GameStop FOMO inspires a new wave of crypto pump-and-dumps
Discord groups promise big earnings by manipulating the crypto market. Enlarge (credit: peng song / Getty) After the California Gold Rush, in 1870, two Kentucky swindlers whipped up a scheme to prey on thirsty financiers’ FOMO. They invente.....»»
Why new OLED gaming monitors still can’t beat the best from last year
A new wave of OLED monitors has shown up in 2023, but none of them can match our favorite OLED display from last year......»»
Smartphones of the future may have inflatable keyboards on OLED displays
Researchers at Carnegie University have developed a new type of pump to raise OLED screens at key points to make buttons......»»
PSA: ‘Atomic macOS Stealer’ malware can compromise iCloud Keychain passwords, credit cards, crypto wallets
Back in March, we saw a piece of malware surface for macOS called MacStealer that’s able to compromise iCloud Keychain passwords, credit card information, files, and more. Now a new malware called Atomic macOS Stealer is being sold as a service to.....»»
Gravitational waves from pulsars could be used to probe the interior of the sun
Gravitational wave astronomy is still in its early stages. So far it has focused on the most energetic and distinct sources of gravitational waves, such as the cataclysmic mergers of black holes and neutron stars. But that will change as our gravitat.....»»
As temperatures rise, flood threat grows along Los Angeles Aqueduct
More than a month after heavy storms eroded a section of the Los Angeles Aqueduct, work crews are still scrambling to complete repairs and shore up flood defenses in the face of a weeklong heat wave that threatens to trigger widespread snowmelt in th.....»»
Self-checking algorithm interprets gravitational-wave data
When two black holes merge, they emit gravitational waves that race through space and time at the speed of light. When these reach Earth, large detectors in the United States (LIGO), Italy (Virgo) and Japan (KAGRA) can detect the signals. By comparin.....»»
Secrets to Southern Ocean"s critical role in slowing climate change revealed
A new paper provides insights on one of the most important factors in the Southern Oceanic carbon cycle, the "biological pump," where carbon is utilized by organisms at the surface and transferred to ocean depths, away from contact with the atmospher.....»»
First heat wave of the year set to bake Sierra Nevada snowpack: "The big melt is now here"
After weeks of uncertainty, forecasters say an incoming California heat wave will trigger rapid snowmelt on the slopes of the Sierra Nevada and cause more flooding in portions of the San Joaquin and Owens valleys this week......»»
AMD’s Ryzen Z1 chips could power a new wave of handheld Steam Deck clones
The Z1-series is already coming to at least one handheld PC, the Asus ROG Ally. Enlarge / AMD's Ryzen Z1 chips are APUs tuned specifically for handheld gaming PCs. (credit: AMD) Nvidia GPUs power the vast majority of gam.....»»
A heartbeat in a dish: Growing specialized heart cells
Detailed examinations of the heart have revealed the pivotal role of the left ventricle—it's the area of the heart that develops first and provides the force to pump blood around our bodies. Crucially, it is also the area most commonly implicated i.....»»
Condensed matter physics inspires a new model of cellular behavior
Cells are expert cooperators and collaborators. To maintain tissue health, cells talk to each other, exert pressure on each other, and kick out cells that are not contributing to the overall well-being of the collective. When it's time to get rid of.....»»
Generation of color-tunable high-performance LG laser beams via Janus OPO
Laguerre-Gaussian (LG) modes are a type of light wave that can carry the external torque of photons as they move through space. They are useful in many fields, from optical communications to super-resolution imaging. Advanced developments in these an.....»»
Drought-hit Spain braces for early heat wave
Drought-hit Spain was bracing Monday for an unusually early heat wave, prompting fears for wildfires in a nation already so dry that some farmers have opted not to plant crops......»»
Researchers reveal acoustic topological corner anomaly
Topological acoustics provides a new approach for manipulating acoustic waves using the novel wave transport phenomenon. In less than a decade, it has provided a series of promising new ideas for the directional control of acoustic field......»»
Quantum effects of D-Wave’s hardware boost its performance
A clear performance edge, though the relevance to practical problems remains unclear. Enlarge / The D-Wave hardware is, quite literally, a black box. (credit: D-Wave) Before we had developed the first qubit, theoretician.....»»
I turned my van into an office with a battery-powered AC and heat pump
The EcoFlow Wave 2 is an air conditioner, a heat pump, and my ticket to comfortably working from anywhere in my van. But it comes with some quirks......»»
China eyes wave of EV exports as costs, prices tumble
Chinese automakers are now leading the world in making EVs that compete on price and technology for the average budget, threatening established automakers......»»
Intel unceremoniously dumps its year-old Blockscale chips for bitcoin mining
ASICs were meant to mine "without compromising the supply of new CPUs or GPUs." Enlarge (credit: Intel) In April 2022, Intel announced a new Blockscale series of application-specific integrated circuits (ASIC) meant for.....»»
Efficient heat dissipation perovskite lasers using a high-thermal-conductivity diamond substrate
Perovskite lasers have rapidly achieved progress in developing continuous-wave excited lasing from a femtosecond pulse excited lasing, which is considered a critical step towards electrically excited lasing. After continuous-wave lasing at room tempe.....»»
Tactics that make crypto giveaway scams so successful
The illicit market for crypto giveaway scams has expanded, offering various services to facilitate fraudulent activity. The proliferation of fake crypto giveaways can be attributed to the increased availability of tools for scammers, even those with.....»»