A new microscopy technique makes the typically transparent 2D material hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) visible. By resonantly driving a lattice vibration with infrared light, the material lights up, allowing for rapid imaging and crystal orientation mapping.
Larian Studios’ next Divinity game will have a Baldur’s Gate 3-like tone and hit early access. Meanwhile, dataminers found 30 minutes of unused Metroid Prime 4 dialogue, and Fallout Season 2 premieres a day early tonight.
New code hints Apple’s upcoming HomePod mini 2 won’t get the company’s in-house N1 networking chip. Instead, it looks set to use a MediaTek “Sunrise” chip. This contradicts earlier rumors and suggests Apple is reserving its premium silicon for higher-end devices.
After nearly 20 years in orbit, NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has captured its 100,000th image. The shot, taken by the HiRISE camera, reveals stunning details of the Martian surface. A high school student actually picked the location through a public program.
A prototype iPhone running an early build of iOS 26 was sold, and its software has spilled Apple’s secrets. The leak confirms work on dozens of future devices, from a foldable iPhone to new iPads and the long-awaited AirTag 2, with many targeting a 2026 release.
Samsung is teaming up with Amazon to supercharge its ad business. The deal gives advertisers access to 300 segments of Samsung user data, combined with Amazon’s shopping insights, for hyper-targeted campaigns on Samsung TVs and devices.
Microsoft planned to make The Outer Worlds 2 its first $80 game in 2025, but scrapped the idea a month later. The company is now focusing on “player value” over a single top-line price in a fragmented market.
Apple is already testing iOS 26.3, just days after iOS 26.2 launched. The new beta adds a native tool for switching from iPhone to Android and opens up notifications to third-party wearables in the European Union.
HTS-110 is building a groundbreaking 14 tesla magnet for neutron scattering instruments at the European Spallation Source in Sweden. The system uses high-temperature superconductors to eliminate the risk of a damaging quench, a major problem with conventional magnets in these environments.
After a long wait, Rainbow Six Mobile has a concrete global launch date. The free-to-play tactical shooter will hit iOS and Android devices on February 23, 2026.
