Flash Film/Getty Images Internet cables become seismic sensors on land, under the sea and eventually on the Moon. Millions of miles of fiber optic cables already cover the Earth, including approximately 920,000 miles of undersea cables on the ocean floor. As some of the oldest cables are…
Searagen/Getty Images Submarines are fascinating pieces of military technology that play a major role in national defense, with nuclear submarines capable of staying underwater for months and navigating without GPS while they carry out stealth missions. If you’ve watched TV shows or movies featuring submarines, you’ve probably…
Discord now uses end-to-end encryption for all voice and video calls across all platforms: desktop, mobile, web, and console. It took a long time – the company first shared its plans for privacy in 2023 and began the migration process a year later… The company said in summer 2023 that it was experimenting with end-to-end…
WhatsApp is getting a new setting for disappearing messages that makes them disappear based on a countdown that only starts after they are read. Spotted by WaBetaInfo In the latest WhatsApp TestFlight beta, the new option starts a countdown after the recipient reads the message, rather than starting the countdown when the message is sent….
Google has unveiled Gemini 3.5, starting with the Gemini 3.5 Flash model that promises to outperform Gemini 3.1 Pro in real-world agent and coding tasks. “3.5 Flash delivers cutting-edge intelligence at exceptional speed, proving you no longer need to trade quality for latency. » Announced at Google I/O 2026, this will be Google’s default AI…
But you’ll need the $200 option if you want access to Project Genie. Google Google made a bunch of AI announcements at its I/O 2026 showcase today, and the company is making these tools less expensive to use. The cost of the top tier of its AI subscription plan has been…
Victorgeorgiev/Getty Images Sony sold Vaio laptops from 1994 to 2014, representing a period of nearly 20 years for the brand before its high production costs, combined with competition from rivals like Dell and Lenovo, led to its sale. In February 2014, Sony announced that it…
They had not reached an agreement on worker bonuses. Géliodor/Shutterstock Nearly 48,000 Samsung employees in South Korea, who represent 38 percent of the company’s workforce in the country, plan to walk out on May 21 for an 18-day strike. The company and its largest union were in negotiations, and union leader Choi Seung-ho…
Pixel Watch owners are experiencing issues with their sleep data. First identified on Reddit, users noticed their watches were displaying the message “No recent data. Wear your watch to sleep,” despite the fact that Fitbit apps revealed that sleep cycles were being recorded through their smartwatches. Users who attempted to resolve the issue by…
Ronstik/Getty Images Smart TVs have become more affordable over the years, which is why your smart TV is now full of ads. Even with these lower prices, the best time to shop is still during a decent sale. Whether it’s various sales scattered throughout the year or…