Or have a private conversation in public without other people hearing you? In other words, weve developed a technology that could create sound exactly where it needs to be. What is sound? Digital audio waveform.© Nazario/Shutterstock Sound is a vibrationthat travels through air as a wave. These waves are created when an object moves back and forth, compressing and decompressing air molecules. The frequency of these vibrations is what determines pitch....

The Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 and RTX 5060 Ti may not be around this month,as previously expected. The cheaper RTX 5060 may not be around until mid-May. This week, Nvidia cut some prices for the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 in Europe only. © Kyle Barr / Gizmodo It still doesnt help the vast majority of customers who want a card get their hands on one. AIC maker Yestontold customerson Tuesday that Radeon stocks would stabilize after April....

As many people know, chatbots have a proclivity for lying. Newer thinking models use multi-step reasoning to answer queries. Funnily enough, they will regularly cop to making up facts and details. OpenAI says disciplining chatbots for lying only makes them more adept at hiding their behavior.Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto/Getty Think of the runner in a marathon whohops in a carand skips most of the race. With GPT-4o as a supervisor, the model would do this but not disclose it....

The company laid out its plans in aremorsefulblog post about what would soon befall longtime users. Lifetime subscriptions are also going up in price to more than double, from $120 to $250. If you want that lifetime Plex subscription, you had better buy now. Get ready, because the heyday of easily sharing your Plex media library is soon to be over.© Plex Plex is letting new users lock into that fee before the deadline....

The promise of fusion energy is cheap and abundant power for the entire planet. One of them is the production of fuel, which requires vast amounts of enriched lithium. The effect the research has on nuclear fusion might be enormous. The Sun, like other stars, is a natural fusion reactor, where stellar nucleosynthesis transforms lighter elements into heavier elements with the release of energy.© NASA Goddard Laboratory for Atmospheres and Yohkoh Legacy data Archive....

The major complaint from fans of the show was that they demanded more time with some of its characters. I understood the vision that the directors and all the animators had of the series. They clearly knew what they wanted… © Riot Games/Fortiche I thought the music and everything worked well together, especially since its a pretty crucial moment. There was something special about that episode. Ma Meilleure Ennemie is Riot Games biggest streaming debut....

Its hard to picture the universe in its infancy. But in the beginning, things were simple. This is the earliest cosmic time accessible to our viewing. In this image, three wavelengths of light have been combined to highlight the Milky Way (purple) and cosmic microwave background (gray).ACT COLLABORATION; ESA/PLANCK COLLABORATION Thats because light would frequently scatter off of free electrons, making the universe opaque. The polarization of the material reveals the detailed movement of hydrogen and helium during cosmic infancy....

Now it would appear that many of those programs designed to counter Russias operations have been slowed way down. Reuters writes: Gizmodo reached out to the White House for comment. However, other Russia-centered operations and programs also appear to have fallen by the wayside. © Sergei ILYIN / Sputnik / AFP (Getty Images) The government also recentlydisbanded a task forceaimed at punishing Russian oligarchs. News from the future, delivered to your present....

The ugly and embattled Cybetruck took another blow this week after the federal regulators issued a recall. The recall affects more than 46,000 vehicles. Despite claims from Elon Musk that the Cybetruck is a bulletproof beast, its actually a shoddily manufactured vehicle. US President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk speak to the press as they stand next to a Tesla Cybertruck on the South Portico of the White House on March 11, 2025 in Washington, DC....

The main thing I remembered aboutThe Last Dragonwas it always seemed dangerous to me. Maybe I just could never figure out when it started and only saw bits and pieces. Maybe I was just a wimp. The Last Dragon turns 40 this week. Let’s collectively adore it.Image: Sony Whatever the case, thats how I felt. A rich arcade owner named, wait for it, Eddie Arkadian (Get it? Each time Eddie attempts to kidnap or intimidate Laura though, Leroy just so happens to be there....

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, or DESI, is an international effort involving more than 900 researchers. The latest DESI release shakes up the foundational understanding of dark energy and its role in the universe. Now, the second batch of data has made this evidence stronger. A visualization of a 3D map of the universe, with Earth at the center and every dot representing a galaxy.Image: DESI collaboration and KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R. Proctor...

But the logistical supply chains and software requirements of the jet make it impossible to operate without U.S. support. The F-35 is a bestseller. Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Israel, and several other countries have purchased the jet. An Israeli F-35I.© IDF Spokesperson’s Unit. But Trumps election and his disruption of NATO and traditional treaty systems have been bad for business. Carney is following the lead of Portugals defense minister who said something similar earlier this month....

Once again, the foldable smartphone I want isunavailable in the U.S., and its a real shame. Huawei is launching a folding smartphone that flipsandfolds out into a book-style foldable. Its called thePura X. No, you can’t buy this foldable in the U.S., but isn’t it neat?© Huawei The Pura Xs front side features a 3.5-inch display. All this starts at around $1,040 for 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage....