Astell & Kern PD5 review: the most ‘sensible’ player yet from A&K visually —but sonically it soars above the competition
Astell & Kern PD5 review: the most ‘sensible’ player yet from A&K visually —but sonically it soars above the competition

Astell & Kern’s latest affordable* digital audio player eases up on the aesthetic oddity and doubles down on technology and user input(*everything’s relative, obviously)

I can’t stop looking at the touchscreen MacBook Pro display, and now I know why — it’s a tech unicorn
I can’t stop looking at the touchscreen MacBook Pro display, and now I know why — it’s a tech unicorn

Why does the touchscreen MacBook Pro display look so good? A bespoke manufacturing process might have something to do with it.

Intel confirms Nova Lake CPUs will use advanced 18A-P node, more details at CES
Intel confirms Nova Lake CPUs will use advanced 18A-P node, more details at CES

Intel’s next-gen Nova Lake desktop processors will be the first client product to use Intel’s enhanced 18A-P node, CEO Lip-Bu Tan confirmed in the company’s Q3 2026 earnings call.

NYT Strands Hints, Clues And Answers For Friday October 30: All Charged Up

Looking for help with today’s NYT Strands puzzle? Here’s an extra hint to help you uncover the right words, as well as all of today’s answers and Spangram.

Google Gemini can now create and edit PDFs, documents, and more right inside your chat

Google has recently released many updates introducing new features to its AI suite, and the latest one could save users dealing with documents a lot of tedious work. The company has added the ability to create, preview, and edit documents, PDFs, presen…

Elon Musk is ‘truly a genius,’ says Vladimir Putin

Putin said that he and Musk are in “close contact” about Rassvet, Russia’s Starlink-like satellite connectivity project.

Patrick Stewart, Who Gracefully Steered Star Trek Into Its Next Generation, Dies at 86

“Captain Picard stood for the best of us,” wrote William Shatner, who played Captain James T. Kirk.

Halloween Aboard the International Space Station 
Halloween Aboard the International Space Station 

Although no ghouls, goblins, or trick-or-treaters come knocking at the International Space Station’s front hatch, crew members aboard the orbiting laboratory still like to get in the Halloween spirit. Whether individually or as an entire crew, they dress up in sometimes spooky, sometimes scary, but always creative costumes, often designed from materials available aboard the […]

Up To 80% Of People Have Stretch Marks — An Evolutionary Biologist Explains Why

What causes stretch marks? An evolutionary biologist explains how they form, why evolution never fixed them and why they’re nothing to be ashamed of.

On this day in space! Oct. 29, 1991: NASA’s Galileo spacecraft flies by asteroid Gaspra and snaps amazing photos while flying at 18,000 mph
On this day in space! Oct. 29, 1991: NASA’s Galileo spacecraft flies by asteroid Gaspra and snaps amazing photos while flying at 18,000 mph

On Oct. 29, 1991, the Galileo spacecraft flew by the asteroid Gaspra on its way to Jupiter. Here’s why it mattered.