around obstacles, and even hit specific spots on a material, even if it isn’t conductive.
The 2025 Chevy Corvette ZR1 is officially the automaker’s fastest production car to date after seeing several new lap records that obliterates the times of various supercars and even hypercars. These record setting laps took place at Watkins Glen, Road America, Road Atlanta, and Virginia International Raceway.
The Apple Watch Ultra 2 [GPS + Cellular] can be used for days (or weeks) at a time without needing to be recharged, and you can get one for $679.99 shipped today, originally $799. It’s powered by the S9 SiP, which features the handy double tap gesture and on-device Siri with the ability to access as well as log health data privately. Product page.
