29 years of Hubble space pictures
Circling the Earth above the distortion of the atmosphere has given the Hubble space telescope an unobstructed view of the universe. Hubble flew into orbit on April 24, 1990, aboard Discovery. The first major optical telescope to be placed in space, Hubble is currently located about 340 miles above Earth’s surface where it completes 15…
Mercedes, BMWs Stolen in Car-Sharing Hack
Thieves were able to manipulate a mobile app, and then use these vehicles for other criminal activity. According to a Share Now representative, the organization is working with law enforcement on what is being described as a fraud issue related to the manipulation of a mobile app used by the service. Share Now has also…
Orbison, Holly Holographic Concert
Soon you will be able to see Roy Orbison and Buddy Holly in concert…albeit holographically. The tour will continue in the fall, again first in Europe, where Orbison will be accompanied by another 1950s rocker, Buddy Holly (“Not Fade Away,” “Peggy Sue”) who died in a famous 1959 plane crash. This time the two holograms…
New, novel data-compression technique
A novel approach to hardware data compression may free up more memory used by computers and mobile devices, allowing them to run faster and perform more tasks simultaneously. In a paper being presented at the ACM International Conference on Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems this week, the MIT researchers describe the first…
PlayStation 5: First details
Some of the first official details on Sony’s highly anticipated next-generation PlayStation are finally coming out. In a new interview with Wired, Mark Cerny, a lead system architect in Sony’s PlayStation group, discussed the upcoming system. Among the highlights: The new console will support higher resolution 8K displays, load games faster thanks to a switch…
Supersonic Engine Tech Passes Test
Efforts to build an aircraft engine that could travel many times the speed of sound are moving ahead following a successful recent demonstration. British aerospace company Reaction Engines tested its engine precooler system at its Colorado facility at conditions simulating travel at more than three times the speed of sound. The precooler, CNN noted, reduces the…
Panasonic Unveils Transparent OLED Concept
Panasonic unveiled a transparent OLED concept display. The transparent OLED display, which resembles a glass cabinet, is crafted from a wooden frame holding what appears to be a pane of glass. As such it blends naturally into any contemporary living space. However, the moment the device is switched on, it transforms into a vivid OLED…
Intel to combine Optane memory and QLC 3D NAND storage
Intel introduced Intel Optane memory H10 with solid-state storage. The device combines the responsiveness of Intel Optane technology with the storage capacity of Intel Quad Level Cell (QLC) 3D NAND technology in an M.2 form factor. For more, check out this Intel press release.
Black Hole Image Makes History
First photo of a black hole has been released. The stunning new image shows the shadow of the supermassive black hole in the center of Messier 87 (M87), an elliptical galaxy some 55 million light-years from Earth. This black hole is 6.5 billion times the mass of the Sun. Catching its shadow involved eight ground-based…
Engineering Students Scam Apple
Some engineering students scammed Apple out of nearly $1 Million. Yangyang Zhou and Quan Jiang were in the U.S. on student visas, and orchestrated a scam where they shipped counterfeit iPhones from their native China and then returned them to Apple, saying they didn’t work. In accordance with Apple’s warranty program, they were provided with…