A drunken holidaymaker caused fear and suffering in the air by shouting and swearing during a flight from Spain to Newcastle. Tipsy April Wilson was upset as she boarded the Jet2 flight in Alicante along with 187 other passengers and cabin crew. There were repeated attempts to calm the 58-year-old. She continued to shout and … Read more
Staff members give the media a tour of the newly built 3,200 megapixel LSST camera, the largest camera ever built, at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in Menlo Park, California, on Thursday, April 11, 2024. After twenty years of work, the device will soon be packed up and shipped to a mountaintop in Chile to … Read more
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has made a remarkable discovery: a rare mini-Neptune exoplanet in a binary star system. This planet, designated TOI 4633 c, is notable not only for its unique features, but also for its position within the habitable zone of its galaxy. The discovery has sparked interest and raised questions about … Read more
Rather than dying dramatically in a massive supernova explosion, some large stars may die quietly and without fanfare. This could explain the mysterious and sudden disappearance of certain stars from the night sky that astronomers have noticed over the years, according to a new article in the journal Physical Assessment Letters. These massive stars can … Read more
Google Pixel 8a Andy Boxall / Digital trends I hated explaining which cheap Pixel 8 phone to buy when I reviewed the Google Pixel 8a. Ultimately, I decided to say the Pixel 8a is the cheap Pixel phone you should buy… except for the times when you shouldn’t. This confusing situation is all Google’s doing … Read more
A new study on gaming toxicity has found that 69 percent of gamers admit to smurfing, despite hating it when others smurf at them. The uninitiated may wonder what smurfing is, or perhaps imagine that 69 percent of gamers paint themselves blue and replace all their verbs with “smurf” during a gaming session. If you … Read more
This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! by Ingrid Fadelli, Phys.org The entire chip mounted on a printed circuit board. Credit: Pita-Vidal, Wesdorp et al. × close to The entire chip mounted on a printed circuit board. Credit: Pita-Vidal, Wesdorp et al. Quantum computers, computing devices that … Read more
May 22, 2024 AI PCs are here and they’re cheaper than you might have expected – the Microsoft Surface Laptop starts at $1,000 and comes in two sizes (13.8″ and 15″) and it’s a thin, light, portable yet powerful device that offers all the capabilities of Windows 11 AI smarts (as well as third-party AI … Read more
AI PCs are here and they’re cheaper than you might have expected – the Microsoft Surface Laptop starts at $1,000 and comes in two sizes (13.8″ and 15″) and it’s a thin, light, portable yet powerful device that offers all the capabilities of Windows 11 AI smarts (as well as third-party AI features). Microsoft has … Read more
Planet Earth has been around for 4.5 billion years, anyway, and a lot has changed in that time. What started as a ball of molten, swirling magma eventually cooled and developed a few small tectonic plates; About a few billion years later, the planet was covered in various supercontinent formations and teeming with life. But … Read more