New Rare Earth Compounds Could Power Your Phone

Rare earth elements have many uses, including clean energy technologies, energy storage, and permanent magnets. Researchers also used high-throughput screening, a computational scheme that allows researchers to test hundreds of models quickly. Their work was describedin a recent paperpublished inActa Materialia. RunPhoto / Getty Images “The number of potential compounds, combinations, composites and novel materials is mind-blowing,” he added. Then scientists can focus their efforts." It’s definitely a way that can be applied to many other materials design problems....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 167 words · Cassidy Fisher

New Reports Suggest Limits for WhatsApp Multi-Device Support

Instead, it will use any active Wi-Fi from your other devices to send and receive messages and media. …multi-machine support will be limited to WhatsApp Web, WhatsApp Desktop, and the Facebook Portal smart display. Even with the limitations noted above, multiple-unit support for WhatsApp will be a welcome update. Christian Wiediger / Unsplash

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 53 words · Kristin Gibson

New Running and Meditation Features Planned for Apple Fitness+

The main difference is that you’ll be running or meditating instead of walking. Apple Apple

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 15 words · Anthony Berger

New Samsung Galaxy Buds3 Series Promise a Connected Experience

These have AI, too New AI features abound, making the new Galaxy Buds3 series essential gear in the Samsung ecosystem. Samsung announced quite a few new Galaxy products in Paris on Wednesday, includingGalaxy Z Fold6 and Flip 6 phones,Galaxy Watch7 and Galaxy Ring, and a new series of earbuds, the Galaxy Buds3 and Buds3 Pro. Both models of Buds3 come in silver and white, with similar dimensions, though the Buds3 Pro are a little bigger and a bit heavier....

April 15, 2025 · 2 min · 275 words · Jeremy Rosales

New Samsung Odyssey Ark Gives You Curved-Screen Goodness

Depending on what’s happening on the screen, then, it can be adjusted to further enhance immersion. We’ve reached out to Samsung for confirmation. Samsung Samsung

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 25 words · Richard Ramirez

New Subscription Tier Coming to Nintendo Switch Online

Specifically, the Expansion Pack will add an assortment of Nintendo 64 and Sega Genesis games. It also mentioned adding more Genesis games, but did not provide examples. According to Nintendo, select N64 games will let you play online with up to four total players. Nintendo Nintendo

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 46 words · Katherine Blevins

New Super Mario-Themed Wear OS Smartwatch Available This Week

The Connected Watch Limited Edition collaboration between Tag Heuer and Nintendo is available this Thursday for $2,150. The watch features various Mario-themed watch faces and animations. Tags website says the watch has pulse measurements, GPS localization, and water resistance. Tag Heuer Tag isn’t the first company to introduce a Mario-themed smartwatch.

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 51 words · Sergio Pineda

New Surface Laptop Go 2 Is (sort of) Faster and Better Than Before

Gamers in particular will enjoy the rig’s Intel Iris Xe graphics card. Any other changes are minor in comparison. The two devices have the same dimensions and memory options (either 4GB LPDDR4x RAM or 8GB). Microsoft They both sport an ambient light sensor which will automatically dim the display to match the environment around it. Two minor changes involve the battery and wireless connectivity. The Surface Laptop 2 comes in four colors: Sage green, Ice Blue, Sandstone, and Platinum....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 101 words · Colin Roberts

New Tech Could Better Help People With Low Vision

Researchers at the Technical University of Munich in Germanyrecently published a paperon their 3D camera and haptic feedback armband. It’s part of a growing effort to use technology to help those with vision issues. Then, a computer processes the images to create a map of the surrounding area. Klaus Vedfelt / Getty Images The goggles even work in the dark. “The most common tool available to them is the cane....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 141 words · Rachael Smith

New Tech Could Help Explore Ocean Warming

The project’s two-armed underwater robot is used for complex inspection and maintenance tasks. But researchers say the more urgent need is for scientific exploration. Underwater Drones The Mare-IT project exemplifies how underwater vehicles are becoming more like robots. Dana Neibert / Getty Images The techniques pioneered by van Rees could lead to new types of UAVs. To study the ocean effectively, researchers need in-situ measurements with cameras and people aboard submersibles....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 112 words · Audrey Cook

New Tech Could Let Gadgets Understand Your Conversations

Microsoft and NVIDIArecently announceda new AI-driven method to interpret speech that could transform how we chat with our electronics. “One of the big advances is that NLP is going beyond simple keywords. The AI model runs on supercomputers. gremlin / Getty Images Computers that better understand speech won’t just improve smart speakers like Alexa, Ogilvy contends. Text-based search websites like Amazon also will better understand queries that are typed in....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 163 words · Kelsey Thompson

New Tech Innovations May Finally Make Your Monitor… More

Apple and Samsung models get smarter If you press links we provide, we may receive compensation. Samsung’s new M8 monitorwants to replace your USB webcam and smart TV. The 32-inch 4K smart monitor has a webcam that you could remove and built-in apps. Samsung “New tech in monitors helps meet the increasing demand for them to connect everyone together.” The tech inside the M8 also makes it stand out from the crowd....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 133 words · Shannon Nguyen

New Tech Lets You Feel VR

A machine applies chemicals to your skin to trigger responses. It’s part of a growing wave of so-called ‘haptic’ gadgets designed to enhance virtual reality. “In virtual environments, visuals typically dominate an experience, but humans notice things that are missing. janiecbros / Getty Images Bringing haptics to VR can help deepen immersion.” Get Touched Haptic devices are intended to let you feel real sensations in virtual reality. Haptic devices already on the market range fromglovestobodysuitsthat hook up to VR headsets....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 199 words · Joseph Pratt