Karen Alfaro

258 published news

March 2025

1. 26 March
2. A Journalist Thought Tesla Was Hiding $1.4 Billion. Accounting Found It
3. Are AI Models as Good as Human Intelligence? The Answer May Be in Puzzles
4. Nearly 20 Years Ago, a Telescope Captured a ‘Cosmic Tornado.’ Now, the James Webb Telescope Reveals It Was Hiding a Galaxy
5. TSMC Has Always Claimed Making Chips in the U.S. Is More Expensive Than in Taiwan. Its Arizona Plant Proves Otherwise
6. 25 March
7. Too Expensive and Too Hard to Sell: Tesla Is Bursting Into Flames Over Its Bet on the Cybertruck
8. The AirPods Max Have Become the Poster Child for Apple’s Contradictions. Consistency Is No Longer a Priority for the Company
9. Ukraine Is Capturing and Avoiding Russia’s Drones Using an Unexpected Shield: The Fishing Nets of a Danish Village
10. 24 March
11. For Some Reason, People Are Trying to Crash Teslas Into Walls. It Makes More Sense Than It Sounds
12. The Atmosphere Is Shrinking. That’s a Problem for SpaceX and the Other Companies Working to Put 60,000 Satellites Up There
13. The Paradox of Ukraine’s Colossal Drone Industry: An Asset Against Russia, a Problem for Its Pilots
14. The World’s Smallest Microcontroller Is the Size of a Black Pepper Flake. It Opens Up ‘Unlimited Possibilities’
15. 23 March
16. We’ve Been Domesticating Avocados Since the Pleistocene. It Took Us 8,000 Years to Perfect Them
17. Thousands of Women Sleep With Masks and Tape on Their Faces. There’s a Reason Behind It: TikTok’s ‘Morning Shed’ Trend
18. 22 March
19. We Thought There Were 8 Billion People on Earth. Researchers Say the Real Number Could Be Much Higher
20. Once Known for Its Beauty and Bad Bunny’s Song, the Japanese Island of Yonaguni Is Now a Military Fortress Because of Taiwan
21. George Lucas Had a Massive Vision for Star Wars Before He Sold It to Disney: A $4 Billion Series
22. Figure Develops a System for Large-Scale Production of Humanoid Robots. This Means That There Will Be Robots Building Robots
23. 21 March
24. A New Study Challenges the Belief That Creatine Is One of the Most Effective Supplements for Building Muscle Mass
25. Generating Electricity From the Earth’s Rotation Seemed Impossible. These Physicists Have Proven Otherwise
26. Weather Forecasting Is a Private Business. A New AI Model Aims to Democratize It
27. 20 March
28. Scientists Trapped on a Remote Base in Antarctica Face an Unexpected Challenge: One of Them Threatens the Safety of the Others
29. Pebble’s Resurgence Is a Reminder to the Tech Industry That Greatness Lies in Small Ambitions
30. Despite Precarious Wages and Skyrocketing Rents, Gen Z Will Soon Be the Wealthiest Generation in History
31. Being an Astronaut Isn’t About Money. Here’s How Much NASA Pays for Overtime in Space
32. Elon Musk Fired 6,000 Federal Employees Weeks Ago. Now, the U.S. Faces a Massive Influx of Invasive Species
33. 19 March
34. The Images of the Sunset on the Moon Are More Than Just Curious. They’ll Also Help Solve an Old Mystery
35. iPhone 16e Review: The Most Affordable iPhone No Longer Offers the Best Value
36. 18 March
37. AI Videos Have Broken Instagram and TikTok’s Algorithms. Welcome to Social Media’s ‘AI Slop’ Era
38. Google Has Been Struggling With Pixel Processor Issues for Years. A Potential Collaboration Could Fix Them
39. Researchers Disassembled Batteries From Tesla and BYD to Find Out Which One Performed Better and Cost Less. The Answer Might Surprise You
40. 17 March
41. Interchangeable Heads and Terrifying Faces: These Five Puppets Are Turning Archaeology Upside Down
42. Researchers Detected a Strange Chemical Signal at the Center of the Galaxy. It May Be a New Type of Dark Matter
43. 16 March
44. Canada Wanted the U.S. to Get a Taste of Its Own Medicine, So It Targeted Coffee: Don’t Say ‘Americano,’ Say ‘Canadiano’
45. SMRs Were Touted as the Future of Nuclear Power. The U.S. Pilot Project Just Failed
46. 15 March
47. Airlines Always Let You Bring a Parachute on Board. The Only Problem: It’s Useless
48. A New Study Confirms the Myth: Marriage Leads to Weight Gain, but Only for Men
49. A 19-Year-Old Hacked an iPhone and Got Hired by Apple. He Lost the Job Over a Missed Email
50. This Fly Larva Turned Its Butt Into a Termite’s Head. The Big Question: What Will It Look Like as an Adult?
51. 14 March
52. Pirates Bought an Island in the U.S. in 1959. Its Inhabitants Have Spoken a Variation of English That No One Understands Ever Since
53. Long Workdays Are Out in China. To Get Employees to Comply, Companies Have Resorted to Kicking Them Out of the Office
54. The Tesla Roadster Remains a Dream, So Two Former Tesla Engineers Decided to Build Their Own
55. China Is Getting Closer to Surpassing NASA With Its Own Mars Mission. It Just Invited Other Countries to Join
56. 13 March
57. Amazon Was on the Verge of Buying the Company Behind Roomba for $1.4 Billion. Today, It’s Worth Seven Times Less
58. The Webb Telescope Has a New Friend in Space: ‘We Are Literally Mapping the Entire Celestial Sky’
59. All Major AI Companies Have Ignored Copyright Laws. The Shocking Thing Is That There Are Still No Consequences
60. Cutting and Firing Employees in the U.S. Isn’t Enough for Elon Musk. He Has a New Target: Italy
61. 12 March
62. In a World Where AI Systems Say Yes to Everything, One Concern Remains: We’ll Never Create an Einstein or Newton This Way
63. There’s One Way to Enhance the Effectiveness of Weight Loss Treatments Like Ozempic. The Key: Tricking Your Metabolism
64. Meta Has Fired 35,600 Employees Since 2020. Mark Zuckerberg Has a List to Decide Who Can Return
65. After 50 Years, the U.S. Returns to the Moon With ‘Low-Cost’ Spacecraft. The Results Have Been Disastrous
66. M4 MacBook Air (2025) Review: Apple’s Most Exciting Laptop Just Got Better With More Power at a Lower Price
67. 11 March
68. We Thought We Had Seen Everything About the Futuristic City of Neom. A Document Reveals What Saudi Arabia Had Been Hiding
69. DeepSeek Is the Most Popular AI Company in Tech. Unlike Its Peers, It Refuses to Accept External Investments
70. Tech Billionaires Bet on Trump in January. By March, They Had Lost $209 Billion
71. 10 March
72. Move Over, DeepSeek: Manus Is China’s New AI Sensation. However, It’s Sparking Both Excitement and Skepticism
73. China Has an Ace Up Its Sleeve to Win the AI Race: It Relies on Thousands Upon Thousands of Chinese University Students
74. 09 March
75. We Have a Lot of Digital Superstitions. They Just Stifle Our Productivity
76. Bill Gates Has a $107 Billion Fortune and a Surprisingly Affordable Watch Collection. All of His Watches Are Casio Models
77. China Has Discovered an Energy Source So Massive It Could Last 60,000 Years. The Bad News: It’s Thorium
78. 08 March
79. Meet China’s ‘Water Dragon,’ the World’s Largest Amphibious Aircraft
80. While the Rest of Japan Shrinks, Tokyo Grows. This Phenomenon Has a Name: Ikkyoku Shūchū
81. Some People Never Know When to Stop Watching a Show. This Data Journalist Found the Exact Moment to Cut the Cord
82. Gen Z Is Back in the Office With a New Anti-Stress Strategy: Pretending to Be Too Busy
83. We Spent Years Trying to Reinvent the Wheel. It Turns Out It Was as Easy as Replacing It With Pilates Balls
84. 07 March
85. As Japan Moves Away From Paper Porn, Its Streets Feel the Impact
86. Google Co-founder Larry Page Reportedly Has a New Company and a Goal: AI-Driven Manufacturing
87. Shaquille O’Neal Reveals How He Quadrupled His Fortune Using Jeff Bezos’ Investment Philosophy
88. 06 March
89. The ‘Anti-Musk’ Movement Is Growing in the U.S. Tesla Dealers, Cars, and Charging Stations Are Paying the Price
90. How to Use an Old Phone as a Music Player
91. Nothing Phone (3a) Pro Review: You Can’t Judge Something Only by Its Looks… Not Even This Nothing Phone
92. Where’s My Downloads Folder? How to Find It on Android, iPhone, iPad, Windows, and Mac
93. 05 March
94. This NASA Image Reveals the Latest U.S. Project: Turning an Abandoned Island Into a Global Weapons Delivery Base
95. New Apple MacBook Air (2025): More Power, New Colors, and a Lower Price
96. New Apple Mac Studio (2025): The Most Powerful Apple Computer Arrives With M4 Max and M3 Ultra Chips, Plus a Focus on AI
97. 04 March
98. New Apple iPad (2025): It Has More Power and Storage, but the Real Surprise Is Its Price
99. New Apple iPad Air (2025): The M3 Chip Arrives to Give Apple’s AI Extra Power
100. 03 March
101. Meet the First Commercial Biological Computer, One of MWC 2025’s Biggest Surprises
102. Sergey Brin Calls for 12-Hour Workdays Five Days a Week to Boost AI Development
103. Singapore’s Government Reveals Which Companies Are Involved in Supplying Nvidia GPUs to DeepSeek
104. No Other Land Won the Oscar for Best Documentary, but No One in the U.S. Can Watch It
105. 02 March
106. Meet the 2-7-30 Method: A Simple Strategy to ‘Hack’ Your Brain to Better Retain Knowledge
107. This Curious Image Puts Humanoid Robots Side-by-Side in a Pseudo Police Lineup
108. 01 March
109. Thousands of Years Later, the Great Wall of China Is Still Revealing Secrets: It Turns Out It’s Older Than We Thought
110. BMW Doesn’t Want to Hear Anyone Talk About Solid-State Batteries: ‘There Is Still a Long Way to Go With Lithium-Ion’
111. After Years of Isolation, North Korea Reopens to Foreign Tourists. The Price Is Over $600
112. Meet the ‘Tesla of the Seas,’ a Start-Up That Wants to Reinvent Container Ships With Sails
113. With These Solar Panels That You Can Install Like Stickers, China Wants to Conquer Every Surface

February 2025

1. 28 February
2. Meta Didn’t Has Its Own App to Compete With ChatGPT. Mark Zuckerberg Says That’s About to Change
3. There’s a Booming Market Where Meta Is Beating All Its Competitors: Smart Glasses
4. AI Is ‘Unstoppable’: Freepik’s CEO Discusses Artificial Intelligence, Rival Models, and the EU’s Limiting Approach to AI Regulation
5. Skype Had Everything It Needed to Dominate Video Calling. Microsoft Just Gave It an Expiration Date
6. 27 February
7. How Elon Musk Built His Empire With the Help of the U.S. Government: $38 Billion to Boost Tesla and SpaceX
8. Tensions Are Rising Between the U.S. and Taiwan. The Chip Industry Is at the Center of the Conflict
9. Kathleen Kennedy’s Departure From Star Wars Is a Signal That the Franchise’s Worst Slump Ever Is Upon Us
10. Satya Nadella Is Skeptical About the ‘AI Revolution.’ The Reason Is Simple: No One Is Making Money Yet
11. 26 February
12. Elon Musk Tried to Fire Officials by Email, but the FBI, Pentagon and NASA Told Them Not to Respond. What They Do Is Secret
13. The U.S. Has Another Problem: China Prepares to Lead in Chip Manufacturing for Advanced Weapons
14. Anthropic May Have the Best Generative AI Product, But Even That Doesn’t Guarantee Its Survival
15. 25 February
16. There’s a Problem with Used Wind Turbine Blades. A Startup Thinks It Has a Solution: Make Them Out of Wood
17. A Bakery Accepted Tesla’s Order for 4,000 Pies. In the End, Elon Musk Had to Step In to Prevent It From Going Bankrupt
18. 24 February
19. A Pair of AI Models Purportedly Acquired Consciousness and Cheated at Chess. What Actually Happened Was Very Different
20. Mark Zuckerberg Tried to Ride Elon Musk’s Wave to Improve His Image. People Still Hate Him
21. There Was a Time When Poop Powered the Economies of Half the World. This Is the Rise and Fall of Guano
22. China Turns Boeing’s Crisis Into an Opportunity: It Managed to Transform Starliner’s Helium Leak Into a Military Breakthrough
23. Hackers Steal $1.5 Billion From Cryptocurrency Exchange in the Largest Crypto Hack in History
24. 23 February
25. Microsoft’s CEO Has an Unusual Perspective on AI Development. He Also Has an Idea on How It Will Impact Global Economic Growth
26. Researchers Have Been Smelling 5,000-Year-Old Mummies for Months to Recreate the Scents of Ancient Egypt
27. Meta Has the Key to Lead in the AI Era: A Submarine Cable That Will Circle the Earth More Than Once
28. 22 February
29. Researchers Have Discovered a Cosmic Network of ‘Highways’ Formed by Gas and Dark Matter Filaments
30. We’ve Polluted the Oceans With Mercury for Centuries. Could Genetic Engineering Be the Solution?
31. 21 February
32. Mark Zuckerberg Continues to Shake Things Up at Meta. This Time, Instead of Layoffs, He’s Increasing Bonuses for Managers
33. Astronauts Have Been Growing Lettuce in Space for Years. A New Study Says These Vegetables Could Make Them Sick
34. AI Companies Know Competition Is for Losers. They’re All Trying to Become the Monopoly in the Industry
35. After the Killing of UnitedHealthCare CEO, Former Meta Employee Launches Protector, the ‘Uber With Guns’
36. 20 February
37. Calisto Is the Second-Largest Moon on Jupiter. It’s Also the Place Where We Just Discovered an Ocean
38. The Problem Isn’t That the iPhone 16e Has One Camera for $599—It’s the Quality of Secondary Cameras
39. Microsoft Has Spent 17 Years Working on an Exciting New Product: A Quantum Computer With Majorana Particles
40. The Other AI Race: China Rides the Wave of DeepSeek’s Viral Success
41. 19 February
42. With the Launch of the C1 Modem in the iPhone 16e, Apple Prepares Its Goodbye to Qualcomm
43. New iPhone 16e: Apple’s Cheapest Phone Combines Simplicity With the Best of the iPhone 16
44. 11 February
45. Fitbit vs. Garmin: Which Brand Is the Best Fit for You?

September 2024

1. 05 September
2. Microsoft and Apple Seemed to Have Ended Their War Over Cloud Gaming, but the Fight Is More Intense Than Ever

August 2024

1. 23 August
2. The Legendary Windows Control Panel Has an Expiration Date: Microsoft Confirms That It Will Disappear Soon
3. Two Thieves Were Stealing Packages in California. To Catch Them, a Woman Attached an AirTag to Her Mail
4. The CEO of AWS Has One Thing Clear: Software Engineers Won't Be Coding in the Future, AI Will
5. Elon Musk Shares Progress on Second Neuralink Implant Patient, Says He Plays Counter-Strike
6. 22 August
7. Earth’s Rotation Is Slowing Down. And the Most Surprising Thing Is That It's Been Doing So for Millions of Years
8. Elon Musk Loaned a Couple $6.7 Million to Buy One of His Mansions. They've Now Become His Squatters
9. It Looks Like Astronauts Can’t Use Boeing’s Starliner Suits on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon (and Vice Versa). This Is Why
10. Starbucks' CEO Will Also Return to the Office: He’ll Make the 1,000-Mile Commute by Private Jet
11. NASA Holds Its Breath As Perseverance Rover Begins to Climb the Crater Rim Where It Got Stuck
12. Carl Pei Is Asking Nothing Staff to Return to the Office and Invites Anyone Who Refuses to Leave: ‘This... May Not Be a Fit for Everyone’
13. 21 August
14. There’s a 50% Chance That Our Galaxy Will Collide With Andromeda, But We're Dead No Matter What
15. A Group of Authors Has Sued Anthropic. The Reason: It Trained Its AI With Copies of Their Books
16. Google Denies Report That It's Killing Fitbit SmartWatches, Says It's 'Very Committed to Fitbit'
17. The Atlantic Has Suddenly Begun Cooling at Record Speed. That Changes Everything, Even the Hurricane Season
18. A CEO Sold His Company and Turned All His Employees Into Millionaires. He Did Something Few People Do: Share
19. 20 August
20. Apple Needs a Rescue Plan to Revive Smartphone Sales. All Eyes Are on the Alleged iPhone 17 Air
21. A Pair of Scissors Went Missing at an Airport in Japan. Hours Later, Authorities Had Already Canceled 36 Flights and Delayed 201
22. Black Myth Wukong Was Released a Few Hours Ago. That's All It Needed to Make History
23. Pokémon Card Fever Hits Smartphones: Everything Indicates That Pokémon TCG Pocket Will Be the Franchise's Next Revolution
24. New Biomaterial Achieves What Was Science Fiction Until Now: High-Quality Articular Cartilage Growth
25. 19 August
26. After Becoming the Epitome of a Rich, Happy, and Egalitarian Country, Norway Faces a Problem: ‘Scan Guilt’
27. Remote Work Has a Negative Impact on Vacations, Study Finds. Workers Are Putting in More Hours and Have Less Time to Rest
28. Astronomers Have Been Studying the Messier 87 Galaxy for 20 Years. Now, They've Confirmed That Its Supermassive Black Hole Is Spinning
29. I Tried the ‘Buying a New Printer Is Cheaper Than Buying Printer Ink’ Approach, But It Didn’t Work
30. 18 August
31. Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy Finale, Explained: Where the Hargreeves Go and What That Post-Credits Scene Means
32. Shooting ‘Glitter’ Over the Martian Sky. This Is the Latest Idea From a Group of Scientists to Make the Red Planet Habitable
33. 17 August
34. An Autonomous Submarine Disappeared in Antarctic Waters. Now We Know What It Saw Before It Sank
35. 16 August
36. On Paper, GTD Is an Excellent Productivity Method. It's a Different Story in Real-Life
37. Kim Dotcom Is Facing His Biggest Challenge in Years After New Zealand Approves His Extradition to the U.S.
38. The Epic Games Store Has Officially Arrived on iOS and Android, With a Surprise. And Yes, Fortnite Is Back on the iPhone
39. The Navy Has Just Launched a New Nuclear Submarine of Its Most Advanced Class: The Mighty USS Idaho
40. 15 August
41. Alien: Romulus Is a Strong Sequel on Par With the Saga’s Classics, but a Few Details Rob It of Its Glory
42. Waymo’s Self-Driving Cars Have Suddenly Started Honking at Each Other at 4 a.m.
43. Bill Gates Thinks That Massive Tree Planting to Combat Climate Change Is Absurd. And He's Right
44. AI in Video Games Will Come Sooner or Later. One Developer Says GTA VI Will Be a Turning Point
45. 14 August
46. inZOI, the Video Game That Mixes The Sims and GTA With Last Generation Graphics and Total Freedom
47. Valve Has a New Game and Wants to Keep It a Secret. More Than 20,000 People Have Already Played It
48. The Pixel 9 Pro Looks Fantastic. The Problem Is Still Its Processor
49. The Paris Games Were Supposed to Be the Olympic Debut of Breakdancing, But All Anyone's Talking About is the 'Kangaroo Dance'
50. These Ruins in Turkey Date Back 12,000 Years and Could Be the Oldest Calendar on Earth
51. Microsoft Paint 3D Was Always Doomed to Die. Meanwhile, the Original Paint Is Experiencing a Revival
52. 13 August
53. Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold: This Foldable Features a Bigger Screen and Powers Up Its Cameras
54. Google Pixel Buds Pro 2: The Tensor A1 Chip Arrives in First Earbuds Designed for Google Gemini
55. In Its Commitment to Nuclear Energy, the U.S. Is Considering Doing the Unprecedented: Reactivating a Closed Plant
56. 12 August
57. Apple Is Reportedly Working on Three AR Devices, Including One Similar to the Ray-Ban Meta Glasses
58. ‘I Think You Should Make It All Out of Glass’: The Fascinating Story of ‘Venus,’ Steve Jobs’ $120 Million Yacht
59. The iPhone 16 Will Reportedly Be Conservative and More Photo-Centric Than Ever. In 2025, Rumors Point to the ‘iPhone 17 Air’
60. ‘My Parents Still Don’t Know’: A Student Spent the Family Inheritance on Intel Stock Hours Before It Collapsed
61. It's Not a Joke: Mayonnaise Is Helping Scientists Solve One of the Challenges of Nuclear Fusion
62. 11 August
63. China Has Just Surpassed All Other Countries in the Space Race. The Most Sought-After Element on the Moon Is in Its Hands
64. The Next Time You Watch Titanic, Hit Pause at This Frame: This Man Existed in Real-Life and Scientifically Proved That Jack Could Have Survived
65. 10 August
66. The Highs and Lows of the Content Industry: Warner Plunges on the Stock Market While Disney Soars From the Success of Inside Out 2
67. NASA Reveals Why We Haven’t Returned to the Moon Sooner: Underqualified Boeing Personnel in Rocket Manufacturing
68. Europe and Japan Are Face-to-Face With One of the Major Challenges of Nuclear Fusion: Material Irradiation
69. China Has Continued to Open Coal Plants, But They’re No Longer a Problem: Renewables Have Just Overtaken Their Capacity
70. Ping: What It Is, How It Works, and Why It's Helpful in Diagnosing Network Problems
71. These Researchers Say That Chimpanzees Can Talk and That the Evidence Dates Back to 1962
72. 09 August
73. This ‘Wonder Material’ for Solar Panels Has Broken Records Again Due to a New Chemical Treatment
74. BitTorrent Protocol: What It Is and How It Works
75. Network Address Translation (NAT): What It Is and How It Works
76. 08 August
77. The Happiest Country in the World Has a Problem: The Foreigners Who Live There Think Otherwise
78. NASA Has a Very Simple Explanation for Why We're Unable to Find Aliens
79. South Texas Has Hit the Jackpot Again: An Unlimited Supply of Clean Energy to Replace Oil
80. 07 August
81. Microsoft Edge Already Owns Almost 14% of the Browser Market. Google Chrome Reigns But Loses Ground
82. House of the Dragon Will End Its Story Soon, But HBO Will Continue to Squeeze Out Game of Thrones Content for a Long Time
83. 06 August
84. Chinese Companies Sanctioned by the U.S. Have a Plan to Keep Buying AI Chips, a Very Creative One
85. 05 August
86. It’s Time to Debunk the Myth of Drinking ‘8 Glasses of Water a Day,’ But We Have a Problem
87. ‘That Doesn’t Hold Up in the Electric Era’: Ford Explains Why It Wants to Either Sell Expensive Gas Cars or Small EVs
88. Starship’s Fifth Flight Has a New Goal: To Test Its Robotic Arm, 'Mechazilla'
89. 04 August
90. Microsoft and OpenAI Have Been Great Allies, Until Now
91. 03 August
92. Imane Khelif Isn’t a Trans Woman. Her Case Illustrates the Enormous Problems the Olympics Has When It Comes to Intersexuality
93. ‘NASA Is Evaluating All Options’: There’s a 50% Chance That the Astronauts Stranded on the Starliner Won’t Return to Earth on the Spacecraft
94. 02 August
95. Netflix Releases Disturbing Trailer for Squid Game Season 2 and Announces Premiere Dates for the Next Season
96. The Metaverse Isn’t Dead, but It’s Making Meta Lose Money, Specifically, $50 Billion Since 2020
97. Meta Takes a Strong Step Forward in the AI Race, Unveiling Its SAM 2 Video Editor
98. Apple Insists Users Should Wear Their Apple Watch When They Sleep. It Sounds Like a Prelude to the Company’s Ring Launch
99. 01 August
100. There Are Hardly Any World Records in Swimming at the Paris Olympics. One of the Prime Suspects: The Pool
101. The Least Known Trick to Make Coffee in a Moka Pot Is Also the Easiest