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A new study published in Nature Communications explores the mathematical foundations of creativity. Researchers introduced a model called Edge-Reinforced Random Walk with Triggering (ERRWT) to simulate how new ideas emerge by combining familiar elements. By analysing music habits, literature, and scientific papers, the study found that while discovery rates were simil... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/j4n3o2r

A new study has uncovered an unexpected globular cluster system in FCC 224, an ultra-diffuse galaxy located in the Fornax cluster. Using data from the Hubble Space Telescope and the Keck Cosmic Web Imager, researchers found that FCC 224 hosts luminous, overmassive globular clusters with unusual properties. The galaxy’s star clusters exhibit narrow color ranges, lack... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/gf8LVX9

Apple reported its Q4 2024 earnings on Thursday, revealing that the company's revenue was up 4 percent to $124.3 billion and earnings per share were up 12 percent to $1.64. Services revenue hit a record $25 billion in Q4 2024. Apple CEO Tim Cook announced plans to expand Apple Intelligence features and noted 'double-digit' growth in Brazil, Mexico, and India, while al... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/stlcT9m

Microsoft Surface Pro and Surface Laptop were launched as the latest additions to the company’s Copilot+ PC lineup at the Surface event on Thursday. With its latest devices, the Redmond-based technology company aims to provide businesses and organisations with cloud compute scalability while maintaining the efficiency that is offered by local AI compute via neural p... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/7my53lA

Scientists have achieved a major milestone by creating a bi-paternal mouse, marking progress in stem cell science and reproductive biology. By modifying imprinting genes, researchers overcame previous barriers to unisexual mammalian reproduction. While only a small percentage of the engineered embryos survived to birth, the research demonstrates the potential for adva... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/W3Gs4zv

Nothing will debut as many as two smartphones during its March 4 launch event, according to a report. The British smartphone maker has been rumoured to be developing the Nothing Phone 3a as the successor to the Phone 2a. While this device is likely to see the light of day, it will reportedly be joined by another model with the “Pro” moniker — a first for the com... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/KyUzqeC

Using data from the DESI Legacy Surveys photometry catalog, 19 new quasars were identified, including strongly-lensed, dual, and projected types. Observations were carried out on October 15–16, 2023, at California's Palomar Observatory using the P200/DBSP instrument. Among the findings are two lensed quasars, J0746+1344 and J2121-0826, which exhibit unusual configur... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/XWLnIf5

Kaden Dave Oshima is a musicologist and “old crackpot musician” (he’s in his mid-60s) living in Honolulu. In his own words, he leads an “uncertain existence of contemplation” in which he ponders “morality, truth, ecstasy, and clear understanding from this world.” He is a devotee of Bach’s incomparable music and believes that in addition to the composer’s six partitas, all published in 1731, there must be a seventh, unpublished one—Kaden reasons that the structure of the six known partitas indicates a concluding seventh in F major. Unsurprisingly, his attention is gripped when he is contacted by a man named James Zhao, who explains that his younger sister Susan, an accomplished violinist, has vanished—and that he has reason to believe that she possessed Bach’s missing piece of music. In this mesmerizing work, Kaden is given a chance to find the composition he passionately imagines and whose absence he grieves like a lost lover. (“Fortunately, he is called master because he was so proli...

Nothing Phone 3 is reported to be in development as the company’s next flagship smartphone and the successor to the Phone 2. However, before it sees the light of day, the British original equipment manufacturer (OEM) could launch as many as three smartphones, according to claims by a tipster. The company is gearing up to introduce a new smartphone on March 4 which i... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/qlQWh5J

Samsung Galaxy S25 series was launched globally and in India at the Galaxy Unpacked 2025 event on January 22. At the time, the South Korean technology conglomerate only announced the availability and prices of the 256GB and 512GB configurations of the base Galaxy S25. However, a recent report suggests that the phone will also be available in a 128GB storage variant an... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/JbwZyf9

Extended space missions, such as those aboard the International Space Station (ISS), are linked to significant ocular changes in astronauts. These changes, collectively termed spaceflight-associated neuro-ocular syndrome (SANS), affect around 70 percent of astronauts. A recent study found reductions in ocular rigidity, intraocular pressure, and ocular pulse amplitude,... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/jJm0sMD

Google Pixel 9a is rumoured to be in development as the most affordable option in the Pixel 9 series. However, it may not be as cheap as last year. A new report suggests that some variants of the phone could be more expensive compared to their Pixel 8a counterparts. This decision is said to affect the pricing strategy of the purported Pixel 9a in Canada and the US. No... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/gN8cvF7

Roommates Alejandro and Kenny have been close since childhood, but Han’s status as an undocumented Mexican immigrant and Kenny’s relationship with an abusive girlfriend have increasingly strained their bond. Then Kenny breaks up with Jackie, who wants him to choose her over Han, just as Han loses his job and a chance to apply for permanent U.S. residency. When Kenny, who’s bisexual, proposes that the two of them marry to protect Han, who is straight identifying, their troubles seem to be over—but fake love starts to feel all too real, even as the two men are beset by a cascade of problems: Han’s new job at a restaurant is shadowed by fears of deportation and a shady manager’s creative accounting; Jackie continues to reappear like a horror-movie monster; Han’s family trauma ratchets up with his mother’s death back in Mexico; and he also sustains an injury at work. Reyes’ take on the “fake dating” and “marriage of convenience” tropes focuses on Han’s precarious citizenship as the primar...

Owens, an Oxford professor of international relations, investigates the role of women in the founding of international relations as a separate academic discipline in early- to mid-20th-century Britain. Misogyny and racism, she argues convincingly, at first marginalized and later erased the contributions of women and people of color: journalists, scholars, activists, and public intellectuals. Among 18 women she discusses, the 12 she examines in most detail include Margery Perham, Merze Tate, Eileen Power, Margaret Cleeve, Coral Bell, and Susan Strange. All “deeply historical thinkers,” they were politically, ethnically, racially, and socioeconomically diverse; their politics encompassed “high Tory appeasement, anticolonial Black Marxism, conservative and liberal imperialism, socialist and feminist internationalism, conservative realism, and antiracist geopolitics.” Their personal lives differed as well: Strange, an economist with a degree from the London School of Economics, was the mo...

Anne Frank got her first diary as a present for her 13th birthday, just weeks before her family went into hiding in 1942. By the time she died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, not yet 16, she had filled multiple notebooks and was revising them for postwar publication before her arrest. Franklin, who won a National Book Critics Circle Award for her biography Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life , in Part 1 follows Anne from childhood in Germany to Holland and Bergen-Belsen. She spotlights Anne’s increasing maturity over the course of two years in hiding and takes a close look at her revisions as indications of “the coherent testimonial narrative she now wanted to write.” Part 2, described by Franklin as “a cultural history of the idea of Anne as it has developed since 1947,” contains some familiar material: her father Otto’s recovery and editing of the diary (he removed some of Anne’s more acerbic comments and included material she had cut as too personal); its publication an...

Realme could be working on a new smartphone with a launch expected soon. An unreleased Realme handset was recently listed on a Chinese certification website which hints towards its imminent launch in the region. Although the official moniker remains unknown, several key specifications of the purported phone were listed. It may be equipped with a 6.67-inch display and ... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/ZfQSyg4

Following the debut of the flagship Galaxy S25 series at the Galaxy Unpacked 2025 event last week, Samsung is expected to launch three more smartphones soon. The phones, Galaxy A56, Galaxy A36, and Galaxy A26, have now been spotted on a certification website which suggests their imminent debut globally. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/pwPtySJ

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Airtel has revised its voice and SMS-only recharge plan prices following the introduction of new prepaid options, in line with TRAI's guidelines announced last month. The operator quietly updated the prices of both voice and SMS-only special tariff vouchers (STVs) soon after TRAI announced it would review the new vouchers. Airtel had previously updated its existing ST... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/0HbKWMP

Apple's iPhone 17 series may not see notable changes to the Dynamic Island this year, according to TF Securities International analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. The latest claim contradicts earlier reports that suggested Apple would shrink the size of the Dynamic Island, which contains the selfie camera and other sensors for Face ID. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/nQXzJuC

Xiaomi 15 Ultra design has been leaked by a tipster, via a hands-on image. The Xiaomi 15 Ultra is expected to launch soon as the successor to the Xiaomi 14 Ultra, and the upcoming flagship is expected to arrive with a large rear camera module that includes a quad rear camera setup. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/wneDTPN

Tata Electronics Pvt Ltd (TEPL) has acquired a 60 percent controlling stake in Pegatron's India unit. Pegatron India, a subsidiary of Taiwan's Pegatron Corporation, provides contract-based electronics manufacturing services (EMS) to major global companies such as Apple. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/av3yQMk

Nothing is rumoured to launch multiple new smartphones including a flagship device in the coming months as a follow up to the Nothing Phone 2. As part of its plans, the UK-based original equipment manufacturer (OEM) has yet again teased an upcoming product via its social media handle which may very well be its next smartphone. It appears to have a dual rear camera uni... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/8qQ9GJd

Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge could be launched in the next few months, according to a report. The South Korean technology conglomerate launched the Galaxy S25 series at the Galaxy Unpacked 2025 event in San Jose, California on Wednesday. Alongside, it also debuted a new device with a thinner profile than its flagship models, bringing back its ‘Edge’ branding and giving... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/rD1hY3E

In the voice of a wise but self-effacing older sister, actor and entrepreneur Watts offers an engaging contribution to the growing body of publications that seek to enlarge and center discussions of menopause and the dizzying range of its physical and psychological effects on women and their families. Citing research from more than 50 doctors and credentialed experts on women’s health, Watts elucidates the effects of menopausal symptoms and explores treatments for many of them, including fluctuating sex hormone levels, disrupted sleep, anxiety, hot flashes, brain fog, weight gain, UTIs, and heart palpitations. The roll call of corporeal discomforts is harrowing, but the author shares with brio and humor many of her own experiences with these symptoms and their subsequent remedies, organically interleaving disarming stories about her fertility struggles and the menopausal symptoms she began experiencing in her mid-30s, around the same time she began to seriously consider starting a fam...

China’s EAST (Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak) achieved a significant milestone in nuclear fusion by maintaining a continuous plasma loop for 1,066 seconds on January 20, 2025. This breakthrough, facilitated by an enhanced heating system, surpasses its previous record and marks a critical step towards sustainable fusion energy. Nuclear fusion aims to r... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/KwvNZQ9

Originally appearing in the 2009 title Yummy: Eight Favorite Fairy Tales , this shorter book is comprised of the titular “Goldilocks and the Three Bears,” as well as “The Three Billy Goats Gruff” and “The Little Red Hen.” Using “The Three Little Pigs” (also in Yummy ) instead of “The Little Red Hen” would have given this new collection a clearer raison d’être by presenting a trio of stories with a trio of protagonists each, but Cousins’ fans will no doubt welcome this new offering anyway; endpapers decorated with various characters and items that appear in the three stories invite them into an “I spy” search of the pages once they proceed into the book proper. Cousins’ expert use of page layout separates or unites characters navigating the central conflicts—Goldilocks against the bears, troll against goats, and the Little Red Hen against all those lazy animals. While the stories remain stolidly true to traditional tellings, visual interest abounds due to the vibrant colors and eye-cat...

Samsung Galaxy S25 and Samsung Galaxy S25+ were launched at the company's first Galaxy Unpacked event of 2025. Both these smartphones feature an octa-core processor coupled with 12GB of RAM and offer support for Galaxy AI features. The Galaxy S25 and Galaxy S25+ come with three rear cameras. Both smartphones operate on Android 15 out-of-the-box, featuring the company'... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/rtqZUYo

Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra was launched on Wednesday at the company's Galaxy Unpacked event. The newly announced Galaxy S25 Ultra features a custom Snapdragon 8 Elite chip, 12GB RAM, and up to 1TB storage. It has an upgraded 50-megapixel ultrawide camera and supports Log video recording. Running on Android 15 with One UI 7, the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra ships with the No... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/uxblpzM

When investment bank Kauffman Schwartz passes out innovator awards, wealth advisor Ted Sullivan goes home empty-handed. The plan had been for both Ted and his friend, investment banker Alec Young, to win in their respective divisions at the Arizona company; that would have been a great selling point for their future private equity firm, Sullivan Young, which has been their dream since they met six years earlier as KS interns. They’ve also been lovers for some time but have kept their romance a secret. (While Ted is openly gay, Alec hides his own sexuality from his conservative family, which includes an abusive father.) Complicating matters, Alec is also dating Emma Peterson, whom he’s using to get access to her “consulting titan” dad—this is another element of Ted and Alec’s long-term strategy to get investments for Sullivan Young. The two are fully aware that they may have to resort to cutthroat means, such as when handling Ted’s colleague, the “innovator” who wins and flaunts the aw...

Every Sunday, Martin, his parents, and his dog, Maize, go to his grandparents’ house. Every visit is the same; bored one day, Martin decides to “[step] out into the unknown.” In detailed, action-packed double-page spreads in muted colors, Martin and Maize trek across several landscapes, from the “freezing cold of ice caps” to the “baking heat of lava flows.” Their epic adventures turn out to be a rousing game of make-believe; exhausted after a day of play, Martin eagerly anticipates filling his family members in on all his exploits. Eagle-eyed readers will realize that this is an imaginative journey, with several objects from around the house, seen in earlier spreads, ingeniously included in Martin’s daydreams. His mother’s Bundt cake becomes a volcano leaving hot lava trails, while the “arid desert” is his grandpa’s sleeping face. Cross-hatching and detailed shading give the tale a charmingly retro feel. Originally published in Brazil and translated into English, this tale uses cleve...

WhatsApp will soon benefit from an optional integration with Meta Accounts Centre with the aim of delivering a more connected experience, the company announced on Tuesday. This move will enable users to share their WhatsApp statuses automatically on other Meta Platforms’ apps such as Facebook and Instagram. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/5U6Yxmf

Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2025 event will take place later today (January 22) in San Jose, California. It is the company’s first event of the year where the next generation Galaxy S devices, ubiquitously known as the Galaxy S25 series, are expected to take the limelight. Samsung’s flagship phones will arrive as the successor to the Galaxy S24 series which debuted on... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/0Oks9uA

Krouse’s second story collection is thick with restlessness, both across the book and within each story. “The Pole of Cold” is narrated by a young woman who’s mayor of a dismally frigid Siberian town and tempted to escape to New York with a visitor. In “North of Dodge,” a woman finds refuge from her white-supremacist uncle and guardian in a majority-Black neighborhood in Omaha. A young woman becomes alert to her father’s infidelities in “When in Bangkok,” and another heads to an Idaho hotel in a desperate escape from her abusive marriage in “Fear Me as You Fear God.” None of these pieces simplistically slot into women-in-trouble tales, though—“Fear Me” incorporates elements of ghost stories and sensitively works in the narrator’s growing ambivalence and paranoia. And the narrators aren’t always women: “Eat My Moose” is told by a man recalling his work secretively performing assisted suicides in Alaska, and “The Standing Man” is narrated by a worker in a Tokyo ramen shop who feels an u...

Samsung Galaxy S25 series is expected to be launched at the Galaxy Unpacked 2025 event on January 22. Ahead of its debut, a tipster has suggested that the top-end variant of the purported Galaxy S25 Ultra may not be available in all regions. In fact, only four countries are expected to have this device in the market. Meanwhile, another report claims that the new Galax... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/KgPF3wE

iQOO Neo 10R 5G may be launched in India soon as the company’s next smartphone under Rs. 30,000, according to a tipster’s claims on social media. The phone is expected to be part of the iQOO Neo 10 series which comprises Neo 10 and Neo 10 Pro but is currently only available in China. The iQOO Neo 10R 5G may debut in India equipped with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8s G... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/w9bzQXx

Direct soil carbon measurement is being explored as a more accurate method for verifying carbon storage in agriculture. Unlike predictive models, which can be unreliable, this method provides solid data that improves carbon credit market trust. A recent study showed how direct measurements could scale cost-effectively across large areas, supporting climate goals and e... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/kp5FwR3

Instagram on Monday announced a new standalone app that lets creators edit their videos with even more creativity and precision. Called ‘Edits’, it arrives as a mobile video editing solution with a suite of creative tools such as enabling high quality video capture, dedicated tab for drafts and videos, and camera settings for resolution, frame rate and dynamic ran... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/UrMd6Lu

Fedorak’s sequel to her SF debut, Children of Alpheios (2023), unfolds three years later. Hero Alina DeHerte is a rebel colonist on the distant planet Eamine, peopled by genetically modified humans, where the climate is harsh and native wildlife sometimes dangerous. But another threat is an authoritarian system under Chancellor Jade Graylin, leader of the settlement city Alpheios. Her regime’s economic partner, the genetic-engineering corporation Genodyne, is exploiting a generation of children (“Origins”) born on the planet, fated to develop astounding powers—and one of them is Alina’s epileptic son, Mandin. Defying the exploitation of their offspring, Alina and other dissidents fled to establish their own haven, Evesborough. The strife led to the end of Alina’s relationship with Alpheios’ law-and-order security chief Chance—who is Graylin’s son— even though he enabled her escape with Mandin. Now, Alina is engaged to an Evesborough man and Mandin’s seizures are controlled with medic...

Xiaomi 15 Ultra is rumoured to be launched in China soon and join the Xiaomi 15 series as part of the company's flagship smartphone lineup. Ahead of its anticipated debut, a tipster suggests that the purported phone may be equipped with a new self-developed chip. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/W9CLphT

Atara wears a crown everywhere she goes—in fact, her name even means crown . One day, her mom reads her a book about Purim, and Atara sees herself in Queen Esther; while Esther hid her Jewish identity, for a long time Atara never told her parents she was really a girl. Just as Esther’s crown made it clear that she was a queen, Atara’s crown gives her a sense of assurance about her identity. In drama class, Atara is even cast as Queen Esther in the Purim play. The show is a hit. But when Atara forgets her crown at home the next day, she must summon her inner confidence. The book’s full-color, pastel illustrations are reminiscent of newspaper comic strips, with rounded, squiggly lines. The dyslexia-friendly text appears separately from the images. Though the writing is purposeful and at times clunky, it’s wonderful to see a Purim story that centers a trans protagonist; many young people will identify with both Atara and Esther. The book has no endnotes about the holiday, so adults may w...

War veteran and widower “Voodoo” leads a group of hackers and “wrench-turners” for the United States Naval Special Warfareunit at the Directorate in San Diego. His skills earned him a spot in a rescue operation the previous year in Japan; now, the CIA station chief in Japan wants the same team for a mission in Central Asia, which, like the previous op, has ties to an escalating artificial intelligence Cold War. That’s not the only connection—the God Algorithm, a powerful AI that Voodoo and the others learned about last year, may still be trouble. For their newest assignment, the team must first recover an asset named Kobra Siddik, who, after escaping a reeducation camp in China, rushes to make it across the border to Kazakhstan. She has intel Voodoo’s team needs, but she will only supply it if the team helps her get someone else out of the camp. Do the Chinese have the God Algorithm? And for what diabolical purpose will they use the AI? In any case, soldiers (courtesy of China’s Minis...

Over 130 earthquakes struck Iceland’s Bárðarbunga volcano within hours on January 14, including a significant 5.1 magnitude quake. The Bárðarbunga system, Iceland's largest volcanic zone, has a history of major eruptions, with the 2014–2015 event producing a lava field larger than Manhattan. Experts at the Icelandic Meteorological Office are evaluating whether... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/wKf8ANJ

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory has revealed a potential breakthrough in predicting solar flares. Scientists observed brightness fluctuations in coronal loops—plasma structures in the Sun's atmosphere—that intensify hours before solar flares occur. This discovery, with a prediction accuracy of 60–80%, may provide 2–6 hours of advance warning, aiding space mi... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/qdzkwTf

Parker Hanson is a New Hampshirite and former investigative reporter now doing PI work. But sitting long hours on stake-outs without falling asleep requires a “generous amount of caffeine,” which (“along with a poor family history”) factored into Parker’s recent heart attack before his 45th birthday. On a current case, when he’s not watching baseball or going to cardiac rehab, Parker is shadowing Mark Bowman, deputy chief of staff in Governor Jack Gordon’s office.  Mark’s wife Brooke, an attractive woman in her mid-30s, hires Parker to find out if her suddenly distant husband is having an affair. “If he is, then he’s an idiot,” Parker thinks. But when trailing Mark, Parker sees him get into a woman’s car. Then a truck intentionally hits the couple’s car, engulfing it in flames, and the truck driver flees. Mark and the woman—who turns out to be Parker’s former co-worker, reporter Maggie Malone—are dead. Parker noses around the newspaper and talks to Maggie’s roommate, discovering t...

Apple Store app is now available in India, the company announced on Thursday. It offers a more tailored way of shopping for products and services directly from Apple. Apart from purchases, buyers can get personalised recommendations, save and organise favourites, get information about retail programs, know about the device’s latest features, and get easy deliveries ... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/QEWAqiJ

Samsung Galaxy A26 5G could be launched in India soon as the company's next A-series smartphone, according to a report. It was reportedly spotted on a certification website in the country which hints towards its imminent debut. It is likely to arrive as a successor to the Galaxy A25 5G which made its debut in December 2023 and could boast features such as a full HD+ r... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/BxA8Jw7

Samsung Galaxy S25+ is expected to launch later this month alongside the base Galaxy S25 and Galaxy S25 Ultra variants. The design, colour and price details of the purported handsets have been leaked previously. Ahead of the upcoming launch, the global variant of the Galaxy S25+ has been spotted on a popular benchmarking site. The listing hints at some expected key f... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/6OwheHN

Justyce Dreadmiller, the self-made owner-manager of the boutique grocery store Mildred’s Market, has long suffered the routine shoplifting of “pouting young nymphet” Yvette Cartier. Every few days, the entitled, beautiful Yvette pilfers several high-end items—perfumes, cosmetics, lubricants, and the like—from Justyce’s shelves. Justyce has just purchased a Japanese-made novelty conveyor belt (the eponymous At-Your-Beck Felicity Conveyor) to help set the Market apart, a substantial investment that makes Yvette’s shoplifting increasingly hard on his bottom line. When Yvette purloins $700 worth of inventory in a single day, he knows he must do something to put her in her place. Justyce believes in “solving his own problems in his own ways, on his own initiative, and at his own convenience, in as straightforward a manner as was practicable,” an approach that has, in the past, meant leaving his high school bully drugged and castrated in a swamp. For Yvette, the plan is slightly less grisly...

Apple and Samsung are said to launch ‘slim’ versions of their upcoming flagship phones. A tipster now suggests that the purported devices, dubbed the iPhone 17 Air and Samsung Galaxy S25 Slim, may ship with much smaller battery capacities than their flagship equivalents. This move is speculated to be in order to maintain the thin form factor of the handsets from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/g7UMKAo

Pete Barnes finds a terrified young Black boy named Alex Broadnax—shivering from the cold and covered in blood—hiding in his father’s milk barn in Leakesville, North Carolina. Alex witnessed the murder of his entire family by the Ku Klux Klan and is now on the run. Poppa Barnes, despite his unabashed racism, takes Alex in and puts him to work, and he grows up side by side with Pete, working the farm and attending school (albeit a segregated one for Black children). Pete quickly comes to love Alex and sees him as another brother, but Alex, by far the more thoughtful of the two, never loses sight of the distance between himself and his adopted family, a bitter awareness movingly captured by the author: “I was never a son to Poppa. Every night at dinner we thanked God for his enveloping love, but come Sunday, it was clear that love did not extend to me.” Immediately after graduating high school, both boys join the army and are sent to Europe to fight in World War II. While there, Alex is...

Samsung is scheduled to launch the next generation Galaxy S devices, ubiquitously known as the Galaxy S25 series, at the Galaxy Unpacked event on January 22. Ahead of the anticipated debut, promotional images of all three models in the lineup have been leaked. These corroborate the key changes in terms of design which the phones are expected to go through, and among t... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/Va0JqBG

Soodhu Kavvum 2, the highly anticipated Tamil crime-comedy, will be available for streaming on Aha Video from January 14, 2025, following its theatrical release on December 13, 2024. Directed by S J Arjun, the film follows Guru as he embarks on a quest for revenge, leading to a web of deception and unexpected twists. With a strong ensemble cast including Mirchi Shiva,... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/CdclstB

Airey’s debut—a long, looping, switchback tale of secrets, shifting relationships, early pregnancies, and lost family regained—spans some 50 years, from the 1970s to 2023, many of them spent in Burtonport, County Donegal, and others in Manhattan. The story opens with 16-year-old Cora Brady in New York in 2001, seven years after her mother’s suicide. Her father, an employee at the World Trade Center, will be one of those lost on 9/11. Rebellious, sensitive, and now alone, Cora is surprised to learn she has a legal guardian, Roísín Dooley, her mother Máire’s sister, who lives in Ireland. Now, the narrative swings overseas and back in time, to the Irish farm where Máire and Roísín grew up. Máire has artistic gifts, and Roísín’s talent is writing. A Black boy, Michael Brady, becomes Máire’s lover, and he and Roísín arrange for Máire’s appointment as artist-in-residence at a big house occupied by the Atlantis Primal Therapy Commune, known locally as the Screamers. (Máire and Roísín will ev...

Motorola Razr 60 Ultra could be launched in India soon as the company’s next flagship foldable phone, according to a report. It is said to have been spotted on a certification website in the country which suggests its upcoming debut. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/n6NJKTp

A study published in Science Advances has provided groundbreaking insights into the early evolution of nervous systems in ecdysozoans, the group that includes insects and nematodes. Fossils from the Cambrian Kuanchuanpu Formation showed that ancient organisms like Eopriapulites had a single ventral nerve cord, supporting its ancestral role. Researchers suggest paired ... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/lbBev8X

Apple's fourth-generation iPhone SE is expected to go official in the first half of this year. Earlier this week multiple rumours about the launch timeline of the iPhone SE 4 had surfaced, and now, new leaks suggest its key specifications. The iPhone SE 4 is said to offer 60Hz refresh rate display. It could run on Apple's A18 Bionic chip and house a 48-megapixel rear ... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/swe6KZX

Two of Apple’s entry-level iPad models may be powered by an older chipset rather than the latest A18 processor, according to a report. The device in mention is the iPad 11th generation whose purported variants are speculated to use the same chip as the iPhone 15 Pro models despite previously reported issues related to high cost of manufacturing and low yields. Court... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/kLjHSJ7

Samsung will launch its next-generation Galaxy S devices, dubbed the Galaxy S25 series, on January 22, the company recently announced. Ahead of their anticipated debut, a tipster has leaked the smartphones' renders that showcase the design changes expected to arrive this year. The Galaxy S25 Ultra appears to have undergone the most tweaks, featuring curved edges. In a... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/tCM5wOk

Amazon Great Republic Day Sale 2025 has gone live for Prime members, 12 hours ahead of the sale opening up for everyone else. Amazon's Republic Day special sale in January 2025 brings exciting discounts on popular mobile phones, electronics, Amazon devices, and other other gadgets. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/DPf0TcO

In her latest work of nonfiction, the author, a self-described brain coach, primarily aims to help readers aged 40 to 60 craft their own personal AI (“autobiographical intelligence”) to stave off Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of mental deterioration associated with age. The key to her multistep approach is storytelling, which she views as crucial to mental health; she even adapts the Cartesian motto “I think, therefore I am” into “I narrate , therefore I am.” She contends that one’s personal story is like a rope made of words—a braided “mindDNA” that determines how that person will age. “Mental health,” she writes, “is a flawed concept that should be replaced by story health .” Strupp proposes seven steps for improving such health: “Reclaim,” “Reframe” (“By shaping the words you say to yourself about yourself …you can strengthen your mindDNA”), “Review,” “Renew” (which addressees the physical replacement rate of the body’s cells), “Redirect,” “Reset” (“the afternoon of life requ...

A remarkable discovery in Lithuania’s Vilnius Cathedral has uncovered 16th-century royal burial regalia hidden during WWII. The artefacts, including crowns, rings, chains, and coffin plaques, were originally unearthed in 1931 but concealed in 1939 for safekeeping as World War II loomed. These treasures, associated with Alexander Jagiellon and two queens, provide a r... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/miQ97E8

A breakthrough in auroral research, powered by artificial intelligence, has allowed scientists to classify over 700 million auroral images. This effort, using NASA's THEMIS dataset, will significantly enhance the prediction of geomagnetic storms, which can disrupt Earth's communication and security systems. Led by the University of New Hampshire, the AI-powered system... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/zunVlkw

The political drama The Sabarmati Report, featuring Vikrant Massey, streams on Zee5 from January 11. Directed by Dheeraj Sarna, the film delves into the 2002 Godhra train tragedy. Massey plays Samar Kumar, a journalist who uncovers disturbing truths and conspiracies involving influential figures. His findings are suppressed, but years later, another journalist, Amrita... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/sM7oZtn

Dreame Technology unveiled a new range of smart home cleaning products at CES 2025. The Xiaomi sub-brand has introduced the Dreame X50 Ultra robot vacuum cleaner, the Dreame Z1 Pro robotic pool cleaner, and the H12 Pro FlexReach wet and dry vacuum. The latest product range also includes the Dreame Z30 cordless stick vacuum, and the Dreame AirStyle Pro hairstyling tool... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/FJImQBz

Audio-Technica ATH-CKS50TW2 were unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2025) on January 7. The TWS earphones are claimed to offer a total battery life of up to 65 hours, together with the case. They are equipped with Magnetic Switch technology which helps users conserve power without the charging case. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/zkdFKXW

Google Pixel owners can now update their devices to the latest January 2025 patch, the company announced via its support page on Tuesday. The update, which is rolled out for the Pixel 9 series and several other older models running Android 15, brings fixes for issues related to audio, camera, display, graphics, and user interface. Further, it also includes patches for... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/6W5l4oH

OnePlus 13 Mini or OnePlus 13T could be in development, according to a tipster. As per a recent leak, the Shenzhen-based company is said to be working on a smaller handset with the Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC. A few key expected specifications of the purported smartphone have leaked as well. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/Oh7BCam

This novel take place in the aftermath of a high-profile trial, as 72-year-old retired teacher Helen Ryder (known to the other jurors as “Schoolmarm”) and other jurors reconnect after a series of suspicious deaths among their peers. Two months before, they voted to convict basketball player Roger “Buck” Dempsey for the murder of his wife, and now it appears that someone is exacting revenge. Helen, hardware store owner Harold Ashman (nicknamed “Shoe”), actor and science fiction writer Alex Manning (known as “Reporter”), and the lively exotic dancer Mindy Laine (aka “CeeCee”) investigate, which leads them into a web of deceit and danger. The novel does a great job of blending suspense with character-driven drama, as each juror brings their own personalities and emotion baggage to the proceedings. As they try to make sense of the unexplained deaths, difficulties arise—not just in the investigation, but also in their personal lives; for example, Helen’s family is threatening to place her ...

iOS 18.2.1 update for iPhone was rolled out by Apple on Monday. It is smaller in size compared to previous updates which introduced notable features and brought Apple Intelligence — the company’s artificial intelligence (AI) suite. As per the Cupertino-based technology giant, the iOS 18.2.1 update brings fixes for important bugs, perhaps discovered in iOS 18.2 or ... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/zXLY0VF

Ultrahuman Rare was unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2025 in Las Vegas on Tuesday. The Bengaluru-based startup says it is a luxury smart ring crafted from hallmarked gold or silver with a variety of finishes available, depending on the model chosen. Ultrahuman Rare boasts features similar to other smart rings in the market, including photoplethysmograph... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/51rsezx

Everywhere he goes in the Baltic, the Dutch novelist and essayist Brokken encounters authority, past and present. Arriving in Latvian waters aboard a battered coastal freighter, he’s confronted by suspicious border guards, one of whom asks, “What’s so special about the Baltic?” When he answers, “Mariners say it’s the most beautiful of all the seas,” they discover that Brokken is a writer and deem him to be “crazy, not dangerous.” In Latvia he finds a brilliant cultural legacy, personified, for one, by the filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein, who credited the Bolshevik Revolution with making him an artist and took up arms against his own father, an anti-Bolshevik engineer who designed some of Riga’s most noteworthy buildings. Riga’s prodigiously accomplished artistic community claims diaspora members in Paul Simon and Bob Dylan, as well as Mikhail Baryshnikov, whose father was a Soviet soldier who, even after Stalin’s death, “continued to hold Stalinist views, which made him doubly hated.” Muc...

Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2025 will be held later this month in San Jose, California, the company announced on Tuesday. The annual event will witness the launch of the new generation Galaxy S series ubiquitously known as the Galaxy S25 series. As per the South Korean technology conglomerate, it will deliver a “big leap” in mobile artificial intelligence (AI) experie... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/qoCGa4e

At the tail end of 1981, Billy Tarwater gets disquieting news: his wife Cynthia reports noticing a car following her while she was driving with the couple’s two young kids. They worry this potential stalker may have links to Cynthia’s abduction 18 years earlier, when the then-teen girl narrowly escaped a killer’s clutches. Billy helped stop said culprit, but what if there was an accomplice? Meanwhile, Billy is covering the trial of a man charged with killing two adults. Authorities also want to prosecute the defendant for a series of child kidnappings and murders that began in 1979 and ended only recently. However, Billy and his source, a police informant, believe they can tie someone with connections to the Ku Klux Klan to at least some of the young victims, and they work to compile evidence. This stirs up a host of dangerous people who ultimately become threats to Billy and his family. Cobb’s novel, which picks up immediately after the action of The Devil You Knew (2022), deftly fu...

Nothing Phone 2a Plus users can now download the latest Nothing OS 3.0 stable version, the company has announced. The update is based on Android 15 and brings visual changes across the user interface (UI) including more home and lock screen customisation options. Further, it also bundles several artificial intelligence (AI) features related to productivity. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/EwhZQk3

A new crystal-based cooling technology could significantly reduce the environmental impact of refrigerators and air conditioners. The unique plastic crystals absorb heat under pressure, providing a climate-friendly alternative to traditional refrigerants. However, challenges remain, such as the extreme pressures required for operation. Experts express cautious optimis... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/s74d2f3

The study of the sun, its activity, and effects across the solar system will advance in 2025. With Solar Cycle 25 peaking, six NASA missions planned, and new research priorities outlined, scientists are poised to address long-standing questions about solar dynamics and their impacts. Missions such as IMAP, ESCAPADE, and PUNCH will investigate solar wind, space weather... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/jGaHMIq

A new study has identified two crucial processes in preserving organic carbon beneath the ocean floor: sorption and molecular transformation. Conducted by scientists from the University of Manchester and the University of Leeds, the research highlights how these mechanisms keep carbon locked in sediments, preventing its release as carbon dioxide. AI was used to enhanc... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/nNiRLmM

Research in Lake Mendota reveals seasonal bacterial evolution, with microbes adapting to environmental shifts over 20 years. Despite rapid changes, many species return to prior genetic states, highlighting cyclical evolution patterns. Extreme weather events, like those seen in 2012, led to lasting genetic adaptations, offering insights into how microbes might respond ... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/4lxNpPb

Microsoft plans to invest approximately $80 billion in data centres in fiscal 2025, as part of the company's efforts to train AI models and deploy AI and cloud applications. Since OpenAI's ChatGPT launch in 2022, AI investment has surged, with companies integrating AI into their products and services across various sectors. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/VDouvS0

The site of Alexander the Great’s decisive Battle of Granicus, fought in 334 B.C., has been uncovered in northwest Turkey. Archaeologists identified the location about 10 kilometres north of Biga, using a combination of historical records and geomorphological research. The discovery includes the remains of Hermaion, the ancient city where Alexander’s troops camped... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/necHLON

Scientists have identified regions on Mars where conditions might support microbial life beneath the surface. Seasonal methane variations and Earth-based studies of similar environments suggest underground habitats such as Acidalia Planitia could hold the key. Methanogens, microbes that produce methane, thrive in extreme conditions on Earth, like subglacial lakes and ... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/eaFrSi8

Telegram is rolling out several new features with its first update of 2025, the company announced on Wednesday. As part of the changes, the instant messaging app gives users the ability to convert received gifts into collectibles which come with special attributes and can be transferred to others. Additionally, the update brings an in-app QR code scanner, service mess... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/1ZHtJhs

LG unveiled its 2025 LG Gram laptops on Tuesday ahead of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2025. The company says its latest laptops come with on-device and cloud-based artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities powered by up to Intel Core Ultra H-Series (Arrow Lake) processors. The lineup includes four new models — LG Gram Pro, Gram Pro 2-in-1, Gram, and Gram Book... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/qJGn4kt

Investment banker Fasteau and economist Fletcher, both members of the Coalition for a Prosperous America, present a wide-ranging critique of the economic orthodoxy that holds unfettered free trade as always a blessing. In reality, they argue, America’s pro-free trade policies have led to the offshoring of crucial industries, including the production of military equipment and medical supplies that are critical to national well-being, and the replacement of stable, well-paying manufacturing jobs with low-wage service and retail jobs. They call for a comprehensive, protectionist industrial policy that would nurture “advantageous industries” that underlie an innovative, high-tech, high-wage economy, and for a monetary policy that would end the overvaluation of the dollar that produces trade deficits by making American products artificially more expensive than those of foreign competitors. The authors flesh out these ideas in intricate case studies of industrial policies around the world; ...