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Scientists analyzing the first images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory have discovered the fastest-spinning asteroid in its size class yet.The record-breaking space rock, called 2025 MN45, is larger than most skyscrapers on Earth at about 2,300 feet (710 meters) wide. The massive rock completes a rotation in about 113 seconds — making it the fastest-spinning known asteroid over 1,640 feet (500 meters) in diameter.The research, published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters Wednesday (Jan. 7), is part of an asteroid survey aimed at improving our understanding of how these small bodies formed and evolved. You may like The study is…

For years, we’ve been wondering when Samsung would actually bring Ballie, its cute household companion robot, to market and now we finally have our answer: it won’t. After the planned summer 2025 release window came and went, the company has opted not to release the gizmo as a consumer product, at least not for the foreseeable future.According to Bloomberg, Samsung has “indefinitely shelved” the robot. A spokesperson told the publication that the company will keep Ballie around as an “active innovation platform” internally. “After multiple years of real-world testing, it continues to inform how Samsung designs spatially aware, context-driven experiences,…

The writer and comedian Megan Koester got her first writing job, reviewing internet pornography, from a Craigslist ad she responded to more than 15 years ago. Several years after that, she used the listings website to find the rent-controlled apartment where she still lives today. When she wanted to buy property, she scrolled through Craigslist and found a parcel of land in the Mojave Desert. She built a dwelling on it (never mind that she’d later discover it was unpermitted) and furnished it entirely with finds from Craigslist’s free section, right down to the laminate flooring, which had previously been…

Smartwatches do a lot more than just track your steps and monitor your heart rate. The best options out there are made to help you stay connected, plus on top of your health and fitness levels, right from your wrist. Google makes some of the best Android smartwatches out there. Now is a great time to pick up its latest Pixel Watch 4, as Amazon has dropped it by 22%. This brings the price of this $450 watch down to just $350. The offer applies to all color options, including the black case with obsidian band, the champagne case with…

When LG announced that it would demo a laundry-folding, chore-doing robot at CES 2026, I was immediately intrigued. For years, I’ve wandered the Las Vegas Convention Center halls and wondered when someone might create a robot that can tackle the mundane but useful tasks I despise like folding laundry. With CLOiD (pronounced like “Floyd”), LG has proven that this is theoretically possible, but probably not likely to happen any time soon.I went to the company’s CES booth to watch its demonstration of CLOiD’s abilities, which also include serving food, fetching objects and fitness coaching. During a very carefully choreographed 15-minute…

Later this month, Volvo will unveil its new EX60 SUV. The Swedish automaker has adopted some of the latest trends in electric vehicle design for the EX60, like a structural battery pack and the use of very large castings. As always with automakers teasing a new car, concrete details are only emerging slowly ahead of the official reveal on January 21, but we can say that range and recharging speeds were a priority during the design process. “With our new electric vehicle architecture, we directly address the main worries that customers have when considering a switch to a fully electric…

Tired of running out of screen real estate when working on your laptop? The ASUS ZenScreen 16″ (viewable 15.6″) is a mobile monitor that can give your laptop or tablet the feel of a complete desktop wherever you go. It adds extra screen space for work, school and play, without having to carry a large additional display. And best of all, it can make working with multiple windows much more comfortable at home, at the office, or on the go. You can find the ASUS ZenScreen 16″ (viewable 15.6″) at Amazon for the low price of $119, which is a…

Ubisoft is closing a Canadian studio just over two weeks after it unionized. In a dizzying claim, the company told GamesIndustry.biz that the closure of Ubisoft Halifax was part of “company-wide actions to streamline operations” and unrelated to the unionization.On December 22, Ubisoft Halifax announced that 61 of its workers had joined the Game & Media Workers Guild of Canada. At the time, the studio’s lead programmer, Jon Huffman, told CTV News that 73.8 percent of employees voted in favor of unionizing. Ominously in hindsight, he had described the decision as a “huge relief.” The studio was working on mobile…

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. For thousands of years, hunters around the world have employed poison-tipped arrows to assist in taking down prey. For example, the curare plant poisons used by South and Central American hunters paralyzes the respiratory system. Meanwhile, inhabitants of the Kalahari Desert have relied on the toxins harvested from beetle larvae. Now, paleoarchaeologists say that a new find in South Africa indicates humans have been using poison arrows for even longer than originally thought. Not only that, but the findings explored in a study published today in…

If you’re a Mac user with Logitech accessories and you’ve noticed that your settings and customizations seem to have gone away this week, you’re not alone. The company’s Logi Options+ and G Hub apps for macOS abruptly stopped functioning on Monday, refusing to launch and reverting all accessories’ settings to their built-in defaults. The culprit, according to both a Logitech support page and Reddit posts from Logitech Head of Global Marketing Joe Santucci, was a security certificate that was inadvertently allowed to expire, rendering both apps non-functional. “The certificate that expired is used to secure inter-process communications and the expiration…