Mobile

Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 for Galaxy tipped to be manufactured by Samsung

Ever since the low yield of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chip that Samsung Foundry manufactured, Qualcomm moved to TSMC for its chip manufacturing, starting with the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1. However, a recent report from a Korean news outlet suggests that this will likely change. To some extent. The new Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 was announced in late September...

Movie

Good Boy review – a pooch perfect ghostly tale

The idiom ​“you can’t teach an old dog new tricks” has felt especially relevant in regards to horror lately – every hyped film of 2025 so far has ended up relying on some form of diabolical cult or yet another evil hag, resulting in more yawns than screams from avid sickos at the cinema. While aiming for viral success the...

Music

A House of Dynamite review – a skilful and timely…

Now and then it occurs to me that the future of my very existence, as well as that of the rest of our global population, lies in the hands of complete strangers. People I will never meet – let alone know their values, temperament, or rationale. Our combined fates in the wake of war, especially where nuclear weapons are concerned, teeter...

TECH

Thinking Machines Lab co-founder Andrew Tulloch heads to Meta

Thinking Machines Lab, the AI startup led by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, has lost one of its co-founders to Meta. The Wall Street Journal reports that AI researcher Andrew Tulloch announced his departure to employees in a message on Friday. A Thinking Machine Labs spokesperson confirmed Tulloch’s departure to the WSJ, saying he “has decided to pursue a different...

TECH

Salesforce CEO says National Guard should patrol San Francisco — stunning his own PR team

Marc Benioff has long been San Francisco’s liberal-leaning billionaire, the tech executive who funded homeless services, donated to the city’s public schools, and hosted Hillary Clinton fundraisers. But in a new, wide-ranging phone interview with the New York Times from his private plane, Benioff revealed a political transformation that seemed to surprise even his own communications team, despite that Salesforce...

TECH

Shutdown silver lining? Your IPO review comes after investors buy in

In a development born of the government shutdown, the SEC announced Thursday that companies can proceed with IPOs using an obscure automatic approval process, now with the added bonus of skipping pricing information entirely. What’s happening is that with 90% of SEC staff furloughed, startups can file their paperwork and have it automatically become effective after 20 days. This option...

Nature

palaeontologist who showed that dinosaurs still walk among us — as birds

Credit: Katja Heinemann/Aurora/Cavan/AlamyMark Norell, whose discoveries helped to demonstrate that birds are living dinosaurs, has died aged 68. As a curator at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, Norell combined fieldwork, cutting-edge analysis and a gift for collaboration, transforming how scientists and the public see dinosaurs.Norell and his colleagues showed that birds belong to the group...

News

Naked mole rats reveal genetic secret to long life

Victoria GillScience correspondent, BBC NewsWashington Post via Getty ImagesNaked mole rats live for up to 40 years, compared to about three years for a mouseThey are weird, bald, subterranean rodents that look like sausages with teeth, and they have just revealed a genetic secret to long life.A new study of the bizarre naked mole rat shows that the animals have...

Press Release

Henrico Fire encourages preparedness for fire prevention week

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) -- This week is the National Fire Protection Association's "Fire Prevention Week" across the country, which means local firefighters want people to review fire safety at home, so they're saved from heartbreak and damage. Henrico Fire Battalion Chief Doug Reynolds said it all starts with having a working smoke detector, and your local Greater Richmond firefighter...

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