Technology News for Wednesday 19th November 2025

1. Trending on LAist

The first of many artifacts have been installed in the Kent Kresa Space Gallery, including a space shuttle main engine (right) and a solid rocket booster segment. (. Makenna Sievertson. /.

2. Is ChatGPT down? Yes, but there's still a way to connect.

(Disclosure: Downdetector is owned by Ziff Davis, the same parent company as Mashable.) SEE ALSO: Cloudflare outage list: X, OpenAI, Canva, Spotify, more impacted.

3. TikTok debuts 'affirmation' journal, soothing sounds

Rebecca Ruiz is a Senior Reporter at Mashable. She frequently covers mental health, digital culture, and technology. Her areas of expertise include suicide prevention, screen use and mental health, parenting, youth well-being, and meditation and ...

4. A new take on carbon capture

If there was one thing Cameron Halliday SM '19, MBA '22, PhD '22 was exceptional at during the early days of his PhD at MIT, it was producing the same graph over and over again. Unfortunately for Halliday, the graph measured various materials' ability ...

5. PGA TOUR® 2K25 Coming to Nintendo Switch™ 2

Whether a player is new to the franchise or a seasoned veteran, EvoSwing complements the player's own rhythm and dexterity to better simulate the feeling of swinging a golf club when using Swing Stick. While with 3- ...

6. Mega Evolution Discovered for the Thunderclap Pokémon—Mega Zeraora in Pokémon Legends: ZA – Mega ...

BELLEVUE, Wash. — Nov. 19, 2025 — The Pokémon Company group revealed details of a newly discovered Mega-Evolved Pokémon appearing in the paid Mega Dimension DLC[1] for the Pokémon Legends: Z-A game. The Mythical Pokémon Zeraora can now Mega Evolve, ...

7. What we know about the Cloudflare outage that impacted X and ChatGPT

A web infrastructure company says it has fully restored services after a "latent bug" sent major platforms, including X, ChatGPT and Canva, into a tailspin. Cloudflare said it has started to investigate the outage and has deployed a fix.

8. Why Modern Labs Still Struggle with Vial Labeling Accuracy

Laboratory technicians encounter various challenges in labeling, marking, and tracking vials, particularly in busy research, clinical, or industrial settings. This article takes a closer look at the issues that influence precision, efficiency, ...

9. 7 amazing toilets from around the world you have to see

1. Shinjuku robot toilet · 2. The Stegastein viewpoint toilet · 3. The Hundertwasser toilets · 4. International Space Station toilet · 5. King Louis XIV throne in New Delhi · 6. Transparent toilets in Tokyo · 7. The most stylish seat in Norway.

10. Jeep reveals Wrangler-inspired Recon EV, starting at $65000

Jeep's new all-electric SUV will start at $65,000, the American SUV brand announced Tuesday. The 2026 Jeep Recon has been years in the making, as the idea of an EV inspired by the brand's iconic off-road Wrangler SUV was first revealed in 2021.

11. Kirby Air Riders Is Absolute Chaos, and I Love It That Way

I never played the original Air Ride game for the GameCube, but it has its fans. I have, however, played a bunch of Kirby games, as well as Super Smash Bros. Masahiro Sakurai, who has shaped both franchises, is the director of this game. And it shows.

12. The 2026 Porsche Cayenne Electric Has Every Piece of Tech Imaginable

Tech innovations include wireless inductive charging, an oil-cooled rear motor, and the first application of Porsche Active Ride on an SUV. The Cayenne Turbo Electric is Porsche's most powerful production model to date.

13. Amazon Launches AI-Powered Series Recap Videos

The service, Video Recaps, uses generative artificial intelligence for Prime Video to get better at “Previously On…” summaries to allow viewers to jump back in between seasons. By Etan Vlessing. Plus Icon ...

14. Vibration plates: Are there health benefits?

Person wearing gray leggings and orange tennis shoes stands on an orange and gray vibration plate. Plenty of fitness devices get buzz online. But it's not often that you come ...

15. Physics of light and magnetism rewritten after almost two centuries

In 1845, physicist Michael Faraday provided the first direct evidence that electromagnetism and light are related. Now, it turns out that this connection is even stronger than Faraday imagined. In his experiment, Faraday shone ...

16. A Holiday Gift Guide: The Newest, Strangest Gadgets and Apps

We are entering a Surrealist phase of personal technology. Any device you might imagine can be found online courtesy of an obscure Chinese factory, ready to be shipped out for a loved one's holiday enjoyment: pocket-size artificial-intelligence gizmos ...

17. TikTok testing AI content control tool for users in feed

TikTok has announced it is testing a new tool that will allow users to manage how much AI-generated content (AIGC) they see in their feeds. The new content control setting was unveiled at the social media company's European Trust and Safety Forum where ...

18. The Download: de-censoring DeepSeek, and Gemini 3

The news: A group of quantum physicists at Spanish firm Multiverse Computing claims to have created a version of the powerful reasoning AI model DeepSeek R1 that strips out the censorship built into the original by its Chinese creators.

19. iPhone 17 Pro Max vs iPhone 16 Pro Max: Should you upgrade?

Switching from the iPhone 16 Pro Max to the iPhone 17 Pro Max feels like moving from an already superb flagship to a slightly more refined, stamina-focused powerhouse ... The iPhone 17 Pro Max on my desk right now has been my primary device for the past four ...

20. Everything you need to know about Apple's iPhone 17 Pro

Image credits: courtesy of Apple. Vogue Australia may receive advertising or affiliate commission if you buy through our links. Read more here. On September 10, Apple unveiled a lineup of new products that captured global attention.

21. Porsche Reveals Everything About Its Cayenne Electric—Except for One Vital Thing

The automaker has taken the covers off its Cayenne Electric and Cayenne Turbo Electric, the most powerful production Porsches ever. But it won't confirm a key AI feature of its first fully electric SUV.

22. Ask the Meteorologist: Why are we seeing the aurora more in the last year or so?

The northern lights are being seen more now. It's due to solar science but also due to advancements in technology. Posted 11/19/2025, 10:25:38 AM. Related; ask the meteorologist · aurora borealis · Northern Lights · astronomy · technology.