Webb reveals a planetary nebula with phenomenal clarity, and it is spectacular
The Helix Nebula is one of the most well-known and commonly photographed planetary nebulae because it resembles the “Eye of Sauron.” It is also one of...
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Zuck stuck on Trump’s bad side: FTC appeals loss in Meta monopoly case
Still feeling uneasy about Meta’s acquisition of Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014, the Federal Trade Commission will be appealing a November ruling that cleared...
Read moreVibe coding could cause catastrophic ‘explosions’ in 2026
The steady buildout of vibe-coded applications into production will lead to catastrophic problems for organizations that don’t properly review AI-developed software, a software security expert predicts....
Read moreNew Linux Patch Improved NVMe Performance +15% With CPU Cluster-Aware Handling
Intel Linux engineers have been working on enhancing the NVMe storage performance with today’s high core count processors. Due to situations where multiple CPUs could end...
Read moreVerizon starts requiring 365 days of paid service before it will unlock phones
Verizon has started enforcing a 365-day lock period on phones purchased through its TracFone division, one week after the Federal Communications Commission waived a requirement that...
Read moreSuper Savings on This Unique Air Fryer That Cooks Food in Heatproof Glass
Ninja turns the air fryer on its head with the semi-portable Crispi.
Read moreGoogle temporarily disabled YouTube’s advanced captions without warning
YouTubers have been increasingly frustrated with Google’s management of the platform, with disinformation welcomed back and an aggressive push for more AI (except where Google doesn’t...
Read moreFlesh-eating flies are eating their way through Mexico, CDC warns
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health alert to clinicians Tuesday, warning that the savage, flesh-eating parasitic fly—the New World Screwworm—is not...
Read moreRyabitsev: Tracking kernel development with korgalore
Konstantin Ryabitsev has put up a blog post about korgalore, a tool he has written to circumvent delivery problems experienced by kernel developers using the large,...
Read moreMacaque facial gestures are more than just a reflex, study finds
Recent advances in brain-computer interfaces have made it possible to more accurately extract speech from neural signals in humans, but language is just one of the...
Read moreAnnouncing Amazon EC2 G7e instances accelerated by NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs
Today, we’re announcing the general availability of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) G7e instances that deliver cost-effective performance for generative AI inference workloads and the...
Read moreRemote authentication bypass in telnetd
One would assume that most LWN readers stopped running network-accessible telnet services some number of decades ago. For the rest of you, this security advisory from...
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