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GWM’s flat-eight engine could power cars – report
3+ min ago (26+ words) The West Australian is a leading news source in Perth and WA. Breaking local and world news from sport and business to lifestyle and current affairs....
CES 2026 was dominated by these 3 tech themes
4+ min ago (259+ words) CES 2026 took place this week, where a number of tech companies announced new projects and unveiled new products, such as Nvidia's (NVDA) Alpamayo open-source model to train and improve autonomous driving programs, Qualcomm's (QCOM) Snapdragon X Plus 2 artificial intelligence (AI)…...
Officials Issue Warnings As Hazardous ‘Radiation Fog’ Descends On American Region
4+ min ago (498+ words) A thick blanket of so-called "radiation fog" rolled across the Southeast early Friday, snarling travel and creating dangerous driving conditions for as many as five million people. The National Weather Service issued dense fog advisories for 78 counties across Georgia, South…...
Some dogs can expand their vocabulary by eavesdropping on their owners
18+ min ago (436+ words) NEW YORK'Dogs are great at learning action commands like "sit" and "stay." They're less good at remembering the names of things, like what their squeaky or stuffed toys are called. Only an elite group of gifted word-learner dogs can retain…...
I might ditch my MacBook for a Windows laptop after seeing the Snapdragon X2
22+ min ago (511+ words) Lenovo, Asus and HP will be rolling out Windows laptops boasting the new Snapdragon X2 chips later this year I'm a MacBook devotee. Every time I've switched to a Windows laptop for testing purposes, I've come away feeling even less convinced....
Earthworm-based composting offers a low-energy solution to antibiotic resistance
23+ min ago (754+ words) Earthworms could become unexpected allies in the global fight against antibiotic resistance, by helping farmers turn manure into safer, high-value organic fertilizer through a process called vermicomposting. Earthworm-based composting offers a low-energy solution to antibiotic resistance Antibiotic resistance from farm…...
AMD Ryzen 9 9950 X3D2 and Ryzen 7 9850 X3D Leak Reveals DDR5 Memory Speed Gains
24+ min ago (740+ words) New details about AMD's planned Zen5 X3D desktop processors, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 and Ryzen 7 9850X3D, have surfaced before CES. The product names have now been confirmed by internal documents seen by multiple sources. This ends any further debate. Both CPUs are likely to be…...
Meet the Robot Mopvac That Turns Into a Handheld Cleaner
24+ min ago (270+ words) Hot Topics: Our Coverage of CES 2026| Best Open Ear Headphones | The Best VPNs|Charge Your Android Phone Faster by Andrea Smith on January 09, 2026 The pitch is refreshingly simple. Let the robot handle routine cleaning on its own, then grab the…...
Ultrasound-responsive nanocatchers enable precise in-situ tumor antigen capture
25+ min ago (583+ words) Professor Zhaohui Tang and Associate Professor Zhilin Liu from the team of Professor Xuesi Chen at the Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, developed ultrasound-responsive in-situ antigen nanocatchers (S-nanocatchers), achieving precise spatiotemporal capture of tumor antigens and…...
Wind, smoke, ash: What this weekend’s weather will bring to Melbourne
35+ min ago (733+ words) Melbourne woke to the smell of smoke and a thin veil of ash on Saturday as firefighters battled more than 30 active blazes moving through the state. More than 115 homes and buildings have been razed in fires across Victoria, but emergency…...