A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 Starlink satellites soared into the blue sky over California on Saturday (Sept. 6) after emerging 20 seconds into its flight from a fog layer typical of its launch site. The booster lifted off at…
Apple TV+ secures 10-episode follow-up to BBC's 'Gavin and Stacey'
James Corden and Ruth Jones have signed a multi-million-dollar deal to make the follow-up to Gavin and Stacey’ for Apple TV+. James Corden on ‘Carpool Karaoke’ – Image Credit: Apple The British comedy “Gavin and Stacey” concluded in December 2024, leaving…
Intel is bringing back old CPU tricks with new software-defined super cores that could shake up processor design dramatically
Intel merges physical CPU cores into a single virtual super core design Fused cores execute instructions in parallel before reordering to improve performance The approach targets higher single-thread efficiency without expanding core size Intel has filed a patent for what it…
The Download: Longevity myths, and sewer-cleaning robots
—Jessica Hamzelou Earlier this week, my editor forwarded me a video of the leaders of Russia and China talking about immortality. “These days at 70 years old you are still a child,” China’s Xi Jinping, 72, was translated as saying. “With…
Zuckerberg caught on hot mic telling Trump ‘I wasn’t sure’ how much to promise to spend on AI in the US
Mark Zuckerberg has certainly come a long way in his relationship with President Donald Trump. Almost exactly a year after the president threatened the Meta CEO with imprisonment, the two sat side-by-side at a White House dinner, alongside numerous other tech…