Alba Mora

1599 published news

June 2025

1. 29 June
2. Researchers Reach a Massive Milestone in Recycling: Converting Plastics Into Paracetamol
3. One Phenomenon Has Both Economists and K-Pop Fans on Edge in South Korea: The BTS Reunion
4. 28 June
5. Classical Music Concerts Are in Vogue Again. It’s All About the Candles
6. One Type of Content Is Quietly Dominating All Streaming Platforms: Anime
7. 27 June
8. A Company Hired This Man and Forgot About Him. This Is How He Got Paid Without Doing Any Work
9. South Koreans Face a Massive Issue: What to Do With the Thousands of Dogs They Can No Longer Eat
10. The U.S. Charges for Its AI, Prioritizing Immediate Profits. China Offers It for Free, Focusing on the Coming Decades
11. 26 June
12. Some People Believe Eating Carrots Will Help Them Get a Tan. It’s Not as Easy as It Sounds
13. Lisbon Had Wanted to Become a Tourist Capital for Years. Today, It’s Hell on Earth for Locals
14. See It to Believe It: Moths Use Stars to Navigate During Migration
15. 25 June
16. Apple Once Considered the Price of the iPhones to Be Sacred. This Changed When Its Sales in China Began to Decline Dramatically
17. Telegram’s CEO Claims He Has 100 ‘Kids.’ He Plans to Leave His $14 Billion Fortune to All of Them
18. Anthropic Trained Its AI Model Using Millions of Copyrighted Books. A Judge Just Ruled in Favor of the Company, but There’s One Big Caveat
19. 24 June
20. An Age-Long Rivalry Is Over: Bill Gates and Linus Torvalds Reconcile After They Meet for the First Time
21. Cybercriminals Are Selling Unfiltered AI Models. They Look a Lot Like Grok and Mixtral
22. Samsung Is Determined to Win the Race for the Most Powerful Mobile Chip. It Now Has a Strong Contender
23. 23 June
24. Tesla Promised a Robotaxi That Operated With No Humans, Pedals, or a Steering Wheel. The First Rides Offer None of That
25. Online Anonymity Is Becoming a Thing of the Past in China. The Reason: A New Virtual ID Card
26. 22 June
27. An Astrophysicist Challenges Musk’s Mars Colonization Plans: ‘Earth Is Always Going to Be a Better Option No Matter What Happens’
28. Theme Parks Are Using AI-Powered Solutions to Manage Lines, Reducing Wait Times and Increasing Your Spending
29. 21 June
30. Flying Used to Be an Enjoyable, Comfortable, and Aspirational Experience. Today, Most People Hate It
31. People Drink Cold Beverages to Cope With the Summer Heat. Science Suggests You Should Do the Opposite
32. There’s a Simple and Effective Way to Focus and Combat Multitasking: Compartmentalizing Your Tasks
33. 20 June
34. Meetings Are Becoming Increasingly Awkward. More and More People Use AI Recording Tools Without Warning
35. China Is Going All-In on One of Its Most Crucial Battles Against the U.S.: HBM Chips for AI
36. 19 June
37. YouTube, You’ve Gone Too Far
38. Amazon’s CEO Makes Stance Clear: ‘In the Next Few Years, We Expect That AI Will Reduce Our Total Corporate Workforce’
39. 18 June
40. Finland Finds a Cheap Method to Store Energy in Winter: A 2,000-Ton Sand Battery
41. China Will Protect Its Space Station With an ‘Iron Dome’: Robots That Can Intercept Any Nearby Objects
42. After Working Alone for an Hour, the Figure 02 Robot Can Retain Information and ‘Feel’ With Its Hands
43. 17 June
44. Dress Like Your Favorite TV Character: These Are the Stores That Sell the Clothes You See on TV
45. A Post-Search Generation: ChatGPT Is Raising Young People Who Struggle to Find Information
46. Renewing the Ozempic Patent in Canada Costs Very Little. Surprisingly, Novo Nordisk Has Chosen Not to
47. 16 June
48. More and More People Use AI Chatbots for Therapy. A Consumer Protection Coalition Just Filed a Complaint to Stop That
49. There Are Two Types of ChatGPT Users: Those Who Ask It 100 Questions and Those Who Are Satisfied With Just One Answer
50. Toyota Is Lagging Behind in the Development of Automotive Software. It’s Seeking Support From the Leader in the Industry: China
51. 15 June
52. We’ve Been Using Whales to Contact Aliens for Years. As It Turns Out, Whales Have Been Trying to Communicate With Us, Too
53. Hollywood Is Using AI in Every Aspect of Film Production, and It’s Being Too Obvious
54. 14 June
55. Drinking a Glass of Water Before a Meal Is a Popular ‘Trick’ for Losing Weight. Science Says Otherwise
56. The K-Drama Craze Is Negatively Impacting the Industry. There’s One Culprit: Netflix
57. Williams Syndrome: What It Is and How It Can Help Understand Human Evolution
58. 13 June
59. Apple Has Reportedly Set a Date for the Release of Its AI-Powered Siri: Spring 2026
60. French Tesla Owners Are Requesting Refunds for Their Cars. There’s Only One Culprit
61. 12 June
62. Sam Altman Claims ChatGPT’s Water and Energy Consumption Is Negligible. He’ll Have to Prove It
63. China Has Swiftly Overtaken the U.S. in Yet Another Tech Field: Robotaxis
64. 11 June
65. Zuckerberg Is So Concerned About AI Progress at Meta That He’s Entered Full Founder Mode
66. Another Crypto Guru Has Fallen From Grace. After Founding a Promising Platform, He’s Now Accused of Laundering $500 Million
67. Waymo Robotaxis Had Unexpectedly Become Allies of the Police. They’re Now Getting Set on Fire by L.A. Protesters
68. 10 June
69. Liquid Glass, iOS 26, macOS Tahoe, watchOS 26, a new Games App, and Everything Else Announced at WWDC 2025
70. Apple Is Choosing to Be Just Like Microsoft in the 1990s. It’s Good and Bad News
71. 09 June
72. An English Palace Installed a Solid Gold Toilet and Left It Unattended. The Result: One of the Craziest Art Heists in History
73. Chinese Companies Are Clear About Their Position on the U.S. Tech Ban: ‘The Best Development Opportunity Ever’
74. WWDC 2025 Is Apple’s Most Challenging Event in Years
75. 08 June
76. Lilo & Stitch Has Made Live-Action Films Successful Again. It Won’t Be That Easy for the Next One
77. Eating Fish When You’re a Vegetarian Has a Name: Pescetarianism
78. 07 June
79. The Cosmetics Industry Is Going All-In on One Surprising Ingredient: Salmon Sperm
80. A Birth Rate and Youth Crisis Is Leading Italy to an Uncertain Future: Being Europe’s Japan
81. Many People Have Long Believed That Lemmings Are Rodents That Jump off Cliffs. Disney Is to Blame
82. 06 June
83. Forget Humanoid Robots Working in Factories. In South Korea, They Do Parkour
84. The Musk-Trump Breakup Has an Unexpected Victim: The International Space Station
85. 05 June
86. New York City Has Some Shiny New Trash Bins. They Aren’t as Revolutionary as You Might Think
87. The Nintendo Switch 2 Might Seem Unoriginal. After Trying It Out, I Can Say It’s 100% Nintendo
88. The U.S.’ New Idea to Power Its AI: Constructing Data Centers Near Natural Gas Fields
89. 04 June
90. Just Because You Could Live on Only Potatoes Doesn’t Mean You Have to, Scientists Say
91. The World’s First Commercial Nuclear Microreactor Is 100% Chinese. The Plan: Exporting It to Other Countries
92. 03 June
93. One Leading Company in Japan Is Embracing a Unique Industry: Cleaning After Pooping
94. The World Is Seeking an AI-Powered Device to Replace the iPhone. China Is Gearing Up
95. China Makes a Drastic Decision With Unpredictable Consequences: Prioritizing Its Own Technology, Even if It’s Not the Best
96. 02 June
97. Scientists Have Genetically Engineered a Spider to Produce a Fluorescent Red Web. The Results Are Promising
98. Musk’s Influence Over NASA Just Vanished: His Ally Jared Isaacman Is Stepping Down, the New Nominee May Be a Retired Air Force Official
99. Four AI Companies Dominate How Most People Reason. It’s the Largest Concentration of Intellectual Power in History
100. 01 June
101. Some People Are Adding Cordyceps Fungus to Coffee for Weight Loss. Its Effectiveness Is Unclear
102. Eating Walnuts for Breakfast Is Good for Your Brain, Even Better Than You Could Ever Imagine

May 2025

1. 31 May
2. The CIA Used a Fake Star Wars Fan Page to Recruit Spies. Several Agents Ended Up Dead
3. Japan’s Birth Rate Has Been Steadily Dropping. The Country Is Preparing for Its Biggest Consequence: The ‘2025 Problem’
4. Steve Jobs and Bill Gates Were Often Regarded as Irreconcilable Enemies. In Reality, They Were Great Allies
5. 30 May
6. Celiac Disease and Gluten Intolerance Are Two Different Things. The Reason Why Isn’t Clear at First Sight
7. No One Understood Why Google’s Former CEO Had Bought a Rocket Company. His Answer: Data Centers in Space
8. Elon Musk Reportedly Asked Apple for $5 Billion for Exclusive Access to SpaceX. The Company Had 72 Hours to Accept or Decline
9. 29 May
10. Nostalgia for the Early Days of the Internet Is a Real Thing. Neocities Is Heaven on Earth If You Miss It, Too
11. China Has Ended the World’s Dependence on GPS in Two Decades. 140 Countries Already Use Its Alternative System
12. Donald Trump Turned the World Upside Down With His Reciprocal Tariffs. A Federal Trade Court Just Threw Them Out
13. Anthropic Adds a Voice Mode to Claude, Directly Competing With ChatGPT and Gemini in Engaging Conversations
14. 28 May
15. In Japan, Some Parents Name Their Children ‘Pokémon.’ The Government Has Had Enough
16. North Korea Shares Its View on the U.S. Golden Dome: Space Nuclear Warfare Is Closer Than Ever
17. The ITER Nuclear Fusion Reactor Just Reached a Big Milestone: The Completion of Its Impressive Cryogenic Plant
18. When ChatGPT Is Your Only Friend: This Is How AI Models Are Replacing Interpersonal Relationships
19. With Google’s Veo 3, a New Risk Is Emerging: You Can No Longer Tell if a Video Is Real or Not
20. Starship Reached Space but Lost Control in Yet Another Mission Failure for SpaceX
21. 27 May
22. This Italian City Announced a Direct Flight to New York City. For Some, It Wasn’t a Good Decision
23. Researchers Have Discovered the World’s Oldest Human Fingerprint. It’s 43,000 Years Old
24. The Last Two Starships Exploded in a Similar Way, Almost at the Exact Same Time. The Twist: The Root Cause Was Different
25. Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction: China Just Hosted the World’s First Humanoid Robot Kickboxing Tournament
26. 26 May
27. Fewer Sci-Fi Works Are Being Published Than Ever Before. It’s Not Due to a Lack of Ideas or Readers
28. Japan’s Economy Is Becoming Increasingly Reliant on a Unique Phenomenon: Fans Who Are Completely Devoted to Their Idols
29. 25 May
30. Ancient Canine Bones Tell a Surprising Story: Dogs Were Already Man’s Best Friend 16,000 Years Ago
31. Meet the Man Who Predicted 20 Years Ago That iPods Would Become Irrelevant With the Rise of Smartphones: Bill Gates
32. Charging $38 an Hour to Wait in Line for Others: A Look at the Lucrative Business That Started With the iPhone 5 Launch
33. In Japan’s Aging Society, Retirement Is No Longer a Goal. More and More People Are Working Past 70
34. The Ice Age Experienced a Solar Storm So Powerful That Its Effects Can Still Be Seen in Trees
35. Elon Musk Transformed an Abandoned Factory Into the World’s Most Powerful Supercomputer. His Neighbors Aren’t Happy
36. Steve Jobs Believed That Meetings Were a Huge Problem. Larry Page Found That Addressing It Was Incredibly Challenging
37. 24 May
38. In Their Quest for More Nutritious Coffee, People Are Adding an Ingredient That Actually Tastes Awful: Spirulina
39. Almost Everyone Has Stopped Using Windows XP. There’s One Surprising Exception: ATMs
40. There’s No Such Thing as a Natural Ozempic Diet, but Following These Tips Can Help
41. A Recent Simulation Shows What Would Happen if Russia Invaded the United Kingdom: Nothing Good
42. 23 May
43. North Korea Just Launched Its Impressive Frigate With a Vertical Missile System Into the Water. It Sunk
44. Researchers Have Found Bacteria on the Chinese Space Station. Surprisingly, There’s a New Species Among Them
45. Magnus Carlsen Is the Greatest Chess Player in History. Still, Even He Couldn’t Beat the World
46. China Believes This Is America’s Biggest Nuclear Threat. It’s Not a Stealth Fighter or Bomber: It’s a Cold War Relic
47. 22 May
48. Blue Origin Had Everything in Its Power to Surpass SpaceX in Lunar Missions. It’s Clearly Seizing the Opportunity
49. Only Three Countries Have Successfully Launched Humans Into Space. A Fourth Is Set to Join Them: India
50. The U.S. Decided to Veto Advanced AI Chips in China. The Strategy Has Backfired
51. OpenAI Acquires Jony Ive’s Device Startup for $6.5 Billion: The iPhone Designer and Sam Altman Join Forces
52. 21 May
53. I Tested Google’s Gemini-Powered Smart Glasses. AI Finally Fulfills the Promise of the Original Glass Device
54. More and More Americans Are Looking to Live Abroad. There’s One Problem: Europe Is Closing Its Doors to Them
55. AI Mode, Project Beam, Veo 3, Project Aura Glasses, Jules, and Everything Else Google Announced at I/O 2025
56. Google Just Showcased Its New Smart Glasses for the First Time Through a Live Demo. Despite a Minor Setback, the Future Looks Bright
57. Google Has Set the Price of AI for the Future: $250 a Month
58. 20 May
59. An Apocalyptic Manga Has Done What Nothing Else Has So Far: Made Tourists Cancel Their Trips to Japan
60. Anthropic Adds a Warning to Its Job Applications: ‘Please Do Not Use AI Assistants’
61. 12 Million People Gave Their DNA to 23andMe Before It Went Bankrupt. Their Data Is About to Get a New Owner
62. China Takes Another Step Toward Conquering the Tech and Space Sectors: An AI-Powered Orbital Supercomputer Network
63. 19 May
64. There’s a New Threat to Bitcoin Millionaires. It Isn’t Hacking, It’s Kidnappers Cutting Their Fingers Off
65. The Cybertruck Wanted to Be Apocalypse-Proof. The Lamborghini Rezvani Knight Just Overtook It
66. Job Hunting Has Always Been Dehumanizing. AI Is Making It Worse
67. China Is Close to Manufacturing 5 nm Chips. There’s Still One Massive Problem
68. In the Fascinating Realm of Supernovae, a Newly Discovered Remnant Has a Unique Shape: It’s Perfectly Symmetrical
69. Physical Video Games Have Become Mere Paperweights. It’s a Disaster for Video Games as an Art Form
70. Data Replacing Humans: China Has Deployed 100 Driverless Mining Trucks That Use Huawei Technology
71. 18 May
72. Bill Gates and Warren Buffett Have No Doubts When Asked About the Reason for Their Success: Focus
73. A Programmer Didn’t Like How His Coffee Maker Brewed Coffee. He Spent 100 Hours Trying to ‘Hack’ It
74. The Brain Works Harder Than You Think When You Sleep, at Least When It Comes to Memory
75. Pope Leo XIV Has Reopened the Doors to a Secret Room in the Vatican: The Tennis Court
76. 17 May
77. A North Korean Spy Wanted to Infiltrate a Crypto Company. He Applied for a Job but Failed to Answer Questions About Halloween
78. The World’s Largest City Covers an Area Bigger Than Several Countries Combined. You’ve Likely Never Heard of It Before
79. Steve Jobs Introduced an Emulator in 1999 That Allowed Any Mac to Run PlayStation Games. Sony Wasn’t Happy
80. Scientists Believed They Had Discovered a Safe and Sustainable Alternative to Petroleum-Based Plastics. They Need to Keep Searching
81. NASA Not Only Launches Rockets Into Space but Also Giant Balloons That Travel Around the World
82. 16 May
83. Apple Finally Launches CarPlay Ultra After It First Announced It in 2022. It Wasn’t Worth the Wait
84. New Large Generative AI Models Face Continuous Delays. Have They Reached Their Peak?
85. Satellite Images Uncover the Fate of One of Russia’s Largest Arsenals, Shedding Light on Moscow’s Silence
86. Scientists Find a New Explanation for Dark Matter Using an Unexpected Source of Inspiration: Superconductivity
87. The U.S. Declares All-Out War on Huawei With One Goal: Stopping the Company From Selling Its Most Advanced AI Chips Outside of China
88. 15 May
89. Does Your Phone Rattle When You Shake It? That’s Good News for the Camera
90. Saudi Arabia Is Paying $7 Billion for Nvidia’s AI Chips. The Company’s CEO Is $12 Billion Richer
91. Tesla’s Optimus Robot Proves It’s Got the Moves in a Recent Video. It’s Quite Something
92. GPT-4.1 Was Originally Intended for Developers. OpenAI Just Brought It to ChatGPT
93. Yuri Gagarin, Neil Armstrong, and Katy Perry Have Something in Common: None of Them Left the Earth’s Atmosphere
94. 14 May
95. Losing Weight Without Losing Muscle Is a Challenge for Drugs Like Ozempic. The Solution May Lie in This Protein
96. The Webb and Hubble Telescopes Observed Jupiter’s Auroras at the Same Time. The Problem: They Saw Different Things
97. Google Is Fed Up With Phone and Text Scams. New Android Features Aim to Stop Them for Good
98. Android Introduces One of the Biggest Redesigns in Its History. This Is Android 16’s Material 3 Expressive
99. Gemini Debuted on Android Phones. It’s Now Ready to Conquer Your TV, Smartwatch, and Car
100. 13 May
101. Trump’s Trade War Could Have an Unexpected Victim: Burgers
102. Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge: The Thinnest Galaxy Phone Ever Is Here With a Battery Life That May Let You Down
103. Trump Offers New Tariff Truce. Temu, Shein, and Big Tech Are the Clear Winners
104. Ukraine Has a New Tactic to Protect Its Tanks and Artillery From Russian Drones: Hiding Them Underground
105. Bitcoin Miners Are Purchasing Old Power Plants. New Yorkers Aren’t Happy
106. 12 May
107. Klarna Claimed Its AI Was Doing the Work of 700 Employees. It’s Now Rehiring Humans
108. Replacing Air Force One Has Become a Nightmare for the U.S. The Qatari Royal Family Is Offering a Controversial Solution
109. Steve Jobs’ Secretary Was Late for Work When Her Old Car Broke Down. Jobs Gave Her a Jaguar
110. The Rock-Paper-Scissors World Cup Actually Exists. It’s No Joke
111. Alzheimer’s Starts Long Before Symptoms Manifest. Scientists Just Discovered One of Its Early Mechanisms
112. This Car Cost $4.5 Million. Its Owner Has to Pay $8,000 Extra Every 37 Miles
113. 11 May
114. Solar Panels That Clean Other Solar Panels: The Photovoltaic Industry Has Entered a Self-Replicating Phase
115. Taiwan’s National Palace Museum Holds a Unique Treasure: A Chinese Love Letter to Pork Belly
116. There’s Only One Correct Way to Hang Toilet Paper. A Patent Settled the Debate in 1891
117. A Mathematician Solved One of the World’s Strangest Problems in 1949: Why Your Face Gets All Dirty When Eating Spaghetti
118. A Young Man ‘Hacked’ LinkedIn’s Job Search Feature. He Managed to Be Among the First to Receive Job Offers
119. 10 May
120. IBM Laid Off 8,000 Workers to Replace Them With AI. It Now Has More Employees Than Ever
121. Parents in South Korea Are Buying Tesla Stock for Their Children Instead of Toys. Their Kids’ Financial Future Is a Top Priority
122. This Was the Last Time All Humans Were on Earth Together
123. 09 May
124. CMF Phone 2 Pro Review: This Is the Phone to Buy for Under $280
125. Huawei’s First Linux Laptop Was Only the Beginning. The Company Just Unveiled Its Own Desktop OS
126. This Is How Much Trump’s Tariffs Will Impact the Technology You Buy. It Might Shock You
127. 08 May
128. Sanctions on China Could Allow Huawei to Establish New Global Standards. Nvidia Says the U.S. Is to Blame
129. Meta Just Set a Legal Precedent Against Spyware. The Pegasus Maker Will Have to Pay $167 Million in Damages
130. The Highest-Paid CEO Isn’t Who You Think. You’ve Likely Never Heard of Him or His Company Before
131. An Explosion, a Sniper, and an Ongoing Feud: This Is SpaceX’s Most Bizarre Story
132. We’ve Long Tried to Understand Animals. A Chinese Company Might Have Finally Found the Answer
133. 07 May
134. Harley-Davidson Went From Loud Motorcycles to Almost Silent Electric Alternatives. It Cost the Company $20 Million
135. The White Smoke That Announces the Pope Isn’t Always Foolproof. The Church Refuses to Modernize It
136. Will AI Take Over Your Job? These Startup CEOs Are Trying to Convince You That It Will
137. NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory Shows the Moment a Neutron Star Caused a Fracture in a ‘Bone’ of Our Galaxy
138. ‘Absolute Hot’: This Is the Extreme Temperature at Which the Laws of Physics Start to Break Down
139. Microsoft Introduces New 13-Inch Surface Laptop and 12-Inch Surface Pro: It’s Not Just About the ARM Chips
140. 06 May
141. The U.S. Has Barred Huawei From Producing More Windows PCs. In Response, the Company Is Launching Its First Laptop With Linux
142. Apple Has a Clear Opportunity to Stay Competitive in the AI Market: Buying Anthropic
143. More Than 2.5 Million People Attended Lady Gaga’s Concert in Brazil. It’s Bad News for the Music Industry
144. The Long-Awaited Future of Cybersecurity Is Finally Here: Microsoft Bids Farewell to Default Passwords
145. The U.S. Reconciled With Ukraine and Sent F-16s as a Gesture of Goodwill. The Problem? They Don’t Fly
146. 05 May
147. Apple Is Struggling to Meet Its Environmental Goals. The Solution: Extensively Planting Trees
148. The Most Expensive Car in History Never Exceeded 11 Mph. It’s out of This World, Quite Literally
149. 04 May
150. Researchers Reveal Evidence of an Unknown Paleolithic Culture. This Is What This Means for the Coexistence of Neanderthals and Homo Sapiens
151. Scientists Discover How Microplastics Affect Our Bodies Through the Most Unexpected Thing: Tap Water
152. Silicon Valley Companies Have One Obsession: Dominating All Sectors
153. Resisting the Temptation to Buy Junk Food Is No Easy Task. This Online Tool Aims to Help You
154. As They Get Ready to Compete in China, Norwegian Athletes Face an Invisible Challenge: Doping in Meat
155. 03 May
156. Baby Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z: Every Generation Is Approaching Job Interviews Differently. Here's Why