Samsung’s Galaxy S25 Edge is $1,100 and skinny

Samsung’s long-teased Galaxy S25 Edge has arrived, means forward of the rumored iPhone Air. It’s a really S25-looking gadget, however the firm is pitching it as a design-centric addition to its, let’s admit, bulging S25 household. The S25 Edge’s physique is 5.8 millimeters (0.22 inches) thick if we ignore the digital camera bump like everybody else does. Granted, it’s not an enormous bump.

Samsung says it engineered the lenses to be considerably thinner than these on the S25 Extremely whereas preserving the identical 200-megapixel digital camera sensor. And there are solely two cameras on the again this time. Gasp! Sadly, Samsung has gone for an ultrawide secondary shooter moderately than a telephoto, doubtless because of the handset’s measurement constraints.

This makes the S25 Edge the newest addition to the pattern of fewer cameras, becoming a member of the Pixel 9a, however for a really totally different $1,100. You’ll be able to try my first impressions and all of the essential specs in my hands-on. Are you keen to deal with doable battery life decreases and fewer zoom in your smartphone digital camera?

— Mat Smith

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Apple pushed iOS 18.5 to units on Monday, and the most important visible change is a brand new rainbow-shaded wallpaper in honor of Pleasure Month. I’m honored. In any other case, it’s a couple of minor tweaks and bug fixes.

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All you want is a Giant Hadron Collider.

Scientists with the European Group for Nuclear Analysis, higher often known as CERN, have transformed lead into gold utilizing the Giant Hadron Collider (LHC). In contrast to the examples of transmutation we see in anime popular culture, scientists smashed subatomic particles collectively at ridiculously excessive speeds to control lead’s bodily properties to turn into gold. Briefly. Lead atoms solely have three extra protons than gold atoms. The LHC causes the lead atoms to drop simply sufficient protons to turn into a gold atom for a fraction of a second — earlier than instantly fragmenting right into a bunch of particles.

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That’s a, not α.

That is the place Deputy Editor Nathan Ingraham decries certainly one of Apple’s newest design quirks. For over 600 phrases. Apple’s choice to make use of α as an alternative of a in its Be aware App has bought him mad.

We’ve reached out to examine if he’s OK.

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