Science
What if charging your EV became a once-a-week thing? That is the promise behind a new electric vehicle battery unveiled by Chinese researchers this week. According to the scientists, the battery could power a car more than 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) on a single charge. If that
Scams
If someone calls you to say you’ve won $18 million and you need to pay a huge sum of money to claim it, the correct response is to hang up. Unfortunately, a 92-year-old man in New York didn’t, and it cost him a quarter of a
Science
Ever notice how a simple notification can completely break your focus? You could be working and locked in. Things are going great. Until your phone buzzes or a little pop-up slides onto the screen. And just like that, your attention is gone. It turns out that might not be
Tech
Imagine stealing a package, but the package is secretly tracking you. That’s essentially what happened in Louisiana after a delivery driver allegedly stole tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of merchandise meant for Walmart. What he didn’t realize was that some of the packages were equipped with tracking
Science
Getting older has always been treated like gravity: inevitable, unavoidable, and very much not negotiable. But a Harvard scientist says that assumption might not last much longer. Professor David Sinclair, a genetics researcher at Harvard Medical School, believes scientists are getting close to something that sounds straight out of sci-
Food
The waffle fries at Chick-fil-A are back to their original formula after a plot twist that had many customers complaining. In late 2024, the company added pea starch to its Waffle Potato Fries. Now, a decision has been made to remove it. What changed (and changed back) At
Entertainment
It’s the end of an era at Disney World. That neon red guitar outside Disney’s Hollywood Studios just witnessed the end of a 26-year rock residency. After nearly three decades of blasting “Walk This Way” at 60 mph, the Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith officially closed
Tech
Most Gen Zers are open to the idea of marrying an AI, according to a new survey. A staggering 75% of them. Not dating or flirting. Marrying. The numbers come from a survey by AI companion company Joi AI, which asked around 2,000 Gen Z respondents about relationships with
Food
Many employees at Burger King recently got a new coworker. Her name is Patty, she lives in their headsets, and yes, she’s listening for “please” and “thank you.” Before you spiral, it’s not Black Mirror at the drive-thru. It is just a very 2026 way to run
Science
Imagine watching a robot walk onto a stage, and your first thought is, “Wait, is that actually a person?” That’s basically what happened when China's Xpeng unveiled its new humanoid robot, IRON. It looked so lifelike and moved so fluidly that it took the company literally cutting
Entertainment
Gen Z has somehow decided that DVDs and Blu-rays are not going to be permanently buried next to iPods and dial-up tones. Across the U.S., video rental shops and physical media sellers are seeing record traffic, especially from younger crowds. These customers are browsing shelves and renting
Scams
When you think “dating app scam,” you probably picture someone wiring money to a fake partner somewhere. But there is a new romance scam in town and it's potentially worse. The UK’s Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB) says scammers are using dating apps to recruit people into staged