CES: So very big, so little sustainability tech

CES: So very big, so little sustainability tech

Every third booth at CES showed off some new AI product or other. If you wanted to find a robotic lawn mower, throw a rock. Humanoid robots, smart locks and super thin TVs were everywhere. But if you went looking for sustainability products, you’re going to have to hunt a bit. Last year, the Susta...

No amount of money can buy Greenland, local lawmakers tell Trump

No amount of money can buy Greenland, local lawmakers tell Trump

There is no sum of money from Donald Trump that would persuade Greenlanders to join the US, two Greenlandic lawmakers in the Danish parliament said. Any attempt by the US president to entice the Arctic island with cash is doomed to fail and only risks pushing Greenlanders further away, said Aaja Che...

Venezuela looks to rebuild diplomatic ties with US

Jan 9 - Venezuela's government has begun exploring the potential to expand diplomatic ties with the United States, with U.S. State Department officials traveling to Caracas for technical and logistical assessments, it said in a statement on Friday.

A single gene underlies begomovirus resistance in eggplant

A single gene underlies begomovirus resistance in eggplant

Plant viruses pose a serious and ongoing threat to global agriculture in tropical to temperate regions. Among the most damaging are begomoviruses, a group of DNA viruses spread by whiteflies that infect many important food crops, including eggplant, tomato, pepper, cucurbit, cassava, and cotton. Inf...

Meta reacts to power needs by signing long-term nuke deals

New nuclear capacity won’t show up until around 2030 Meta is writing more checks for nuclear investment, even though the new capacity tied to those deals is unlikely to come online until around 2030, power that the company says it will need to run its hyperscale datacenters.…

The Best Deluxe Edition Manga

The Best Deluxe Edition Manga

There's a good chance that if you've picked up a manga graphic novel, it was a paperback version. After all, they're very affordable, and their pocket-friendly design makes them easy to carry around. But recently, we've also seen various manga publishers offer deluxe editions of some of the biggest ...

‘Melania’ film to premiere at Kennedy Center

‘Melania’ film to premiere at Kennedy Center

Kennedy Center interim President Richard Grenell on Thursday said the upcoming film about the first lady, titled “Melania,” will premiere at the Center on Jan. 29. Grenell shared the announcement in a post on the social platform X, with the trailer for the movie attached. The movie will appear ...

Growing protests in Iran do not necessarily herald a return to monarchy

Growing protests in Iran do not necessarily herald a return to monarchy

Despite significant support for the shah, Iranian society may be looking for any ‘escape from a dead end’Supporters of Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of Iran’s deposed shah, were claiming the crowds out in the streets of Iran were a direct response to his call to action. They described it as a r...

CES 2026 proved the PC industry is hosed this year

CES 2026 proved the PC industry is hosed this year

Dell's XPS 14 now costs over $2,000. An AMD executive predicts that PC builders will likely make piecemeal upgrades this year, instead of building entirely new systems. And new AI supercomputers from NVIDIA and AMD are gobbling up the RAM market. At CES 2026, it was hard not to notice the dire year ...