Even a handheld XRF scanner is sufficient to determine most promising scrolls for further analysis. The Vesuvius Challenge is an ongoing project that combines “digital unwrapping” with crowdsourced machine learning to decipher the so-called Herculaneum scrolls, badly charred 2,000-year-old papyri too fragile to be physically unrolled. The effort just…
War damage to data centers exceeded what AWS services are designed to withstand. Half a year after Iranian drone strikes knocked out multiple Amazon data centers, the US tech company has acknowledged the permanent loss of some customer data that was hosted in Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates.…
Identity-fluid particles may carry some energy out, leading to direct collapse. Our basic understanding of core-collapse supernovae hasn’t changed in decades. Large stars burn through all the fuel at their cores and start creating heavier elements in reactions that consume energy. The lack of energy from these reactions allows…
It’s both a “Snow Leopard update” and a major leap for Apple Intelligence. Apple Intelligence is back, baby! That’s right: Two years after its initial launch, Apple is giving its generative AI features their first significant upgrade, along with a new version of Siri that the company has been…
Red Bull, Disney+, and ESPN are streaming the race at noon Eastern today. Later today, Max Verstappen will strap on his helmet and take to the track at the Silverstone circuit in England for a rather unusual race. The four-time Formula 1 world champion is recognized as the leading…
Adults first demonstrate tool use, then hand over the implements to their infants, who copy the behavior. Chimpanzees are known to use rudimentary tools when foraging for food. According to a new paper in the journal Frontiers in Psychology, this learned behavior is passed down from adults to offspring…
EV growth is happening, even in the US, and those EVs will need plugs to charge. There might not be the same degree of optimism regarding electric vehicle adoption as a few short years ago, but the transition toward battery-electric vehicles continues nevertheless. More than 1.8 million EVs had…
EPA says power plant emissions have no material impact on climate change. On the heels of the hottest summer on record and a United Nations report warning that global temperatures are likely to push climate risks to “increasingly dangerous heights,” the Trump administration overturned most of a Biden-era rule…
The new look debuts in the 2027 Chevrolet Silverado and 2027 GMC Sierra pickup trucks. General Motors is about to launch new versions of its bestselling Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickup trucks for model year 2027, and among the changes are new user interfaces for the trucks’ digital…
But there may be a price to pay for a quiet Atlantic hurricane season. Last week, the Atlantic hurricane season blew through its traditional peak—which comes around September 10—with nary a tropical wave in sight, let alone a storm or hurricane. This is remarkable. Usually this is the time…
