Belarusian defense ministry official Alexander Ilanov sparked controversy by claiming that popular augmented reality game Pokémon GO was an intelligence tool used by Western agencies. During a TV talk show, Ilanov suggested that the location where most digital monsters could be found during the game’s peak popularity coincided with a military runway. However, experts have … Read more
Japanese space exploration firm ispace is gearing up for its second attempt at landing on the moon. Mission 2, featuring a lander named Resilience and a tiny rover dubbed Tenacious, is now targeted to launch from Florida’s Space Coast on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket no earlier than December. The primary landing site for Resilience … Read more
The US Census Bureau’s 2023 American Community Survey reveals that nearly half of all renter households in the US are cost-burdened, paying more than 30% of their income towards housing costs. This underscores America’s home-affordability crisis, with both buying and renting becoming increasingly prohibitively expensive for many Americans. The median cost of housing for renters … Read more
CasaOS simplifies self-hosting a personal cloud with its user-friendly web UI. Whether you’re a beginner or experienced in virtualization, CasaOS offers a great option for hosting services like AdGuard and Syncthing without requiring extra hardware. For newcomers, CasaOS can seem overwhelming, but it’s actually an amalgamation of many apps – a personal data center, hub … Read more
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new variant of the Android banking trojan called TrickMo, which comes equipped with advanced capabilities to evade analysis and capture victims’ banking credentials. The malware is designed to target Android devices, particularly those in Germany, to steal one-time passwords (OTPs) and two-factor authentication (2FA) codes. TrickMo’s features include screen recording, … Read more
Chemists at the University of Illinois have developed a catalyst inspired by enzymes that simplifies the synthesis of ethers, important functional components in many drugs, foods, and personal care products. The catalyst, dubbed SOX, uses palladium to cleave a bond between carbon and hydrogen in an alkene, making it react with alcohol. Traditionally, synthesizing ethers … Read more
Get ready for a celestial spectacle! C/2023 A3, dubbed the “comet of the century,” is set to dazzle our skies in September and October 2024. This exceptionally bright comet is expected to shine like Halley’s comet in 1986 or NEOWISE in 2020. Comets are balls of frozen gases, rocks, and dust that orbit the sun. … Read more
Researchers have made a breakthrough discovery in quantum field theory, finding a surprisingly simple relationship between energy transmission rates and information transmission rates across interfaces connecting different theories. This breakthrough was published in Physical Review Letters on August 30. The interface between two quantum field theories is crucial in particle physics and condensed matter physics, … Read more
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have made a breakthrough in understanding how genes shape personality traits. The team identified new genetic sites associated with specific personality traits, such as extraversion, openness, agreeableness, neuroticism, and conscientiousness. The study used data from the Million Veteran Program to analyze the genetic variations, or “loci,” that are linked … Read more
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang recently shared his vision for the company’s future at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology conference. His comments sparked a 10% surge in the company’s shares, which continued to rise today. Huang emphasized that even if the broader industry doesn’t adopt artificial intelligence (AI), NVIDIA’s demand for products will remain sustainable … Read more