Every year were fortunate to glean new insights about the history of the worlds people through archaeologists. Birds notwithstanding, humans missed dinosaurs by about 65 million years. Its a reminder that even ancient sports fans and players were more than a little stitious. From left the right: A geoglyph of a bird, seen from the air; RMS Titanic railing; remains of a man thrown into a well.Credits: Luis Rosendo/Heritage Images/Getty Images | NOAA/Institute for Exploration/University of Rhode Island | Åge Hojem NTNU Vitenskapsmuseet...

A hardware hacker designed the most genuine mod to turn the PSP into a console. Better than that, you could use it to play your PSPs age-old UMDs. The $275 PS Placeable is a 3D-printed shell resembling the original PlayStation 2. © Retro Mod Works It even contains an actual, modded PSP. This may be your best bet to playLocoRocoon the big screen with a PS4 or PS5 controller. The best part is that its a non-destructive mod thats reversible if you so choose....

Now, the little handheld could have some mobility options in the form of a wheelchair-like add-on. With the PlayBot dock, the gear can maneuver by itself. More than that, it turns it into an interactive, playful pet robot,ala the KEYi Loona. © Screenshot: Guillaume Loquin / YouTube In avideo, PlayBot startles awake when nudged. It can also stop itself from rolling off the desk. The side-loaded software includes all-new animations, giving the Playdate expressive eyes akin to thedevices original startup animation....

The origin of mammals is shrouded in mystery, but every fossil clue helps rewrite the story. A new discovery on a Mediterranean island is challenging what we know about whenand wheremammal ancestors emerged. Most people chalk therise of the mammalsback to the demise of the dinosaurs about 66 million years ago. An artist’s paleoart reconstruction of a gorgonopsian.Illustration: Henry Sutherland Sharpe The specimen dates to at least 270 million years ago, making it the oldest known gorgonopsian to date....

Internet users have created tributes toMangione, including everything from songs to t-shirts. Its a watercolor painting of Mangione, clearly inspired by one of thesecurity camera imagesreleased by police. Police and mine owners tried to break the workers through violence, and the workers fought back. Luigi Mangione is led from the Blair County Courthouse after an extradition hearing December 10, 2024 in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania.© Photo by Jeff Swensen/Getty Images I had a very serious bone tumor on my ribs a few years ago....

You know that documentary crew thats been following the roommates around since 2019? Well, theyve decided they have enough footage. After today, theyredonefilming. © FX Coming from him, it almost feels heartfelt. Then, he announces that Guillermo is sad because the documentary is ending. Colin Robinson suspects Guillermo will be sorry to end his secret affair with Nate, the boom operator. © Russ Martin/FX The ending of this documentary is giving him a preview of the ending of his own frail human life....

The new unit from the Cupertino, California tech giant would be the size of two iPad Pros side-by-side. His anonymous sources claimed Apple wants to bring out its foldable in 2028. TheiPad Pro M4had an impeccable display but was held back by iPadOS multitasking limitations. © Photo: Adriano Contreras / Gizmodo Apples folding gear, which its designers have reportedly tested, has a nearly invisible crease. For instance, the LenovoThinkPad X1 Foldor theHP Spectre Fold....

Well, its a different character, he toldthe Hollywood Reporter. I mean, its like playing Hamlet. Everybodys going to have their own Hamlet. © De Laurentiis Entertainment Group; Orion Pictures I chose to play it the way the director Michael Mann and I decided to play it. Tony played it brilliantly. But we played it the way we played it. Tony decided to take it down another route. I made something like 10 grand....

Its the story everybody in America is talking about. Were talking about drones. Specifically, those mystery drones that have launched a million conspiracy theories online about what they could be. © Oleg Nikishin Most of the viral videos appear to show aircraft that are plainly just normal commercial jets. But there are plenty that cant be easily explained. And elected leaders are calling for serious action. Some of the drones are small....

And how willthe Harkonnensrestore their status as a Great House? Not all is revealed, of course. (Still no haircut though; his grooming screams rough and ready and hes keeping it that way.) Sister Francesca (Tabu) makes a big impression this week. © HBO Natalyas face, meanwhile, contorts into jealous disgust. I am here to see my son, Francesca explains, but we immediately realize she meansourson. It can only be Constantine shes talking about....

The future of war is AI, networked drones of many different kinds. Artificial intelligence does tend to behave in ways the creators do not understand or have been unable to predict. Social media provides a perfect case study for this. Ex-Google CEO says that AI could soon become too powerful for its own good.Lukas Schulze/Getty Images And drones strapped with bombs have the potential to cause more civilian casualties. But Schmidt is talking about his book in these interviews....

GoFundMes Terms of Service prohibit fundraisers for the legal defense of violent crimes. The fundraiser has raised over $125,000 at the time of this writing. Its unclear whether Mangione will even accept the money thats being raised in his name. Luigi Mangione as a saintly image on a t-shirt depicted on TikTok (left) and a Deny, Defend, Depose tattoo on TikTokScreenshots: TikTok I just dont feel comfortable about that. So I dont know, Mangiones lawyer Tom Dickey said....

Your favorite (or perhaps least favorite) connection cable may receive a major upgrade early next year. Its not a lot of information to go on. Since its first appearance in 2017, HDMI 2.1a has had a bitrate of 48Gbps. © Alex Cranz VideoCardz speculated that it would allow higher resolutions and refresh rates without compression. The new standard could potentially reach DisplayPort 2.1 rates. A DP 2.1 cable should be able to do more than 240 Hz at 4K with 10-bit color depth....