A collection of photos had been sitting unexamined since 2017 somewhere in the enormous Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes, a digital repository containing over thirty years of observations from Hubble and more than a dozen other missions. Photographs of a small, unremarkable comet traveling through the inner solar system were taken by one of the most advanced instruments ever created by humans. The images were then stored away while the scientific community moved on to other projects. While looking through the archive, UCLA planetary scientist David Jewitt discovered them. He gave them a close inspection. Then he became aware of…
There’s a particular kind of irony that tends to follow success in the crypto world.…
Spotlight
The King Abdulaziz International Conference Center in Riyadh doesn’t seem like the birthplace of international tech regulations. Footsteps are absorbed by the thick carpets. Besides the translation headsets are half-finished coffee cups. Attendees lean forward and pay close attention as presenters go over a topic that was previously thought to be solely Californian: the proper conduct of artificial intelligence. Silicon Valley is not the source of this conversation. In collaboration with the Islamic World Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority has started to develop an ethics charter that goes beyond governing AI in the…
At the CES 2026 floor, the quiet moments were more noticeable than the cacophony. In a few seconds, a glass panel in a corner booth with louder, flashier displays changed from clear to opaque. No announcement. There is no dramatic lighting. A few attendees in the vicinity paused mid-conversation due to a minor alteration. Compared to the robotic dogs and holographic assistants strewn throughout the hall, that glass, which was a component of a larger idea put forth by teams involved in Dubai’s expanding smart infrastructure push, seemed almost insignificant. However, it seems like this is the kind of technology…
More Stories
Bitcoin has an odd tendency to become silent right before a big event. The cost…
Max Fashion, a value fashion brand operating across the Middle East and part of Landmark…
Skipr, a technology startup focused on secure AI infrastructure, has closed a USD 2 million…
With a payload that initially appeared abstract—electronics, radar panels, and a small, insulated structure—the Falcon…
When someone quietly resolves that today will be the day that things change, there’s a…
When the sky sharpens into a field of hard, glittering stars and the horizon fades…
Last week, two designers were arguing about blur while hunched over a Pixel phone outside…
Images of Mars swirling in rust-colored clouds fill the lobby screens of the Mohammed Bin…
It feels quieter than expected in the operating room at King Faisal Specialist Hospital in…
The ketogenic diet appeared gradually at first, then suddenly. It was primarily used in neurology…
Although Dame Donna Langley’s pay isn’t displayed on a marquee outside Universal’s glass-and-steel headquarters, in…
The City of London appears to have been polished by money outside of 22 Bishopsgate,…
It can feel cold and even invasive to quantify a person’s life in numerical terms.…
Happy Dad cans didn’t resemble conventional alcohol branding when they first started to show up…
Outside of Century City’s glass towers, where endorsement deals and media deals are discreetly negotiated,…
Dubai’s real estate market has moved away from the speculation-led conditions that defined the 2014…
In professional sports, there are louder legends—bigger personalities, more ostentatious contracts, athletes who appear to…
When visitors arrive at JPMorgan Chase’s headquarters in Midtown Manhattan, they are immediately struck by…
Just before a Floyd Mayweather bout starts, a certain type of silence descends upon the…
Athina Onassis frequently goes unnoticed outside the gleaming entrances of European horse arenas, where polished…
Like a catchphrase, Kevin O’Leary’s net worth—which is typically estimated to be around $400 million—gets…
Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory have been gazing at signals that left the solar…
There was little fanfare when the announcement was made, and it sounded almost official. The…
Somewhere above the western horizon, just after sunset, when the sky turns from copper to…