An established tech journalist, I entered the world of consumer tech by chance in 2018. In my writing and translating career, I've also covered a diverse range of topics, including entertainment, travel, science, and the economy.
1599 published news
February 2025
- 02 February
- The Industrialization of Hope Is TikTok’s Latest Trend. Welcome to ‘Hopecore’
- Kalma Is North Korea’s First Real Effort to Become a Travel Destination. For Now, Only Russians Are Allowed Entry
- 01 February
- The Longest Greek Papyrus Ever Discovered Was More Than Meets the Eye. Its Translation Has Revealed an Unknown History of Rome
- A Collector Bought a Meteorite in Morocco in 2011. Scientists Say It Proves There’s Thermal Water on Mars
- Alongside Gold and Rare Minerals, China Has an Ace up Its Sleeve to Boost Its Economy: Sun-Dried Tangerine Peels
January 2025
- 31 January
- ‘On Google, You Get Links. On Perplexity, You Get Answers’: An Interview With the CEO of Perplexity, the AI Startup That Wants to Kill Its Biggest Inspiration
- U.S. Approves a New Non-Opioid Painkiller for the First Time in Decades
- China Is Building a Super Dam in a Densely Populated Area. The Problem: The Region’s Seismic Activity
- From Algorithmic Trader to AI Innovator: This Is the Story of Liang Wenfeng, the Founder of DeepSeek
- Brazil Proposes a Breakthrough Approach to Save Endangered Species: Asking People to Leave Them Alone
- Italy Blocks DeepSeek: The Chinese Chatbot Is Facing Its First Big Challenge in Europe
- 30 January
- Macs Have Included a Built-In Antivirus for Many Years. This Is How XProtect Works in the Background
- Researchers Find a Secret Map in Leonardo da Vinci’s Sketches. It Reveals Hidden Tunnels Beneath a 15th-Century Castle
- NASA Scientists Find All the DNA Nucleobases and 14 out of 20 Amino Acids in Bennu Asteroid Samples. They’re the Key Molecules for Life
- Taiwan Doesn’t Want Any More Drama With China or Its Undersea Cables. To Avoid Problems, It’s Implementing an Unprecedented Security Plan
- OpenAI Has a New Suitor: SoftBank Plans to Invest up to $25 Billion in the AI Company
- 29 January
- China Sets the Date for the Largest Engineering Project 22,370 Miles From Earth: Its Solar Space Station
- Google Discover Not Working? Here Are 7 Ways to Fix It to Get Your Personalized Recommendations Back
- Android 15 Easter Egg: Here’s What It Is and How to Find It
- OpenAI Has Blatantly Used Anything Online to Train Its AI Models. It’s Now Accusing DeepSeek of Stealing Its Data
- Elon Musk Surprisingly Announces He’ll Rescue the Two NASA Astronauts Stuck in Space. It Makes No Sense
- 28 January
- Sanctions Played a Crucial Role in DeepSeek. The Company Had to Be Resourceful to Break Out of AI’s ‘Bigger Is Better’ Approach
- China Has Just Activated a Huge Offshore Wind Turbine. It’s So Big That the Trump World Tower Could Almost Fit Between Its Blades
- DeepSeek Is the Hot New AI Model on the Market. There’s One Problem: No One Knows How It Handles User Data
- Chernobyl Is Full of Radioactive Dogs. Researchers Say It Has Nothing to Do With the 1986 Nuclear Accident
- The Concept of ‘No Service’ Is Dead: SpaceX Has Activated Direct-to-Cell Connectivity on Its Starlink Satellites
- 27 January
- Xi Jinping’s ‘Made in China 2025’ Plan Is Becoming a Reality: This Is How the Nation Is Dominating Key Technologies of the Future
- NASA Is About to Launch Two Rockets Into the Northern Lights. The Goal: To Better Understand Their Mesmerizing Movements
- Malaysia Painted Glow-in-the-Dark Markings on Its Roads to Enhance Nighttime Visibility. There Was Just One Problem: The Cost
- Texas Installed Millions of Solar Panels on Rural Land. To Maintain Them, It Had to Hire 3,000 Sheep
- We Knew That Big Tech Had a Problem With the Costs of Its AI Models. DeepSeek Just Demonstrated the Extent of the Issue
- 26 January
- It Turns Out That Elon Musk and Warren Buffett Both Share the Secret Productivity Hack: Saying No
- Engineers Wanted to Simulate 500 Million Years of Evolution Using AI. They Found a New Fluorescent Protein Along the Way
- Six Months Ago, Researchers Discovered Dark Oxygen in One of the Most Remote Places on Earth. Now They Want to Know More
- A Jesuit Wrote About an Inca Tunnel System Near Machu Picchu in 1594. Archaeologists Confirm It’s Not Just a Legend, It Actually Exists
- 24 January
- A Look at How Village People’s ‘Y.M.C.A.’ Became a Symbol of Donald Trump and the MAGA Movement
- A Perfect Storm in Japan Is Threatening One of Its Most Cherished Gastronomic Symbols: The ‘Izakayas’
- Perplexity Releases an AI Assistant for Android. It Changes Everything
- Scientists Already Knew Octopuses Were Highly Intelligent. Now, a Research Team Has Discovered They Have a ‘Brain’ in Each Arm
- Abu Dhabi Will Use Its Oil Riches to Make the Impossible Possible: A Solar-Powered Grid That Operates 24/7
- OpenAI Launches Operator: The Future Where AI Can Perform Online Tasks for You Is Here
- 23 January
- ‘We’re Not Close’: Nvidia Slams the Brakes on Tesla’s Self-Driving Car Promises and Says It Won’t Happen Until the Next Decade
- Toyota Has Long Embraced the ‘Kaizen’ Philosophy. Tesla and BYD Aren’t Sure It’s Really That Useful
- There’s a New Battle Between Apple and Samsung Over Which One of the Two Can Make the Thinnest Phone
- The Next Goal for the Super-Rich Is to Become Trillionaires. Musk, Zuckerberg, and Bezos Might Be the First
- 22 January
- Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra: The Company Did a Great Job With the Last Model. Now It’s Time for Excellence
- Samsung Galaxy S25 and S25+: A Conservative Approach That Prioritizes AI and the Snapdragon 8 Elite
- Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra, S25+, and S25 Hands-On: The Best Refinement I’ve Seen in Years
- All of Big Tech Bent the Knee at Trump’s Inauguration. It Earned Them $192 Billion in Tax Savings
- The Electric Car Industry Is Stuck in a Valley of Death. Only Tesla Knows How to Get Out
- Instagram Is Going All-In to Attract Tiktok Talent With Purported Incentives of Up to $50,000
- 21 January
- Elon Musk Proposes a ‘Hostage’ Exchange: If the U.S. Allows TikTok to Operate in the U.S., He Wants China to Legalize X
- Investigations Into Severed Baltic Sea Cables Reveal a New Twist: It Wasn’t Russia, but Rather Inexperience
- Instagram, Bluesky, and X Are Competing for TikTok Refugees. How? By Launching New Video Features
- Researchers May Have Found a New Natural Alternative to Ozempic. It’s a Microbe That Lives in Your Gut
- A 75-Day Extension: Trump’s Executive Order to Delay the TikTok Ban Brings Uncertainty
- 20 January
- OpenAI Is Developing a Ph.D.-Level AI Model. The Product Is So Impressive That It’s Already Landed a Meeting With the U.S. Government
- I’ve Been Running With These Glasses That Project Data Into My Field of Vision for Weeks. The Future of Running May Have to Wait
- The U.S. Can Force ByteDance to Sell TikTok but It Will Never Get Its Hands on the One Thing That Matters: the Algorithm
- How Many People Lived in Westeros During Game of Thrones? Here’s a Rough Estimate, and Some Disappointing News
- Roasting Coffee at Home Using an Air Fryer? You Won’t Understand It Until You Try It
- Trump Allowed TikTok to Keep Operating in the U.S. Republicans Aren’t Entirely Sure That’s Legal
- Researchers Say the Future of Charging Is a Hat Infused With Solar Panels. It’s Not a Bad Idea
- 19 January
- While Humanity Dreams of Colonizing Space, Researchers Propose a New Idea: Living on the Seafloor
- While Searching for Treasure, They Found Gold. This Is the Dmanisis Gora, the Mega-fortress in the Caucasus Mountains Built 3,000 Years Ago
- It’s Time to Face the Ugly Truth: Cats Are a Problem. The First Global Census Reveals They Eat Up to 2,000 Species
- Samsung Galaxy S23 FE vs. Samsung Galaxy S23: Which Phone Is the Best Fit for You?
- 18 January
- There’s a Problem With Traditional Bricks. Sugarcane and Sand Alternatives Might Be the Solution
- Researchers Develop a New Way to Diagnose Alzheimer’s Disease: A Simple Head Turn
- Water Is a Very Healthy Drink. Harvard Researchers Say There’s Another Equally Beneficial Option: Coffee
- Russian Products Are Gaining Popularity in China. Yet, Many of These Items Actually Originate From China Itself
- 17 January
- Trump Wants to Buy Greenland for Its Natural Resources, but Not All That Glitters Is Gold
- The U.S. Doesn’t Want to Lose AI Data Centers. To Keep Them Around, It’s Going to Offer Up Federal Land
- Italy Wants to Annihilate the Fake Online Reviews Battering the Restaurant Industry. Its Plan: Banning Anonymous Comments
- Switch 2 Seems to Be More of the Same, and This Is Precisely What Nintendo Needs Right Now
- Elon Musk’s Starship Explodes Over the Caribbean, Releasing a Dazzling Shower of Burning Debris
- 16 January
- Trump Repeatedly Pushed for the TikTok Ban During His First Term. He’s Now Exploring Ways to Stop It
- Elon Musk Is So Active on X That People Are Betting Over $1 Million on How Many Posts He’ll Share
- A Study Confirms What Everyone Suspected: Plant-Based Milks Contain Fewer Nutrients Than Cow’s Milk
- Beware of Your USB-C Cable: A Study Reveals That It’s Become Hackers’ New Favorite Weapon
- The New Glenn Rocket Successfully Lifts Off: Jeff Bezos Has Launched One of the Most Powerful Rockets Ever Into Orbit
- 15 January
- Oura Ring 4 vs. Samsung Galaxy Ring: Which Smart Ring Is the Best Fit for You?
- Motorola Razr vs. Motorola Razr Plus: Which Flip Phone Is the Best Fit for You?
- 3 Body Problem Cost Much More Than Netflix Originally Said. This Explains Why It Took the Platform So Long to Renew It
- This Is Prinker, a Painless Tattoo Printer That Inks Your Skin in Seconds
- The Pentagon Gives SpaceX a New Order. It Wants the Company to Connect Two Military Satellites Through a Laser Link
- 14 January
- Spotify Free vs. Premium: What Are the Differences?
- Scientists Are on the Verge of Creating ‘Artificial Naps.’ However, They Require You to Implant an Electrode
- The U.S. Is Set to Reopen an Antimony Mine That’s Been Closed for 30 Years in Response to Challenges Posed by China
- China Reveals the First Mission of Its Homegrown Starship: Building a Half-Mile Wide Solar Power Plant in Space
- A Man Spent 10 Years Trying to Search Through the Trash for a Lost Hard Drive Containing $725 Million. He’s Finally Given Up
- A Frozen Pipe Ruined Jeff Bezos’ Birthday Plans: The New Glenn Rocket Has a New Debut Launch Date
- Mastodon Is Distancing Itself Further From Meta and X: The CEO Is Resigning and Turing the Platform Into a Nonprofit
- 13 January
- A Civil War Has Broken Out in the Open Source Community. The Future of WordPress Is at Stake
- How Do I Know What Type of Apple Watch I Have?
- The Ever Given Blockage Was a Multi-Billion Dollar Disaster. It Also Had a Significant Negative Impact on the Environment
- A Look at How Samsung Surpassed Nokia and Motorola With the Launch of UpRoar, the World’s First Phone With an MP3 Player
- The Perm Is Back: How the Broccoli Haircut Became Popular Among Gen Z Men
- 12 January
- Lisbon’s Yellow Trams Have Long Been an Iconic Sight of the City. Now, They’re Also a Symbol of How Tourism Impacts Residents
- 11 January
- A Recent Study Finds That Morning Coffee Can Lower the Risk of Death
- Companies That Have Ditched Remote Work Face a Massive Challenge: They’re Taking Longer to Fill Job Vacancies
- The Key to Happiness in 15 Affirmations: If You Identify With Them, You May Be Happier Than You Think
- 48 Free Online Courses Across Various Subjects to Kickstart Your Learning Journey in 2025
- 10 January
- Getting a Good Night’s Sleep Reduces the Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease. However, Not All Sleeping Pills Are Effective
- China Keeps Increasing Its Coal Consumption Despite Its Commitment to Renewable Energy
- South Korea Redefines Energy Storage With a Self-Charging Device That Achieves 63% Efficiency
- These Are the Companies That Dominate the Chips and Semiconductor Industry. Unsurprisingly, the U.S. Takes the Cake With Nvidia
- This Is Qualcomm’s Massive Challenge in 2025: Dethroning MediaTek in the Mid-Range Market
- 09 January
- Say Goodbye to the Days of Blowing on Your Hot Coffee. This Handy Little Pet ‘Robot’ Does It for You
- Squid Game Season 2 Is a Massive Netflix Hit. It’s Even Smashing Records at a Higher Speed Than Its Predecessor
- Trump’s Obsession With Greenland May Have an Unexpected Victim: Ozempic
- Double-Clickjacking: What It Is, How It Works, and How to Protect Your Data
- A Worker Forgot to Bolt Seats Down on Kia’s Flagship EV. Now, the Company Is Recalling 23,000 Units
- NASA Wants to Collect Samples From Mars Before China. It’s Considering Using SpaceX’s Starship for the Task
- 08 January
- A Leadership Expert Identifies Five Keys to Successful Decision-Making. Both Steve Jobs and Tim Cook Have Effectively Employed Them at Apple
- After Some Tumultuous Years, the 2025 Golden Globes Are a Refreshing Makeover
- AI Is Transforming the Stock Photo Industry. Getty Images and Shutterstock Are Merging in Order to Resist
- While Much of the World Is Obsessed With Electric Cars, Japan Holds Back and Remains Committed to Hybrid Vehicles
- The Power Cable Connecting Europe and America: A New Strategy for Exchanging Renewable Energy and Reducing Prices
- Trump Wants to Take Control of Greenland. The Danish King Sends a Strong Message by Changing His Coat of Arms
- 07 January
- AI Finally Understands Real-World Physics: Nvidia Cosmos Paves the Way for Intelligent Robotics
- This Is How Microsoft Plans to Persuade You to Upgrade to Windows 11: Using the Power of AI
- This Crater in Russia Hid a Surprise From 50,000 Years Ago: A Well-Preserved Mammoth Calf Named ‘Yana’
- The U.S. Makes an Unexpected Move by Adding Tencent and CATL to Its List of ‘Chinese Military Companies’
- Starship Flight 7 Is Scheduled for Liftoff Soon. This Is How SpaceX Plans to Keep It Exciting
- 06 January
- A Productivity Expert From Google Shares an Effective Strategy for Overcoming Procrastination: Becoming Your Own Assistant
- Touristification Is Increasingly Affecting One of the Most Remote Places on Earth: Antarctica. It’s a Massive Challenge for the Region
- Photovoltaics Know No Limits: China Is Installing Solar Panels on Its Seas and Reservoirs, With India Following Closely Behind
- Intel Starts the New Year With New Powerful and Efficient Core Ultra Processors. Will It Be Enough to Regain Its Leading Position in the Market?
- An Indian Village Goes Offline for a Few Hours Daily. The Goal: Promoting Digital Detoxification
- This Is Andy Jassy’s Ultimate Career Advice for Gen Z: It’s All About Having a Positive Attitude
- 05 January
- The Extraordinary Growth of Anime in Japan: This Is How It’s Nearly Matched the Revenue of the Country’s Steel Industry
December 2024
- 31 December
- Saying the World Economy Depends on Millions of Excel Users Accurately Managing Their Data Might Be an Exaggeration, or Not
- 28 December
- People Used to Believe Coffee Was a Drink of the Devil. The Pope ‘Baptized’ It so They Could Enjoy It Guilt-Free
- Xiaomi Successfully Mass-Produced a Car in Under Three Years. This Is How It Did It
- 27 December
- Samsung Galaxy S24 FE Review: The Best Fan Edition Yet, Right On Par With the Rest of the Lineup
- 26 December
- Humans Are Living Longer and Longer. Now, the Ultimate Goal Is the So-Called ‘Longevity Escape Velocity’
- 99 Pieces of Unsolicited Advice to Be More Productive
- 25 December
- Sleeping in Wooden Cabinets Was Common During the Middle Ages. The Big Question Is: Why Did We Stop?
- Meet Juliet Tuttle, the Real-Life Cruella De Vil. She Was a Ruthless Millionaire and Prolific Dog Killer
- The Succession of Tim Cook (IX): Who Will Replace Him as Apple CEO?
- The Yerkes-Dodson Law, Explained: Why Some People Perform Better Under Pressure
- 24 December
- I’ve Spent Several Hours in the Bizarre and Exciting World of Retro Soviet Video Games. I’m Still Recovering
- This Is the Magarigawa Club, a Private Circuit in Japan Where the Wealthy Drive Their Supercars
- 23 December
- What Happened to NeXT? A Look at the Company Steve Jobs Founded After Leaving Apple and Ultimately Became Its Salvation
- 22 December
- China Was Short on Land for a New Airport. The Solution: Building It on a Massive Artificial Island
- This German Church Has Held the Title of the Tallest in the World Since 1890. It’s Now Going to Lose It to the Sagrada Familia
- 21 December
- Some Companies Are Operating With No Job Titles or Bosses. The Result: Higher Profits and Increased Employee Satisfaction
- Japan Is So Desperate to Increase Its Birth Rate That Tokyo Is Trying Out a New Idea: Free Daycare
- 20 December
- Putin Proposes a Missile Duel in Ukraine. If the U.S. Agrees, Russia Would Have a Clear Advantage: Oreshnik
- In the Streaming Era, There’s No Such Thing as a Box Office Flop. Red One and the Latest Lord of the Rings Movie Are Proof of That
- 19 December
- This Is How Long Bitcoin Needs to Defend Itself From the Quantum Computing Threat: 10 Months
- This Is How Many Chips Microsoft, Meta, and Tesla Purchased From Nvidia in 2024. It’s Totally Nuts
- A Google Maps Car Took a Photo of a Man With a Sack in a Remote Village in Spain. Two Murder Suspects Are Now in Custody
- 18 December
- The Succession of Tim Cook (VIII): Katherine Adams, the Legal Strategist
- 400 Years Ago, a Dutch Company Issued a Bond to Settle a Debt. The Bond’s Owner Is Still Collecting Interest Today
- Elon Musk Is Reportedly Not Allowed to Attend Some Meetings at SpaceX. The Reason: His Security Clearance
- 17 December
- A Village in Finland Has Been Calling Itself the Home of Santa Claus for Years. Now It’s Facing the Consequences of Overtourism
- Meet Crazy Li, China’s First-of-Its-Kind Laser Weapon That Can Cut Through Metal and Blind the Enemy
- Data Centers Consume So Much Water That It’s Becoming a Problem for Big Tech
- 16 December
- Kraven the Hunter Proves One Thing: Sony’s Approach to Making Spider-Man Movies Without Spider-Man Is Deeply Flawed
- Leaving California Is Just the First Step: SpaceX Initiates Plans to Create an Independent City in Texas
- This Starship Rocket Isn’t Like the Rest. It’s the First Model of the Second Generation, and SpaceX Is Ready to Launch It
- Luigi Mangione Is the Prime Suspect in the Killing of the UnitedHealthcare CEO. He’s Also Become an Internet Sensation
- 15 December
- Researchers Have Discovered the Best Crop for Agrovoltaic Installations: Tomatoes
- Japan Has So Many Abandoned Houses That It’s Giving Them Away. The Problem: They’re Not Suitable to Live In
- 14 December
- Wicked Is More Than Just a Hit. It’s Proof That the Traditional Way of Going to the Movies Is Dying
- This Is How Warren Buffett Turned Christmas Into an Investment Masterclass for His Family
- 13 December
- Grok Is Now Available for All Users: This Is How to Use X’s AI Tool
- Russia Has a New, Digital Iron Curtain: Officials Successfully Cut Off Multiple Regions From the Global Internet
- 12 December
- Jared Isaacman Isn’t in Charge of NASA Yet. However, He’s Seen as a Key Factor to Boeing’s Downfall
- Google Flexes Its Muscles, Unveiling an Impressive AI Agent That Can Browse the Internet for You
- This Tesla Cybertruck is Coated in $60,000 of 24-Karat Gold. Someone Paid a Measly $102,000 for It at a Charity Auction
- 11 December
- An AI Company Is Making Waves in San Francisco With a Striking Message: ‘Stop Hiring Humans’
- 10 December
- Billionaires Have Doubled Their Wealth in the Past Decade: That’s $14 Trillion in the Hands of Just 2,700 People
- Mark Zuckerberg Has a New Proclamation: Smart Glasses Will Replace Smartphones by 2030
- The Navy Faces an Unprecedented Threat as China, Russia, and North Korea Ramp Up Their Submarine Warfare Game
- 09 December
- The Arc Browser Experiment Is Over. Its Creators Now Believe the Future Lies in Transcending Traditional Browsers
- The Raspberry Pi 500, Raspberry’s Famous Computer-in-a-Keyboard, Is Now Available. It Comes With a Portable Monitor
- DeepFlight Super Falcon: This Is the Fascinating Personal Submarine That Flies Through Ocean Depths Like an Airplane
- 08 December
- What Happened to Megaupload Founder Kim Dotcom, the Man Who Changed the Landscape of File Downloads?
- 07 December
- 150 Million Batteries Are Expected to Be Discarded by 2035. Researchers Have Found a Way to Rejuvenate Them
- 06 December
- Intel Is Gearing Up for a 2025 Filled With Semiconductor Innovations. This Is the Company’s Plan to Surpass TSMC
- One of the Greatest Mysteries of the Himalayas Lies in Its Geology: Researchers Have Discovered It’s Destroying the Earth’s Crust
- 05 December
- Google Believes Its New AI Model Can Forecast the Weather More Accurately Than Meteorologists. It Won’t Be That Easy
- What Used to Cost $1.5 Billion Now Costs SpaceX Only $15 Million: This Is How It’s Dominating the Space Launch Industry
- Amazon Kindle Colorsoft Review: Color is Welcome, but the Other Features Matter More
- 04 December
- The Latest Status Symbol Isn’t a Car or a Handbag: It’s a Chocolate and Pistachio Bar That’s Gone Viral
- The Succession of Tim Cook (VII): Jeff Williams, the Establishment Pick
- Spotify Wrapped 2024: How to Find Your Stats and See Your Top Artists and Songs
- 03 December
- Jaguar Type 00: A Concept Car That Breaks With the Past and Paves the Way for the Future
- Voyager 1 Successfully Resumes Communication With Earth Thanks to NASA’s Latest Rescue Efforts
- Secret Santa 2024: How to Use ChatGPT, Gemini, and Copilot as an AI Gift Exchange Generator
- Pat Gelsinger’s Resignation Is a Turning Point for Intel. Can the Company Navigate Its Biggest Crisis in History?
- 02 December
- NASA Eliminates Nauseating Odor by ‘Airing Out’ the ISS, Says Smell Was Likely ‘Outgassing’ From Russian Cargo
- Tencent’s Light of Motiram Is a ‘Made in China’ Version of Horizon
November 2024
- 30 November
- The U.S. Offered $100 Million to Denmark for Greenland in 1940. NASA Has Recently Discovered Why: A City Hidden Under the Ice
- A Strange Sound Was Detected Beneath the Waters of Antarctica in 1960. The Mystery Still Hasn’t Been Solved and It’s Happening More Often
- 29 November
- Chinese Geologists Discover One of the Largest Treasures Ever: A Giant Gold Reserve Worth $83 Billion
- The Genetics of Dogs Living Around Chernobyl Are Evolving. It May Not Be Due to Radiation