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In 2021, GamesIndustry.biz spoke with former PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan about his hopes for the company’s future. And he gave this answer: “I would like to see a world where the games we make on PlayStation can be enjoyed by many tens of millions of people. Maybe hundreds of millions. Right now the success with … Read more
Sensing deflected wavefronts in fluorescence microscopy. Credit: Optics (2024). DOI: 10.1364/OPTICA.518559 A team led by researchers at HHMI’s Janelia Research Campus has adapted a class of techniques used in astronomy to whiten images of distant galaxies for use in the life sciences, offering biologists a faster and cheaper way to get clearer and sharper microscopic … Read more
On iPhone 15 models, iOS 18 will recommend that users set a specific charge limit for their device based on their recent usage habits, with the aim of potentially improving iPhone battery life by reducing the time that the battery is fully charged. All four iPhone 15 models have a setting that prevents devices from … Read more
Private markets are booming thanks to the popularity of alternatives among wealthy retail investors and ‘higher for longer’ interest rates. Once feared, buyout firms such as KKR, Apollo and Blackstone have gone mainstream as they have climbed higher in the Global 2000. from Sergei KlebnikovForbes Staff TThese are boom times for the world’s biggest buyout … Read more
This graphic shows a three-dimensional map of the stars near the sun. These stars are close enough that they could be prime targets for direct imaging searches for planets using future telescopes. Blue haloes represent stars that have been observed with NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA’s XMM-Newton. The yellow star in the center of … Read more
Final Fantasy 9 Remake Could Actually Happen (Square Enix) A new leak has seemingly confirmed the existence of various games, namely a new Turok and the much-rumored Final Fantasy 9 remake. While it’s been rumored for years, there’s no official word on whether a Final Fantasy 9 remake is actually in the works. The first … Read more
HELSINKI — European-Chinese cooperation in lunar exploration may end despite successful cooperation on the ongoing Chang’e-6 mission. ESA provided a payload for China’s remote lunar sampler return mission Chang’e-6, which launched on May 3. The mission aims to collect and return samples from the lunar far side, providing unprecedented insights into the moon’s composition and … Read more
Keith Gill, the meme stock trend setter known as Roaring Kitty, may have sold his recently disclosed options at GameStop amid a surge in trading, market experts speculated. Gill — who made a surprise return to social media last month after not posting anything online for years — had revealed a sizable GameStop stock and … Read more
Intensity map and geographic location of the 2023 Turkey earthquake. A black star indicates the epicenter of the earthquake (https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes). Credit: Journal of Applied Geodesy (2024). DOI: 10.1515/jag-2024-0024 A recent study in Journal of Applied Geodesy suggests. Developing early warning systems for earthquakes can be very helpful in preventing death and destruction. One such proposed … Read more
This article is a local version of our Working It newsletter. Subscribers can sign up here to receive the newsletter delivered every Wednesday. Explore all our newsletters here Hello and welcome to Working It. Last week I walked into a large room full of people. . . and I realized that I didn’t know anyone. … Read more