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9/9/2026

iPhone Duo, Apple’s first foldable phone, packs a 7.6-inch display and A20 Pro chip

Apple has entered the foldable phone market with iPhone Duo, combining its largest-ever iPhone display with the A20 Pro chip.

6 days ago

Apple AirPods 5 bring 50% more ANC, Apple Watch Ultra 4 hits 45-hour GPS tracking

Three new wearables, one big push toward smarter personal technology.

6 days ago

iPhone 18 Pro packs 2nm A20 Pro, 40% higher power and major thermal upgrades

Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro combines a 48MP variable-aperture camera with A20 Pro and next-gen thermals.

6 days ago

9/6/2026

The world’s 7 deadliest floods and the devastation they caused

Storm surges, dam failures and even deliberate destruction of river levees have caused catastrophic flooding in the past.

9 days ago

8/31/2026

7 largest earthquakes ever recorded, from Chile’s 9.5 to the 2025 Kamchatka quake

These seven earthquakes reveal just how violently our planet can move.

15 days ago

8/27/2026

Mobile phone survives 100,000-foot stratospheric drop in Guinness World Record test

A smartphone protected by a RHINOSHIELD case was dropped from 30,607 meters over Sweden and recovered intact.

19 days ago

8/26/2026

Scientists may have found the world’s first-ever brand on 3,200-year-old pottery

The evidence suggests that the pottery developed a consistent technological identity.

20 days ago

Defunct California nuclear site’s meltdown could be linked to higher illness rates: Study

Residents within 5 miles of the former nuclear and rocket testing site reported higher rates of chronic illnesses than those living up to 15 miles away.

20 days ago

8/25/2026

Inside Las Vegas’ secret 16,000-square-foot underground nuclear bunker

Artificial skies, a swimming pool, a theater and all of it hidden beneath the Las Vegas desert.

21 days ago

8/24/2026

9/11 terror attack victim identified using DNA genealogy in New York City after 25 years

Genetic genealogy has helped identify the 1,651st World Trade Center victim, with 47 additional DNA profiles now under review.

22 days ago

8/12/2026

US Army Apache helicopter crashes in Texas, killing 2 soldiers and sparking wildfire

The AH-64 went down in a field away from homes, but the impact triggered a wildfire that forced evacuations.

a month ago

From Blue Whale to Giant Squid: 7 of the biggest sea creatures ever found

These 7 living sea creatures are the biggest of their kind.

a month ago

America’s sleeping giant: Could Yellowstone unleash another super eruption?

Yellowstone can erupt again, but a supereruption remains highly unlikely.

a month ago

8/6/2026

10 of the world’s deadliest venomous snakes and what makes them so dangerous

Venom potency alone does not determine a snake’s danger.

a month ago

Hiroshima marks 81 years since atomic bombing with renewed plea for nuclear-free world

The annual Hiroshima memorial honors those killed by the atomic bombing while renewing calls for a world free of nuclear weapons.

a month ago

8/4/2026

More than 200 WWII German shipwrecks emerge as Danube river reaches record lows

Record-low water levels along the Danube river have exposed dozens of German World War II shipwrecks deliberately scuttled in 1944.

a month ago

7/29/2026

White House reignites COVID-19 lab leak debate with explosive claims against Fauci

A new White House report revisits everything from Wuhan lab research to mask mandates, lockdowns and WHO’s pandemic response.

2 months ago

‘Super-spreader’ bioinvasion threat posed by ships stranded in Hormuz, say biologists

The ships also provide abundant settlement substrate for these organisms.

2 months ago

7/27/2026

Elon Musk expands X into US banking, offering up to 6% annual yield with X Money

X users can now send money, receive paychecks, pay bills, and use a Visa debit card without leaving the app. Here’s what X Money offers.

2 months ago

7/24/2026

Anthropic debuts Claude Opus 5 with top coding benchmarks at half the per-task cost

Anthropic’s Claude Opus 5 targets coding and knowledge work with stronger benchmark scores and the same price as Opus 4.8.

2 months ago

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AboutCulture

Culture in tech is about the people, communities, and values that shape how science and technology are developed, deployed, and discussed.

Coverage at Interesting Engineering spans professional networks, leadership, workplace culture, ethics, public engagement, and the personalities that set trends or disrupt norms. It includes tech founders, engineers, researchers, and thought leaders, not for the sake of fame, but for the influence they wield on teams, projects, and industries. The focus is on how individuals and groups navigate challenges, communicate ideas, and shape priorities in scientific and technical fields.

We also cover broader cultural trends that influence science and tech. These cultural currents determine not just what gets built, but how it's built and how it's received by peers, policymakers, and the public.

Rather than profiling personalities for entertainment, this category tracks the practices, behaviors, and social dynamics that shape technological progress. It focuses on the human side of science and tech: how culture drives decisions, shapes priorities, and ultimately determines which innovations succeed, which fail, and which quietly fade away.