
OpenAI, Jony Ive in talks to raise $1 billion from SoftBank for AI device venture - FT
(Reuters) -ChatGPT maker OpenAI is in advanced talks with former Apple designer Jony Ive and SoftBank's Masayoshi Son to build
2023-09-28 22:24

Cubs announcers' foolish mockery of Ronald Acuña Jr.'s record-breaking moment resulted in instant karma
Ronald Acuña Jr. became the first player in MLB history to record a 40/70 season, yet the Chicago Cubs announcers were not cool with the Atlanta Braves celebrating it. Of course, Chicago lost the game moments later in extra innings.
2023-09-28 22:22

Nagorno-Karabakh will cease to exist from next year. How did this happen?
The self-declared republic of Nagorno-Karabakh will cease to exist from next year after its president signed a decree dissolving state institutions following its defeat by Azerbaijan.
2023-09-28 22:17

Yelp sues Texas to defend its labeling of crisis pregnancy centers
Yelp is suing Texas to ensure it can continue to tell users that crisis pregnancy centers listed on its site do not provide abortions or abortion referrals, opening a new front in the fight between states and the tech industry over abortion restrictions.
2023-09-28 21:50

Norway asks EU regulator to fine Facebook owner Meta over privacy breach
By Gwladys Fouche OSLO (Reuters) -Norway's data regulator will refer the ongoing fine it has imposed on Meta Platforms to
2023-09-28 20:56

Scientists confirm that the most iconic black hole in the universe is spinning, in major new discovery
Scientists have confirmed that the first black hole to ever be captured on camera is spinning in a major new discovery. The famous doughnut-shaped M87* black hole, 6.5 billion times more massive than the sun, first drew people’s attention in 2019 for becoming the first void to be pictured. Now, it has been confirmed that the M87* black hole is spinning, but experts have yet to determine just how fast. The announcement was made on 27 September. M87* has been observed for the last two decades via a network of radio telescopes. It is located in the Messier 87 (M87) galaxy, which is around 55 million light-years away from Earth in the Virgo constellation. The instruments monitoring the black hole have observed a powerful jet of radiation and particles being expelled from its poles. According to research, the relativistic jets appeared to be on a kind of pendulum that swings every 11 years, observed over decades. Experts believe this is caused by interactions between gravitational interactions between the black hole and the material making up the disk around it. They say this provides “unequivocal evidence” that the black hole is spinning. Cui Yuzhu, a researcher at Zhejiang Lab in China and the study’s lead author explained in a statement: “We are thrilled by this significant finding,” adding, “Since the misalignment between the black hole and the disk is relatively small and the precession period is around 11 years, accumulating high-resolution data tracing M87’s structure over two decades and thorough analysis are essential to obtain this achievement.” Their findings matched with computer simulations, confirming that the jets emitting from the black hole change direction by around 10 degrees every 11 years. Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
2023-09-28 20:25

Leonardo's air booking system resumes after cyberattack - state company Rostec
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian state conglomerate Rostec said on Thursday it had restored normal operations at its Leonardo air booking system
2023-09-28 20:15

Chelsea suffer another fitness blow in Brighton win as Mauricio Pochettino confirms injury scare
Mauricio Pochettino confirms Ben Chilwell suffered a hamstring problem in Chelsea's 1-0 win over Brighton.
2023-09-28 19:56

ECB looks to AI to better understand inflation after big misses
FRANKFURT The European Central Bank is looking at how artificial intelligence could help improve its understanding of inflation
2023-09-28 18:56

Time-lapse that took 20 years to make shows legendary stellar explosion
Scientists have spent 20 years putting together time-lapse footage offering a stunning window into the past. Two decades of data taken from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory were used by astronomers to create a video of a stellar eruption that actually occurred 180 years ago. Observations from Chandra, taken in 1999, 2003, 2009, 2014 and 2020 were all used, in combination with data from ESA’s XMM-Newton spacecraft. With the combined data, experts were able to capture the stellar explosion, known as Eta Carinae. Eta Carinae is a famous star system containing two large stars, one of which is around 90 times larger than the Sun, while the other is around 30 times as large. The “Great Eruption” from Eta Carinae is believed to be the result of the merging of two stars that were originally part of a three-star system. Eta Carinae Time-Lapse, Chandra X-ray Observatory www.youtube.com It first took place in the mid-19th century and the aftermath is still continuing to be observed today. New footage shows how the explosion has expanded into space with staggering speeds of up to 4.5 million miles per hour. In a statement, NASA officials explained: “During this event, Eta Carinae ejected between 10 and 45 times the mass of the sun. This material became a dense pair of spherical clouds of gas, now called the Homunculus Nebula, on opposite sides of the two stars.” The Homunculus Nebula is the blue cloud visible in the video, while the growing bright orange ring shows how X-ray emissions have grown and expanded over time. “The new movie of Chandra, plus a deep, summed image generated by adding the data together, reveal important hints about Eta Carinae’s volatile history,” the statement read. “This includes the rapid expansion of the ring, and a previously-unknown faint shell of X-rays outside it.” Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
2023-09-28 18:53

Volkswagen restarts production after suffering major IT outage
By Christoph Steitz FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Volkswagen said on Thursday that a major IT outage, which had caused most of its
2023-09-28 17:26

Ujjain: India anger as minor rape victim walks around for help
CCTV footage of a young girl walking around a street reportedly asking for help surfaced online this week.
2023-09-28 16:51