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Apple's iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max feature a Main camera with a wider f/1.48 maximum aperture, up from f/1.7 on last year's models. While variable aperture is the marquee addition to the camera system, this fixed aperture upgrade may matter more to everyday users who don't touch the phone's manual Pro controls.
OpenAI announced Tuesday that a swarm of 10,000 AI agents, run for 88 hours at a cost of millions of dollars, had found a scenario where the Navier-Stokes equations describe fluids reaching infinite velocity, effectively breaking the famous equations. NYU mathematician Tristan Buckmaster then publicly accused the company of producing a solution suspiciously similar to unpublished work he had been developing for years and was close to finishing.
Users across iOS, Android, and web are reporting that YouTube and YouTube Music apps hang or fail to load content, with some unable to play older videos or seeing blank home pages. The issue reportedly persists even after reinstalling apps and clearing cache, and some users say they've experienced it for months. Google has not yet acknowledged the problem publicly.
Apple's new AirPods 5 are available for pre-order at $129 and $149, while retailers are already discounting the newly launched Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 by up to $325. Separately, the entry-level M5 MacBook Air is selling for $1,099 through Apple's refurbished store, $200 under its regular price.
Researchers have identified additional greenhouse gas feedback loops, where rising temperatures themselves trigger further emissions, that are not fully accounted for in current climate models. Their analysis suggests these overlooked mechanisms could accelerate global warming by as much as 30% beyond existing projections.
Cognition unveiled SWE-2, a coding-focused AI model post-trained from the 2.8-trillion-parameter Kimi K3 base. The company says it scores 50.0% on FrontierCode 1.1 Main, nearly matching Fable 5.1 while costing 64% less, and comes close to GPT-6 Astra at roughly a quarter of that model's price. SWE-2 also outperforms Cognition's earlier SWE-1.7 model and Grok 4.6 across several coding benchmarks.
A NASA-developed image-processing method called decorrelation stretch, originally created to pull extra detail from satellite and Mars rover photos, has been repurposed to reveal ancient artwork invisible to the naked eye. Using this technique, a Singaporean archaeologist uncovered roughly 200 faded paintings at Angkor Wat between 2010 and 2012, including scenes of horseback riders and musicians. The method reached archaeology through Jon Harman, a medical imaging professional and rock-art hobbyist who adapted NASA's published algorithm into the widely used Dstretch software.
Security researcher Nightmare-Eclipse has published a new proof-of-concept exploit called ShieldCrash on GitHub, claiming it circumvents Microsoft's fix for CVE-2026-69414 (ShieldBreak), a privilege escalation bug in the Malware Protection Engine. The exploit reportedly allows arbitrary file reads as SYSTEM on all supported Windows versions, despite Microsoft's September patch. Microsoft has not yet responded to requests for comment on the claim.
After reading a social media post from Tyler Gaw about digging up decade-old cables he finally needed, a blogger printed and taped the post onto his family's cable storage box, nicknamed the 'FAMILY TECHNO BOX.' He did this to permanently remind himself and his family of the value of keeping seemingly useless cables around.
Amazon is selling the XGIMI Horizon 20 Pro 4K projector for $1,618.98, a 19% cut from its $1,999 list price and a $381 savings. The projector uses an RGB triple-laser engine with about 4,100 ISO lumens, optical zoom, and lens shift, and supports Dolby Vision, HDR10, HDR10+, HLG, and IMAX Enhanced. It also includes a low-latency gaming mode with up to 240Hz at 1080p, Google TV, Netflix, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.2, and HDMI 2.1 with eARC.
A tech writer with years of foldable phone experience shares candid impressions of what daily use is like, framed around anticipation of Apple's rumored foldable iPhone. The piece notes that a larger screen and unique software tricks come bundled with real-world trade-offs that new foldable owners should expect.
Shark Tank investor Kevin O'Leary revealed on the Build or Break podcast that Steve Jobs taught him to prioritize just three critical tasks each day and treat everything else as distraction. O'Leary said Jobs reportedly spent about 80% of his time on this core 'signal' work, dedicating only a fifth of his attention to interruptions or lower-priority matters.