Acer has introduced the Swift Air 14 as a laptop that focuses on easy movement and extended time between charges. The all-aluminum body weighs 1.25 kg (2.75 lb) and measures as little as 12.9 millimeters thick at its narrowest point. Four color finishes are immediately noticeable: sage green, ice blue, bloom pink, and lilac purple.
Astronomers examining deep views from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have identified a supermassive black hole that reached enormous size while the material around it had barely begun to form stars or build a full galaxy. The object, known as Abell2744-QSO1 or simply QSO1, sat in the universe when it was only about 700 million years old. Its light has traveled more than 13 billion years to reach us.
James Channel reached into a pile of spare parts and pulled out a dusty PlayStation 2 Slim that had sat unused for years. The console carried an intact warranty seal yet refused to read discs. Fans had imagined portable PS2 play since the early 2000s, but official hardware never arrived in that form. Channel decided to finish the job himself in a Frankenstein-like manner.
Engineers at Blue Origin had the New Glenn rocket fully stacked and ready at Launch Complex 36 on Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. They prepared for a standard static fire test. The check would run the first-stage engines for a short time while the vehicle stayed secured on the ground. This step formed part of preparations for a planned early June flight carrying Amazon satellites.
Matt Spears has turned more than one unlikely vehicle into a spot to sleep. His latest effort started with a big, damaged Sea-Doo Explorer jet ski that weighed well over a thousand pounds and stretched about twelve feet long. The machine had already crashed into rocks once, leaving cracks in the hull. He bought it anyway and set out to make it something he could live on for a night or longer.