If you’re looking to upgrade to a new smart TV in the coming months, the change will likely mean giving up Freeview. That’s because Freely, a new broadband-powered alternative from the Freeview team, is fast becoming the new standard for TV manufacturers in the UK. Free, which launched in april with a single TV brand … Read more
Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were originally scheduled to return to Earth on June 14. July 10, 2024, 5:12 AM ET • 5 min read The NASA astronauts who were aboard the first manned space flight aboard Boeing’s Starliner will participate in a press conference Wednesday morning. Flight commander Barry “Butch” Wilmore, 61, a former … Read more
A year after revitalizing Motorola’s most iconic phone, the company has released the Razr+ – the 2024 edition. This flip-style foldable phone exceeds nearly all expectations while maintaining one of the best foldable price points in 2024. Motorola’s flip phone launch consists of two models, the Razr+ and the Razr. These are not to be … Read more
Major recent developments, driven by support from CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, are providing deeper insights into the fundamental nature of our universe. The ongoing experiments at CERN are aimed at exploring the smallest building blocks of matter and the forces that govern them. By revealing the dynamics of these forces, scientists can … Read more
Remark Uber is launching a month-long trial called the “One Less Car” challenge to show that people are better off using the app’s rewards rides instead of owning their own vehicles. Conveniently, it would also show how Uber is better off if people use Uber more. What a twist. The trial involves just 175 carefully … Read more
For decades, a deadly fungal disease has been ravaging the world’s amphibians, wiping out frogs, toads and salamanders from the mountain lakes of the United States to the rainforests of Australia. The disease, known as chytridiomycosis or chytrid, has wiped out at least 90 species of amphibians and contributed to the decline of hundreds more … Read more
Lending institutions have misrated more than $100 billion of commercial real estate debt in an increasingly popular segment of the market, mortgage veterans say, including at least a dozen deals that maintain the highest investment grade rating even though the borrowers are in default. The questionable ratings emerge in a part of the mortgage bond … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, editor of the FT, selects her favorite stories in this weekly newsletter. Serbia is preparing to give Rio Tinto the green light to develop Europe’s largest lithium mine, two years after Belgrade canceled the project, paving the way for a significant boost to the continent’s electric car … Read more
First introduced in April, the spatial Personas in Apple Vision Pro are designed to appear as if they are in the same physical space. To improve the experience, the lifelike avatars will soon be able to communicate directly with each other using a number of new gestures in visionOS 2. Spatial Personas, which were featured … Read more
Apple iMessage is about to change beyond recognition, if a new report is correct. And the changes will affect not only how easy the app is to use on an iPhone, but also how easy this app is to use on an iPhone, as well as friends with an Android phone. And it appears it … Read more