Apple intros “extreme” optional protection against the scourge of mercenary spyware.
The Download: Tweaking AI for energy efficiency, and China’s leaked data
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. These simple changes can make AI research much more energy efficient What’s the news?: Deep learning is behind machine learning’s most high-profile successes. But this incredible performance comes […]
Samsung forecasts an 11% YoY rise in Q2 operating profit to $10.7B, as strong demand for its memory chips from server customers offset slowing smartphone sales (Reuters)
Reuters:Samsung forecasts an 11% YoY rise in Q2 operating profit to $10.7B, as strong demand for its memory chips from server customers offset slowing smartphone sales — Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) turned in its best April-June profit since 2018 with an 11% year-on-year rise …
Thor: Love and Thunder
Thor: Love and Thunder arrives in theaters worldwide on July 8 – here’s our spoiler-free review.
Dissecting Jumbo-Visma’s cobbled nightmare
Dissecting Jumbo-Visma’s cobbled nightmare This was the day for Jumbo-Visma to flex their strength on the cobbles, but the team was left scrambling. Read More
Watch the Focus Bikes team explore Texas gravel
For some, Texas is the heart of gravel cycling. Pine forests and endless desert roads make the state uniquely good for the style. So when the Netherlands-based Ride Beyond Crew got the chance to compete in the Gravel Locos race in the rural town of Hico, they decided to make […]
Vista Outdoor Agrees to Buy Fox Racing for $540M
Vista Outdoor owns Giro, Blackburn, Camelbak, QuietKat, and a number of shooting brands.( Photos: 1, Comments: 57 )
A fourth-century supernova
These delicate yet fast-moving filaments of gas belong to a supernova remnant designated as 1E 0102.2-7219, which resulted from the destruction of a massive star long ago in the Small Magellanic Cloud, 200,000 light years away.
Virgin Orbit’s first night launch a success; UK mission next
Virgin Orbit’s air-launched rocket carried seven small CubeSats into orbit on the company’s first nighttime mission late Friday night off the coast of California, helping clear the way for teams to base the next Virgin Orbit launch from the United Kingdom later this year.
101 Must-See Cosmic Objects: 47 Tucanae
Johann Elbert Bode logged this particular object 47th (in order of right ascension) in the Toucan in his 1801 catalog of stars, although he didn’t observe it himself. He instead picked it up from Nicolas Louis de Lacaille’s catalog. At magnitude 4.1, 47 Tucanae is visible to the naked eye. […]