DF Oracle co-founder and chief technology officer Larry Ellison has revealed the secret to securing more Nvidia graphics processing units (GPUs), which are crucial for advancing artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning. During a meeting with analysts last week, Ellison shared that he and Elon Musk took Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang out to dinner at Nobu … Read more
Get ready for a spectacular display of auroras across the northern United States tonight! A strong G3-class geomagnetic storm is crackling through Earth’s atmosphere, making it possible to spot vibrant auroras as far south as Oregon and Pennsylvania. However, the nearly full Harvest Moon may complicate viewing opportunities. According to NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center, … Read more
TikTok appeared before a panel of three judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Monday, fighting to stay alive in the United States as a January deadline looms that could put the app out of business. The court heard arguments from both sides, with TikTok’s lawyers emphasizing the social media … Read more
A team of physicists at Stockholm University has proposed a groundbreaking method for detecting single gravitons, theoretical particles believed to be the building blocks of gravity. Gravitons are notoriously elusive and have long been considered impossible to detect due to their weak interaction with matter. The researchers suggest that when a graviton interacts with an … Read more
Researchers at Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a groundbreaking electrochemical cell that converts bicarbonate, derived from captured carbon dioxide, into formate, a potent green fuel. This innovation could be a major breakthrough in carbon capture and utilization technology. The new electrochemical cell uses reactive carbon capture to directly produce formate ions from dissolved CO2 in … Read more
A unique situation unfolded at Chase Field in Phoenix on Tuesday night, when a colony of bees decided to camp out atop backstop netting, delaying the start of the Los Angeles Dodgers-Arizona Diamondbacks game by nearly two hours. The bees’ sudden appearance forced fans to evacuate high-priced seats behind home plate. Beekeeper Matt Hilton was … Read more
A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences presents a groundbreaking “big algebra” theorem that could bridge the gap between two distant fields of mathematics: quantum physics and number theory. This breakthrough, developed by Tamás Hausel, professor of mathematics at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA), creates a … Read more
A cybercriminal, alias “grep”, claims to have stolen 20 gigabytes of sensitive data from French tech and consulting giant Capgemini. The hacker shared details on the dark web forum BreachForums, stating that the stolen archive includes databases, source code, private keys, credentials, API keys, projects, employee data (names, email addresses, usernames, and password hashes), backups, … Read more
Kawasaki Motors Europe has announced that it is recovering from a cyberattack that disrupted its services. The attack targeted the company’s EU headquarters and was initially detected on September 5th. The ransomware gang, RansomHub, claims to have stolen 487 GB of data from Kawasaki’s networks. According to Kawasaki’s statement, the company’s IT staff collaborated with … Read more
A team of asteroid dynamics researchers from Universidad Complutense de Madrid Ciudad Universitaria has discovered that a small asteroid, called 2024 PT5, will make one orbit around the Earth starting this month before departing back into the solar system. According to their calculations published in Research Notes of the AAS, the asteroid is expected to … Read more