Orionid meteor shower peaks tonight: Here’s the best time to spot shooting stars
Orionid meteor shower peaks tonight: Here’s the best time to spot shooting stars

The Orionid meteor shower peaks tonight (Oct. 21-22) in the light of a waxing moon. Here’s what to expect from one of Autumn’s greatest natural light shows.

EU opens Digital Services Act investigation into Booking.com over scams
EU opens Digital Services Act investigation into Booking.com over scams

The European Commission has opened an investigation into Booking.com over concerns that the platform is not doing enough to protect users from fake listings and phishing scams. Announced Wednesday, the probe will examine whether the travel booking site…

Iran threatens to attack undersea cables in the Strait of Hormuz, calls them ‘legitimate new targets’ in future conflict

Iran could attack seven undersea cables that run through the Strait of Hormuz, describing them as “legitimate new targets” in a potential “third phase” of further conflict with the United States.

Samsung and SK Hynix are upgrading Chinese factories to produce advanced RAM chips as AI data center competition ramps up
Samsung and SK Hynix are upgrading Chinese factories to produce advanced RAM chips as AI data center competition ramps up

Samsung and SK Hynix are reportedly upgrading their factories to produce more advanced RAM chips designed for AI data centers in an attempt to fend off competition from Chinese companies.

A critical PHP vulnerability may take websites down today
A critical PHP vulnerability may take websites down today

Security patches for the PHP programming language, widely used to build websites and web apps, are expected to roll out today, with the goal of fixing two critical vulnerabilities that could wreak havoc on the internet if left unchecked. In an advisory published on Tuesday, PHP developers said the vulnerabilities have a severity rating of […]

Nvidia says European partners are adopting DSX to cut AI factory water use
Nvidia says European partners are adopting DSX to cut AI factory water use

European infrastructure companies are building AI data centres on Nvidia DSX, Nvidia said on Wednesday at its GTC Berlin conference. The chipmaker says the blueprint can cut cooling water use to almost zero. The news came a day after Germany signed an …

Lights-Out Manufacturing: The Adaptability Paradox

Our body runs on a tight, closed cycle: sense, model, act and sense again. Modern humanoids and cobot systems increasingly replicate that loop.

OpenAI’s Brockman urges AI safeguards as group he funds opposes rules
OpenAI’s Brockman urges AI safeguards as group he funds opposes rules

OpenAI president Greg Brockman has joined calls for AI safety rules in the US. At the same time, a political group he helped fund is spending millions to elect candidates who oppose strict rules, Reuters reported on Wednesday. Brockman and his wife, An…

ChatGPT can now make its own games — so I asked it to reinvent 5 arcade classics
ChatGPT can now make its own games — so I asked it to reinvent 5 arcade classics

What happens when you ask ChatGPT to recreate Snake, Tetris, Pong, Pac-Man and Space Invaders? I tested its new game-making abilities to find out.