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January 28, 2025 4 min read Can Trump Just Order New Names for Denali and the Gulf of Mexico? A geographer explains how maps’ place names, such as the Gulf of Mexico and Denali, are decided By Innisfree McKinnon &…

Looking to upgrade your gaming rig? Dell is selling one of its most popular Alienware gaming monitors at a deep discount. The 32-inch model is more than $400 off, now costing $765 instead of $1,200. The display is on sale…

“This will have a dire impact on the commercialization of potentially life saving inventions made at NIH.”- Joseph Allen The Bayh-Dole Coalition yesterday released an issue brief warning that there will be dire consequences if the Trump Administration doesn’t “immediately”…

The new Samsung Galaxy S25 family doesn’t impress with many meaningful upgrades, but even the little ones are welcome, such as the Qi 2.1 wireless charging support. As the version number implies, the changes are incremental. There’s also no boost…

A recently discovered vulnerability in a popular online travel service has put millions of airline users worldwide at risk of account takeover. The service provides hotel and car rental booking solutions and is integrated into dozens of commercial airline online…

In May 2023, Ford triggered a transformation when the U.S. automaker locked in a deal to give owners of its EVs access to the Tesla Supercharger network.  In a stunning shift, automaker after automaker — from GM and Hyundai to…

Safety is often overlooked in the rush to bring humanoid robots to the workplace. As high-profile corporations ranging from retailers like Amazon to carmakers such as Mercedes and BMW have announced humanoid pilots for factories and warehouses, conversations around worker…

The XB-1 supersonic aircraft Boom Supersonic The experimental XB-1 aircraft, made by US company Boom Supersonic, flew faster than the speed of sound on 28 January. The achievement is the first time any civil aircraft has gone supersonic over the…

Here’s one for the fashion-conscious retro gamers out there. Atari has teamed up with watchmaker Nubeo to release an Asteroids-themed watch to celebrate the game’s 45th anniversary (even though it came out in 1979). The watch has a multi-layered disc…

If you wanna do some wrenching, cutting, measuring and screw-driving, you might want to check out the Ti EDC Wrench 2.0. It combines all of those functions and more in one CNC-machined titanium device. Currently the subject of a Kickstarter…