An artist’s impression of IBM’s Eagle quantum processing unit IBM IBM has made a significant advance on the road to larger and more powerful quantum computers by linking two such devices together and performing calculations beyond the capabilities of either alone. The result is a positive sign that the company’s bet on a modular approach…
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A pigeon-inspired robot has solved the mystery of how birds fly without the vertical tail fins that human-designed aircraft rely on. Its makers say the prototype could eventually lead to passenger aircraft with less drag, reducing fuel consumption. Tail fins, also known as vertical stabilisers, allow aircraft to turn from side to side and help…
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Walter Olson Voters in ten or so states this month turned down proposals to change the way elections are held, and reformers will be taking time to absorb the lessons. But I’d caution against treating this, as some headline writers have done, as a general rejection of ranked choice voting (RCV), which figured in many…
Just a few days after launching in Early Access, the long-awaited Industry Giant 4.0 has only 46 percent positive reviews on Steam. On November 15, 2024, Industry Giant 4.0 launched in Early Access. However, the German economic legend did not fare so well with us – we gave it a rating tendency of 65 to…
An artist’s depiction of a system showing its host star, transiting planet and misaligned protoplanetary disc NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt, K. Miller (Caltech/IPAC) A world seen orbiting a 3-million-year-old star about 520 light years from Earth is one of the youngest known planets, offering a window into early planet formation. The star is an early-stage dwarf star,…
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A tiny town in New Vegas is visited annually by Fallout fans who celebrate their love for the franchise there. Video game conventions like gamescom and promotional events organized by the game manufacturers themselves are often the meeting place for video game fans and cosplayers. These are characterized by crowds, long lines and photo sessions…
It hasn’t been a good year for people who care about climate change. A hoped-for peak in carbon emissions has failed to emerge, meaning we continue to warm the planet at an accelerating rate (see “Humanity has warmed the planet by 1.5°C since 1700”). Meanwhile, the election of Donald Trump for a second term as…
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The integration of Black Ops 6 into Warzone is frustrating: a YouTuber uncovers serious technical glitches and explains why the Battle Royale is worse than it was with MW3. The integration of Black Ops 6 into Call of Duty Warzone should actually be a big step forward, but for many players it feels like two…
Can AI replicate individual humans? gremlin/Getty Images An experiment simulating more than 1000 real people using the artificial intelligence model behind ChatGPT has successfully replicated their unique thoughts and personalities with high accuracy, sparking concerns about the ethics of mimicking individuals in this way. Joon Sung Park at Stanford University in California and his colleagues…
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Square Enix is bringing Life is Strange: Double Exposureto the Nintendo Switch eShop as a digital version today, November 19, 2024. Fans of the series can also look forward to the physical edition, which will be available in stores from January 28, 2025. With this release, the publisher is expanding the availability of the game,…
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