Light Years

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  Researchers Find Evidence of Fire Building Techniques in Europe During the Last Ice Age

  In the time of the ice age, dating back around 10,000 years, fire was lit by creating various sophisticated hearths of different sizes for purposes such as cooking, heating, or making tools. Scientists found that wood was used as the main fuel, supported by bones and fat later to sustain the fire.

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  OnePlus Nord CE 5 Leaked Renders Suggest Rear Panel Design and Camera Layout

  OnePlus Nord CE 5 is turning out to be an interesting smartphone. Expected to launch by May this year, the low-end mid-range smartphone replaces the Nord CE 4, which would have been an easy recommendation provided one could ignore its low light camera capabilities. Recently, a report suggested some of its specifications, and we now have our first g...

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  Google Explains How Its Gemini Integration in Photos App Lets Users Find Photos With Prompts

  Nearly a year after unveiling its Ask Photos feature at the I/O developer conference in May 2024, Google has finally shed some light on how the feature will work. It was introduced as an extension for Google Photos which allows the on-device Gemini artificial intelligence (AI) assistant to access a user's images and answer queries about them.

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  NASA’s SPHEREx Mission Sends First Space Images Before Full Sky Survey

  NASA’s SPHEREx telescope has captured its first images from space, marking a critical milestone before its full-sky infrared survey begins. The observatory, launched on March 11, recorded thousands of light sources, including distant galaxies and stars. Unlike other space telescopes, SPHEREx is designed for large-scale cosmic mapping, scanning th...

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  Apple Watch Series 10 Prototype Leak Reveals Unidentified Health Sensor

  Apple Watch Series 10 arrived last year with the first wide-angle OLED screen but didn't include new health sensors. Leaked images of an Apple Watch Series 10 prototype reveal a unique sensor absent in older models. Reports suggest Apple is developing advanced sensors for future models, which could enable blood glucose and blood pressure monitoring...

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  Motorola Edge 60 Fusion India Launch Set for April 2; Design, Key Features Revealed

  Motorola Edge 60 Fusion will launch in India on April 2, the Lenovo-owned company confirmed. It also revealed the design and several key features of the upcoming handset. The handset will be available in light blue, salmon (light pink), and lavender (light purple) colourways. It is confirmed to ship with Android 15-based Hello UI. The Edge 50 Fusi...

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  Sony Tipped to be Developing New 200-Megapixel Camera Sensor for Flagship Smartphones

  Sony is developing a new, bigger camera sensor that would headline upcoming flagship smartphones, according to claims by a tipster. It is expected to compete against the Samsung ISOCELL HP9 which has been integrated into smartphones such as the Vivo X200 Pro and the Xiaomi 15 Ultra. The purported Sony camera sensor is tipped to function as a main c...

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  Iguanas Travelled 5,000 Miles to Fiji on Rafts 34 Million Years Ago

  Iguanas undertook a remarkable 5,000-mile journey from North America to Fiji around 34 million years ago. According to a new genetic study, these reptiles floated on rafts of vegetation, possibly due to extreme weather events. The research, published in PNAS, found that Fiji’s iguanas are closely related to North American species, contradicting e...

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  Xiaomi 16 Tipped to Get Larger Display, Thinner Build and a Periscope Lens

  Xiaomi 15 was introduced in India earlier this month, but early leaks about Xiaomi's next-generation number series smartphone have already started appearing on the Web. The Xiaomi 16 which is likely to launch in China in October is said to bring improvements over the Xiaomi 15. It is tipped to feature a larger screen than its predecessor and boast...

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  In Melbourne: Polka-Dotted Trees And A Great Ocean Drive Down Australia's Second City

  The easy, laidback vibe of Melbourne, Australia's second city, is light years from the madness of Sydney, the most populous city Down Under

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  Oppo Find X8s Said to Be in the Works; Tipped to Get 6.3-Inch Display, Periscope Camera

  Oppo Find X8 and Find X8 Pro were unveiled in November last year in India with the MediaTek Dimensity 9400 chipset. Now, Oppo is said to be preparing to launch a new Find X8 series handset — Oppo Find X8s. The Chinese tech brand is yet to confirm its existence, but ahead of it, a reliable tipster has suggested its specifications. The Oppo Find X...

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  17-Year-Old Held Hostage, Raped For 5 Days In Madhya Pradesh

  A horrifying incident has come to light in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior district, where a 17-year-old girl was allegedly held hostage and raped for five days by a man she had befriended two years ago.

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  Realme Narzo 80 Pro Colour Options, RAM and Storage Variants Tipped

  Realme is expected to bring the Narzo 80 series to the market as a successor to last year's Realme Narzo 70 lineup. The series is expected to include Realme Narzo 80 Pro, Realme Narzo 80 Ultra, and Realme Narzo 80. While details about them remain scarce, a new leak has shed some light on what to expect from the upcoming Narzo series smartphone.

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  BAFTAs 2025: Payal Kapadia's All We Imagine As Light Loses To Emilia Perez (Again)

  Earlier this year, All We Imagine As Light lost awards at the Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards

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  Potentially Habitable "Super-Earth" Discovered Just 20 Light-Years Away

  Scientists believe the exoplanet HD 20794 d, six times the mass of Earth, could harbour liquid water on its surface.