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When you look at Venus today, it doesn’t seem like a very welcoming place. With surface temperatures hotter than an oven, atmospheric pressure equivalent to being 3,000 feet deep in the ocean, and no liquid water anywhere that we’ve seen, it seems like the opposite of a comfortable environment in which life could emerge. But in the last decade, scientists have begun to wonder whether this “hell planet” could once have been habitable....

Honda’s first purpose-designed electric car, the adorable-lookingE(pictured), made its debut during the 2019 Frankfurt Auto Show. The model was developed largely for overseas markets like Europe, but some of its powertrain technology could find its way into an America-bound model. That doesn’t mean Honda is about to open the electric car floodgates, though. “EVs will not be mainstream,” company boss Takahiro Hachigo bluntly told industry trade journalAutomotive News. His comments echothe ones made earlier in 2019by Klaus Frölich, BMW’s chief engineer....

Honkai Star Rail players furious with “lackluster” 1.3 update story & banner release times Honkai Star Railplayers have been left disappointed by the 1.3 update, with many calling for changes to the way HoYoverse handles banner releases. Honkai Star Rail’s 1.3 updatehas been one of the most anticipated releases in thefree to play gacha game. Not only does it include the debut of new 5-star charactersLunae ImbibitorandFu Xuan, but there are also plenty of events and story missions to complete....

This Friday, January 20, will see two astronauts from the International Space Station (ISS) head out of the station’s Quest airlock to install new hardware to the station’s exterior. If you’re interested in seeing what it is like to work in space, then NASA will be livestreaming the entire spacewalk along with commentary to explain it, and we’ve got details below on how you can watch. What to expect from the spacewalk The two astronauts performing the spacewalk will be NASA astronaut Nicole Mann and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, and this will be the first spacewalk for both of them....

Huawei has launched a new folding smartphone, the Huawei Mate X2. It’s a sequel to theHuawei Mate Xs(itself a refreshed version of the originalMate X), but this time goes in the opposite design direction. Instead of an outwardly folding design, where the screen folds on itself to create a smaller device, it takes on a dual-screen book-style fold, like Samsung’sGalaxy Z Fold 2. Unfolded the 8:7.1 aspect ratio OLED screen measures 8-inches and has a 2480 x 2200 pixel resolution, while folded, the slim outer, 21:9 aspect ratio OLED screen measures 6....

Intel’sdesktop processors might not be setting the world on firein early-2025, but itsmobile chips are still some of the best in the game, and that’s only going to continue later this year. Panther Lake is Intel’s next-generation Core Ultra CPU design, and though originally expected to be a desktop and laptop line of processors, it’ll most likely be a mobile-only design. That’s still worth getting excited over though, with early rumors suggesting some impressive onboard GPU performance and improved AI capabilities....

Intel has announced the NUC 9 Extreme Kit, the company’s latest attempt to revolutionize small PCs, at CES 2020. It has an important innovation that no previous NUC has attempted. Modular, upgradeable construction. You can purchase and customize the NUC 9 Extreme Kit from Intel, as with past NUCs. This time around, though, third-party vendors will also offer compatibility with Intel NUC components. Specifically, Intel’s new NUC Compute Element. NUC 9 Extreme Kit The new Intel NUC 9 Extreme Kit comes with a 5-liter chassis that’s less than 10 inches deep, 8....

Interview: Tommy’s desire for revenge in The Last of Us Part 2 is rooted in “shame” The Last of Us Part 2 explores the way in which grief compels even the most hopeful individuals down a path of revenge, with voice actor Jeffrey Pierce breaking down how his character Tommy is impacted by loss and transformed by it. When The Last of Us Part II first released on July 29, 2025, gamers around the world held their breath as they played through the brutal, heartbreaking, and at times terrifying narrative....

Kai Cenat Twitch channel hacked by hacker who has targeted him before Streaming superstar Kai Cenat has had his Twitch and YouTube accounts hacked by the same hacker who got into his TikTok profile. Time and time again, social media stars have had their pages targeted by hackers who want to use their platform to either embarrass them or start promoting some sort of cryptocurrency scam. Well, on April 3, Kai Cenat was targeted by a hacker who was upset that the AMP Star had seemingly gotten their Discord server removed....

You may not needa Luna Displayfor your MacOS external display needs after all. According to 9to5Mac, Apple may include its own native external display support feature in the next version of its operating system. Code-named “Sidecar,” the feature is expected to be rolled out in MacOS 10.15. Sidecar is supposed to allow MacOS users to send the windows of Mac apps to an external display, including iPads. 9to5Mac went on to mention that the rumored feature should be accessible via the green “maximize” button located at the top of Mac app windows....

The wait forGTA 6only seems to get more and more unbearable the closer we get. June 14, 2025, is still a long way away to wait for anupcoming video game, though, and we’re all looking for something to fill the void. There’s no replacing aGTA game. If there were, we wouldn’t be so ravenous for a new one, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t games that get just close enough to satisfy — like an appetizer before the main course....

Microsoft might be able to put out the NvidiaDeep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS)killer that companies like AMD and Intel have been gunning for. A new feature included withCopilot+ PCsis Auto SR, which is an AI-assisted upscaling tool similar to DLSS. It’s exclusive to Copilot+ PCs for now, but Microsoft is leaving the door open for other platforms. Although Microsoft hasn’t confirmed that Auto SR will run on the Neural Processing Unit (NPU) inside Copilot+ PCs, the fact that it’s an exclusive feature for now provides a pretty strong hint....

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office made a new patent available to the public that suggests Apple is continuing to work onwaterproofing its iPhone, Apple Insider reports. The patent shows the company might be working on accessories for its smartphones that would prevent water from entering the device. Specifically listed as “Sealed accessories for electronic devices,” the abstract explains the patent as a connector that creates a “liquid-tight seal” when attached to the electronic device....