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Look past the glitzy phone launches, and you'll find some truly bizarre, sometimes ingenious devices and concepts lurking in the halls of Mobile World Congress. -
All the Top New Gadgets at MWC 2025
At the annual trade show in Barcelona, we saw an ultra-slim smartphone, a solar-powered laptop, and Google's Astra technology baked into its Gemini assistant, coming to Android phones soon.Wired - 1d -
10 Coolest Things We Saw At Toy Fair 2025
The New York Toy Fair 2025 has just wrapped up, giving collectors and toy fans sneak peeks at some of the biggest companies' offerings for the year and beyond. GameSpot was invited to attend this ...GameSpot - 1d -
Oscars 2025: There’s Something Weird About the Best Picture Nominees
Or with the 10 best picture nominees, at least. But what seems clear is that Hollywood is celebrating the kinds of movies it doesn’t make. (Weird, right?)The New York Times - 5d -
We asked the people of Gaza how they saw their future – this is what we found | Nils Mallock
Support for Hamas is declining – no obvious alternative has emerged, but our poll shows there are reasons to be hopeful. Nils Mallock is research fellow at the XCEPT research group at King’s ...The Guardian - Feb. 21 -
Best Workout Headphones We Tested and Sweated In (2025)
Rock your inner jock with a pair of sturdy, sweatproof, and tangle-proof headphones. Here are our favorites.Wired - Feb. 19 -
30 things we love in the world of food, 2025
From a taste of Brazil in Manchester to the rise of the choc ice. *** Continue reading...The Guardian - Feb. 23 -
Sometimes, All You Need Is a Wacky Shoe
And this was one for the ages.The New York Times - 4d -
13 Best Hair Straighteners We Tested (2025) | WIRED
Curls and waves are beautiful. But when you want to smooth them out, these hot tools—irons, brushes, and combs—work wonders.Wired - Feb. 19 -
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The Saw-Toothed Function That Broke Calculus
In the late 19th century, Karl Weierstrass invented a fractal-like function that was decried as nothing less than a “deplorable evil.” In time, it would transform the foundations of mathematics.Wired - Feb. 23
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US State Department Kills Global Air Monitoring Program Researchers Say Paid for Itself
The initiative helped pressure the Chinese government to clean up the air in Beijing and was later expanded to dozens of cities around the world. Now, it’s been abruptly halted.Wired - 10h -
US Charges 12 Alleged Spies in China’s Freewheeling Hacker-for-Hire Ecosystem
The Justice Department claims 10 alleged hackers and two Chinese government officials took part in a wave of cyberattacks around the globe that included breaching the US Treasury Department and more.Wired - 11h
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Federal Grant Program Opens Door to Elon Musk’s Starlink
Under new rules from President Trump’s Commerce Department, a $42 billion high-speed internet effort will no longer favor fiber-optic cable.The New York Times - 2h -
Alibaba’s new open source model QwQ-32B matches DeepSeek-R1 with way smaller compute requirements
While DeepSeek-R1 operates with 671 billion parameters, QwQ-32B achieves comparable performance with a much smaller footprint.VentureBeat - 5h -
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