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9/9/2026
iPhone Duo, Apple’s first foldable phone, packs a 7.6-inch display and A20 Pro chip

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.

Neetika Walter

4 days ago

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

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.

Aamir Khollam

4 days ago

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

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.

Aamir Khollam

4 days ago

9/6/2026
The world’s 7 deadliest floods and the devastation they caused

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.

Kaif Shaikh

8 days ago

8/31/2026
7 largest earthquakes ever recorded, from Chile’s 9.5 to the 2025 Kamchatka quake

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.

Kaif Shaikh

14 days ago

8/27/2026
Mobile phone survives 100,000-foot stratospheric drop in Guinness World Record test

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.

Kaif Shaikh

17 days ago

8/26/2026
Scientists may have found the world’s first-ever brand on 3,200-year-old pottery

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.

Kaif Shaikh

19 days ago

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

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.

Sujita Sinha

19 days ago

8/25/2026
Inside Las Vegas’ secret 16,000-square-foot underground nuclear bunker

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.

Kaif Shaikh

19 days ago

8/24/2026
9/11 terror attack victim identified using DNA genealogy in New York City after 25 years

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.

Sujita Sinha

21 days ago

8/12/2026
US Army Apache helicopter crashes in Texas, killing 2 soldiers and sparking wildfire

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.

Aamir Khollam

a month ago

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

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.

Atharva Gosavi

a month ago

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

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

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

Atharva Gosavi

a month ago

8/6/2026
Hiroshima marks 81 years since atomic bombing with renewed plea for nuclear-free world

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.

Kaif Shaikh

a month ago

8/4/2026
More than 200 WWII German shipwrecks emerge as Danube river reaches record lows

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.

Kaif Shaikh

a month ago

7/29/2026
White House reignites COVID-19 lab leak debate with explosive claims against Fauci

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.

Aamir Khollam

2 months ago

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

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

The ships also provide abundant settlement substrate for these organisms.

Abhishek Bhardwaj

2 months ago

7/27/2026
Elon Musk expands X into US banking, offering up to 6% annual yield with X Money

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.

Aamir Khollam

2 months ago

7/24/2026
Anthropic debuts Claude Opus 5 with top coding benchmarks at half the per-task cost

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.

Neetika Walter

2 months ago

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About Culture

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.