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RedMagic has made some pretty unique-looking products in its time but the company’s newly announced GaN charger has to be one of its coolest product designs to date. The RedMagic DAO 150W GaN Charger has a maximum output of 150W and it comes with a partially transparent look. Transparent accessories and devices aren’t necessarily all the rage but they have become popular, and it’s always cool to see what companies come up with. RedMagic’s take on the transparent product trend lets you peer into the side of the charger to…

Xiaomi and Leica join forces in building the world's most advanced optical institute for smartphone technologies. It's called Xiaomi x Leica Optical Institute and the two companies will share expertise in building a complete product that involves not only smartphone camera optics but also computational photography and AI. The institute will focus on four major technical factors that make a cameraphone great - ultra-precision optical lenses in a small form factor suitable for smartphones, computational photography,…

You may have heard that Madame Web is not a good movie. That there are, in fact, things about Madame Web that could be described as “The Worst.” I am not here to refute those claims; there are in fact many things about Madame Web that are not what you would feasibly call “good.” But in its surprise camp turn, it embraces its period setting to deliver a potent reminder on how far superhero movies have come, and what they’ve lost along the way.Doctor Strange 2's Sam Raimi on America ChavezMadame Web jukes where the…

Zemlin's first task was to create an enterprise ecosystem around Linux. "I spent most of my time criticizing Microsoft, talking about how much better open systems were than closed ones, I didn't really think that we could kill Microsoft. We were trying to create the perception of a two-horse race between Microsoft and Linux."Linux certainly didn't kill Microsoft. Indeed, these days, Microsoft supports Linux, and its Azure cloud runs more Linux than it does Windows, which helped kill Sun. Zemlin explained: "Linux was…

Maria Diaz/ZDNETZDNET's key takeawaysThe third-generation Echo Show 8 was launched for sale in late 2023 for $150.An improved speaker now boasts spatial audio, a centered camera, and the new Adaptive Content feature. Though it has many improvements, the screen remains at 1080p resolution, and the customization options are minimal.The new Echo Show 8makes the upgrades to the third-generation model all the more noticeable.Also: How a 'smart calendar' changed the way my family stays connectedAside from featuring a…

The trailer has been released for the long-delayed film adaptation of ‘Borderlands’, but fans don’t seem to have been won over. Starring Cate Blanchett, Jamie Lee Curtis and Kevin Hart, the long-delayed video game adaptation from Lionsgate will arrive in cinemas on August 9. Based on the popular first-person shooter series of the same name, Blanchett leads as Lilith, an outlaw who returns to her home planet of Pandora when weapons manufacturer Atlas (Edgar Ramirez) recruits her to find his missing daughter. She brings…

Welcome to AI Decoded, Fast Company’s weekly newsletter that breaks down the most important news in the world of AI. You can sign up to receive this newsletter every week here.Google revives its open-source game with Gemma modelsGoogle announced today a set of new large language models, collectively called “Gemma,” and a return to the practice of releasing new research into the open-source ecosystem. The new models were developed by Google DeepMind and other teams within the company that already brought us the…

The stone tool was glued into a handle made of liquid bitumen with the addition of 55% ocher. It is no longer sticky and can be handled easily. Credit: Patrick Schmidt Neanderthals created stone tools held together by a multi-component adhesive, a team of scientists has discovered. Its findings, which are the earliest evidence of a complex adhesive in Europe, suggest these predecessors to modern humans had a higher level of…

How hard could it be to fly a helicopter if the controls consisted of just one stick and two touchscreens? That's exactly what the case is with the recently announced Skyryse One, which could be yours for just shy of $2 million.California-based aviation company Skyryse has been around since 2016, during which time it has been hard at work on a semi-autonomous piloting system that can be retrofitted into existing third-party helicopters. The One is the first helicopter to be designed with that tech already "baked in,"…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeWhoopi Goldberg has defended Malia Obama’s decision to ditch her famous last name for her creative projects.Last month, the eldest daughter of former US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama premiered her debut short film, The Heart, at the Sundance Film Festival. The 18-minute short starring Tunde Adebimpe and Latonya Borsay, is written and directed by the 25-year-old.…