The main line Skygazers are in for another rare astronomical event this week called a lunar eclipse, a spectacle that archaeologists hope will finally shed light on historic sites like Stonehenge, after other celestial wonders for American observers, including the apparitions see the Northern Lights and the Great American Eclipse. The full moon sets behind … Read more
Larger / Ilya Sutskever gestures as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman looks on at Tel Aviv University on June 5, 2023. On Wednesday, former OpenAI Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever announced that he is creating a new company called Safe Superintelligence, Inc. (SSI) with the goal of safely building “superintelligence,” which is a hypothetical form of artificial … Read more
Conceptual image of the formation of quantum bipolarons. The blue spheres represent the positively charged ions in the lattice of the material and the two red dots are the Cooper pairs. Credit: Pavel A. Volkov. A new study published in Physical review papers (PRL) explores the potential of quadratic electron-phonon coupling to enhance superconductivity through … Read more
🔊 Listen to this A new week of events has begun in Grand Theft Auto: Online, which lasts only 4 days due to the upcoming Grand Theft Auto Online: Bottom Dollar Bounty update that will be released this Tuesday. The event week will bring players a new weekly challenge, bonus discounts and more. New Community … Read more
A new species of giant horned dinosaur has been discovered that researchers say is the “largest and most ornate” of its kind ever found, according to a study published Thursday in the journal PeerJ. Fossils of the dinosaur, which has been named Lokiceratops rangiformis – including a skull and a partial skeleton – were discovered … Read more
I’ve tried a lower-end headset and I’ve tried a higher-end headset, but the US-only launch of the Vision Pro meant I had to look forward to my chance to use Apple’s space computer here in the UK . I wouldn’t have much longer to wait, with demos available on June 28, but UK-based developer Maze … Read more
Thursday saw the worst trading day for the semiconductor sector in seven weeks. Earnings revisions for some of the top tech stocks like Nvidia ( NVDA ), Amazon ( AMZN ), Meta ( META ), and Alphabet ( GOOG , GOOGL ) are currently over 35% higher than that of the entire S&P 500 ( … Read more
Larger / A Sixgill Fish (Eptatretus hexatrema) in False Bay, South Africa. The humble fish is an ugly, gray, eel-like creature best known for its ability to release a cloud of sticky slime onto unsuspecting predators, clogging the gills and suffocating said predators. That is why it is affectionately known as the “kerchief snake”. Hagfish … Read more
Once Human PCs, smartphones; Studio with stars; Release: July 9 Post-apocalyptic epic … Once upon a time. Photography: Starry Studio The market is already saturated with open-world multiplayer survival games, but this post-apocalyptic epic adds cosmic horror to the mix. Its vast world is filled with grotesque Lovecraftian monsters – including a live bus like … Read more
The Bank of England kept interest rates on Thursday at their highest level since 2008 even as inflation in Britain slowed to 2 percent in May, an important milestone. Policymakers kept rates at 5.25 percent, where they have been for 10 months. Officials said high rates were working and cooling the labor market, reducing price … Read more