The pirate ship in Elliott Bay was one thing, but it was a little blurry bee that pushed me over the edge. Samsung likes to tell us (and its shareholders) that its new phones are the most AI-y phones ever AI-ed, and the Fold 6 I’m testing comes with a new tool called “Sketch to … Read more
Experimental setup for detecting orbital pumping. Credit: Hayashi et al. Electrons inherently carry both spin and orbital angular momentum (i.e., properties that help understand the rotational motions and behavior of particles). Although some physicists and engineers have attempted to harness the spin angular momentum of electrons to develop new technologies known as spintronics, the orbital … Read more
Would you like to play PlayStation 4 for another five years? (Sony) The Monday Letters page isn’t surprised that smartphone owners don’t want to pay full price for games, while one reader tries to imagine an Elden Ring movie. To join the discussions yourself, email gamecentral@metro.co.uk Force of habitI found myself agreeing with a lot … Read more
Image: Nintendo Life Since 2017 we’ve seen a large number of ports come to Switch, many of which seemed impossible beforehand. Surprises like Doom (2016), which arrived in the system’s launch year, and 2019’s Witcher 3 showed that while some smart optimization was needed, Nintendo’s console could be deliver perfectly playable and utterly engaging portable … Read more
ONational decline seems to have become so pervasive that even Weetabix – “Britain’s favorite breakfast” – is now capitalizing on it with a new advert: “One of the reasons Britain hasn’t been great lately is is because… I ate enough Weetabix.” Perhaps the country’s shortage of whole grains explains why Google searches for “EU passport” … Read more
Image: Damien McFerran / Nintendo Life The Soapbox features allow our individual writers and contributors to share their opinions on current topics and random things they’ve been chewing over. Today, Tim reflects on 35 years of Tetris on the Game Boy and how it taught a generation – several generations, in fact – how to … Read more
Conventional wisdom is this: the body reaches its physical peak at age 25 and it’s an uphill battle from there. But in the race for longevity with its supplements, Oura trackers, reformer pilates and sleep scores, conventional wisdom seems to be falling a bit behind. The buzz phrase of the moment is “fitness maintenance”: maintaining … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, editor of the FT, selects her favorite stories in this weekly newsletter. Nvidia announced the next generation of its artificial intelligence processors on Sunday, a surprise move less than three months after its most recent launch. At the Computex conference in Taipei, the chipmaker’s CEO Jensen Huang … Read more
The new filter, which is about the size of a quarter, could revolutionize wireless communications. Credit: Troy Olsson, Xingyu Du In the early 2010s, LightSquared, a multibillion-dollar company that promised to revolutionize mobile communications, went bankrupt. The company couldn’t figure out how to prevent its signals from interfering with those of GPS systems. Now Penn … Read more