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Imagine if a hard metal implant could be bonded to soft biological tissue without using any adhesive, then easily removed when no longer needed. That and other nifty things could soon be possible, thanks to a new understanding of electroadhesion.Putting it simply, electroadhesion is a phenomenon in which two objects become electrostatically or chemically bonded to one another after an electric current has passed through them both. They remain bonded even after the current has been removed, but will neatly separate when…

Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked event today barely let us catch our breath after last week's CES. As we expected, the company revealed its latest flagship smartphones, the Galaxy S24, S24+ and S24 Ultra, which rely more than a little on new AI features. There's Circle to Search, Live Translate and Chat Assist to help you find the right words (and the right tone) of your messages — all of which you can read about in our hands-on report on the new handhelds. As for the design and hardware, not much has changed since…

Halle Berry has been a Hollywood fashion icon for years, and she revived a pandemic era trend for this week's New Year’s Eve celebration. The mom, actress, director and fashionista went pants-free as she rung in 2024, pairing a corset bodysuit with a gorgeous gold blazer. Honestly, it’s the latter that I really want to talk about.Taking to Instagram after her big night out, Halle Berry took an elevator photo that showed off the shiny outfit, as well as the memorable shoes and jewelry she wore with it. What’s most…

At a glanceExpert's Rating ProsExcellent performerSlightly cheaper than the PCIe 5.0 competitionExcellent TBW rating and warrantyConsSlightly slow at our 450GB writeNo 4TB optionOur VerdictThough it’s not the fastest PCIe 5.0 SSD we’ve seen with synthetic benchmarks, Seagate’s FireCuda 540 blazed to a first-place finish in our real-world 48GB transfers. That makes it a top choice. You know the PCIe 5.0 NVMe market is picking up when venerable storage vendor Seagate enters the fray. The company’s new FireCuda 540…

Image via Sony Pictures The official trailer for Sony’s upcoming movie, Kraven The Hunter, has been released, and it really does not show any mercy. After the revelation that the film would receive an R-rating, fans went head over heels, wondering how far Sony would go with this movie to tell an interesting story about this Marvel anti-hero. Fans are shocked to see so much blood and murder throughout the film’s trailer. Kraven the Hunter, played by Aaron Taylor-Johnson, is seen killing multiple people, and the…

via Warner Bros. World Zack Snyder may no longer be a part of the DCU – to the chagrin of many, as has been made perfectly clear – but his fingerprints remain all over the franchise after he cast Ben Affleck, Jason Momoa, Gal Gadot, Ezra Miller, and many others in roles they’re still playing to this day, regardless of whether or not they’ve got a future under James Gunn and Peter Safran. Momoa’s story is particularly interesting, because the affable star initially auditioned for the part of Bruce Wayne in…

A gene called MYC is implicated in the majority of cancers, but unfortunately it’s often considered “undruggable.” In a new study scientists have developed a molecule that chops up the RNA of this gene, effectively clearing cancer in mice.The MYC gene plays a key role in regulating cell proliferation, metabolism and controlled cell death, but it’s not always helpful. In fact, it’s been implicated in as many as 70% of all human cancers, covering a wide range of types of the disease, and overexpression is associated with…

Shiv Nadar, industrialist, and philanthropist is also among the country’s earliest technology entrepreneurs. A pioneer of the country’s “startup and innovation” culture he was the first to introduce microcomputers way back in 1978, about the time when Apple was launched in the US. He later cofounded HCLTech, which is now the country’s third-largest IT services company. Nadar who has a net worth of $28 billion is positioned at 46 in the Hurun Global Rich list, and fourth among Indian peers.The 77-year-old technocrat who…

Last updated: February 24th, 2023 at 14:37 UTC+01:00 Samsung has partnered with another filmmaker, Director Na Hong-jin, to release a new short film called “Faith.” The film is exclusively shot on the new Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra, showcasing the phone’s powerful camera capabilities. Faith’s world premiere was announced by Samsung and Director Hong Jin on February 22, 2023, at Megabox COEX. Over 300 individuals, including journalists, Galaxy fans, and moviegoers, attended the event.  In 2022, Samsung partnered with…

Helen Mirren ducked a question at the Berlin film festival as to whether it had been appropriate to cast her as former Israeli prime minister Golda Meir in a feature drama during a promotion event ahead of the film’s world premiere.Having faced criticism for taking on the role amid a debate about authentic casting, with leading British Jews such as Maureen Lipman and David Baddiel suggesting Jewish roles should be reserved for Jewish actors, Mirren turned to her director, Guy Nattiv, to respond to the question from The…