Researchers have realised the records are a ‘goldmine’ to study changes in environmental conditions Yangang Xing had never heard of organ-tuning books, but his colleague Andrew Knight often played the pipe organ at churches as a teenager. When the pair, who are researchers at Nottingham Trent University, set out to...
Five big global health wins in 2025 that will save millions of lives
From HIV to TB, scientists and doctors made breakthroughs in treatment and prevention of some of the world’s deadliest diseases With humanitarian funding slashed by the US and other countries, including the UK, this year’s global health headlines have made grim reading. But good things have still been happening in...
Waymo’s robotaxis froze when San Francisco’s traffic lights went dark
Among the most visible signs of the disruption were the clusters of Waymo's white Jaguar I-Pace robotaxis idling motionless at intersections. The company, which operates more than 800 autonomous vehicles in the Bay Area, suspended ride-hailing operations temporarily as parts of the city's infrastructure went offline. Read Entire Article
Vince Zampella, Call of Duty and Respawn cofounder, has died at 55
Footage of the crash, provided by a witness, shows a red 2026 Ferrari 296 GTX veering off the road and slamming into a concrete barrier shortly after exiting a tunnel. Zampella was driving and was pronounced dead at the scene. A passenger was transported to a hospital, where they later...
PC and smartphone prices could jump as much as 8% as memory shortages worsen
IT market research and analytics firm IDC warns that PC sales could decline by as much as 8.9 percent next year if DRAM shortages worsen. Even under current conditions, the market is expected to contract another 4.9 percent, compared with an earlier forecast of a 2.4-percent drop in 2026. Read...
A power outage knocked NIST’s internet time servers out of perfect sync
The National Institute of Standards and Technology recently warned that an atomic clock device installed at its Boulder campus had failed due to a prolonged power outage. As a result, the Internet Time Services hosted at the campus are currently unable to provide an accurate time reference to external organizations......
Steam is ending support for 32-bit Windows as it moves fully to 64-bit
Valve has begun rolling out the latest version of the Steam client, which users will receive the next time they launch the application. While the update includes several changes, the most consequential is the end of official support for 32-bit versions of Windows. Read Entire Article
Darktable 5.4 adds capture sharpening and film-style tone mapping
Darktable is an open-source alternative to Adobe Lightroom. The latest release brings capture sharpening to the demosaic module to recover detail lost to in-camera blur, alongside a new AgX-based tone mapper inspired by Blender with film-like highlight roll-off and deeper control over contrast and exposure. Read Entire Article
No assembly required: Proposed space station fits into one launch
The newly introduced platform fits into a single package and is designed to expand in space to a volume of 350 cubic meters – roughly a third the volume of the International Space Station (1,005 cubic meters). Read Entire Article
Atari’s video game-themed hotel is finally happening in Phoenix
Atari first announced its partnership with GSD Group to build video game-themed Atari Hotels in the US five years ago. The first of these was supposed to open in late 2020, but as with many things, the pandemic put a major dent in the plans. Read Entire Article