Curiosity, NASA’s battle-scarred rover, has been exploring the Red Planet since 2012 like a cosmic detective, and now it’s stumbled into a strange area near Mount Sharp. The ground here is etched with boxwork patterns—delicate, crisscrossing ridges that look like nature’s take on a waffle iron.
In 1989, Hudson Soft unveiled a peculiar accessory for NEC’s PC Engine console, a device that feels like a time capsule from an era when saving your game was a luxury, not a given. Meet the Ten no Koe 2, a memory bank that promised to preserve your progress in a world of fleeting passwords and fleeting patience. Its name, translating to “Voice From The Heavens,” nods to a mythical save system from Hudson’s Famicom classic, Momotarou Densetsu.
A little slip-up on Amazon India has the internet talking, and it’s all thanks to Spigen, the case maker that might’ve just spilled Apple’s big 2025 plans. Their listing for a screen protector casually name-dropped the iPhone 17 and iPhone 17 Pro, hinting that both phones will rock a 6.3-inch screen. That’s a bigger canvas for the regular iPhone, which has been stuck at 6.1 inches for years.
Built high on Cerro Pachón in Chile’s Andes, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory has powered up its massive 3.2-gigapixel camera. These first images, snapped in just 10 hours of test runs, offer a thrilling taste of the observatory’s decade-long Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST).
The FrSara Neck Fan is a great way to keep cool when outdoors or just at home when the air conditioning isn’t turned on, and you can get one for $26.98, originally $33.99. Its dual-sided vents, driven by 60 turbine blades, send out a steady breeze that provides your neck with a cooling hug. Three speed options let you adjust the airflow, from a soft whisper on low to a more audible whoosh on high. Product page.
Spiral galaxies often dazzle with their swirling arms, but UGC 11397, caught in Hubble’s latest snapshot, hides a supermassive secret. Nestled 250 million light-years away in the constellation Lyra, this galaxy hides a crazy secret at its heart—a supermassive black hole 174 million times heftier than our Sun.
Google’s Chromebook crew has always been the plucky underdog of laptops—cheap, cloud-driven, and proudly basic. But with the Lenovo Chromebook Plus 14 unveiled today, Google’s changing that. From its MediaTek Kompanio Ultra processor to its OLED screen and exclusive Gemini AI tools, this Chromebook is stirring up a storm.
Nintendo’s Switch 2 promised a leap into high dynamic range (HDR) gaming, a first for the company’s consoles. Yet, many players have found their games looking oddly washed out or overly bright when docked to a TV. YouTube’s display guru Vincent Teoh of HDTVTest has dissected this issue in a detailed video.
