News in Brief

Japan’s supercomputer shows doubling masks offers little help avoiding viral spread

Adding a polyurethane mask on top boosted the effectiveness to just 89%

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Sound Certification promises a huge wave of hi-fi wireless headphones

Qualcomm aims to make things simpler for consumers

World’s First Space Hotel to Start Construction in 2025

It will feature restaurants, a cinema, spa and rooms for 400 guests

The “deal with it” glasses were sold as NFT for $22,000

Another iconic meme sold as an NFT

WhatsApp’s desktop app now has voice and video calls

Available for anyone after its limited December rollout

SpaceX Starship rocket lands successfully ..then it blows up

It was the third such landing attempt

These gloves give people with tremor a helping hand

GyroGear has developed gloves with built-in gyroscopes that help those with "essential tremor" regain control of their hands

Two Extremely Rare Lightning Phenomena Caught in One Incredible Image

The blue jets and Red Sprites are extremely rare lightning phenomena found above the clouds

NASA’s Next Generation Space Telescope Passes Final Functional Test Before Launch

Things are looking well for the James Webb Space Telescope

Bitcoin rises 5% to $50,942.58

Bitcoin rises to 5% to $50,942.58 on Wednesday

An AI-written Stage Play Was Performed For the First Time

The dialogue from the play had a strange quality

Netflix is launching a new mobile feature that lets people scroll through funny clips

Fast Laughs looks and feels like Instagram or Tiktok Reels

Google promises it won’t use web-tracking tools after phasing out cookies

Google says it wants a "privacy-first web"