Cutting corners: Now that Samsung has unveiled the Galaxy S25 Edge, attention has turned to Apple's upcoming ultra-thin rival handset, the iPhone 17 Air. The device is expected to debut this fall with a thickness almost half that of a normal iPhone. According to rumors, this doesn't mean every element will have compromises, but there will be areas that could disappoint, especially the battery life. Samsung has made a lot of headlines with the release of the Galaxy S25 Edge, which measures just 5.8mm thick, not counting the camera bump. But Apple's iPhone 17 Air – expected to launch this fall – is said to be even thinner at 5.5mm. That level of thinness means the Air won't be able to match the model it's replacing, the iPhone 16 Plus, in every area. However, it will have a 6.6-inch OLED display with LTPO, making it the first non-Pro iPhone to do so. There will also be features such as 120Hz ProMotion and always-on functionality. Elsewhere, the iPhone 17 Air is expected to pack the same A19 chip as the rest of the iPhone 17 lineup. It will also come with 8GB of RAM and MagSafe wireless charging. Finally, the price of the iPhone 17 Air is believed to be under $1,000, possibly around $899. But it was recently reported that Apple is going to increase the prices of its next generation of iPhones, though it will avoid blaming Trump's tariffs for the hikes, so this rumor may prove wrong. That's the good news. The bad news is that the iPhone 17 Air will have a single rear camera: a 48MP sensor with 2x optical zoom. Something else the iPhone Air will only have one of is a speaker. There will be a single, enhanced earpiece speaker as the phone is too thin for a second speaker to be placed at the bottom. // Related Stories Another potential disappointment is the iPhone 17 Air's lack of support for mmWave 5G. The handset will be one of the first iPhones to use Apple's in-house 5G modem, the C1. The iPhone 16 Plus uses Qualcomm's Snapdragon X75 5G modem, which supports mmWave 5G. Then there's what could be the biggest drawback of them all: the battery life. Reports state that between 60% and 70% of users will be able to use the handset for a full day on a single charge, whereas that figure is between 80% and 90% for other iPhones. Apple may use Apple Intelligence to improve the Air's battery life, and Cupertino plans to introduce a new battery case accessory specifically for the iPhone 17 Air.

Helldivers 2 received an unexpected update with new weapon customizations and more enemy types, just in time for the Illuminate to come roaring out of a black hole with their sights set on Super Earth. “In a sudden, completely unprovoked offensive, they emerged. Nothing is safe, not even the heart of democracy itself,” the announcer shouts, exaggerated gravitas in his voice. “Liberty’s darkest hour approaches. Super Earth needs you.” The update lands with all of the tongue-in-cheek humor that Helldivers 2 brings to the table, but it also introduces new Illuminate enemy types, including the jetfighter-like Stingray and the Crescent Overseer, a foe that can launch attacks over cover. Then there’s the Fleshmob, described as “a Frankenstein’s monster of Voteless parts” that is reminiscent of Flood Carriers from Halo. The PlayStation Blog post hints at other, as-yet-unannounced enemies. Recommended Videos Helldivers can now customize their weapons, too. Most primary weapons have levels that can be raised by completing specific missions, and players can unlock different attachments that tweak everything from handling to ammo capacity. The update allows players to fine-tune their favorite gun to suit their playstyle by adjusting stats like recoil, reload time, and more. There are also new skins to pick from for each weapon, too. Helldiver 2‘s Superstore is also getting a boost. You don’t have to wait for things to come back into rotation; instead, you can browse through the entire library of items and purchase the ones you want with Super Credits, the game’s premium currency (but it can also be found in missions, so you don’t have to spend any realm money.) Related Finally, the update also tosses in a few new patterns for the Fast Recon Vehicle in several existing Warbonds, including Viper Commandos, Freedom’s Flame, Chemical Agents, and Truth Enforcers. The patterns unlock on May 15, coinciding with the launch of the new Masters of Ceremony Warbond.

en pointe Ana de Armas is caught in Wick’s crosshairs in final Ballerina trailer "When you think of me, you should think of fire. Risen from ashes, again and again." Jennifer Ouellette – May 13, 2025 10:08 am | 0 Credit: Lionsgate Entertainment Credit: Lionsgate Entertainment Story text Size Small Standard Large Width * Standard Wide Links Standard Orange * Subscribers only   Learn more One last trailer for From the World of John Wick: Ballerina. We're about three weeks out from the theatrical release of From the World of John Wick: Ballerina,  starring Ana de Armas. So naturally Lionsgate has released one final trailer to whet audience appetites for what promises to be a fiery, action-packed addition to the hugely successful franchise. (Some spoilers for 2019's John Wick Chapter 3: Parabellum.) Chronologically, Ballerina takes place during the events of John Wick Chapter 3: Parabellum. As previously reported, Parabellum found Wick declared excommunicado from the High Table for killing crime lord Santino D'Antonio on the grounds of the Continental. On the run with a bounty on his head, he makes his way to the headquarters of the Ruska Roma crime syndicate, led by the Director (Anjelica Huston). The Director also trains young girls to be ballerina-assassins, and one young ballerina (played by Unity Phelan) is shown rehearsing in the scene. That dancer, Eve Macarro, is the main character in Ballerina, now played by de Armas. Huston returns as the Director, Ian McShane is back as Winston, and Lance Reddick makes one final (posthumous) appearance as the Continental concierge, Charon. New cast members include Gabriel Byrne as the main villain, the Chancellor, who turns an entire town against Eve; Sharon Duncan-Brewster as Nogi, Eve's mentor; Norman Reedus as Daniel Pine; and Catalina Sandino Moreno and David Castaneda in as-yet-undisclosed roles. The first trailer was released last September and focused heavily on Eve's backstory: Having been orphaned, she chose to train with the Ruska Roma in hopes of avenging her father's brutal death. Wick only made a brief appearance, but he had more screen time in the second trailer, released in March, in which the pair face off in an atmospheric wintry landscape. This final trailer opens with Eve looking up while directly in Wick's crosshairs. Much of the ensuing footage isn't new, but it does show de Armas to her best deadly advantage as she takes on combatant after combatant in true John Wick style. Her vow: "This isn't done until they're dead." From the World of John Wick: Ballerina hits theaters on June 6, 2025. Jennifer Ouellette Senior Writer Jennifer Ouellette Senior Writer Jennifer is a senior writer at Ars Technica with a particular focus on where science meets culture, covering everything from physics and related interdisciplinary topics to her favorite films and TV series. Jennifer lives in Baltimore with her spouse, physicist Sean M. Carroll, and their two cats, Ariel and Caliban. 0 Comments

Looking back, there are a few mistakes I made while traveling internationally with my grandma. Emily Schlorf 2025-05-13T14:12:01Z Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? In summer 2024, I traveled with my grandma, mom, and sister to Montreal. I wish I'd thought more about my grandma's physical needs when planning the itinerary. It would've been nice to have more downtime in our schedule, too. Despite living 1,800 miles apart, my 81-year-old grandma and I have always been close. We share a love for "Downton Abbey," cross-stitch, and strong coffee, and I couldn't imagine spending weeks in the summer anywhere but her sunny kitchen table in central Minnesota.Of course, I'd be naive to assume my time with her is unlimited. That's one reason my grandma, mom, sister, and I decided to embark on a trip to Montreal together last summer.Although I'm grateful we were able to take this trip, it could have gone a lot smoother had I known these three things about traveling with an older relative. The itinerary should have reflected everyone's physical needs, not just my own I should've considered how long it would take my grandma to get to excursions like our afternoon tea. Emily Schlorf I'm the most frequent traveler in my family, so I took on all the planning myself and approached the task the same way I do for solo travel: leaving no stone unturned.I thought my grandma would be well-prepared for the long days, given that she walks 3 miles a day and eats a far more balanced diet than I do.What I failed to consider, though, was how difficult it would be for her to walk on the uneven cobblestone streets. On our first day in the city, we nearly missed an afternoon tea reservation since I didn't factor in the slower pace we'd have to take to accommodate my grandma's careful steps.I also didn't realize just how exhausting a full-day Three Pines tour would be. Although fantastic — with stops at a monastery, local museum, and five-star resort for lunch — our visit to the villages that inspired the fictional location of my grandma's favorite mystery series was nine hours long. My family and I went on a nine-hour tour of Three Pines. Emily Schlorf As the day progressed, we took turns snoozing in the back seat of our tour guide's van. Upon arriving back at the bed and breakfast, my grandma exclaimed how long of a day it was; and I didn't disagree.Similarly, I didn't consider my grandma's physical limitations when choosing restaurants. Although they weren't lacking in ambiance — picture patios swallowed in bougainvillea and cool, brutalist interiors overlooking Lake Saint Louis — the dim lighting and small font sizes made it challenging for her to read the menu.My mom, sister, and I mitigated my grandma's vision issues by taking turns reading the menu aloud, line by line, but that got old fast.In retrospect, I wish I'd shown up equipped with solutions, such as finding the menu online so she could zoom in on my phone or reminding her to bring her readers, to improve everyone's dining experience. A long trip means extended time away from routinesEveryone gets to a point on vacation when they're ready to return home, but I would argue that the feeling is stronger for older adults like my grandma, who travel once or twice a year and may be used to a strict daily routine.Although my grandma never expressed this feeling to me outright, I noticed as the days went on, she became less game for her granddaughters' plans.For example, on our last evening, my sister and I wanted to check out the shops lining Saint-Laurent Boulevard, but my grandma preferred to have takeout in the hotel.We compromised, and my sister and I walked to the boulevard to pick up dinner, but we ditched our shopping plan since we felt bad keeping my mom and grandma waiting.I wish we'd had more downtime together One of my favorite memories from the trip was when we spontaneously visited a speakeasy. Emily Schlorf Instead of jam-packing every day with new experiences, I wish I'd taken my foot off the gas as the trip progressed — for my grandma's sake as well as my own.As we reached days five and six of the trip, my excitement for the activities I planned dwindled, and I found myself wishing I hadn't planned them at all.Besides, the memories I cherish most from the trip weren't the museums or guided tours, they were the unplanned ones: a shared bottle of wine with our bed and breakfast hosts, a visit to an outdoor antique market, and a nightcap at a speakeasy.Despite the challenges, I'd love to travel with my grandma again I would love to go on another trip with my grandma. Emily Schlorf To anyone contemplating a multigenerational trip, I say do it, but be more considerate than I was. Take time to plan the trip together, think of everyone's needs, and be content with slowing down.Strolling through the city hand-in-hand with my grandma, I learned that it's OK to leave some stones unturned, because the real joy comes from who you're turning them with. Recommended video

By Passant Rabie Published May 13, 2025 | Comments (1) | An illustration of a decaying neutron star. Daniëlle Futselaar/artsource.nl Around 13.8 billion years ago, a tiny but dense fireball gave birth to the vast cosmos that holds trillions of galaxies, including the Milky Way. But our universe is dying, and it’s happening at a much faster rate than scientists previously estimated, according to new research. The last stellar remnants of the universe will cease to exist in 10 to the power of 78 years (that’s a one with 78 zeros), according to a new estimate from a group of scientists at Radboud University in the Netherlands. That’s still a long way off from when the universe powers down for good—but it’s a far earlier fade-to-black moment than the previous 10 to the power of 1,100 years estimate. The new paper, published Monday in the Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, is a follow-up to a previous study by the same group of researchers. In their 2023 study, black hole expert Heino Falcke, quantum physicist Michael Wondrak, and mathematician Walter van Suijlekom suggested that other objects, like neutron stars, could evaporate in much the same way as black holes. The original theory, developed by Stephen Hawking in 1974, proposed that radiation escaping near a black hole’s event horizon would gradually erode its mass over time. The phenomenon, known as Hawking radiation, remains one of the most surprising ideas about black holes to this day. Building on the theory of Hawking radiation, the researchers behind the new paper suggest that the process of erosion depends on the density of the object. They found that neutron stars and stellar black holes take roughly the same amount of time to decay, an estimated 10 to the power of 67 years. Although black holes have a stronger gravitational field that should cause them to evaporate faster, they also have no surface so they end up reabsorbing some of their own radiation, “which inhibits the process,” Wondrak said in a statement. The researchers then calculated how long various celestial bodies would take to evaporate via Hawking-like radiation, leading them to the abbreviated cosmic expiration date. “So the ultimate end of the universe comes much sooner than expected, but fortunately it still takes a very long time,” Falcke said. The study also estimates that it would take the Moon around 10 to the power of 90 years to evaporate based on Hawking radiation. “By asking these kinds of questions and looking at extreme cases, we want to better understand the theory, and perhaps one day, we unravel the mystery of Hawking radiation,” van Suijlekom said. Daily Newsletter You May Also Like By Isaac Schultz Published May 11, 2025 By Passant Rabie Published March 20, 2025 By Passant Rabie Published February 10, 2025 By Isaac Schultz Published February 2, 2025 By Margherita Bassi Published February 1, 2025 By Isaac Schultz Published January 28, 2025

Chez Riot Office Space / ūti architectesSave this picture!© ūti architectesOffices Interiors•Paris, France Architects: ūti architectes Area Area of this architecture project Area:  320 m² Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2024 Photographs Photographs:ūti architectes Lead Architects: ūti architectes More SpecsLess Specs Save this picture! Text description provided by the architects. Located in the heart of the Marais, the site offered a bare, open floor. We wanted to preserve as much as possible the generous feeling of space. A large stretch of open-plan desks runs along the main façade, while meeting rooms are arranged around the building's inner courtyard, shielded from the noise of the street. Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!At the heart of the office, a spacious and modular kitchen becomes a pivotal space — a place for spontaneous meetings, shared lunches, after-work gatherings, and celebrations.Save this picture!All the furniture was custom-designed, always seeking a balance between material efficiency, minimalism, and a sense of warmth. Most of the joints are mechanical, the big wooden kitchen tables are set on wheels, allowing the space to evolve and adapt over time.Save this picture! Project gallerySee allShow less Project locationAddress:Location to be used only as a reference. It could indicate city/country but not exact address.About this office Published on May 13, 2025Cite: "Chez Riot Office Space / ūti architectes" 13 May 2025. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1028579/chez-riot-office-space-uti-architectes&gt ISSN 0719-8884Save世界上最受欢迎的建筑网站现已推出你的母语版本!想浏览ArchDaily中国吗?是否 You've started following your first account!Did you know?You'll now receive updates based on what you follow! Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors, offices and users.Go to my stream

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Lots of time to think...Both times Rockstar Games has dropped a new Grand Theft Auto VI trailer so far, the internet has been set ablaze. First, the heat comes from the excitement of people who have been waiting for this game for over a decade. Eventually, though, that excitement turns to wonder--and then the theorizing begins.Trailer 2 for GTA VI--which was released with no warning on May 6--is no exception. All corners of the internet have been combing the three-minute trailer for clues, references, or anything else that may provide some sort of window into what the next GTA adventure is going to include.We've completed some of our favorite theories here, from those who think the game might be bigger than Leonida can contain, to a few ideas about how Jason and Lucia's relationship is going to end up--spoiler warning for those theories, they don't think things are going to end well.Note that this is all speculation based on the trailer--like how the trailer seems to tip off some of the many side activities Jason and Lucia can get up to--and we won't know what's actually going to happen until Grand Theft Auto VI launches on Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5 on May 26, 2026. Liberty City is in GTA VILiberty City is a key landmark for the GTA franchise--multiple core GTA games have taken place there, and co-protagonist Lucia is said to have moved to Leonida from Liberty City.There are multiple references to Liberty City in the trailer--from headwear to license plates--and that's got some GTA theorists thinking we may be headed back there at some point in the GTA VI story, even if only for a little while--even if it's a situation like GTA V's missions in North Yankton. Finally listen to GTA radio outside of a carAmong the many screenshots released alongside Trailer 2 in early May, we see Lucia relaxing in a pool with AirPod-like earbud headphones in her ears.While AirPods would certainly not be out of place in a video game set in the modern day, there's speculation that earbuds may be something either Jason or Lucia can wear whenever they want--which means they can listen to GTA VI's versions of the famous GTA radio stations whenever they want as well. Trailer 2 shows when Jason's gameplay beginsThere's a scene at the start of Trailer 2 where we see Jason enter his home, with the camera hugging his right shoulder. Seasoned gamers will recognize a setup like this, so many believe this scene is transitioning to where the player takes control of Jason--maybe even for the first time. Potential character-select screenIn a similar vein, a shot of Jason and Lucia embracing out front of a Vice City nightclub--found on the official GTA VI website--uses a sweeping camera shot to capture the moment, first in front of Jason, then moving to Lucia. Theorists suggest this could end up being the "character-select" screen, where players will choose which of the two they want to control. Jason is an undercover copJason and Lucia's relationship, based on the first two trailers, seems like a grounded, down-to-earth, realistic depiction of what a modern relationship looks like. So, of course, some in the community think it's all fake, because Jason is actually an undercover cop and will eventually bust her.Trailer 2 throws fuel onto this speculative fire with one character directly calling Jason a "fed," while a security guard at the prison Lucia's being held in asks Jason if he'd been there before, to which Jason responds, "I might have been." Whether Jason is a cop or not, fans still think… Jason and Lucia's relationship will end in betrayal…that Jason and Lucia are star-crossed lovers, who are headed for a bitter end thanks to a betrayal of some kind. The community is split on exactly who will do the betraying, and there are solid arguments for both. Watch, the betrayal we all expect will never come, and the two will live happily ever after on a beach somewhere. Heists are backA cheeky reference to action flick Fast Five--where a car is dragging what looks to be a safe through the streets--might actually be hinting at the return of Heists, which were a big part of GTA V's story and GTA Online's experience. Switch 2 might not be able to handle itThe tech wizards at Digital Foundry have a theory of their own, and fans of portable consoles are not going to be pleased. Despite its more powerful contents, DF seems to think that Nintendo Switch 2--another highly anticipated gaming item which launches June 5--might not be able to handle GTA VI, even at the same 30fps framerate as the trailer. One game, two islandsEarlier we mentioned that some think all of the references of Liberty City are signaling a return there in some capacity. However, based on a keen viewer's screenshot, Leonida itself may be larger than it seems, as a postcard for the fictional state shows two separate islands rather than one large landmass. Is that Michael's boat?Finally, at one point in the trailer, we see a nice boat sitting on a rig in a storage yard. A few smart GTA theorists went back and checked, and the boat bears a striking resemblance to the boat owned by Michael De Santa, one of three protagonists from GTA V. Whether or not there's a connection between GTA VI and its predecessors, in any capacity, remains to be seen, though this would continue the tradition of GTA games making cheeky references to their predecessors.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 narrative lead Jennifer Svedberg-Yen has revealed that the turn-based RPG once looked very different from the Belle Époque-styled epic that’s already become a contender for game of the year. From the near soulslike-level boss battles and rousing score to the emotive narrative at its core, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has demanded the attention of the gaming community, and its popularity shows no sign of slowing down.

If only every random scroll through Reddit was as productive as the one that changed Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 lead writer Jennifer Svedberg-Yen’s entire life.  Not too long after ditching the finance world to pursue creative dreams, but in the thick of the COVID-19 lockdown, Svedberg-Yen was wasting away an afternoon on the community forums when she stumbled upon a call from former Ubisoft producer Guillaume Broche for voice-actor help. Broche was in need of a willing and able person to record scratch lines for a game he was developing. Svedberg-Yen agreed to read for two roles — why not? — and immediately had notes for Broche on how to imbue the characters with more nuance. That game was not Clair Obscur. When Svedberg-Yen met Broche, the game designer was originally at work on We Lost, a much smaller, steampunk game set in Victorian England. An avid fantasy reader and writer, Svedberg-Yen sparked to Broche’s vision for a turn-based RPG that incorporated elements of realtime combat, and couldn’t help but offer her thoughts when discussing the characters she might voice. Over the course of months, and from two corners of the world — Broche in Shanghai and Svedberg-Yen in Sweden — the pair developed a narrative bible for the game. But by the end of the creative process, advisors and investors told them the idea wasn’t viable. They needed to go bigger.  “They said, ‘assume you had more resources,’” Svedberg-Yen recalls. “‘Think bigger’ […] We were trying to be realistic and that kind of limited the scope of it. So we went back to the drawing board, and came up with Expedition 33.” The only connections to the scrapped steampunk game and the Belle Époque-inspired RPG they eventually made are a few names — Lune and Maelle both made the cut. Everything else was built up from scratch, Svedberg-Yen says, world-building she says came easy to her thanks to a lifetime of reading. The Wheel of Time books were a major influence, just by the nature of them being expansive and lived in.  “I would say Robert Jordan was definitely a major influence on how I think about epic fantasy, in terms of how he weaves in societies and how social structures affect the citizens that reside within them,” she says. “You follow a lot of the logic of the world in terms of cause and effect. So when I start writing, I always try to think about what is the world that they inhabit? How does that shape who the characters are? Because I do believe that we are a function of all of our experiences, the society we grew up in, the people who are in our lives. The specific things that have happened to us that affect who we are affects how we see the world. And that in turn affects how we think, then affects how we speak and how we react to other things. And as a writer, you need to know how your characters are going to speak and react. Wheel of Time does a fantastic job with that.” Going back to the drawing board meant finding new inspiration, but the aesthetic of French architecture, baguette costumes, and mimes could only carry the new project so far. Svedberg-Yen ultimately found the game’s foundation in her own work, developed out of a short story she had previously written. In the writer’s words, the story was about a young woman “who thought she was an orphan and realizes later on that her mom is actually a painter and can enter paintings, and that her mom was still alive and was lost in a painting, and she has to go and try to save her mom and bring her out of the painting. So that then became the backstory for Clair Obscur.” As much as the pivot away from Victorian steampunk was driven by business potential, none of the development on Clair Obscur was driven by its potential as a long-lasting IP for studio Sandfall Interactive. She says there was nothing coded into the storytelling that would lead directly into a sequel or even a DLC, and that was never the goal. “I think we told the story we wanted to tell based on the characters we had — our story has a beginning, a middle and end,” she says. But she does have reams and reams of lore stashed away, lots of storytelling that didn’t make it into the games, and plenty of other ideas. So maybe “Clair Obscur” — which roughly translates to the contrasting balance of lightness and darkness often referred to as chiaroscuro in the painting world — could become what “Final Fantasy” is to the disconnected games of that franchise? “‘Clair Obscur’ has a lot of symbolic meaning tied to all of the themes within the game. It links very specifically to the emotional journey that the characters are going through, but it’s also broad enough,” she says without, wisely, committing to anything. “So who knows. The world is our oyster. Everything is possible.”