Hundreds of thousands of visitors expected for month-long display of 13th-century saint’s remains Saint Francis of Assisi’s skeleton is going on full public display from Sunday for the first time, in a move that is expected to draw hundreds of thousands of visitors. Inside a nitrogen-filled case with the Latin...
‘The Brits are coming again’: Team GB hail their greatest ever Winter Olympics
‘Historic’ Games leaves Britain 15th in medal table ‘We can all get excited for 2030 and for Los Angeles’ Team GB have hailed a “historic” Winter Olympics after Britain’s greatest performance in the 102 years of the Games left them 15th in the medal table – and warned their rivals...
Rocket reentries are leaving measurable lithium pollution in the upper atmosphere
On February 19, 2025, a SpaceX Falcon 9 booster fell back toward Earth, its fiery descent slicing across Europe's night sky. Researchers at the Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics in Germany captured the event using their lidar system, running it during the predicted reentry window. A new study published in......
Minecraft Java Edition is finally moving from OpenGL to multi-threaded Vulkan
Although Mojang has not provided a precise timeline for transitioning Minecraft to Vulkan, players and modders can begin testing the new renderer in Java Edition in the coming months. To ensure a smooth transition for Java Minecraft's robust modding community, the company will initially release updates on OpenGL and Vulkan,......
New discovery lets sodium-ion batteries store more energy while purifying water
University of Surrey researchers discovered a compound known as nanostructured sodium vanadate hydrate (NVOH) – a layered sodium-based material that naturally contains water within its crystalline structure. Traditionally, researchers treat such compounds with heat to evaporate that water, assuming it weakens the material's stability. The Surrey team tested that assumption......
Asus and Acer block German users from drivers and BIOS updates after patent fallout
Asus and Acer enthusiasts in Germany are frustrated after being cut off from support for their high-end systems. Tom's Hardware reports that the companies' German sites no longer serve product pages, downloads, or support content. Read Entire Article
Just for Fun: We Tested MSI’s “RTX 5090 Ti” You Probably Can’t Buy
MSI's RTX 5090 Lightning Z is a limited-run halo product built without practical constraints. We test its thermals, power draw, and performance to see what's possible at the extreme end of GPU design. Read Entire Article
ICE begins to purchase warehouses, but some owners are backing out of deals
Immigrations and Customs Enforcement is encountering some pushback as it undertakes a $45 billion expansion of detention centers
2 killed, 7 wounded in a street shooting after a fight in Richmond’s entertainment district
Police in Richmond, Virginia, say an apparent fight on a street in an entertainment district has ended with a shooting that killed two people and wounded seven others
Former ‘American Idol’ contestant charged with murder, staging crime scene in wife’s slaying in Ohio
Authorities in Ohio have arrested and charged a former contestant on “American Idol” with shooting and killing his wife and staging the crime scene to mislead investigators