In 2020, a group of scientists came up with an explanation for strange inconsistencies in Jupiters upper atmosphere. They suggested that ice-encrusted mushballs rain down during intense thunderstorms on the gas giant. But Jupiters mushballs could not be denied. A view of Jupiter’s atmosphereCredit:NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Gerald Eichstadt/Sean Doran © CC NC SA They admit they initially thought the theory was too elaborate to be true. So many things have to come together to actually explain this, it seems so exotic....

To be a Marvel fan is to have mixed feelings about the MCUs villain output. This can work, but too often its left projects feeling scattered or confused. And yet, the current slate of MCU projects has featured some memorable haters among their ranks. © Marvel Studios The same is true of Ben Poindexter, aka Bullseye, maybe the most broken person inDaredevilsassortment of characters. Outside ofBorn Again,Marvels found another successful hater villain inYour Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Manstake on Scorpion....

The information revealed in the slides isnt necessarily the most earth-shattering disclosures. But the fact that information made its way to public consumption was a pretty big oops on Metas part. (Whythey would want that information redacted is a different matter.) Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., during the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. Meta Platforms Inc. debuted its first pair of augmented reality glasses, devices that show a combined view of the digital and physical worlds, a key step in Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg’s goal of one day offering a hands-free alternative to the smartphone....

When gravity is stronger, the objectsa.k.a. Earths gravity isnt constantit changes subtly all the time as mass shifts around the planet. On our physical scale, those shifts are imperceptiblebut not to scientists ultra-sensitive instruments. A map of Earth’s gravity (red indicates more gravitational pull).Image: NASA With the right sensors, scientists can use gravity to see whats hidden under Earths surface. The sharper the gravity map, the better we understand whats going on underground....

If theres one thing I would defend to the death, its the 3D effect of the Nintendo 3DS. It costs as much as two high-end OLED monitors for the sake of an IPS display with 3D effects. Theres a jumble of interesting tech behind the Odyssey 3Ds capabilities, even if the specs seem incredibly basic. Photos can’t possibly do the Odyssey 3D justice since it relies on eye tracking to present the 3D effect....

But Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has an idea to fix it. We have too many controllers that retire after 25 years of service. And so we have to look and go, is this a national security issue? US Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy speaks during a briefing about the mid-air crash between American Airlines flight 5342 and a military helicopter in Washington, in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on January 30, 2025 in Washington, DC....

There are some awful women onThe Handmaids Tale, but men make up the bulk of its villainous characters. The show tends to deal in heavy-handed themes, but its also invested in creating complex characters. The most fascinating examples are Gilead insiders who realize too late theyre trapped in prisons of their own making. Bradley Whitford as Commander Joseph Lawrence.© Hulu But her conflicted feelings about Gilead have crystallized quite a bit as season six gets underway....

Innovation often comes from the places you least expect. For example, Asusclaimedit cracked the code for measuring blood pressure with its slim-form VivoWatch 6 Aero. You dont have to go back very far tofind smartwatchesthat have tried to offer accurate blood pressure readings. © Asus Every major watch maker is trying to push blood pressure monitoring in a variety of different ways. Thelatest Samsung Galaxy Watchesrequire you to sit in place while the PPG sensor takes a blood oxygen measurement....

I mean weve made eight movies in five years. My linkage with with Lucasfilm is primarily with Kathleen [Kennedy]. Hes the historian and hes the arbiter of whats kosher and whats not. © Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images for Disney I knew him fromRogue,we spent time onRogueand thats my primary point of connection with Lucasfilm. We kind of were left to be free-range here, Gilroy said. We kind of ran wild, we kept testing....

Who is a true NVE? Thats a good question, and the answer is: anybody. Law enforcement claims Casap also planned to assassinate President Trump to spur a civil war in the U.S. © Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images The road to this new low in law enforcement terminology has been long. News from the future, delivered to your present.

It also suggested imposing prohibitions on federal agencies and contractors procuring AI models from China. There is no violin small enough for OpenAI. The ChatGPT-maker also said it believed DeepSeek likely also used leading open-source AI models to create high-quality synthetic data. The House Select Committee on China released a report stating alleging close ties between DeepSeek and the Chinese government.Justin Sullivan/Getty American companies including Microsoft itself as well as Meta and Perplexity arealready hosting the modelon their cloud platforms....

Used vehicle sales are just a little behind, still up 7% this year compared to 2024. News from the future, delivered to your present. Trump Plans Private Dinner for Largest Buyers of $TRUMP Crypto Trump’s corruption knows no bounds. An aerial view of Tesla cars sitting in a parking lot© Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Why is an AI company pretending that were living in 2022 andworking on a new social media platform? Theres a shortage of data right nowthat is limiting how quickly and effectively AI models can be trained. Google has a steady stream of content thanks to running the most-used search engine on the planet and YouTube. An image of Sam Altman in sunglasses shooting a piece sign.© Bloomberg/Getty Images The same goes for Meta and its Llama model....