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December 2024

1. 31 December
2. Japan’s Technological Decline: How the Country Went From Industry Pioneer to Stagnation
3. The Draining Effect of ‘Ping Fatigue’: How Excessive Notifications Can Impact Your Productivity
4. 27 December
5. Songun: This Is the System That Determines the Fate of Every North Korean Before They’re Even Born
6. H.P. Lovecraft Wrote 75,000 Letters During His Lifetime. They Provide Definitive Insight Into His Secrets
7. 26 December
8. Promoted to Incompetence: How the Peter Principle Can Hinder the Most Talented Employees
9. Studies Say We Stop Discovering New Music After the Age of 30. It’s Inevitable
10. 25 December
11. The Lunar Dust Robbery: This Is How Three NASA Interns Stole Lunar Rocks and Ended Up in Jail
12. The Middle Ages Is Often Seen as a Dark Period in History. Wait Until You Read the Names of Their Pets
13. 24 December
14. The Matrix Influence: How a Sci-Fi Classic Continues to Remain Relevant
15. A Saudi Prince Paid $450 Million for a da Vinci Painting. The Problem Is That It Might Not Be by da Vinci, After All
16. 23 December
17. What Happened to Ronald Wayne? A Look at the ‘Unknown’ Founder of Apple Who Gave Up the Chance to Gain a Fortune for Just $800
18. 22 December
19. SpaceX Rockets Are Creating Red Holes in the Atmosphere. Scientists Call Them ‘SpaceX Auroras’
20. 21 December
21. China Has Connected the World’s Largest Onshore Wind Turbine. It’s So Massive That It’s Changing the Local Microclimate
22. An ‘Ownerless’ Rocket That Many Believed Belonged to Elon Musk Crashed on the Moon in 2022. They Were Wrong
23. 20 December
24. The New Mufasa Movie Highlights a Troubling Trend in Cinema: Audiences No Longer Want to See Original Stories
25. Google’s AI Model With ‘Reasoning’ Capabilities Is Finally Here. It Can Solve the Classic River Crossing Puzzle
26. The U.S. No Longer Needs to Find Excuses to Rearm: China Reportedly Has 350 Silos and 600 Nuclear Warheads
27. 19 December
28. Researchers Successfully Extend the Life of Lithium Batteries by 750% Using a Simple Solution: Water
29. Satya Nadella Says ‘Google Makes More Money on Windows Than All of Microsoft.’ This Is How He Plans to Recover Lost Ground
30. 18 December
31. North Korea Has Officially Entered the War in Ukraine. However, the Language Barrier Is Proving Deadly
32. 17 December
33. Ukraine Has a New Plan to Combat North Korean Troops in Russia: Encouraging Them to Defect
34. SearchGPT Is Now Available for Free to All Users. This Is How OpenAI’s AI-Powered Search Engine Will Challenge Google
35. After Tesla’s Meteoric Rise, Elon Musk Finally ‘Obliterates’ Short Sellers. Getting Rid of Bill Gates Is an Entirely Different Thing
36. A Fintech Company Is Thriving Where Others Have Struggled: All Its 4,500 Employees Are Working Remotely
37. 16 December
38. TikTok Is on the Verge of Disappearing in the U.S After a Federal Court Denies Plea to Delay the Ban
39. The Use of Drones in the Russian-Ukraine War Has Changed Warfare Forever. The Pentagon Is Taking Notice
40. Intel Is Stepping Up Where AMD and Nvidia Have Fallen Short: The New Arc B580 GPU Is Making Waves as an Affordable Gaming Option
41. 15 December
42. Perovskite Solar Panels Are Said to Be the Future of Energy. China Has Covered a Mountain With Them
43. New York City Turns School Buses Into Mini Power Plants to Meet Peak Energy Demand
44. 14 December
45. Survey Shows First Signs of Positive Change in Japan’s Work Culture: Hybrid Work Is on the Rise
46. 13 December
47. Tradwives Have Created Waves on the Internet in 2024. They’ve Even Gone Viral in Porn
48. Electricity Prices in Germany Have Skyrocketed. The Reason: A Weather Phenomenon That Challenges Renewable Energy Suppliers
49. Elon Musk Is Walking on Thin Ice With Grok. Its AI-Generated Celebrity Images Have Sparked Copyright Concerns
50. 12 December
51. Jeff Bezos Says Blue Origin Will Be Bigger Than Amazon. Its Rocket Needs to Successfully Lift Off First
52. The Cruise Nightmare Is Over: GM Halts Its Robotaxi Project After Major Losses
53. 11 December
54. OpenAI’s New Monthly Plan Is Very Expensive. It Makes Total Sense
55. In a Post-Pandemic World, the Cruise Industry Is Booming
56. A Little-Known ChatGPT Feature Is Now Available to Everyone for Free. It’s Going to Become Your Favorite
57. 10 December
58. There’s a Hot New Programming Language In Town: English
59. Sora Is Still in Its Very Early Stages: Why Did OpenAI Launch It Anyway?
60. 09 December
61. Disney Has a Lot at Stake With the New Indiana Jones Video Game: Has the Franchise Lost Its Shine?
62. This Is ByteDance’s Master Plan: Using TikTok to Dominate the Global AI Landscape
63. Researchers Find Traces of Fentanyl in Bottlenose Dolphins in the Gulf of Mexico
64. A Harvard Professor Reveals the Key to Happiness: Don’t Try to Be the Person You Were 20 Years Ago. This Is a Lesson That Steve Jobs Also Shared With Tim Cook
65. 08 December
66. The PlayStation 2 Was Launched 24 Years Ago. It Was So Powerful That Japan Feared That It Could Be Used for Military Purposes
67. 07 December
68. The British Coastline Has Been Hiding a Time Bomb Since 1944: A Shipwreck Containing 1,500 Tons of Explosives
69. 06 December
70. My Phone Was Taking Up All My Downtime. I Decided to Put an End to It
71. Two Recent Studies Confirm That There’s a Direct Link Between Our Diet and Digestive Cancers
72. Swiss Researchers Develop a Method to Make Wood Glow. The Result: A Shade of Martian Green
73. 05 December
74. The Humane AI Pin Was a Complete Flop, but Officials Have a Plan to Revive It. Incorporating Its Software Into Cars, Phones, and Speakers
75. There’s a New Lord of the Rings Movie on the Way, but the IP's Owner Still Thinks It’s Not Enough
76. A Mysterious Energy Pulse Repeats Every Three Hours On the Outskirts of the Milky Way. Astronomers Have Discovered Its Origin
77. 04 December
78. Amazon Reveals Its Own Homegrown Model for the Generative AI Race: Nova. It Wants to Compete With OpenAI
79. We’re Uncovering the Mysteries Around the Interiors of Uranus and Neptune. Scientists Believe They May Have Hidden Oceans
80. 03 December
81. A Judge Has Denied Elon Musk His Pay Package Again. At Tesla’s Current Stock Price, It Would Amount to $101 Billion
82. Apple Breaks Its Own Taboo: It’s Including Ads in One of Its Creative Apps
83. Driving Is About to Get Easier: Google Maps Is Getting One of Waze’s Most Popular Features
84. 02 December
85. China Is Facing a Labor Crisis That Forces Many Young People to Confront a Harsh Reality: Feeding Themselves on $70 a Month
86. Scientists Discover Life in a Sample From Asteroid Ryugu. Unfortunately, It’s 100% Terrestrial
87. OpenAI’s Goal Goes Beyond Just ChatGPT. It Wants to Be the Next Google
88. 01 December
89. The $20 Billion Conundrum: Why Chrome Is Both Invaluable and Unsellable at the Same Time
90. Bill Gates Envisions a Future With a Three-Day Workweek. The Problem: Many Companies Lack the Financial Resources to Make It Happen

November 2024

1. 30 November
2. Italy Is Known for Inventing Pasta, Pizza, and Focaccia. Archaeologists Have Just Revealed That One of Them Was Invented Way Before the Roman Empire
3. 29 November
4. Microsoft, HP, and Dell Stockpile Electronic Components From China Ahead of Trump’s Return
5. Casio Brings Back the Iconic DW-5000: The New Model Is Identical to the Original G-Shock (but Better)
6. JP Morgan CEO Predicts AI Will Reduce Workweeks to 3.5 Days
7. 28 November
8. Jaguar Breaks With the Past With a Historic Redesign. Experts Say This Clearly Reflects an Industry in ‘Panic Mode’
9. New Satellite Images Show the Areas Where Forests Could Regrow Without Human Intervention
10. 27 November
11. ‘We Were Ready to Launch the Forces’: Deserter Reveals How Russia Operates at a Nuclear Base
12. Warren Buffett Has Donated $1.14 Billion to His Charities. There’s One Notable Omission: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
13. Elon Musk’s DOGE Already Has One Target in Mind: Eliminating Remote Work for Federal Employees
14. 26 November
15. Elon Musk Purchased Twitter for $44 Billion and Laid Off 80% of Its Workforce. Two Years Later, He’s Still Bragging About It
16. Cybercriminals Discover a New Way to Distribute Illegal Software: Spotify Playlists
17. Experts Say These Common Mistakes Will Ruin Your Job Interview, Including Arriving Too Early
18. 25 November
19. MIT Scientists Predict the Existence of an Exotic Form of Matter. Now, They Want to Build the World’s Most Powerful Quantum Computer
20. A Nauseating Smell Has Permeated the ISS Following the Arrival of the Russian Progress MS-29 Spacecraft
21. There’s a Growing Trend on Tinder Among Generation Z: Alcohol-Free Dating
22. 23 November
23. Android Is Making It Easier Than Ever to Switch Phones: You’ll No Longer Need to Log Into All Your Apps
24. South Korean Researchers Have Reinvented the Wheel. Literally
25. 22 November
26. SearchGPT Isn’t the Only Product OpenAI Has in Mind. It’s Reportedly Working on a Browser to Compete With Chrome
27. Tax Filings Reveal How Much OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Was Paid in 2023: ‘Enough for Health Insurance’
28. 21 November
29. This Was the First Manufacturer to Invest in Foldable Phones. It Just Declared Bankruptcy
30. Jensen Huang Sees a Future Where We’ll All Be Working With ‘AI Employees.’ Bill Gates Agrees
31. 20 November
32. The Incredible Story of an Airline That Has Been Operating for 34 Years Without Success: It’s Yet to Carry a Single Passenger
33. AI Memory Comes at a Cost: Gemini Now Remembers Things as Long as You Pay
34. Sharing an Email Address Online Can Be Scary. Google Is Working on a Solution: Letting Users Camouflage It
35. 19 November
36. Google, Amazon, and Perplexity Are Trying Everything They Can to Make Money Off AI. Their New Idea: AI Shopping
37. A 33-Year-Old CEO and Only 20 Full-Time Employees: This Is the Tiny Bluesky Team That’s Taking On X
38. There’s a Renewed Interest in Nuclear Power, and One Country Rich in Uranium Is Poised to Capitalize on It: Canada
39. Scientists Finally Understand How Neurons Coordinate More Effectively: The Secret Lies in Fractals
40. Apple Is No Longer Searching for ‘The Next iPhone.’ A Steady Transformation Is Proving to Be More Effective
41. 18 November
42. Netflix Wants to Establish Itself as a Major Platform for Live Events. It’s Had Mixed Results
43. A Group of Astrophysicists Casts Doubt on the Kerr Hypothesis, Proving That Black Holes Continue to Deliver Surprises
44. The Ruins of the Soviet Space Program in Kazakhstan Are in a Hangar That Embodies Both Death and Fascination
45. 17 November
46. EY Has a Strict Stance Against Multitasking: It Fired Multiple Employees for Enrolling in Two Online Courses at the Same Time
47. China’s New Toy: A Magnet That Produces a Magnetic Field 800,000 Times Stronger Than That of the Earth
48. 15 November
49. After Canceling Halloween to Avoid Mass Tourism, Tokyo Is Now Calling Off New Year’s Eve, Too
50. In a Bizarre Experiment, Canadian Scientists Develop a Type of Light That Can Cast a Shadow
51. After Limiting Overtime, Japan Embarks on a Big Labor Reform: Banning Employees From Working for 48 Consecutive Days
52. Someone Has Moved the UK’s Oldest Satellite. No One Knows How or Why, But There’s One Suspect
53. 14 November
54. Wi-Fi 8 Is Currently in Development: It’ll Prioritize Reliability Over Speed
55. Many Games Are at Risk of Being Lost Forever. GOG Has a Program Dedicated to Preserving Them (and Already Includes More Than 100 Titles)
56. Faced With an Aging Population, Japan Makes an Unprecedented Move: Opening Its Doors to Nomads
57. 13 November
58. Nissan Wanted Electric Vehicles to Be Part of Its Future Strategy. Now, It Plans to Lay Off 9,000 Employees, and Proves Toyota Was Right
59. Apple Sets Its Sights on the Smart Home Segment: It Reportedly Plans to Launch a Competitor to Amazon’s Echo Hub in March
60. 12 November
61. Ukraine Successfully Captures a Russian Decoy Drone, Revealing a Surprising Detail: It Was Made in the U.S.
62. Bitcoin Reaches Historic Highs After Trump’s Victory as Cryptocurrencies Surge
63. 11 November
64. The Tesla Cybertruck Was Marketed as Indestructible, and Everything Suggests It Actually Is. That’s a Big Problem
65. Louis Vuitton’s Latest Offering for the Wealthy Revives a 19th-Century Concept: Carrying a Bed in a Trunk
66. 10 November
67. Trump’s Reelection Forces Mad Rush Among Chip Manufacturers to Secure Subsidies Before He Goes Back to the White House
68. 09 November
69. Australia Compared 1,700 Sheep and Discovered Something Unexpected: Those That Graze on Solar Farms Produce Higher-Quality Wool
70. 08 November
71. A Look at Polymarket, the New and Intriguing Phenomenon for Predicting Election Results Using Bets
72. Elon Musk Runs Five Companies, Campaigned for Donald Trump, and Still Found Time to Set Records in Diablo IV
73. This Is How Trump’s Reelection Will Impact the Technology Sector
74. 07 November
75. Qualcomm Was Once Primarily Focused on Manufacturing Phones. Its Revenue Has Now Skyrocketed Thanks to Cars
76. Researchers Successfully Launch the First Wooden Satellite Into Space. They Want to Change the Rules
77. 06 November
78. Mozilla Lays Off 30% of Its Staff, Dealing a Huge Blow to Its Efforts to Promote an Open and Accessible Internet
79. There Was a Trick in the Bible’s Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes. Science Has Just Uncovered It
80. New Material Revolutionizes Carbon Capture Technology: 200 Grams of It Can Absorb as Much Carbon Dioxide as a Tree
81. 05 November
82. Meta Paved the Way With Its Ray-Ban Smart Glasses, and Now Apple Is Looking to Follow Suit: This Is Atlas
83. ChatGPT Search Has One Big Disadvantage Compared to Google’s Search Engine. It’s Better in Almost Everything Else
84. Meta Is Interested in Pursuing Nuclear Power. The Problem: Bees Are Reportedly Complicating Its Plans
85. 04 November
86. Linus Torvalds Removes Russian Developers From Linux Kernel Development. The Country Now Has Its Own Plans
87. The Raspberry Pi Touch Display 2 Is an Attractive, Affordable Touchscreen That Lets You Create Your Own Linux Tablet
88. The Green Spot That Could Have Changed History: NASA Leaves Behind Its Best Clue to Past Life on Mars
89. 03 November
90. Reading Parties Are the Latest Literary Trend in the U.S. They’re Attracting Large Crowds, and There’s Even a Waiting List
91. 02 November
92. The New Pokémon Mobile Game Consists Purely of Opening Packs of Cards. It’s Bound to Be a Money-Making Machine
93. 01 November
94. What Are the Real Differences Between iOS and Android in 2024?
95. While Searching for Dinosaurs in Argentina, Scientists Discover a 161-Million-Year-Old Treasure: The Oldest Tadpole on the Planet

October 2024

1. 31 October
2. Elon Musk Has 11 Children From Three Different Women. He’s Reportedly Purchased Three Mansions to Live ‘Communally’
3. The Ironic Fate of Dropbox: The Company Who Popularized Working in the Cloud Is a Victim of Its Own Success
4. Japan Reopens a Nuclear Reactor That Was Affected by the Fukushima Accident. It’s the First of 33 in the Whole Country
5. After 19 Years, Reddit Has Finally Become a Profitable Company by Using This Unique Strategy
6. 30 October
7. It’s Alive! NASA Reestablishes Contact With Voyager 1 Thanks to a Transmitter That Was Last Used in 1981
8. 29 October
9. This War Strategy Video Game Has a Very Special Player: The Pentagon
10. Venom 3’s Disappointing Box Office Numbers Prompt Hollywood to Rethink Superheroes: They’re No Longer the Golden Goose They Used to Be
11. A Few Months Ago, Australia Approved a New Type of Honey: It’s Made by Stingless Bees and Offers Nutritional Advantages
12. 28 October
13. Geoffrey Hinton Was Pessimistic About AI Long Before Receiving a Nobel Prize. He’s Even More Pessimistic Now
14. NASA Hasn’t Heard From Voyager 1 for a Week. The Spacecraft Is Currently Unreachable in Interstellar Space
15. 26 October
16. Experts Discover the World’s Largest Prime Number. It Took Them Six Years
17. 25 October
18. After a Recent Trip to China, Ford’s CEO Can’t Stop Driving the Xiaomi SU7 EV
19. Scientists Have Tried to Find a Solution to Certain Math Problems for Over a Century. Now, AI Is Starting to Solve Them
20. The Company Behind Ozempic Now Has a Massive Nvidia Supercomputer. The Goal: Discovering New Drugs
21. 24 October
22. Companies Have Wanted to Automate Repetitive Processes for Years. Anthropic’s AI Aims to Be the Solution They Need
23. Geothermal Energy Is Gaining Momentum. One U.S. Plant Has the Capacity to Power Two Million Homes
24. Apple’s Original Vision Pro Might Be Nearing Its End. The Company Is Reportedly Cutting Production and Thinking About Discontinuing It
25. The Euclid Telescope Is Creating the Largest Map of the Universe. It’s Already Produced 2 Million Megapixels, and It’s Only 1% Complete
26. 23 October
27. The James Webb Space Telescope Has Detected ‘Little Red Dots’ That Are Nearly as Old as the Big Bang. They Shouldn’t Exist
28. Every Day There Are More People in the Tech Industry Who Believe AI Could Be a Big Bubble. They May Be Right
29. 22 October
30. SpaceX Is Asking for Permission to Position Starlink Satellites at Lower Altitudes. This Is the First Step Toward 1 Gbps Internet Connections
31. DJI Rejects ‘Chinese Military Company’ Label and Files a Lawsuit Against the Pentagon
32. 21 October
33. It Was Only a Matter of Time: AI Is Here to Analyze Your Poop
34. An ‘Absolutely Wild’ Number of Viruses Live in the Bristles of Our Toothbrushes. As It Turns Out, It’s Good News
35. Archaeologists Opened the Tomb of a Roman Gladiator. They Didn’t Find a Gladiator Inside, but They Did Find 12 Other People
36. 19 October
37. Venezuela Wants to Diversify Its Economy and Reduce Its Dependence on Oil. Its Bright Idea: Exporting Jellyfish
38. 18 October
39. Microsoft Plans to Transform Any TV Set Into a Cloud Gaming Console. The First Key Step: Improving Bitrate
40. NASA Received a Laser Signal From 290 Million Miles Away. This Marks the Start of a New Era in Interplanetary Communication
41. Amazon Web Services CEO Gives Workers Ultimatum on Returning to the Office: If You Don’t Want to Go Back, Find Another Job
42. Windows Officially Launches the ChatGPT App. It's Different From the Mac App in One Key Way
43. 17 October
44. Amazon Officially Discontinues the Kindle Oasis, the Last Model With Physical Buttons
45. Chinese Scientists Confirm That Covering a Desert With Solar Panels Positively Impacts the Ecosystem
46. 16 October
47. After Months of Receiving Balloons Full of Trash, South Korea Started Using Drones. North Korea Didn’t Like It
48. A British Man Lost Millions in Bitcoin When He Threw Away His Hard Drive. Now, He’s Suing City Council
49. 15 October
50. It Seemed Like the Deep-Sea Mining Controversy Was Fading, but the Discovery of Black Oxygen Threatens to Reignite It
51. Animation Is Having a Magical Year: Five Films Are Dominating the Box Office, and None Are From Pixar
52. Super Heavy’s Successful Maneuver Changes Everything: SpaceX Goes From Being Years Ahead of the Industry to Being Unrivaled
53. 14 October
54. The Bitcoin Community’s Favorite Candidate for Satoshi Nakamoto Is A Cypherpunk Who Was Memorialized in the Blockchain
55. Joker 2 Is Performing So Badly That It’s Not Even the Most-Watched Killer Clown Film Right Now
56. SpaceX Has Achieved What Seemed Impossible: Catching the Starship’s Booster on Its First Attempt
57. Canada Built an 18-Lane Highway in Hopes of Relieving Traffic. It Gets Jammed Every Day
58. 13 October
59. AMD Launches New GPUs for AI. The Question Is Whether They’ll Be Able to Surpass Nvidia’s Offerings
60. 11 October
61. While Searching for a Balance Between Productivity and Mental Health, Generation Z Is Clear on One Thing: They Want a Four-Day Workweek
62. Researchers Were Tracking a Tuna When They Discovered It Was Traveling Along a UK Highway
63. 10 October
64. In Tokyo, There’s Growing Concern About the Impact of Mass Tourism, Particularly During Halloween. A Potential Solution: Restricting Alcohol
65. Fear That Iran Will Close the Strait of Hormuz Grips the Worldwide Oil Industry
66. OpenAI Will Reportedly Lose $44 Billion by 2028 and Become Profitable a Year Later
67. 09 October
68. Researchers Develop an AI Model That Uses 95% Less Energy. The Key Is in Multiplication
69. The 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Is Awarded to David Baker, Demis Hassabis, and John Jumper
70. While Still Lagging Behind OpenAI, There Is One Area Where Google’s AI Has Taken the Lead: The Number of Nobel Prizes
71. 01 October
72. Google Releases Android Auto 12.9: This Is What’s New and How to Download the Latest Version