Bando do Gato has just published three mind-blowing movies that give Donkey Kong Country, the 1994 Super Nintendo classic, a huge facelift while retaining every ounce of its spirit. These side-by-side comparisons show the original pixel graphics alongside these amazing AI-enhanced renderings of the same scenes, and it’s a mix of nostalgia and astonishment.
When it comes to noise-cancelling earbuds in 2026, Apple’s AirPods Pro 3 stand out, especially at $199 (previously $249). What truly makes them special is their noise cancellation, as Apple was able to more than quadruple the efficacy of the AirPods Pro 2, blocking out significantly more of the undesirable sound that comes from low rumbles of engines and higher-pitched distractions like people conversing or that awful office hum.
No, this isn’t the rumored Cybervan, but rather the Russo-Balt F200, a full-size electric van built from unpainted stainless steel with a sharp, angular form clearly influenced by the Cybertruck. We’ve all been waiting for a Tesla van for years, but until now, there has been nothing. Now, a Russian entrepreneur has stepped in to create a near-miss that should fill the void.
Keeping up with the endless stream of research papers just got a little easier thanks to Prism, OpenAI’s new tool that changes the game for scientists. This free workspace integrates writing, editing, collaboration, and even literature searches into a single, cloud-based location. No more juggling several programs for LaTeX editing and other tasks; everything now lives together, powered by OpenAI’s latest innovation, GPT-5.2, which has significantly improved its math and scientific reasoning compared to previous releases.
Walt Disney Imagineering recently highlighted one of their most game-changing innovations: trackless ride systems. “Imagineer That!” delves further into Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway, explaining how these vehicles move from zero to spin and groove with no visible tracks. The ride is incredibly effortless, despite the fact that below it is like a well tuned orchestra of perfection and unlimited potential waiting to be composed.
A team of researchers at Fudan University in Shanghai has developed a smart computer chip that has been inserted directly into a single fiber smaller than a human hair. These fiber integrated circuits (FICs) have managed to pack a lot of processing power into something as flexible and delicate as this, making them ideal for weaving into garments or even implanting into the body.
Firefighters race into blazing buildings, tunnels, and industrial sites, where they are all too familiar with the deadly heat, choking smoke, and hidden dangers that lurk around every corner, ready to strike. On top of the usual challenges, conventional drones simply can’t handle the extreme conditions of a fire, as they tend to fail or overheat almost immediately A team from Switzerland’s Empa research labs had a different idea…FireDrone.
Researchers at Robbyant, an Ant Group subsidiary, have just released an impressive new vision-language-action model after collecting 20,000 hours of real-world data from nine different twin arm robot setups. It’s arguably the most powerful general-purpose controller on the market, capable of handling a wide range of manipulation jobs on a variety of hardware without the need for frequent retooling.
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A leak from an early build of Android 17 has surfaced, giving us a much better picture of what to expect from the impending major upgrade. Screenshots of the half-finished operating system are making the rounds, thanks to developers and fans who were able to obtain early internal builds. One of the first places these images appeared was on Telegram, courtesy of RKBDI, a well-known person in the Android community, posted them online, and they took off from there.
