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
November 2024
- 28 November
- SMRs Are Set to Bring a Groundbreaking Innovation to Life: The First Floating Nuclear Power Plants
- MagSafe Solved iPhone Charging Issues For Good. Yet, It Still Hasn’t Delivered on Its Initial Promise
- OpenAI Is in Trouble Again as Initial Excitement Wanes for Sora Due to Delays and Controversies
- 27 November
- The Succession of Tim Cook (VI): Deirdre O’Brien, an All-Round Senior Candidate
- Tesla Is Looking for Workers to Grow Its Teleoperation Team, Which Operates Its Robotaxis and Humanoid Robots
- Elon Musk Wants to Reduce Federal Spending With the Help of Tech Bros, Not Economists
- 26 November
- A Declassified Report Has Put F-35 to Shame and Prompted Sharp Words From Elon Musk
- Americans Are Paying $12,000 to Go Under the Knife for a Surprising Reason: To Change Their Eye Color
- 25 November
- Russia Has Sent Two ‘Gifts’ to North Korea: 70 Animals for Its Zoo and a Secret, Illegal Donation
- Amazon Remains the Biggest Mystery in the AI Race: After Investing $8 Billion, It Still Has No Product to Show
- Scientists Already Knew Cephalopods Were Intelligent. Now, a Cuttlefish Has Successfully Passed a Test Designed for Children
- 23 November
- Sweden Is Experiencing a National Crisis Due to Shortages of Its Most Cherished Treat: Candy
- This New Meat Substitute Isn’t Made From Plants or Created in a Lab: It Comes From an Unknown Sea Creature
- 22 November
- As Energy Prices Rise in California, Utility Companies Point to Roofs and Blame Solar Panels
- China Is Making Rapid Strides in the AI Race: It’s Just Unveiled a Chatbot That Rivals OpenAI’s o1 ‘Reasoning’ Abilities
- Goodbye Coal, Hello Nuclear: U.S. Government Plans to Convert More Than 400 Coal Plants Into SMR Nuclear Facilities
- Astronomers Capture a Close-Up Image of a Star Outside of Our Galaxy for the First Time in History
- 21 November
- U.S. Government Officially Asks Google to Sell Chrome, But the Company May Have Some Tricks up Its Sleeve
- Nvidia Has Broken Its Revenue Record Once Again. Yet, the Company Is Much Smaller Than It May Seem
- 15 Years of Systematic Destruction: Google Has Reportedly Been Deleting Anything That Could Compromise It in the Future
- Starship’s Sixth Flight Has Proven One Thing: Elon Musk Made the Right Decision in 2018
- 20 November
- The Succession of Tim Cook (V): Eddy Cue, the Services Visionary
- Hertz Reports a Loss of $1.3 Billion and Points to a Clear Culprit: The Electric Car Market
- Elon Musk Is Ready to Colonize Mars. His Chosen Form of Government: A Direct Democracy, With Some Nuances
- 19 November
- The Dune Timeline Has Been a Complicated Mess for Four Decades: Where Does HBO’s Prophecy Fit In?
- Nvidia Stumbles Upon a New, Unexpected Issue: Blackwell AI Chips Are Reportedly Overheating
- Bluesky Faces Its First Big Challenge Following X’s User Exodus: Controlling the Influx of Trolls
- 18 November
- There’s a Backup Plan to Reverse Global Warming: Launching Diamonds Into Space. But It’ll Cost More Than $200 Billion
- There Are Certain People Who Bring Something Else Besides Food to Disney Parks: Human Ashes
- 17 November
- Norway Had Long Suspected Its ‘Spy Whale’ Was of Russian Origin. Now That the Mystery Has Been Solved, It’s Time for Hollywood to Step In
- Iceland Pulls Ahead of the Crowd in the Race to Put Solar Panels in Space
- 16 November
- Neom’s CEO Abruptly Ditches the Project. In Response, Saudi Arabia Says the Project Is Ramping Up
- AI Energy Consumption Is Often Overestimated, Officials Say. There Is a More Pressing Matter: Air Conditioning
- 15 November
- Spotify Wants to Compete More Directly With YouTube: It’ll Start to Pay Creators for Popular Videos
- What Is ‘Technological Singularity,’ and Why Does Sam Altman Believe It Might Arrive by 2025?
- 14 November
- Russia Approves an Unusual Measure to Increase the Nation’s Birth Rate: Banning People From Talking About Not Having Children
- Trump Has Promised Budget Cuts During His Administration. However, NASA’s JPL Is Already Laying Off Staff: This Is Why
- Chipmakers Are Starting to Flee China. Their Destination Is the Next Great Semiconductor Hub
- 13 November
- Musk Is Already Experiencing the Benefits of Supporting Trump: He’s Been Picked to Lead the New Efficiency Department
- With 70 Million Users, Netflix’s Ad-Supported Plan Is a Complete Success
- The Succession of Tim Cook (IV): Greg Joswiak, the Guardian of the Brand
- 12 November
- Mark Zuckerberg Would Need 550 Years to Spend His Entire Fortune if He Spent $1 Million Each Month
- Musk’s Support for Trump Is Starting to Pay Off: JD Vance Warns the EU About Potential Sanctions on X
- Trump’s Victory May Prompt an American Exodus: Many Citizens Are Seeking ‘Golden Visas’ in Europe and the Caribbean
- 11 November
- Amid a Birth Crisis, Japanese Officials Float Dystopian Idea: Banning Women Over the Age of 25 From Getting Married
- Astrophysicists Make a Groundbreaking Discovery: For the First Time, They’ve Observed the Creation of Atoms During an Explosive Cosmic Event
- 10 November
- Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome: When Concentration Becomes Challenging and Daydreaming Impacts Daily Life
- 09 November
- The World Is Still Producing a Significant Amount of Wine. The Problem: Not Enough People Are Consuming It
- 08 November
- China Is Using Meta’s AI Technology for Military Purposes, Prompting the Company to Draw a Line in the Sand
- China’s Einstein Probe Spots Extremely Bright Blinking Object. It May Have Discovered a New Transient Event
- CagriSema Is Ozempic’s Newest Competitor. The Twist: It’s Made by the Same Company
- 07 November
- Chat.com Is One of the Oldest Domains on the Internet. Its New Owner Is None Other Than OpenAI
- Amazon’s CEO Denies That the Company’s Return-to-Office Policy Is a ‘Backdoor Layoff’
- One of China’s Best-Kept Secrets, Revealed: This Is the New J-35A Fighter, a Rival to America's F-35
- 06 November
- Amazon Planned to Connect Its New Data Center to a Nuclear Power Plant. Regulators Had Other Plans
- Something Strange Occurred 15 Minutes Before the Tonga Eruption: A Signal, Imperceptible to Humans, Traveled Across the Earth’s Surface
- Bitcoin Briefly Reaches an All-Time High Amid a Crypto Boom. The Reason: Trump
- The Succession of Tim Cook (III): Craig Federighi, the Charismatic Software Leader
- 05 November
- Nintendo Alarmo Isn’t Just an Alarm Clock. It’s Also a New Way to Play Doom
- AI Doesn’t Just Consume a Lot of Energy. It Also Generates a Massive Amount of E-Waste
- The USB-C Standard Aimed to Address Cable Clutter. The Situation Is Worse Than Ever
- 04 November
- Elon Musk Issues Warning About the Magnitude of the U.S. Debt, Highlighting the Rise of Bitcoin and Gold
- I’ve Used the reMarkable Paper Pro for Two Weeks. While It May Seem Incredibly Limited, This Is Actually Its Greatest Strength
- The World’s Deepest Building Foundations Reach Depths of 400 Feet and Support Two Mega-Towers
- Apple Reportedly Has a Strategy to Make the Vision Pro More Affordable. It’s the Same One It Used With the Apple Watch
- Believe It or Not, Saudi Arabia Is Fully Committed to Neom. Now, It’s Constructing a Massive Cube That Could Fit 20 Empire State Buildings
- 02 November
- While Russia ‘Tests’ Ballistic Missiles, Ukraine Sets Its Sights on New Targets: North Korean Troops
- 01 November
- This Is How Louis Vuitton Makes Money: From Unaffordable Luxury to Mass Luxury
October 2024
- 31 October
- The Perseverance Rover Is Emerging From the Martian Crater Where It Landed for the First Time. The Views Are Breathtaking
- Doom Isn’t the Only Game That Can Be Played in the Most Random Places. Now, Someone Has Played Sonic on a Calculator
- 30 October
- Apple M4 MacBook Pro (2024): The First-Ever 24-Hour Battery Life in a Mac and a New M4 Max Chip That Pushes the Boundaries
- The Company That Built Jeff Bezos’ Yacht Has an Idea to Create Even Larger Vessels: Using Container Ships
- The Succession of Tim Cook (II): John Ternus, the Leading Candidate
- 29 October
- Apple Mac mini (2024): The M4 Pro Chip Turns the Sleek New Design Into a Desktop Beast
- You Still Can’t Use the New Magic Mouse While Charging—And That’s Exactly What Apple Wants
- These Images From Space Paint a Clear Picture: China Is Building a Missile Launch Site on a Strategic Island
- 28 October
- After 14 Years of Secret Research, Apple Is Launching Its Most Ambitious Project to Date to Revolutionize Healthcare
- The Software for the F-22 Raptor Is So Complex That Upgrades Are Tested on a Uniquely Modified Boeing 757
- I Bought a 2024 Camera, and the Verdict Is Clear: Phones Are Heading in the Wrong Direction
- 27 October
- Collagen Isn’t Just a Common Ingredient in Anti-Aging Creams. It’s Become a Pillar in the Cosmetics Industry
- 26 October
- Titan Is Selling What It Claims Is the World’s Most Powerful Desktop PC. Its Biggest Issue: The Price
- Nike Faces the Biggest Crisis in Its History. However, It Has an Ace up Its Sleeve: Tim Cook
- 25 October
- Disney Has the Ultimate Solution to Skip Lines at Its Parks, but It Comes at a Steep Price: $400 for a Ticket
- Dogs Are Still Evolving. It Makes Sense: Our Relationship With Them Is Also Changing
- The Pentagon Has Its Eyes on a Company That Wants to Install Thousands of Solar Panels in a Place With Constant Sunlight: Space
- Anthropic Is One of the Few Companies That Can Keep Up With OpenAI. The Proof: Claude Can Now Write and Run Code
- 24 October
- Everything You Should Know About the First Lawsuit Against an AI Company Over the Suicide of a 14-Year-Old From Florida
- Google Has a Tool for Tagging and Detecting AI-Generated Text. It’s a Nice Concept, but There’s Still a Problem With It
- The Latest Windows 11 Update Is a Nightmare for Some Users. These Are Some of the Biggest Issues They’re Encountering
- 23 October
- A Documentary Claimed Canadian Developer Peter Todd Was Satoshi Nakamoto, the Creator of Bitcoin. Now, He’s Gone Missing
- China Unveils New Approach to Road Construction. It Involves 98 Miles, 10 Machines, and No Humans at All
- The Succession of Tim Cook (I): This Is the Legacy He’ll Leave Behind as Apple’s CEO
- 22 October
- A Retiree Purchased a Lifetime Plane Ticket for $290,000. He’s Flown Around the World 1,000 Times, Writing Off the Cost With Each Flight
- TSMC Under Investigation: The U.S. Government Is Examining Potential Secret Deals With Huawei
- 21 October
- In Their Relentless Fight Against Alzheimer’s Disease, Scientists Have Discovered an Unexpected Ally: Coffee
- First-Class Seats Are a Thing of the Past. Airlines Are Now Focused on Offering Business Class Seats That Go Beyond Luxury
- 18 October
- The Water Cycle as We Know It Is in Danger. One of the Reasons: We’ve Been Ignoring ‘Green Water’
- After Years of Waiting, NASA Has Finally Unveiled the Spacesuit for Its Moon Return. It Features an Unexpected Collaborator: Prada
- 17 October
- Scientists Have Discovered the Oldest Animal Fossil in Australia. It Has a Question Mark Drawn on Its Body
- Amazon, Google, and Microsoft Are Investing in Nuclear Power to Secure the Future of AI. It’s Not Going to Be Easy
- Chinese Youth Aren’t Very Different From the Rest of Generation Z: They Don’t Know What It's Like to Search on Baidu and Google
- Elon Musk Surprised Jensen Huang by Installing 100,000 Nvidia GPUs in Just 19 Days. It Normally Takes Years
- 16 October
- This Graphene Application Has the Potential to Dispel Any Mistrust of the Material for Good
- The U.S. Has Produced Its First Plutonium Pit Since 1989. The Goal: Refurbishing All Its Nuclear Warheads
- This Is How Much the Joker 2’s Failure Will Cost Warner Bros. It’s Almost as Much as Its Budget
- 15 October
- We Thought We Were Seeing the Future at Tesla’s Presentation. Now, All We Have Are Questions About How Optimus Actually Works
- After 20 Years of Waiting, NASA Has Successfully Launched One of the Largest Spacecraft in History. Its Mission: Searching for Life on Europa
- Spotify Declines to Force Employees to Go Back to the Office. You Can’t Treat Them Like Children, Execs Say
- 14 October
- I Tested ChatGPT’s Advanced Voice Mode. It’s the Beginning of Something Huge
- There’s Video Proof That Starship Successfully Landed at Its Target Location Before Exploding
- 12 October
- South Korea Recycles 97% of Its Food Waste. The Key: Either Pay to Recycle or Get Fined
- 11 October
- After Receiving 5,000 Balloons Full of Trash From North Korea, South Korea Comes to a Conclusion: It’s Time to Use the Drones
- Scientists Have Good News for Those Long-Term Smokers Who Want to Quit
- Tesla Reveals the Cybercab, Its Upcoming Robotaxi That Will Be Available for Purchase in 2026 for $30,000 With No Pedals or a Steering Wheel
- SpaceX Leaves Rivals Speechless With the First Successful Landing of the Starship With ‘Half a Centimeter Accuracy’
- 10 October
- SoftBank Invested $500 Million in OpenAI After ChatGPT Comforted Its CEO on Difficult Nights
- Scientists Thought the Milky Way Was Part of Laniakea. It Turns Out That an Even Larger Superstructure Controls Its Movements
- The Nintendo Switch 2 Will Have to Wait. The Company’s New Product Is… an Alarm Clock
- 09 October
- A Company Established a Large Bitcoin Mine in Texas. Local Residents Say the Noise Is Ruining Their Lives
- HBO Believes That Canadian Developer Peter Todd Is the Creator of Bitcoin. He Says the Idea Is Bonkers
- More Than 50 Million Windows Users Face Security Risks Because They’re Using Outdated Versions of the Operating System
- 08 October
- China Wants to Put an End to Its Reliance on the U.S. It’s Encouraging Local Companies to Stop Buying Nvidia Chips
- Porsche Didn’t Have a Minivan in Its Lineup, So Mark Zuckerberg Decided to Create One Himself
- While Aiming to Resume X Operations in Brazil, Elon Musk Made a Serious Mistake: He Chose the Wrong Bank
- Hurricane Helene Is Causing Serious Damage. However, Most of the Photos of its Destruction on the Internet Are AI-Generated
- In Just 24 Hours, Hurricane Milton Became One of the Most Powerful Hurricanes Ever Recorded in the Atlantic
- Google’s Former CEO Advocates for More AI Data Centers: ‘We Are Never Going to Meet Climate Goals Anyway’
- The Epic v. Google Ruling Marks a Historic Shift for Android: The Play Store Will No Longer Have Exclusivity
- 07 October
- Nintendo Isn’t Going to Bother to Enter the Console War. Considering the Company’s Management, It Makes All the Sense in the World
- With Google’s Rollout of New Anti-Theft Features, Stealing an Android Phone Is Going to Stop Being a Temptation
- Google Used to Dominate Online Advertising. Now, That’s Changing, and It’s Great News
- Two Scientists Obsessed With Worms Discovered the Mechanism Behind Evolution. It Led Them to the Nobel Prize
- Mount Everest Is Growing Faster Than Previously Believed. The Reason: One River ‘Stole’ Water From Another 90,000 Years Ago
- In Just Two Years, We’ve Gone From a Buttonless iPhone to an iPhone With the Most Buttons Ever. It’s an Excellent Decision
- 06 October
- The Rise and Fall of Commodore: The Giant of the 1980s That Revolutionized Computing and Fell Into Oblivion
- 05 October
- I Visited the Garage Where Hewlett and Packard Created HP 85 Years Ago. This Is Where Silicon Valley Was Born
- 04 October
- Microsoft Has Done Something Increasingly Rare and Wonderful: It’s Not Forcing You to Subscribe to Office 2024. Instead, It’s Letting You Buy It
- Google Is Following in Microsoft’s Footsteps: It’s Exploring the Use of Modular Nuclear Reactors for Its AI Data Centers
- Boeing’s Last Hope in Space: If the Vulcan Rocket Is Successful, It’ll Have a Chance to Compete With SpaceX
- Ads on Prime Video Were More Than an Experiment: Amazon Announces That It’s Increasing Them on the Platform
- After Historic Funding Round, OpenAI Still Needs More Money. It Plans to Borrow up to $4 Billion
- 03 October
- The iPhone SE Is Apple’s Missing Link. Keeping This Fossil Around Comes at a Price
- Scientists Have Found a Planet Where a Year Last Three Days. It's Orbiting the Star Closest to the Sun
- Two Fighter Jets in Alaska Have Brought Back an Old and Dangerous Practice From the Cold War: Headbutting
- HP Is Betting Big on AI in the Workplace. It Wants to Transform Printing and Everything Else
- The Failure of Coppola’s Megalopolis Signals the Tragic End of the Era of Big-Budget Auteur Films
- Microsoft Abandons HoloLens, Essentially Telling Meta and Apple That Investing in AR Is a Mistake
- OpenAI Makes Its Biggest Goal of the Year a Reality, Closes $6.6 Billion Investment Round
- 02 October
- The Luxury Cruise Ship That Was Stranded for Four Months Finally Set Sail. The Journey Lasted an Hour
- The U.S. and Europe Are Interested in Nuclear Energy Again. The Problem: They Depend on Russia
- Nvidia Already Rules the AI Hardware Market. With the Launch of Its Own Open-Source LLM, It’s Now Going After GPT-4 and Llama
- Palworld Is Breaking Records on PC and Consoles. Now, It Has Its Attention Set on the Mobile Market
- A New Problem in the Falcon 9 Rocket Has Paralyzed SpaceX Launches at the Worst Possible Time
- Microsoft’s Recent Actions Confirm What Everyone Suspected. The Company Isn’t Just OpenAI’s Partner, It’s Also Its Competitor
- Elon Musk Says All of the World’s Energy Will Come From Solar Panels Once People Understand the ‘Kardashev Scale’
- Steve Jobs Used to Hold Meetings While Walking Around the Apple Campus. Scientists Say He Was on to Something
- 01 October
- Researchers Find That Remote Workers Get Paid 7% Less Than Those Who Work From the Office
- A Shortage of Rice Causes a 30% Price Increase in Japan, Surpassing Concerns About Birth Rates and Tourism
- Amsterdam Holds the Most Unexpected (and Logical) Guinness Record: It’s the City With the Most Bikes Fished Out of Its Canals in the World
- Minnesota Installed Solar Panels on Two Large Fields. Five Years Later, They’re a Haven for Bees
- Too Much of a Good Thing? The Amount of Solar Panels in Australia Almost Caused the Country's Electric Grid to Collapse
September 2024
- 30 September
- A Resident of a Small Island in Alaska Spotted a Rat in June. Now, 400 People Are Frantically Looking for It
- As China Makes Progress, NASA Is Facing Several Challenges in Its Efforts to Return to the Moon. Tensions Are Rising
- Apple Will Reportedly Launch the Thinnest iPhone Ever Before Focusing on the First Foldable iPhone. It Makes Sense
- The Worst Drought in 70 Years Has Increased the Price of Colombian Coffee. It Looks Like It’ll Get Worse in 2025
- 29 September
- Deepfake Porn in South Korea Is a Real Issue. The Solution: Sentencing Those Who Watch It to 3 Years of Jail Time
- 28 September
- China Scientists Have Solved the Biggest Issue of Silicon Solar Panels by Creating One That’s 100% Recycled
- This Is Sam Altman’s Method for Generating Ideas: Jot Them Down, Rip the Pages Out, and Discard Them Until You Find the One
- 27 September
- With More Than a Million Models to Try Out, Hugging Face Is Heaven on Earth for AI Enthusiasts
- Silicon Valley Millionaires Made ‘Dressing Boring’ a Symbol of Power. Mark Zuckerberg Wants to Change That
- LG TV vs. Samsung TV: Which Smart TV Is the Best Fit for You?
- New Survey Finds That 91% of Employees Are Unhappy With Amazon’s Total Return-to-Office Policy
- Dutch Scientists Thought It Was a Good Idea to Use Water to Slow the Melting of Ice in the Arctic. It’s Working
- 26 September
- No One Can Beat Nvidia: It’s Set to Earn $10 Billion for Manufacturing 450,000 Blackwell GPUs
- Meta Quest 3S: Mark Zuckerberg Introduces a Mixed Reality Headset for $300
- Mira Murati’s Resignation Is Further Evidence That Something Isn’t Working at OpenAI. It Might Be Sam Altman Himself
- HP Is Using AI to Try to Transform Printing, a Boring Task, Into Something Fun
- The Spacecraft That Will Rescue Boeing Astronauts Is Prepared for Liftoff. With It, SpaceX Will Debut a New Launch Tower
- Mira Murati Leaves OpenAI. The AI Company Loses One of the People Who Helped Create ChatGPT
- 25 September
- Tourists Have Been Admiring the Vibrant Colors of Yellowstone’s Natural Pool for Many Years. In Reality, They’re Looking at Trash
- iPhone 16 Pro Review: It’s One of the Best Phones of 2024, but It’s Also the One I’m Least Excited About
- Major Updates in Google Maps and Google Earth Offer Improved Maps and Time Traveling Features
- Researchers Find a Unique Way to Store Data for Millennia: 5D Memory Quartz
- China Plans to House 5,000 Scientists Worldwide to Its Upcoming Lunar Base. The First Arrivals Are Scheduled for 2035
- Kaspersky Installs a New Antivirus Software on Its Users’ Computers Without Warning
- 24 September
- AirTag vs. Tile: Which BlueTooth Tracker Is the Best Fit for You?
- The U.S. Increases Tension With China: It’ll Ban the Sale of All Cars Containing Chinese Parts or Software
- X’s Ban in Brazil May Be Ending Soon. Elon Musk Relents and Will Now Comply With the Country’s Demands
- 23 September
- Jony Ive Confirms He’s Working With OpenAI on AI Hardware, but Details Are Scarce
- Elon Musk’s Warning to the U.S. Government Is True: China Is Closer Than Ever to Having Its Own Starship
- 21 September
- This Is Transgenic Wood, a Sustainable Alternative to Concrete That Has the Potential to Revolutionize Construction
- 20 September
- A Letterboxd User Gave Megalopolis Five Stars. As It Turns Out, It Was Its Director, Francis Ford Coppola
- How Much Do the Richest 1% on the Planet Earn? According to This Study, It’s Always Going to Be More Than You Think
- OpenAI Is Apparently Paying Homage to George Lucas and Star Wars in Its Latest Investment Round. Here’s What We Know
- An Italian Winery Installed Solar Panels in Its Vineyards and Made an Unexpected Discovery: They Improve the Quality of Wine
- Agatha All Along Is Another Example of Marvel Seeking Success Through an Unexpected Route: Not Looking Like Marvel
- We Finally Know How Thirsty Artificial Intelligence Is: It Needs a Small Bottle of Water to Send a 100-Word Email
- In an Unexpected Twist, China Says It Can Use Starlink Signals to Detect Spy Planes and Drones
- 19 September
- ‘It Comes Down to Economics’: A Former Amazon Employee Shares His Thoughts on the End of Remote Work at Amazon
- Influencers Living in Neom Are Uploading Videos to Encourage People to Go. It Looks Like an Industrial Park