The most serious face-off on the world’s longest unsettled land border in nearly half a century…
Month: June 2020
Deepfake Tech Drastically Improves CGI Princess Leia in ROGUE ONE — GeekTyrant
The movie featured some very cool moments involving Darth Vader and the surprise appearance of a…
Solar Orbiter lines up historic photo in closest pass to the Sun
The UK-built satellite came within 77 million kilometres of its surface on Monday. Read more at…
Rare quadruplet ‘top quarks’ created at world’s largest atom smasher
Birth of these chubby-but-tiny particles could be a sign of new physics. Read more at Space.com…
When were the *very* first stars born? Earlier than we can see, even with Hubble
When you look up at the night sky, you can see thousands of stars. The fact…
Microsoft can now import your banking activity into Excel
Money in Excel is a template and add-in for Excel that allows Microsoft 365 subscribers to…
Common Steroid Drug Shows Lifesaving Results In Large Coronavirus Trial
Dexamethasone was found to reduce the odds of death in patients with severe covid-19. In a…
Linus Torvalds: Linux kernel 5.8 is ‘one of our biggest releases of all time’ | ZDNet
Linux kernel head Linus Torvalds is pleased with the first release candidate (rc1) of the kernel…
The FDA just approved the first prescription video game — it’s for kids with ADHD
EndeavorRX, formerly Project EVO, may go down in history. Read more at The Verge…
A green glow has appeared around Mars
The Mars Trace Gas Orbiter spotted a phenomenon on Mars that has also been observed around…
36 Alien Civilizations In The Milky Way? The Science Behind A Ridiculous Headline
Intelligent aliens may be detectable from a variety of signals: electromagnetic, from planet modification, or because…
A bio-inspired bistable recurrent cell allows for long-lasting memory (Paper Explained)
Even though LSTMs and GRUs solve the vanishing and exploding gradient problems, they have trouble learning…
South African bank to replace 12m cards after employees stole master key | ZDNet
Postbank has lost more than $3.2 million from fraudulent transactions. It will now have to replace…
Dating Apps Exposed 845GB of Explicit Photos, Chats, and More
A collection of publicly accessible “buckets” were found on the open internet on may 24. Each…
Scientists say most likely number of contactable alien civilisations is 36
Experts say the work offers insights into the chances of life beyond earth. Work could shed…
NASA’s New Horizons Sees A Different Night Sky From 4 Billion Miles Away
The closest stars appear to shift relative to the more distant background stars: a geometric phenomenon…
The human brain builds structures in 11 dimensions, discover scientists
Groundbreaking research finds that the human brain creates multi-dimensional neural structures. Read more at Big Think…
PENet—a scalable deep-learning model for automated diagnosis of pulmonary embolism using volumetric CT imaging
The gold standard diagnostic modality for pe is computed tomography. A need for automated pe diagnosis…
Let This Scale Visualization Of The Speed Of Light Fill You With Wonder, Existential Dread
“Every so often, I like to have a “woah, man” moment. Usually, it can take hours…
After GitHub CEO backs Black Lives Matter, workers demand an end to ICE contract
At Microsoft-owned GitHub, the parent company’s decision to stop offering facial recognition software to police reinvigorated…