The tech could have some far-ranging applications, including being used in military drones. This effect occurs due to a structure called the tapetum lucidum, which reflects light. Both those characteristics are handy when it comes to seeing prey, even when its camouflaged. Behold the future of military drones.© Oleksandr K via Flickr Sure enough, the lens was able to distinguish the mouse shape, despite the camouflage. The cat eye camera does have some limitations, Song admitted in the study....

ThePixel Buds Prooffered a convenient featurecalled Google Assistant Notifications. It reads your notifications out when you tap and hold the touch interface. This feature was widely cherished andone of the reasonsmanyconsumers opted for the buds. Photo:Andrew Liszewski | Gizmodo The feature has been removed across the Pixel Buds series,affecting the entry-level $64 Pixel Buds A. It provided no further elaboration; all it added was that its evaluating further changes to notifications....

A virus that can paralyze children looks to be on the rise once again. Typically, EV-D68 causes little more than a mild respiratory infection. It now appears that EV-D68 and potentially AFM is returning to stir up trouble. A 3D illustration of enteroviruses.© Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Library via Getty Historically, outbreaks of EV-D68 have tended to peak in the U.S. during the summer and fall. There is a curious wrinkle thats emerged in recent years, however....

If theres one question on every iPhone owners mind right now, its Should I upgrade? OuriPhone 16 Pro reviewis out now if you want to check how the new phone stacks up. You dont need an iPhone 16 todownload iOS 18and all theadditions toApples ecosystem found within. © Photo: Florence Ion / Gizmodo Apple supply chain analyst Ming Chi-Kuosharedthat new phone pre-orders havent matched the iPhone 15 from a year ago....

People would call Han Solo a pirate and hed be like, How dare you? And weve seen some awesome pirates in the animated shows. But why is piracy such a big thing in the show? © Lucasfilm Well, you’re able to thank a lack of Imperials for that. With the era were in, were kind of getting to play with that lawless thing, Ford added. The criminal underworld thriving in the face of wider galactic tumult has long been a thing inStar Wars....

At 23 million light-years long, the black hole jets are the largest yet seen. How big is 23 million light-years, you ask? Its the equivalent of 140 Milky Ways lined up end-to-end. An artist’s impression of the gigantic black hole jet system extending through the cosmos.Illustration: E. Wernquist / D. Nelson (IllustrisTNG Collaboration) / M. Oei The study describing the jet megastructure, dubbed Porphyrion after a mythological Greek giant, ispublishedtoday in Nature....

There was a time when the blue check mark was only forthe likes of Twitter, but not anymore. On Tuesday, Uberpublished a blogexplaining its verification efforts. Were dedicated to building a platform based on trust between riders and drivers, the company said. © Klaudia Radecka/NurPhoto To support this, were launching new rider verification measures designed to help everyone feel more safe and secure. Uber drivers have beentargeted by scams, though its unclear how widespread this problem actually is....

It seems like a particularly toughJeopardy!answer: Where did the oldest tombstone in America come from? Early settlers had no experience in carving tombstones. The stone was originally laid in the floor of Jamestowns church, built in 1617. This black limestone tombstone may be the oldest in America, but it likely originated in Belgium.© Jamestown Rediscovery (Preservation Virginia)/International Journal of Historical Archaeology Some time in the 1640s, it was moved as the church was expanded....

Walkie-talkies exploded across Lebanon on Wednesday. Video and images of the explosions began to circulate on social media just after 5 p.m. local time. One widely shared video showed what appeared to be an explosion in a large crowd of people. A man holds a walkie talkie device after he removed the battery during the funeral of persons killed when hundreds of paging devices exploded in a deadly wave across Lebanon the previous day, in Beirut’s southern suburbs on September 18, 2024....

A lot of us think maybe were on the cusp of deploying this nationally. I think were ready. What is C-V2X? Photo: Coneyl Jay/Getty These systems are good at detecting dangers in the immediate vicinity but theyre limited to their line of sight. That increased connectivity brings a host of cybersecurity and privacy challenges. When will C-V2X be deployed? Cars rolling off production lines dont yet come with C-V2X installed....

Bose released theUltra Open Earbudsearlier this year which looked more likejewelry from the futurethan earbuds. We liked them for their innovative design, great battery life, and excellent sound with minimal leakage. Theyre also immensely comfortableto the point where you could forget that youre wearing them. Photo:Sherri L. Smith The downside is that theyre unlikely to sound better than a standalone set of rear speakers. The company told Gizmodo its adding the feature to the Ultra soundbar later this fall....

Its the second lunar eclipse of 2024, though the previous one was harder to see. Tuesdays eclipse, though still only a partial one, will be much easier to see. The eclipse will start at 8:41 p.m. Photo of a partial lunar eclipse taken in 2014.© Brad Riza/NASA Observers will likely spot a bright object near the Moon during the eclipse; thats Saturn. Its also the full Moon closest to the autumnal equinox, an event popularly known as the Harvest Moon....

Astrophysics was once so crazy in love with Earth, it put a ring on it. But the engagement didnt last, and the halo formation fell away. They concluded that it was incredibly unlikely the alien bodies originated from an asteroid belt. This artist’s rendition could have been somewhat like what the view of the sky was like 460 million years ago, minus the trees and contrails (of course).© Kevin Gill via Wikimedia Commons...