Limited to 999 units worldwide, the 2025 Aston Martin Valhalla is touted as a mid-engine luxury hybrid supercar and it most certainly lives up to that title. Power comes from a twin-turbocharged 4.0L V8, paired with three electric motors, that generates a combined 1,064 hp and 811 lb-ft of torque, and a new 8-speed Dual Clutch Transmission (DCT), which incorporates an e-Motor as well as an electronic rear differential (E-diff).
Tesla’s Optimus was really put to the test after engineers decided to see how the humanoid robot would perform on uneven terrain, even without a video-based vision system in place. We won’t spoil everything, but will say that it performed decently, but with some slippage.
Nokia has just unveiled the world’s first 5G 360-degree camera for industrial use. This new device provides 8K streaming of low-latency high-resolution video coupled with spatial audio over 5G, Wi-Fi, and Ethernet connectivity, reducing the need for multiple cameras across various applications.
The 256GB Samsung PRO Plus MicroSD Card comes with an adapter, making it perfect for cameras, tablets, game consoles, and more, all for $19.99, originally $39.99. It’s ultra rugged too, including water, temperature, X-ray, magnet, drop, and wearout protection. Product page.
Researchers from the University of Bristol and the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) have created the world’s first carbon-14 diamond battery that could power devices for thousands of years. They could also be used in extreme environments, both in space and right here on earth, where it just isn’t practical to replace conventional batteries.
The Ford Mustang GTD completed a sub-7 minute lap at Nürburgring promise and becomes the fastest car from an American brand to do so. It managed to finish the 12.9-mile, 73-turn “Green Hell” in a blistering 6:57.685.
Sony Pictures has just released the first trailer for 28 Years Later, a post-apocalyptic horror film directed by Danny Boyle. This third installment in the 28 Days Later series is set for release on June 20, 2025 in the US, a little more than 2-months after A Minecraft Movie.
Google’s new Willow quantum chip managed to perform the random circuit sampling (RCS) benchmark computation in under five minutes that would normally take one of today’s fastest supercomputers 10 septillion years to complete. This exceeds known timescales in physics and vastly exceeds the age of the universe, thus lending to the credence that quantum computation occurs in many parallel universes.
Photo credit: NASA/Michala Garrison
Michala Garrison used Landsat 9 imagery from the U.S. Geological Survey and VIIRS day-night band data to capture this stunning image of the Iceland volcano eruption that is sending lava near the famous tourist destination Blue Lagoon.
Sure, the Sokol will only cost you around $17,000 if you live in Russia, but to have it shipped over to the US, you’ll have to shell out at least $37,000. This 1,760-pound behometh is currently the world’s largest ATV, powered by a Toyota-sourced 1.5L 1NZ-FE 4-cylinder engine producing 110 horsepower, mated to an automatic gearbox that sends power to all four wheels.