Subscribe to Pure Xbox at to YouTube24k Pure Xbox’s Craig Reid recently attended Summer Game Fest in Los Angeles, where he got a chance to preview a number of upcoming Xbox releases. Today, we’re sharing his thoughts on a hands-on demo of The Plucky Squire, where he sat down with All Possible Futures co-founder James … Read more
NASA’s Perseverance Rover has left Mount Washburn behind and arrived at its next destination, Bright Angel. There he found an unusual type of rock that scientists are calling ‘popcorn rock’. The strange rock is more evidence that water was once present in Jezero Crater. The Perseverance mission is focused on life on ancient Mars. Along … Read more
They’re a familiar sight on Amazon’s packages: plastic air cushions designed to keep products safe in transit, but which also end up in landfills by the billions. Now, under pressure from environmentalists to reduce the use of plastic packaging, the world’s largest retailer in the world is close to replacing all of its inflatable plastic … Read more
Goldenrod plants can sense other nearby plants through reports of far-red light and adapt their responses when eaten by herbivores, suggesting a form of plant intelligence. Andre Kessler, a chemical ecologist, argues for plant intelligence by defining it as the ability to solve problems based on environmental information. His research shows that goldenrod releases chemicals … Read more
Taking action to fix your Google Chrome browser could be the catalyst that infects your computer with malware, millions of users have been warned by new research. Experts from cybersecurity firm Proofpoint have discovered a dangerous campaign that presents a fake update inside your Google Chrome web browser to force you to download malicious code. … Read more
A power outage shut down all train service along the Northeast Corridor between Philadelphia and New Haven, Conn., for more than three hours Thursday afternoon, causing significant delays in and out of the nation’s busiest hub for a fourth times in the last two months. Amtrak said that, on one of the hottest days of … Read more
Communications companies like Starlink plan to launch tens of thousands of satellites into Earth orbit over the next decade or so. The growing swarm is already causing problems for astronomers, but recent research has raised another question: what happens when they start to descend? When these satellites reach the end of their useful lives, they … Read more
Summary: Today’s artificial intelligence can read, speak and analyze data, but it still has critical limitations. NeuroAI researchers designed a new model of AI inspired by the efficiency of the human brain. This model allows AI neurons to receive feedback and adapt in real time, improving learning and memory processes. The innovation could lead to … Read more
The Biden administration announced plans Thursday to ban the sale of antivirus software made by Russia’s Kaspersky Lab in the United States, citing the firm’s large American customers, including critical infrastructure providers and state and local governments. Moscow’s influence over the company was found to pose a significant risk, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said in … Read more
Chemical structure for thiamine pyrophosphate and protein structure of transketolase. Cofactor thiamine pyrophosphate in yellow and substrate xylulose 5-phosphate in black. Credit: Thomas Shafee/Wikipedia Scientists have prototyped a new method for “rational engineering of enzymes” to deliver improved performance. They have created an algorithm, which takes into account the evolutionary history of an enzyme, to … Read more