Category: 8. Tech

Following a season of warnings and infinite scrolling, workers are reaching for attention blockers to reset their focus. The timing is no surprise: it takes on average around 23 minutes to return to a task after an interruption, according to…

After 33 years, Bernardo Quintero decided it was time to find the person who changed his life — the anonymous programmer who created a computer virus that had infected his university decades earlier.

The virus, called Virus Málaga, was…

NuPhy earlier this year unveiled the Node 75, a 75% wireless mechanical keyboard with a retro design inspired by the Braun T3, and it has now brought that retro design language to an 1800 layout, which means you get a keyboard with a full-size…

Four decades after a simple game was developed on an Eletronika 60 Soviet computer, the iconic puzzle, Tetris, lit up the skies of Dubai.

Nineteen-year-old Fehmi Atalar from Türkiye won the first-ever Red Bull Tetris World Championship held this…

Take the Billboard Hot 100, week after week, from 1973 right up to 2023. That’s more than 20,000 hit songs – an unruly chorus that, taken together, doubles as a cultural diary. 

When researchers ran those lyrics through language tools that…

Throughout 2025, acne remained one of the most frequently discussed—and rapidly evolving—areas in dermatology. Over the past year, Dermatology Times covered acne from multiple angles, including expert perspectives on patient-centered…

Christmas may be associated with the aromas of oranges and mince pies but our towns and cities also boast special scents during the rest of the year. Now, one researcher is publishing an atlas attempting to capture these quirky “smellscapes”.

“Sometimes they come in, we chat about things, we have a hug … I don’t even know what their names are, but we still have a catch-up whenever they come in, which is lovely,” she said.

But for every hug, there’s a funny mini-catastrophe.