BMW’s new HypersonX sound system makes a lively, all-around sound experience for their Neue Klasse electric vehicles. The engineers from the Sound Design Studio got ideas from nature, art, and science, using sounds like rustling leaves or other outdoor noises to build a one-of-a-kind, immersive audio vibe that’s different from anything else.
The 128GB Meta Quest 3S VR headset with Batman: Arkham Shadow is the perfect combo for a lazy summer day, and you can get the bundle for $269 shipped today, originally $299.99. It’s a standalone device—no PC or wires needed—powered by the Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 chipset with 8GB of RAM, delivering smooth performance for games and apps. The 128GB storage holds about 30 medium-sized games. Product page.
Top Gear wanted to test the Lotus Evija X, along with its standard variant, to see why people just weren’t interested in buying one of the world’s most powerful electric hypercars. First, it’s limited to 130-units worldwide, each priced between $2.1-$2.4 million, so that could be one major contributing factor.
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Based on a new leak from Digital Chat Station, the upcoming foldable iPhone is reported to have a a 7.76-inch inner display at 2,713 x 1,920 resolution and a 5.49-inch outer display at 2,088 x 1,422. They also note a possible under-screen camera for the inner display and a punch-hole camera for the outer one, with a 4:3 aspect ratio for the former.
Blue Origin’s NS-31 mission successfully launched from Launch Site One in West Texas at 9:30 a.m. ET (8:30 a.m. CDT) this morning, marking the 11th crewed flight of the New Shepard rocket. This was a historic suborbital flight, notable for being the first all-female crew since Valentina Tereshkova’s solo mission in 1963.
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Deep-sea mapping company Magellan, in collaboration with Atlantic Productions, created the first-ever full-sized 3D digital scan of the Titanic, often referred to as a “digital twin” This project was recently detailed in a National Geographic documentary called Titanic: The Digital Resurrection.
Bungie’s Marathon just got a new gameplay overview trailer, and it previews ‘Runner’, the cybernetic mercenary scavenging a lost colony. It’s set to be released on September 23, 2025, for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC, flipping the script by focusing on a multiplayer extraction shooter format but with Bungie’s polished gunplay and a cyberpunk vibe.
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Sandia National Laboratories teamed up with Maxwell Labs, a startup from Minnesota, and the University of New Mexico to try a new way to keep computer chips cool using lasers. This method, called photonic cooling, wants to make cooling systems for computers—like those in big data centers—work better, using less power and water than old technologies relying on fans or water coolers.
