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A star you can see with the naked eye has kept astronomers guessing for decades with its unusually powerful X-rays. Now, thanks to highly precise observations from Japan’s XRISM space telescope, scientists have finally uncovered the source: a hidden white dwarf companion pulling in material and generating extreme heat. This discovery not only solves a 50-year-old mystery surrounding Gamma Cassiopeiae, but also confirms the existence of a long-predicted type of binary star system.
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An East Bay apartment complex has been bought at a price that's well below its prior value. Read more ›
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A PG&E Corp. unit has bought a San Jose building in a move to bolster the utility's South Bay operations. Read more ›
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Electric scooters aren't just handy for zipping around town. They can be beneficial on the front line, too, as this military electric scooter shows. Read more ›
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Google’s rumored Face ID rival may skip the Pixel 11 series, leaving Pixel fans waiting longer for the secure, hardware-backed face unlock upgrade they have wanted since the Pixel 4. Read more ›
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Apple today filed an emergency application with the Supreme Court, asking for a stay on App Store fee calculations while it waits to hear whether the Supreme Court will weigh in on the latest developments in its legal battle with Epic Games. Apple argues that without a stay, it will face irreparable harm. Apple says it will have to litigate the fundamentals of its business model with the "highly prejudicial... Read more ›
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ServiceNow's new forecasts are aimed at reassuring investors that AI is not a threat to its business and instead could be a major growth driver. Read more ›
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Sierra, a three-year-old startup that makes agents for managing client relationships, said Monday it is raising $950 million in a funding round led by Tiger Global Management and Google Ventures, valuing the AI customer service startup at over $15 billion including the investment. The new ... Read more ›
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Looking for NYT Strands answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, including the spangram. Read more ›
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The monthly Google System Services has begun rolling out with fresh updates for Google Play Services (v26.17) and the Google Play Store (v51.3). The list of changes isn’t lengthy at this moment, but Google is known to push additional updates throughout a month. For now, we have account management changes when you sign-in with a... Read the original post: May Google Play Updates Bring Several Changes Read more ›
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The Trump administration is reportedly considering an executive order to create a working group that could review advanced AI models before public release. The shift follows concerns over Anthropic's powerful Mythos model and its cyber capabilities, with officials weighing whether the government should get early access to frontier models without necessarily blocking their release. The New York Times reports: In meetings last week, White House officials told executives from Anthropic,... Read more ›
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The NRC’s Canadian Photonics Fabrication Centre is the only end-to-end, pure-play compound semiconductor facility in North America. Read more ›
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Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, plus my commentary on the puzzles. Read more ›
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Pixel battery woes may be catching up with Google, as many of you say you’ve switched or plan to leave in our latest poll. Read more ›
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Samsung launched the Galaxy Z Flip7 FE last summer alongside the Galaxy Z Flip7, and the FE model was offered in the US for a while, until mid-December when Samsung stopped selling it. We obviously assumed the Flip7 FE was gone for good from the US market, but apparently not. Interestingly, Samsung has now started selling it again. You can grab one from the Korean company's online store for $899.... Read more ›
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Palantir reported revenue grew 85% to more than $1.6 billion in its March quarter—a 15% uptick from last quarter—and raised its full-year projection to 71% growth, from the 60% it issued a few months ago. Palantir is continuing to benefit as more U.S.-based companies and U.S. government agencies ... Read more ›
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A new leak suggests the next base model Pixel phone will have a 50-megapixel camera. Read more ›
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Одиннадцать тысяч рублей - именно столько денег было на всех счетах эмитента биржевых облигаций ООО «СибАвтоТранс» 31 декабря 2025 года. На семи счетах в шести банках - Сбербанке, Газпромбанке, Совкомбанке, Росдорбанке, Евромосбанке и АБ «Россия» - суммарно 10 956 рублей 94 копейки.У компании, которая за три предыдущих года вышла на Московскую биржу с программой облигаций объёмом 1 миллиард 750 миллионов рублей под 19–26% годовых.Через три недели после того, как директор... Read more ›
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Naomi Osaka, Lauren Sánchez Bezos, and Zoë Kravitz wore some of the best looks of the night at the 2026 Met Gala. Read more ›
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The mysterious collapse of the Maya civilization may not have been driven solely by drought after all. New evidence from lake sediments in Guatemala reveals that one key city, Itzan, enjoyed a stable climate even as its population abruptly vanished. Instead of environmental collapse, the findings point to something more complex: a tightly interconnected network of cities unraveling under pressure. As drought struck neighboring regions, wars, migration, and economic breakdown... Read more ›
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Researchers have found an enzyme that can turn fragile drug molecules into durable ring shapes. This could help medications like Ozempic last longer and work more effectively. The process is simpler and more precise than traditional methods, even for complex drugs. It may open the door to stronger, longer-lasting treatments. Read more ›
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Researchers have, for the first time, directly visualized how electronic patterns known as charge density waves evolve across a phase transition. Using cutting-edge microscopy, they found these patterns form unevenly, breaking into patches influenced by tiny structural distortions. Unexpectedly, small pockets of order persist even above the transition temperature. This reveals that electronic order fades gradually rather than disappearing all at once. Read more ›
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A daily vitamin D supplement may quietly supercharge chemotherapy. In a small study, women who took low doses alongside treatment were far more likely to see their cancer vanish than those who didn’t. Since vitamin D also supports immune function—and many patients are deficient—it could be playing a bigger role than expected. Scientists say this affordable approach deserves much deeper investigation. Read more ›
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A massive cosmic milestone has just been reached: scientists have completed the largest high-resolution 3D map of the universe ever created. Built using data from over 47 million galaxies and quasars, this map could unlock new clues about dark energy—the mysterious force driving the universe’s expansion. Despite setbacks like wildfire disruptions, the international DESI collaboration powered through, gathering an unprecedented dataset that already hints dark energy may behave in unexpected... Read more ›
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A new study suggests Neanderthals didn’t go extinct simply because of climate change or competition with Homo sapiens. Instead, the key difference may have been social connectivity—Homo sapiens formed stronger, more flexible networks that helped them survive environmental shocks. Neanderthals had connections too, but they were more fragile and regionally limited. This made them less resilient as conditions became increasingly unpredictable. Read more ›
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Dreams are more structured than they seem, shaped by both personal traits and real-world experiences. Researchers found that the brain doesn’t just replay daily life—it reshapes it into imaginative, sometimes surreal scenarios. People who mind-wander more tend to have fragmented dreams, while those who value dreams experience richer ones. Even major events like the pandemic changed dream content, making it more emotional and restrictive. Read more ›
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Scientists at MIT discovered that chaotic laser light can spontaneously form a highly focused beam instead of scattering—if the conditions are just right. This “pencil beam” enabled them to image the blood-brain barrier in 3D at speeds 25 times faster than existing techniques. The method also lets researchers watch how drugs move into brain cells in real time. It could dramatically accelerate the development of treatments for neurological diseases. Read more ›
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Quantum physics once shocked scientists by revealing that particles can behave like waves—and now, that strange behavior has been pushed even further. For the first time, researchers have observed wave-like interference in positronium, an exotic “atom” made of an electron and its antimatter partner, a positron. This breakthrough not only strengthens the weird reality of quantum mechanics but also opens the door to new experiments involving antimatter, including the possibility... Read more ›
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Curiosity has detected a surprising variety of organic molecules on Mars, including compounds tied to the chemistry of life. Some of these molecules may be billions of years old, preserved in ancient clay-rich rocks that once held water. One standout find resembles building blocks of DNA, raising exciting questions about Mars’ past. Although not proof of life, the discovery suggests the Red Planet may have once been far more biologically... Read more ›
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