US publishing house Wiley this week shut down nineteen scientific journals overseen by its Hindawi subsidiary, at the center of a long-running scientific publishing scandal. In December 2023, Wiley announced that it would stop using the Hindawi brand acquired in 2021, following the decision in May 2023 to close four of its magazines “to combat … Read more
Last week, Apple held its ‘Let Loose’ event, where the company showcased some of its new innovations and products, including an ad about the event’s main attraction, the new iPad Pro. As you may have seen, this ad caused a firestorm of controversy for reasons Apple didn’t intend – and now Samsung has taken the … Read more
On September 29, 2022, NASA’s Juno spacecraft made its closest flyby of Europa, coming within 355 kilometers of the frozen surface of Jupiter’s moon. The close-up view of Europa revealed incredible details of the moon’s chaotic terrain, suggesting the icy crust is not where it once was. The images also showed a newly discovered feature … Read more
It’s been 15 years since NASA’s groundbreaking Hubble Space Telescope was last serviced by astronauts. And the aging observatory, which has been orbiting our planet in low orbit since 1990, is looking a little worse for wear. Persistent technical problems have forced teams to halt scientific activities time and time again. That’s why billionaire space … Read more
The better the game graphics become, the more fun it is to game on large screens. And the more the market for big-screen movie and gaming experiences grows, the more attractive ultra-short throw projectors become, because you can enjoy images bigger than any TV can handle, at a fraction of the price (and the weight!) … Read more
Scientists have discovered a link between a complication of the COVID-19 vaccine and the complication caused by a rare ‘cold blood disease’. The research, led by Flinders University and international experts, deepens our understanding of vaccine-induced immune thrombocytopenia and thrombosis (known as VITT). Following the first waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, governments around … Read more
I’m in a strange position when it comes to the idea of ​​building a computer for gaming. After writing about computer hardware for years, I would like it to think I have a good handle on what the best components are for the job. However, I have never built a PC, despite wanting to for … Read more
This article was originally published on The conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com Expert voices: opinion pieces and insights. Indranil Banik is a postdoctoral researcher in astrophysics at the University of St Andrews. Harry Desmond is a Senior Research Fellow in Cosmology at the University of Portsmouth. One of the greatest mysteries in… … Read more
Google’s bold new vision for the future of online search, powered by AI technology, is sparking an industry-wide backlash over fears it could damage the internet’s open ecosystem. At the center of the controversy are Google’s recently launched ‘AI Overviews’, which are generated summaries that aim to answer searches directly by pulling information from the … Read more
Meta withdrew a job offer from a prominent cyber intelligence analyst immediately after he criticized Instagram for its failure to protect children online. Paul Raffile had been offered a job as a human exploitation investigator, focusing on issues such as extortion and human trafficking. He had participated in a webinar on April 24 on protecting … Read more