Research adds weight to theory Arrokoth’s two lobes produced by gravitational collapse – and reveals process It is the most distant and primitive object ever visited by a spacecraft from Earth: now researchers say they have fresh insights into how the ultra-red, 4bn-year-old body known as Arrokoth came to have...
Renowned scientist who studied distant planets fatally shot at his home near LA
Authorities suspect Carl Grillmair was shot by man arrested for carjacking, as friends mourn him as ‘irreplaceable’ A renowned California Institute of Technology (Caltech) scientist who studied distant planets and other areas of astronomy for decades was recently shot to death at his home in a rural community outside Los...
Tesla’s “cheaper” Cybertruck arrives at $59,990, still far from the $40K promise
Tesla's latest features an estimated 325 miles of range and features coil springs with adaptive damping, steer-by-wire with four wheel steering, a powered frunk, and heated first-row seats. The 6' x 4' bed includes a powered tonneau cover and multiple power outlets (two 120v and one 240v) with Powershare capability.......
Fake faces generated by AI are now “too good to be true,” researchers warn
Think you can quickly identify fake faces generated by AI models? Think again. According to a recently published study by Australian researchers, AI-generated faces are now essentially too difficult to spot – except for a small minority of people who are exceptionally skilled at analyzing facial features. As a result,......
Real-world data shows plug-in hybrids use far more fuel than advertised
Using data transmitted wirelessly from roughly one million PHEVs produced between 2021 and 2023, the researchers measured actual fuel consumption across diverse driving conditions and found an average of six liters per 100 kilometers – roughly three times the officially certified figures. Read Entire Article
AI-powered defenses help Google shield Android users from malicious apps
According to Vijaya Kaza, Google's VP of app and ecosystem trust, the company rejected more than 1.75 million potentially harmful apps during the review process and blocked over 80,000 developer accounts for various policy violations. Both figures are significantly lower than in 2024, when 2.36 million apps were rejected and...
Low-noise microwave amplifiers bring quantum computers closer to scale
It is a crucial component in superconducting quantum architectures, where even minimal noise can overwhelm a qubit's delicate state. In conventional designs, energy losses in dielectric materials have been a primary source of excess noise, adding more than a photon's worth during amplification and blurring qubit measurement results. Read Entire...
Razer unveils $500 Huntsman Signature keyboard with CNC aluminum and mirror finish
Razer's new keyboard is essentially an upgraded Huntsman V3 Pro, which itself is an excellent device that carries a $250 MSRP. The first production run will be limited to 1,337 individually numbered units. Read Entire Article
Amazon says AWS AI tools were involved in two outages, but calls it “coincidence”
One disruption occurred in mid-December, when AWS engineers allowed internal AI assistant Kiro to implement system changes without human intervention. According to four people familiar with the matter, the agent determined that the best course of action was to delete and recreate the environment for an AWS system that lets......
Astronomers identify a galaxy made almost entirely of dark matter
A team of astronomers led by David Li has recently confirmed the discovery of ten potential "dark galaxies," where starlight is so faint that it's extremely difficult to detect anything with traditional observatories. The new list also includes Candidate Dark Galaxy-2 (CDG-2), a celestial structure that might be composed of......