Many years ago, the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 gained notoriety when its batteries caught fire in a series of incidents. Since then there has been a steady stream of similar, albeit isolated, incidents. However, despite the high-profile coverage of batteries gone wrong, the vast majority of lithium-ion batteries are safe. The chemical reaction that occurs
How do you measure whether an AI is really good at predicting the future? The CTO of startup Obside recently emailed me with a fascinating real-world benchmark. Instead of giving the AI models another standardized test, Obside had ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Grok, Mistral, DeepSeek, and Kimi bet on World Cup matches using live odds from
Astronomers have confirmed for the first time the existence of a rocky planet with an atmosphere that is also located in what is known as the habitable zone. Located 48 light-years away, the exoplanet (that is, a planet outside our solar system) may be the most similar to Earth that researchers have found. If it’s
I sent four kids (my son and three stepchildren) to college, so I thought I’d experienced almost everything in this process: campus visits, moves, loans, roommate problems, and family weekends. As my youngest son prepares for college, I thought there wouldn’t be many new experiences for me, but I was wrong. My last child (who
The end of The biggest World Cup in history is almost here. After 100 games, there are only four teams left and two more games to play. The tournament has been organized by three countries: Mexico, Canada and the United States. All of those host countries are now out of the race. The final teams
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