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Transparent bathroom walls in Tokyo become frosted when the door is closed, but a tech failure on cold days turns a safety idea into fear of being exposed.
1+ hour, 24+ min ago (947+ words) Few remember, but Dubai once became the stage for a worldwide rumor after a historic flood inundated the airport, stopping flights and turning cloud seeding into the villain of a supposed rain-making machine. Rio City Hall cracks down on mopeds,…...
While automakers worldwide depend on traditional mines that evaporate 2 million liters of water per ton of lithium extracted in the driest desert on Earth, Chilean SQM, in partnership with American Lilac Solutions, will operate the first commercial-scale direct lithium extraction (DLE) plant in the Salar de Atacama, with technology that reduces water usage by 85% and recovers lithium in hours instead of months.
9+ hour, 38+ min ago (165+ words) An electric air taxi departed from JFK and landed in Manhattan in less than 10 minutes, a journey that in New York traffic can take up to two hours. The Joby Aviation flight was the first public demonstration in the city....
China launched new satellites to test technology that can bring internet directly to mobile phones, without a tower in the way: the Long March-2 D rocket took off from Xichang, in Sichuan, with the mission to validate satellite-to-phone broadband.
1+ hour, 58+ min ago (981+ words) China has orbited a new set of satellites designed to test technology that could change how billions of people access the internet. The Long March-2 D rocket lifted off at 2: 35 PM (Beijing time) from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in…...
Humanoid robot AEON enters a factory in Austria to operate machines, conduct inspections, and support real production, marking a new phase in the European race for autonomous factories with physical AI.
9+ hour, 3+ min ago (1293+ words) The big change in this phase is the setting. AEON had already undergone initial evaluations and validations in the laboratory, but now it enters a real-world customer application. This changes everything, because an operating factory does not tolerate vague promises,…...
Elon Musk's internet comes to mobile: Starlink technology connects smartphones without an antenna via satellite, works even without carrier signal, already costs just US$10 extra in the US, and could arrive in Brazil as an included benefit.
4+ hour, 48+ min ago (913+ words) Satellite internet directly on cell phones, without an external antenna and without relying on terrestrial towers, has begun commercial operation in countries like the United States and Chile, although the service is not yet available to Brazilian consumers. Known as…...
A glacier held a mountain for centuries, but when it gave way without warning in Alaska, it created a 481-meter tsunami larger than the Burj Khalifa and revealed how global warming can transform isolated fjords into sudden disaster zones.
4+ hour, 55+ min ago (1150+ words) The episode caught the attention of the scientific community because it exposed a threat that usually advances slowly, almost imperceptibly, but can end in a sudden catastrophe. Glacier retreat, often associated only with global warming, the loss of frozen landscapes,…...
The "mom, I changed my number" scam is spreading via Whats App and transforms a simple family message into a trap to steal money via Pix.
6+ hour, 29+ min ago (524+ words) The scam usually starts with a seemingly common conversation. First, the criminal informs that they changed their number or lost access to their old phone. After that, they create an emergency situation involving a bank account, bill, medicine purchase, or…...
XPRIZE offers US$119 million to people worldwide who can reinvent desalination, create cheaper drinking water from the sea, and solve a crisis that could leave the planet with a 40% freshwater deficit by 2030.
5+ hour, 42+ min ago (871+ words) XPRIZE became known worldwide for launching technological challenges related to space, artificial intelligence, carbon capture, and health. Now, the foundation has decided to focus one of its largest prize awards on a theme that is beginning to enter the center…...
Saltwater is encroaching on coastal aquifers worldwide: a study with 480, 000 monitoring points reveals where underground freshwater reserves are becoming vulnerable to seawater intrusion.
10+ hour, 3+ min ago (874+ words) The problem is silent because it doesn't appear as a traditional flood. When excessive extraction reduces the level of freshwater underground and sea levels continue to rise, saltwater can advance into aquifers, slowly altering reserves used for consumption, irrigation, and…...
The Heikanes peninsula, in Iceland, has been accumulating magma for 210 straight days " and geologists say it could be the largest reservoir of the current eruptive period.
6+ hour, 48+ min ago (902+ words) Corporate News, Power Generation According to records from the Icelandic geological monitoring released in May 2026, magma flow in Heikanes has remained "slow, but constant" for over seven months. According to the material, this could be the largest reservoir accumulated since…...