Astronomers Discover Object 500 Trillion Times Brighter Than The Sun
Astronomers have discovered the brightest object in the known universe using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope. The object is a quasar named J0529-4351, located over 12 billion light years from Earth. Quasars are extremely bright cores of galaxies powered by supermassive black holes at their centers. This quasar is estimated to be over […]
‘Unbreakable’ quantum communication closer to reality thanks to new, exceptionally bright photons
Scientists have created a new type of light source that can generate extremely bright entangled photon pairs for use in quantum communications networks. The light source achieves high brightness and entanglement fidelity by combining a photon dot emitter with a quantum resonator. This is the first time these technologies have been combined. The new light […]
Iran publicly hangs a man convicted of murder
Authorities in central Iran on Monday publicly hanged a man who was convicted in the shooting death of a lawyer, the country’s official judicial news agency said. The man, who was not identified, had been convicted of fatally shooting the lawyer with a hunting rifle in front of his wife and son in the city […]
This Epic Monument From 6,000 Years Ago Is a Feat of Stone Age Engineering
The Dolmen of Menga in Spain is an ancient megalithic monument dating back around 6,000 years. It is considered one of the largest from the Neolithic period in Europe. A new study finds that its construction would have required a sophisticated understanding of engineering and physics by its Neolithic builders. They displayed highly skilled knowledge. […]
Nvidia shows off Blackwell server installations in progress — AI and data center roadmap has Blackwell Ultra coming next year with Vera CPUs and Rubin GPUs in 2026
Nvidia showcased more details of its Blackwell server platform prior to the Hot Chips 2024 conference, including photos of Blackwell systems being installed in data centers. Blackwell is Nvidia’s new AI and data center platform that significantly enhances networking and memory bandwidth compared to existing solutions like Hopper. It is scheduled to launch next year. […]
Meta says Iranian group tried to target Trump, Biden officials’ WhatsApp accounts
Meta (Facebook’s parent company) said it identified possible hacking attempts on the WhatsApp accounts of US officials from the Biden and Trump administrations. It blamed the Iranian hacker group APT42, which was previously revealed to have compromised the Trump campaign. The attempts involved accounts posing as tech support from companies like AOL, Google, and Yahoo. […]
Some black holes have a ‘heartbeat’ — and astronomers may finally know why
Some black holes have been observed to have a “heartbeat” – a regular pulsation of activity embedded within flare events when the black hole is consuming large amounts of surrounding gas and dust. The flare studied in this research came from the black hole IGR J17091-3624 located 28,000 light years from Earth. Data from NASA […]
Zuckerberg says he regrets caving to White House pressure on content
– Mark Zuckerberg and Meta (formerly Facebook) are facing increasing pressure from the White House over various issues like content moderation, election integrity, and foreign propaganda. – This pressure is coming as Biden and Democrats grow more critical of large tech platforms ahead of the 2024 elections. They want more aggressive policing of misinformation and […]
Iran and Hezbollah don’t want a war with Israel
Hezbollah fired over 230 rockets and 20 drones at Israel in response to the killing of a senior Hezbollah official, but failed to hit any major targets. Damage was minimal. Israel struck rocket launchers in southern Lebanon, killing 6 Hezbollah fighters. The limited nature of Hezbollah’s response suggests they do not want a full-scale war […]
Tech giant announces world’s first deployment of revolutionary grid-scale energy device: ‘This … project couldn’t come online at a more critical time’
An energy company called Ocean Energy USA has deployed the first ever commercial-scale wave energy device off the coast of Hawaii. The device, called the OE Buoy OB-35, is 126 feet long and can generate up to 1.25 megawatts of electricity by capturing the motion of ocean waves. It works by using waves pushing water […]