@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz2026-01-06 16:38:58
The 247th meeting of the American Astronomical Society #AAS247 is underway, coming with 8 press conferences - https://aas.org/meetings/aas247/press-kit#briefings - streaming on https://www.youtube.com/@AASPressOffice. There were already two yesterday:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gAjRP1xLtQ about Galaxies Big and Small, covering e.g. https://public.nrao.edu/news/hidden-giants-of-the-early-universe/ / https://news.ucmerced.edu/news/2026/astronomers-reveal-hidden-activity-early-universe’s-most-massive-galaxies / https://keckobservatory.org/aas247-magaz3ne/ and https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae1584 (The First RELHIC? Cloud-9 is a Starless Gas Cloud) -> https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/nasas-hubble-examines-cloud-9-first-of-new-type-of-object/ / https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Cloud-9_a_new_celestial_object_found_by_Hubble / https://public.nrao.edu/news/starless-dark-matter-failed-galaxy-near-m94/.
And https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvpDVq-7h6E about Stars and Their Behavior, covering e.g. https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.00470 (Betelgeuse: Detection of the Expanding Wake of the Companion Star) -> https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/cfa-scientists-detect-wake-betelgeuses-elusive-companion-star / https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/nasa-hubble-helps-detect-wake-of-betelgeuses-elusive-companion-star/ and https://aas.org/sites/default/files/2026-01/Steven and Tyler AAS Press Release.pdf and https://public.nrao.edu/news/alma-devours-cosmic-hamburger-reveals-potential-for-giant-planet-formation/
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-01-06 18:40:41
Nvidia brings its G-Sync Pulsar tech to four monitors, which reduces motion blur by using a "rolling scan" scheme that briefly pulses the monitors' backlight (Kyle Orland/Ars Technica)
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/01
@elduvelle@neuromatch.social2026-03-06 13:10:35
Go #Montargis!
”Le Monde – Montargis au quotidien, ville de la « France du milieu », ni riche ni pauvre, ni rurale ni urbaine”
@heiseonline@social.heise.de2026-01-05 07:04:00
Schachroboter SenseRobot bewegt reale Figuren
SenseRobot stellt Schach- und Go-Roboter her, die Figuren mit Roboterarmen selbstständig bewegen, Spielzüge erkennen und Training bis auf Meisterniveau bieten.
https://www.…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-01-06 14:57:28
Sources: Will Welch is stepping down as editor of GQ to work in a new role with Pharrell, the musician and men's creative director of Louis Vuitton, in Paris (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/business/media/will-welch-gq-editor-depa…
@fanf@mendeddrum.org2026-01-06 18:42:03
from my link log —
Using eBPF to load-balance traffic across UDP sockets with Golang.
https://vincent.bernat.ch/en/blog/2026-reuseport-ebpf-go
saved 2026-01-05
@tinoeberl@mastodon.online2026-02-05 14:16:00
#thyssenkrupp Steel hat vier neue #Grünstrom-PPAs über insgesamt 230 GWh abgeschlossen, um seine #Tochterunternehmen mit Strom aus deutschen
@heiseonline@social.heise.de2026-02-05 07:36:00
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-02-06 17:20:56
Sources: OpenAI is working with G42 to build a ChatGPT version tuned for the UAE to accommodate local language, political outlook, and speech restrictions (Reed Albergotti/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/02/06/2026
@heiseonline@social.heise.de2026-03-04 10:22:00
6G: Kommunikation, KI und Sensing als große Themen
6G soll vor allem drei große Änderungen bieten. Über den Nutzen für den durchschnittlichen Smartphone-Nutzer lässt sich diskutieren.
https://www.