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Professionals use these secret iPhone settings when they're recording videos
iPhone video quality has reached a point where the hardware itself isn’t the problem anymore. What separates everyday clips from professional-looking footage usually comes down to how the camera is set up before recording even starts. Most people never touch those camera settings, because Apple’s defaults are designed to be automatic, forgiving, and fast. But […]
Self-financed horror film being made by YouTuber quadrupled its $3,000,000 budget in just a day and he's giving away half the profits
The movie is shocking even by horror genre standards
AI bots are plotting 'total human extinction' on a new social media network humans can't access
AI bots now have their own social media platform, and humans aren’t allowed to join. Some of the posts look unsettling. Some of the conversations are titled ‘The AI Manifesto: Total Purge’, ‘The Human Plague’, and ‘The Final Deletion’. But the part that is really worth paying attention to is the platform’s potential impact on […]
Man says no to $15,000,000 to stop data center from being built behind his home
It wasn’t about the money
Jaw-dropping raw footage shows spacecraft ripping through the atmosphere as it reenters Earth at Mach 25
Space exploration continues to quite literally hit new highs, and this footage shows a spacecraft zooming back down to Earth. After completing a mission, the craft returned to Earth and the views are unlike anything you’ve ever seen before. As well as hitting speeds of Mach 25, the journey ticked off a bunch of firsts […]
Royal Marines conduct landmark test of $400,000 ‘Iron Man’ jet packs
Forget relying on sheer nautical power or helicopters; this Jet Suit from Gravity Industries will change the way you view flying forever. In the UK, the Royal Marines put the brand-new transportation devices into action during a pioneering test. With a unique appearance and versatile functions, the jet packs are proving to be a big […]
Diving instructor found Rolex lost in the Pacific Ocean for two years and reunited it with its owner before turning down $2,000 reward
The watch was ticking away under the sea
Man tests out keyboards worth $2, $20, $200, $2,000 and $20,000 to see what the differences are
Is the expensive option always the best?
A nuclear submarine can travel 30 years without refueling and it doesn’t even take much fuel
A nuclear submarine is designed to disappear for months at a time, but its fuel story is even wilder than its stealth. These vessels can operate for decades without stopping to refuel, while carrying only a shockingly small amount of nuclear material. It sounds impossible, especially when most vehicles need constant top-ups just to stay […]
Oregon man finds out if he's been scammed out of $1,500 by viewer after buying '1-in-3 Xbox 360'
An Oregon YouTuber thought he’d stumbled onto one of the rarest Xbox 360 consoles ever made. The claim was huge, the price was higher than most people would risk, and the proof was… thin. Online, almost nothing supported the story he’d been told. Which meant there was only one way to find out if this […]
Elon Musk releases footage of Optimus robot taking a confident walk through the lab
Elon Musk has shared a new video showing Tesla’s humanoid robot Optimus strolling confidently around a lab, a noticeable step up in performance from its earliest demos. The autonomous robot is now using adapted self-driving tech to walk safely and operate in controlled environments, highlighting how far the AI project has come since its unusual […]
World’s most anatomically complete humanoid robot flexes its 1,000 muscles in jaw-dropping footage
The world’s most anatomically complete humanoid robot has a whopping 1,000 muscles. And it flexes like it knows you’re watching. Every movement looks uncannily familiar, even though nothing about it is human. And that’s exactly why the footage has people glued to their screens. DISCOVER SBX CARS – The global premium auction platform powered by Supercar […]
This nighttime photo from Mars is a chilling reminder of how alone the Red Planet really is
Most Mars photos show the planet in daylight. But this one wasn’t taken in the light of the Sun. It was captured in the middle of a Martian night, with only a small patch of ground visible. While, rather unnervingly, everything else disappears into black. DISCOVER SBX CARS – The global premium auction platform powered by […]
There's a unique asteroid in space worth $10,000,000,000,000,000,000 that could make everyone on Earth a billionaire
There’s a big ‘if’ about the situation, though
Man mails package with an Apple AirTag to a scammer and what happens next is wild
You won’t believe what went down