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President Trump shared Sen. Tom Cotton's personal cell phone number on Truth Social, urging followers to pressure him into supporting permanent daylight saving time. Cotton has publicly opposed the change, arguing it would force children to go to school in darkness during winter. The two exchanged public jabs on social media, with Trump arguing clock changes are unnecessary and Cotton insisting he puts Arkansas first.
A new study finds that teenagers who frequently consume short-form video content on platforms like TikTok and Instagram struggle to connect present actions with future consequences. Researchers attribute this to the instant gratification such videos provide, which they say alters how young users perceive time and causality.
A website has launched that lets users compare old maps with present-day locations by layering historical cartography over current satellite and street views. Users can scroll through different time periods to see how a specific location has changed over decades or centuries.
In an interview with Time magazine, President Trump reportedly said he does not want data centers built near his own properties, even as his administration promotes rapid AI infrastructure expansion nationwide. The comment surfaced amid broader discussion of his views on AI and energy policy.
Researchers tested live video streaming from a laptop carried through a 30-meter lab not fully covered by any single Wi-Fi access point. Using each of three access points individually, the stream repeatedly slowed or dropped frames as the laptop moved out of range. When NanoPing combined all three networks simultaneously, every packet arrived within 100 milliseconds and none of the 1,800 video frames were late or lost.
Researchers used time-resolved X-ray liquidography at South Korea's PAL-XFEL free-electron laser facility to track the structural changes azobenzene molecules undergo when switched from trans to cis form by a laser pulse. The experiment combined a 400 nm pump laser with X-ray probe pulses to capture molecular motion with a measured time resolution of about 169 femtoseconds, using a single-pass capillary jet of the dissolved sample rather than a recirculated solution.
Nature's Futures section has published a short science-fiction story titled 'The buck stops with me,' in which a narrator returns home to find notes apparently written by their future self urging a trip to a bar for 'darts' and warnings about disrupting causality. The narrator exchanges handwritten notes with this future self through hidden locations around the apartment, debating whether the messages are real time travel, a prank, or a hallucination.
Nintendo's Nintendo 64 console launched in North America on September 29, 1996, priced at $199 with no pack-in game, offering buyers a choice between Super Mario 64 and Pilotwings 64. Over its lifetime the console produced hits including GoldenEye 007, Mario Kart 64 and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time before Nintendo discontinued it in 2002, having sold nearly 33 million units worldwide.
Comparing home EV charging options, the EPA estimates that Level 1 chargers—which use a standard household outlet—add roughly 5 miles of range per hour, enough for about 40 miles after an 8-hour overnight charge. Level 2 chargers using a 40A circuit can add more than 30 miles of range per hour, making them better suited to drivers who cover longer distances or face cold-weather battery warm-up needs.
Brian Herriot has published a book titled Time Freedom: Rethink Your Work and Money to Create a Life You Love Now. In an excerpt, he shares five key insights aimed at helping readers achieve more control over their time without making drastic lifestyle changes or abandoning their careers.
Google is rolling out a Calendar update that allows users to configure up to three time zones simultaneously, shown side-by-side on the main grid, up from the previous limit of two. Users can also assign custom labels to each time zone, such as 'NYC' or 'LA,' and the three zones will appear when scheduling events using the 'Find a Time' feature. The rollout began today and Google says it may take up to 15 days to reach all users across Workspace, Workspace Individual, and personal Google accounts.
Google has launched Live Avatar, a feature within Gemini 3.8 Live that pairs real-time video generation with speech models to give AI agents lip-synced, expressive on-screen personas. The avatars support 97 languages, can switch between them without quality loss, and use asynchronous tool calling to fetch data mid-conversation. The feature launches today exclusively for Gemini Enterprise subscribers, not general consumers.