ZX Spectrum used composite video back in the day, but this FPGA hack brings out much…
Month: May 2020
The Eight Spiders
An intriguing story about following down the rabbit’s hole to establish the origins of urban myth…
NVIDIA Researchers Demonstrate New Raytracing Algorithm That Can Render Direct Lighting from Millions of Dynamic Light Sources
NVIDIA researchers published a paper detailing ReSTIR, a new raytracing algorithm capable of rendering millions of…
‘Mission: Impossible 2’ Co-Writer Reveals How ‘Star Trek’ Helped Save the Sequel
Twenty years after the sequel’s release, Ronald D. Moore recalls days spent working on the script…
Why the U.S. Government Seized Citizens’ Gold in the 1930s
Gold ownership remained illegal in the US until the 1970s. Read more…
How China built facial recognition for people wearing masks
When it’s come to the most advance facial recognization system no one can beat China, the…
Despite corona, pivotal pancreatic cancer study in Israel hits benchmark
Overall survival rate increased from 11.1 months to 19.9 in some trials. The 613 in CPI-613…
How to watch SpaceX launch NASA astronauts to the ISS in historic Demo-2 mission
A Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to carry two astronauts from US soil to the space…
US poll says only 1 in 4 Republican voters disbelieve Bill Gates coronavirus conspiracy | ZDNet
Only 1 in 4 Republican voters disbelieve Bill Gates coronavirus conspiracy. Half of all Fox News…
We’re About to Have the Longest Summer Vacation Ever. That’s Going to Be a Problem.
Unless we act fast, some students are going to become a new set of pandemic victims.…
‘Back to the Future’ Writer Asks Universal to Destroy Censored Version of Sequel
Netflix removed one of the scenes in the second installment of famous saga. Bob Gale says…
Microsoft’s Fluid Framework is now open source, comes to Office 365 – TechCrunch
Fluid Framework was one of the sleeper hits of Microsoft’s 2019 Build developer conference. The idea…
Facebook Makes Its React Native Open-Source Framework Fully Accessible
Facebook is marking Global Accessibility Awareness Day Thursday (May 21) by making its React Native open-source…
Tips to be a better problem solver [Last lecture] | Lockdown math ep. 10
Tips on problem-solving, with examples from geometry, trig, and probability. Read more…
‘Command & Conquer’ Source Code To Be Released By EA
Electronic Arts will release the source code for two instalments of its classic real-time strategy series,…
Apple’s Augmented Reality Glasses Again Rumored for 2021 Launch
Apple’s rumored augmented reality glasses will launch in 2021, with “small-volume” production expected to start in…
What’s happening to Pluto’s atmosphere
The dramatic fall in atmospheric pressure on Pluto is much larger than astronomers expected. Read more…
Navy warship uses a new high-energy laser to shoot down drone in mid-flight
The USS Portland successfully disabled an unmanned aerial vehicle in mid-flight during the test of a…
Hong Kong police fire tear gas during protests of China’s tough national security law
Hong Kong police fired volleys of tear gas in a popular shopping district as thousands took…
37 per cent increase in cyberattacks in India in Q1 2020: Report
India has seen a 37 per cent increase in cyberattacks in the first quarter (Q1) of…