Galaxy Z Fold diary: Samsung’s trade-in value is the reason I didn’t pass up the series

I’ve been a customer of Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold series for a few years now and there’s one reason I’ve stuck with this series, and that’s the enduring value of Samsung’s tremendous trade-in value. The Galaxy Z Fold series, like pretty much the entire foldable market, isn’t cheap. A few years ago, I went all-in … Read more

Blizzard Talks Diablo 4’s Spiritborn, and Why They Didn’t Do Paladin, Amazon, or Monk

Diablo4 Snowstorm Diablo 4 is now showing off Vessel of Hatred’s new Spiritborn class in its entirety with a new series of hands-on tech demos, trailers, interviews, and more. While I wasn’t able to attend the demo in person, I had the chance to sit down with Game Director Brent Gibson and Class Designer Bjorn … Read more

Bionic leg restores natural walking speed and stride: ‘I didn’t feel like my leg was amputated’ | CNN

CNN — Amy Pietrafitta learned to walk seven times. First as a child and then, after an industrial burn led to the amputation of her left leg in 2018. Since then, she has taken her “first steps” in prosthetics for running, water, high heels, rowing and everyday walking. Her last “first steps” were different. This … Read more

No, NASA didn’t warn of an impending asteroid impact in 2038. Here’s what actually happened.

Misleading newspaper headlines pasted over a stock image of an asteroid impact.

Multiple media outlets have misreported the newly released findings from the fifth Planetary Defense Interagency Tabletop Exercise. These misleading headlines either suggest that the hypothetical scenario used in the exercise was real, or that officials somehow fail the test. (Image credit: Live Science/Shutterstock) Officials from NASA and other international agencies recently completed a pilot test … Read more

What the dealer didn’t tell you about your new electric car – analysis by Neil Winton

Neil Winton is a Senior Contributor for Forbes, writing about the automotive industry in general and electric cars in particular. The opinions expressed are his own. He was previously European Auto Correspondent for Reuters, wrote the European Perspective column for the Detroit News and contributed to the Wall Street Journal. If you have just taken … Read more

Newly confirmed jumping leeches are the biggest fear you didn’t know you had

White men can’t jump, but earthly leeches can. This is now a scientific fact; after centuries of anecdotal reports, the parasites have been captured on video jumping from leaves in Madagascar’s rainforest. Automation never tasted so good The images were first captured in 2017 by Mai Fahmy, a researcher now at the American Museum of … Read more

Daughter of ‘Mr Titanic’ who died on doomed Titan submarine reveals she didn’t hear from OceanGate in the year after disaster

Sidonie Nargeolet, 40, says she has heard 'nothing' from OceanGate in the year since her 77-year-old father Paul-Henri Nergeolet died in the Titan subdisaster

The grieving daughter of the French explorer who died on the doomed Titan submarine says she hasn’t heard from OceanGate in the year after the disaster. Sidonie Nargeolet’s 77-year-old father Paul-Henri Nergeolet – known as ‘Mr Titanic’ – was one of five people killed when a submarine catastrophically imploded during its journey to the wreck … Read more

North Carolina gardener discovers mysterious space debris along hiking trail: ‘It didn’t come from here’

American news By means of Richard Pollina Published May 25, 2024, 5:48 am ET A glamping groundskeeper came across a bizarre space object along a remote trail in the mountains of North Carolina. Justin Clontz and a colleague were doing maintenance around the Glamping Collective, a luxury campground in Haywood County, when he was “shocked” … Read more

No, unfortunately Google AI didn’t invent a gay Star Wars character named Slurpy Faggi

Photo taken at San Diago Pride showing Grogu from The Mandalorian in Pride themed rainbow outfit

Grogu, aka Baby Yoda, at San Diego Pride. It’s not clear if Grogu is gay, but he’s definitely an ally (Getty) Google’s new AI overview feature rolled out to users this week and has certainly caused quite a stir: although possibly not for the reasons Google expected. Unfortunately, it seems the feature is still buggy, … Read more

Take-Two CEO of Intercept, Roll7: ‘We didn’t close those studios’ – IGN

Earlier this month, Take-Two announced a cost-cutting plan that included canceling projects, laying off 5% of its workforce and other cuts. Amid this announcement came reports based on internal documentation that appeared to confirm that Take-Two would be closing OlliOlli World developer Roll7 and Kerbal Space Program 2 developer Intercept Games. But when I asked … Read more