Astronomers discovered a strange and persistent radio signal named FRB 20191221A, on December 21, 2019. CHIME/MIT News Astronomers discovered a repeating fast radio burst that lasted 1,000 times longer than average bursts. Researchers hope by studying the burst they’ll be abe to pinpoint its origin. Hundreds of fast radio bursts have been detected since the…
Chinese Wikipedia had a robust collection of detailed and authoritative articles on medieval Russia, thanks to a user called Zhemao who claimed to be the daughter of a diplomat assigned in the country. Zhemao wrote 206 articles for the website since 2019, the longest of which, according to Vice World News, is almost as long…
Electric vehicle adoption has reached its tipping point in the US. With more and more EVs appearing on American roadways, automakers and charging networks alike are working to build out increasingly critical power infrastructure to keep those EVs moving. On Thursday, GM announced that it is partnering with Pilot Company and EVGo to construct a…
Twitter’s recent troubles include more than its battle with Elon Musk. The social media giant has suffered a global outage that started shortly after 8AM Eastern. Users reported a variety of glitches, including generic “error” messages and even broken website alerts. The issue affected both Twitter’s web version as well as apps, including third-party clients….
The new MacBook Air is one of Apple’s most important computers since Steve Jobs pulled the original Air out of an envelope. It shows what’s possible when Apple builds an ultraportable entirely around its mobile chips, instead of lazily sticking them in old laptop designs, like with the recent 13-inch MacBook Pro. The Air is…
The Twitter social network went down for a period on Thursday. Users reported that the service wouldn’t load in a web browser and the Down Detector website posted a massive spike in complaints. It’s not yet known why Twitter went down, but those already logged in got an error message when trying to load new…
From the moment Steve Jobs pulled the original MacBook Air from a manila envelope in 2008, the line has been used by Apple to showcase the next steps in the evolution of the Mac. It’s been an unpredictable ride for the MacBook Air since then. Some iterations have been overshadowed by the MacBook Pro, while…
Corsair is about to please many gamers with a tiny form-factor K70 keyboard that’s not only packed full of features but also has hot-swappable switches. For the first time, Corsair is launching a keyboard that gives users the option to swap switches and change the feel and response of the keyboard on a whim. The…
Following leaked footage of an early build, modders have now made EA’s unreleased Skate game playable. Despite the developers of the remake requesting players don’t download the leaked build, modders have adapted it for multiplayer and are hosting their own servers. The build already has a multiplayer capability, which modders have enabled. Read more /format/jpg/quality/80/EA-Skate-4-Playtesting.jpg”…
It appears that Dino Crisis, Ridge Racer 2 and Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny are heading to PlayStation Plus Premium. The PS1 and PSP games were strangely only mentioned on the Italian PlayStation Blog as part of the list of titles coming to the subscription service this month (thanks, Push Square). But the games have now…