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Scientists Finally ‘See’ a Proton Move Through Water, and It Only Took 200 Years

gizmodo.com Gayoung Lee 2025-09-28 11:00:37

For over two centuries, scientists have known that water transports a positive charge through protons. But they had never actually seen it happen—until now. In a Science paper published September 11, Yale researchers reported that they devised a method to track, measure, and effectively “see” a proton’s journey through water. For the experiment, the team used a 30-foot-long mass spectrometer—an instrument that separates different elements by mass—that took years to customize and refine. The dev

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Nothing’s New Wireless Earbuds Have a ‘Talk’ Button, and I Need to Know What That Means

gizmodo.com James Pero 2025-09-30 23:03:27

Buttons are in right now—at least if you’re a designer at Nothing, they are. On its Headphone 1 (the first pair of Nothing-made over-ear headphones), there are all sorts of doodads. A paddle for track selection; a tic-tac-shaped wheel/button for volume and ANC; a pairing button (okay, this one is boring, but still, it’s a button). Even on its recently released Phone 3, there’s a button on the back of the phone for doing really useful stuff with its “Glyph Matrix,” like… playing spin the bottle.

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Apple launches new TechWoven material for iPhone 17 cases

9to5mac.com Benjamin Mayo 2025-10-05 19:12:53

After the disaster that was FineWoven two years ago, Apple is back again with another attempt to replace its leather cases with something more environmentally friendly than leather, and more stylish and premium than its base silicone range. The new TechWoven cases have a new fine-knit weave appearance. We’ll obviously have to wait for these cases to get into people’s hands to assess their durability. Apple says the TechWoven case is made from a custom technical fabric, using 100% recycled poly

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Show HN: I'm a dermatologist and I vibe coded a skin cancer learning app

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-09 02:38:29

Are you worried about this skin lesion? Swipe left (concerned) / right (not concerned) or use the buttons. I am concerned I am not concerned I'm not sure

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I'm a Runner with Over 15 Years of Running Experience. These Are the Best Treadmills of 2025

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-20 13:00:00

The first thing I noticed about the NordicTrack Commercial 2450, NordicTrack's newest addition to its commercial treadmill series, is the touchscreen. It has a 22-inch HD touchscreen that resembles a desktop computer screen, so it's huge. It also tilts and pivots so you can adjust it for different uses, like if you want to take workout classes on the floor. The treadmill itself is also on the bigger side since it's a commercial treadmill, but it does fold up using its easylift assist feature, so

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I've Been Running for Over 15 Years. These Are the Best Treadmills of 2025

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-29 01:00:00

The first thing I noticed about the NordicTrack Commercial 2450, NordicTrack's newest addition to its commercial treadmill series, is the touchscreen. It has a 22-inch HD touchscreen that resembles a desktop computer screen, so it's huge. It also tilts and pivots so you can adjust it for different uses, like if you want to take workout classes on the floor. The treadmill itself is also on the bigger side since it's a commercial treadmill, but it does fold up using its easylift assist feature, so

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9 Picks of the Best Gaming Mouse, Tested and Reviewed (2025)

wired.com Henri Robbins 2025-11-13 21:00:00

Other Good Mice to Consider NZXT Lift 2 Symm Photograph: Eric Ravenscraft NZXT Lift 2 Symm for $50: PC manufacturer NZXT has been venturing out into the peripherals market with impressive products for a company so relatively new to the game. The NZXT Lift 2 Symm is no exception. This mouse has a hollow interior and a base that uses minimal plastic. This gives it an ultra-lightweight feel, but avoids the odd feeling that other mice like the SteelSeries Aerox 3 give off by reducing the amount of

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AI Is Designing Bizarre New Physics Experiments That Actually Work

wired.com Anil Ananthaswamy 2025-11-13 06:00:00

“LIGO is this huge thing that thousands of people have been thinking about deeply for 40 years,” said Aephraim Steinberg, an expert on quantum optics at the University of Toronto. “They’ve thought of everything they could have, and anything new [the AI] comes up with is a demonstration that it’s something thousands of people failed to do.” Although AI has not yet led to new discoveries in physics, it’s becoming a powerful tool across the field. Along with helping researchers to design experimen

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Misunderstood “photophoresis” effect could loft metal sheets to exosphere

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-18 05:28:50

Most people would recognize the device in the image above, although they probably wouldn't know it by its formal name: the Crookes radiometer. As its name implies, placing the radiometer in light produces a measurable change: the blades start spinning. Unfortunately, many people misunderstand the physics of its operation (which we'll return to shortly). The actual forces that drive the blades to spin, called photophoresis, can act on a variety of structures as long as they're placed in a suffic

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The Bizarre Biological Trick That Makes These Teeth Tougher Than Steel

gizmodo.com Gayoung Lee 2025-11-20 04:55:34

At first glance, chitons look like any other mollusk: round, bashful creatures creeping across seashore rocks. Flip one over, however, and you’ll notice rows of freakishly sharp, polished teeth—indestructible, multi-purpose chompers that researchers are seeking to replicate for the next breakthrough in material science. A new study published August 7 in Science presents a detailed investigation into what makes chiton teeth so strong and durable. By analyzing chiton anatomy, the team found a rem

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The Bizarre Biological Trick That Makes Mollusk Teeth Tougher Than Steel

gizmodo.com Gayoung Lee 2025-11-20 10:55:34

At first glance, chitons look like any other mollusk: round, bashful creatures creeping across seashore rocks. Flip one over, however, and you’ll notice rows of freakishly sharp, polished teeth—indestructible, multi-purpose chompers that researchers are seeking to replicate for the next breakthrough in material science. A new study published August 7 in Science presents a detailed investigation into what makes chiton teeth so strong and durable. By analyzing chiton anatomy, the team found a rem

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The best ergonomic mouse for 2025

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-24 22:00:38

A mouse may seem like a small consideration for your workstation setup. But after you’ve addressed the crucial ergonomics — raising your monitor to eye-level, using the right keyboard and taking frequent breaks throughout your workdays — it’s a good idea to make sure the mouse you use is comfortable as well. People dealing with conditions like carpal tunnel and wrist pain may be interested in finding the best ergonomic mouse for them. Vertical and semi-vertical designs turn your palm towards you

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Engineering Breakthrough Opens Door to Cheap Hydrogen Power

gizmodo.com Gayoung Lee 2025-11-25 20:45:37

As an alternative to fossil fuel combustion, hydrogen fuel cells hold tremendous promise. But they’re also notoriously difficult and expensive to manage, which largely explains why we don’t see them everywhere (or anywhere, for that matter, except for a few initiatives that are “exploring” their efficiency). But that may soon change. In a Nature Materials paper published August 8, researchers announced the development of a new type of solid-oxide fuel cell (SOFC) that addresses an underlying pr

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The 8BitDo Pro 3 Is So Dang Customizable, You’ll Never Need Another Controller

gizmodo.com Kyle Barr 2025-11-29 00:00:59

2025 Of all the lower-cost, pick-up-and-play controllers I tested for the Nintendo Switch 2, 8BitDo’s $60 Ultimate 2 easily felt the best in hand. At a steep discount from Nintendo’s now-$90 Switch 2 Pro Controller, it’s an easy recommendation. What else do you need? When we take a step up and look at the $70 Pro 3 wireless controller, we should consider just what we gain and what we’re still missing. No, unfortunately you can’t wake the Switch 2 from sleep with the Pro 3. What you get instead

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8BitDo’s Pro 3 is a super customizable controller that’s too limited on Switch 2

theverge.com Cameron Faulkner 2025-11-29 00:00:00

As far as I’m concerned, 8BitDo’s Pro 3 is the ultimate controller. You may already know that it makes a model literally called the Ultimate controller, but it plays second fiddle to the new Pro 3 in some key ways. It’s highly customizable, allowing you to change the face buttons, joystick caps, and more. Let me explain: like most other 8BitDo controllers, it’s made to work on multiple platforms, but the Pro 3’s swappable ABXY face buttons allow it to actually transform as needed, say, if you’r

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Scientists shine a laser through a human head

news.ycombinator.com Velvet Wu 2025-12-10 09:07:18

For the most part, anyone who wants to see what’s going on inside someone else’s brain has to make a tradeoff when it comes to which tools to use. The electroencephalograph (EEG) is cheap and portable, but can’t read much past the outer layers of the brain, while the alternative, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), is expensive and the size of a room, but can go deeper. Now, a research group in Glasgow has come up with a mechanism that could one day provide the depth of fMRI using equi

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Scientists Shine a Laser Through a Human Head

news.ycombinator.com Velvet Wu 2025-12-10 15:07:18

For the most part, anyone who wants to see what’s going on inside someone else’s brain has to make a tradeoff when it comes to which tools to use. The electroencephalograph (EEG) is cheap and portable, but can’t read much past the outer layers of the brain, while the alternative, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), is expensive and the size of a room, but can go deeper. Now, a research group in Glasgow has come up with a mechanism that could one day provide the depth of fMRI using equi

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This vertical mouse includes a volume knob with playback controls

theverge.com Andrew Liszewski 2025-12-20 20:17:41

is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. There are plenty of wireless keyboards that incorporate an easy access volume knob, but Seenda’s MOU-302 is one of the first wireless mice to include the convenience. Featuring an ergonomic vertical design with its primary buttons and scroll wheel tilted 57 degrees, the mouse includes dedicated buttons for navigating forwards and back in a browse

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Google Messages gets Material 3 Expressive on Wear OS before Android

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-24 21:21:55

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Google Messages is the latest Wear OS app to receive Google’s Material 3 Expressive redesign. The update brings more consistent coloring, slight changes to shapes, and new icons to complement text. Google may be testing the update with a small set of users, since it has yet to reach a wider audience. Google has already begun transitioning many of its apps to the new, more fluid and vivid Material 3 Expressive design philosophy. These changes haven’t been

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Sony is finally making it possible to pair a DualSense with more than one device

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-30 15:17:15

Sony is bringing a welcome quality-of-life feature to the PlayStation 5. In the next PS5 system update beta, players will be able to have their DualSense controllers synced with multiple hardware platforms at the same time. That means you could swap a controller from a PS5 to your gaming PC to your smartphone without needing to re-pair the DualSense each time. Up to four devices can be simultaneously paired with a single controller, and each of them will be mapped to one of the action buttons.

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The best Xbox controller to buy right now

theverge.com Quentyn Kennemer 2025-12-31 15:28:34

We live in a golden age of controllers. The gamepads on the market now are of higher quality, more versatile, and more customizable than anything from even one console generation ago. If you play games on an Xbox Series X or Series S (or a Windows PC), you have the unenviable task of choosing between several high-quality controllers from Microsoft as well as a plethora of great options from the likes of 8BitDo, PowerA, Razer, Scuf, Nacon, and Turtle Beach. Some of them have drift-proof Hall effe

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AI comes up with bizarre physics experiments, but they work

news.ycombinator.com Anil Ananthaswamy 2026-01-04 16:28:49

If the AI’s insights had been available when LIGO was being built, “we would have had something like 10 or 15% better LIGO sensitivity all along,” he said. In a world of sub-proton precision, 10 to 15% is enormous. “LIGO is this huge thing that thousands of people have been thinking about deeply for 40 years,” said Aephraim Steinberg, an expert on quantum optics at the University of Toronto. “They’ve thought of everything they could have, and anything new [the AI] comes up with is a demonstrati

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Microsoft is buying tons of carbon removal from Xprize startup Vaulted Deep

techcrunch.com Tim De Chant 2026-01-10 20:03:19

Microsoft is building data centers as fast as it can, and that’s killing its carbon balance sheet. Since 2020, its carbon emissions have grown by nearly a quarter, undermining the pledge it made that year to remove more carbon from the atmosphere than it generates by 2030. So Microsoft has been buying massive amounts of carbon-removal credits to attempt to remedy that situation, including a newly announced purchase of 4.9 million metric tons from Vaulted Deep. Neither party disclosed the financ

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Google brings yet another change to Gboard’s emoji picker

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-15 09:51:21

Tushar Mehta / Android Authority TL;DR Gboard is getting a subtly redesigned emoji picker interface. With this refresh, Google reverts the recent design change in beta that introduced broader buttons. This time, the update is rolling out in the stable channel, which means it will be available to a broader range of users. Google is constantly testing new UI tweaks or behavioral changes in its apps. Some of these changes don’t stick, especially when they are limited to beta versions of the app

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The Pro 3 is 8BitDo’s first controller with swappable buttons

theverge.com Andrew Liszewski 2026-01-17 11:00:00

is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. 8BitDo has released a new version of its wireless Pro controller that was last updated in 2021. Many of 8BitDo’s recent controller releases, including the Ultimate 2, feature an asymmetrical joystick layout like Nintendo and Microsoft use. But the new Pro 3 mirrors the design of the PlayStation DualSense controller, with side-by-side sticks that

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This Unique Controller Is Cool but Pointless for Most Gamers

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-06 02:00:06

Pro-level game controllers have been becoming more mainstream over the past several years, offering gamers a host of new features not found on the controllers that came with their systems. These features include extra mappable buttons, swappable gamepads and other customizability options. However, I don't think I've ever seen a controller that offers two dedicated button layouts within the same device. The Stealth Pivot from Turtle Beach lets you physically rotate the gamepads to reveal a whole

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xAI gets permits for 15 natural gas generators at Memphis data center

techcrunch.com Tim De Chant 2026-02-08 00:45:34

County regulators yesterday granted xAI permits to operate 15 natural gas turbines at its data center outside Memphis, despite the threat of a lawsuit. Elon Musk’s AI company has been operating as many as 35 generators without permits, the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) said. Altogether, they’re capable of producing up to 421 megawatts of electricity. The legal organization has said that it will sue xAI for violations of the Clean Air Act on behalf of the NAACP. The company recently

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Xbox Elite Wireless Controller 2 Is Overkill for Most People, but Still Delivers an Epic Gaming Experience

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-10 23:00:14

The Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2 (or Elite 2 for short) has arguably been the industry gold standard for a pro-level game controller for the past decade. Over the years dozens of competitors have cropped up, hoping to give Microsoft a run for its money. While the Elite 2 still isn't perfect, it still sets the bar high. What I like about the Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2 One of the best things the Elite 2 has going for it is the layout -- it's almost identical to the standa

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The Switch 2 Pro Controller Makes a Comfortable Upgrade, but Still Falls a Bit Short

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-22 00:00:09

The Switch 2 Pro Controller is a standalone controller that pairs with the new Switch 2 and provides a more comfortable gaming experience than the standard Joy-Cons. While it might look similar to the old model, the second-gen controller has a number of new features to help it earn that "Pro" title. The 2 Pro retails for $85 -- a pretty significant jump over the original's $70. The good news is that, if you want to save some money, the Switch 1 Pro Controllers do work on the Switch 2. Since it'

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This Retro Gaming Keyboard Hits All the Right Nostalgia Vibes and It's a Great Keyboard

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-05 06:00:06

As a child of the '90s few things get my nerd brain tingling like good ol' Super Mario. Even hearing my best friend's Mario-themed phone notifications take me back to a simpler time. So it's no surprise that I completely nerded out when I saw 8BitDo's Retro Mechanical Keyboard decked out in Mario colors. A solid mechanical keyboard with a heavy dose of nostalgia? Count me in. If the Mario theme isn't up your alley, the Retro is available in a few different versions, each pulling something from

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