Our use of cleaning products has increased since the pandemic, but do we understand what they could be doing to our health? The journalist Rebecca Seal recently wrote for the Guardian about the potential impacts of the many chemicals we now use in our homes. She tells Madeleine Finlay how...
‘Godzilla’ of weight-loss drugs could provide other important health benefits
Though not yet approved by any regulatory agency, retatrutide could help improve blood sugar levels and reduce inflammation The ‘Godzilla’ of weight-loss drugs could help improve blood sugar levels, reduce inflammation and cut a person’s body weight by a quarter, according to the largest study of its kind. Retatrutide mimics...
Can a mushroom make music? Devon exhibition explores ‘cultural world’ of fungi
Exeter museum to host DJ’s ‘collaboration’ with woodland fungi and artist’s map of her own body’s mycobiome For one of the installations, a musician spent hours in woodland “collaborating” with fungi to create a soundscape inspired by the electricity they emit. Another is a kinetic sculpture of an extinct fungus...
PlayStation 5 emulation is evolving rapidly, and a native PS5-to-PC compatibility layer is now in development
In mere months, at least two PS5 emulators have gone from having no public releases to playing one of the console's only true exclusives, the Demon's Souls remake, at playable framerates. The GitHub pages for SharpEmu and KytyPS5 are spinning out new test releases rapidly, multiple times a day in......
Ex-Nvidia advisor says the company owes him $1 billion in stock, but Nvidia disagrees
According to Gullichsen, he was granted 25,000 stock options in 1993 after demonstrating his fast implementation of biquadratic texture mapping to Nvidia co-founders Jensen Huang and Curtis Priem, technology detailed in a US patent on which he is a named inventor. Read Entire Article
Control Resonant is Remedy’s most successful Steam launch ever
According to SteamDB, the sequel to Remedy Entertainment's award-winning 2019 shooter has quadrupled its predecessor's peak player count on Steam mere days after its September 24 launch. Control Resonant peaked at approximately 42,799 players, compared with 9,193 for Control Ultimate Edition. Read Entire Article
ASML says AI’s effect on chipmaking will unfold over the next 10 to 15 years, not overnight
One planned upgrade is a larger mirror aperture in ASML's extreme ultraviolet lithography systems. Larger apertures would let the tools focus EUV light more precisely, supporting finer patterning and future leading-edge manufacturing processes. Read Entire Article
The Netherlands is building its own Linux OS to break free from Microsoft
The Dutch government is trying to solve its digital sovereignty problem with its own Linux operating system. A local source recently highlighted the development efforts being poured into NixOS, a Linux distro that originated as a package manager created by Dutch developers. The idea is that US-based software solutions, most......
Giggle for God: America’s witty church signs aim to inspire, attract passersby
Many churches across America have roadside signs with frequently changing messages that range from the practical to the witty to the profound
2 US Navy aviators eject while landing plane on carrier off Virginia, 4 sailors injured
Two U.S. Navy aviators ejected while landing their plane on the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier off Virginia's coast