Brenda Fricker, ‘My Left Foot’ Oscar Winner, Dies at 81
Brenda Fricker, who became the first Irish actress to win an Oscar for her turn opposite Daniel Day-Lewis in 1989’s “My Left Foot” and captured hearts as the Pigeon Lady in 1992’s “Home Alone 2,” died on Thursday in Dublin. She was 81.
A scheme to verify gates of a quantum computer without examining devices
Quantum computers, systems that process information using the principles of quantum mechanics, could solve some problems that cannot be tackled by the classical computers currently used worldwide. Despite their potential, verifying that these computers are working correctly and can reliably perform computations remains challenging.
Aboriginal people harvested this native grass for millennia: Scientists find an odd trait in its DNA
by Michael Westaway, Jennifer Silcock, Rahul Chandora, Robert Henry, Sammi Blinco, Shawnee Gorringe, The Conversation
Seen from the air, Channel Country resembles a vibrant, vast tapestry, with a network of waterways crisscrossing the land. Spread across more than 280,000 square kilometers (108,000 square miles) in outback Australia, it is one of the world's last free-flowing desert river systems.
At 34% off, the SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro still proves hot swappable batteries are a game changer for wireless headsets
One of the reasons I love wireless gaming headsets is for the range of movement they allow. If my other half yelps about a big bad bug situation, I can hit pause and spring into action while keeping my RGB kitty ears on. However, the one thing I don't love about wireless gaming headsets, like my beloved Razer Kraken Kitty V3 Pro, is how often this bit of kit needs to become wired in order to charge.
Australia's most diverse marsupial predators have been hiding their origins for millions of years
When you think of carnivorous marsupials, you probably picture the Tasmanian devil or perhaps a spotted-tailed quoll. But these famous predators are only the largest members of a remarkable family of marsupials called dasyurids.
India's private space industry shoots for the stars
Private companies are reshaping India's space ambitions, building rockets and satellites as the country pushes to capture a bigger share of the global space economy.
Supplement that binds to microplastics may remove them from our body | New Scientist
Microplastics are ubiquitous in our environment, but we’re still figuring out what effect they have on our health, if any watchwaterrr/Adobe Stock
A postbiotic may limit our absorption of microplastics, according to the first human trial of a microplastic-removal supplement. It uses the rough surface of dead bacteria to attract microplastics, preventing them from entering cells.
Google On Canonical Fixes; Mueller On Hidden Links And A/B Tests - SEO Pulse
Welcome to the week’s Pulse: image generation lands in AI Overviews, Mueller weighs in on a plan to hide a homepage link, and Google puts an outside limit on how long a content-based canonical fix takes.
AI music generator Suno has been hacked, detailing the data scraping of millions of songs from YouTube, Deezer, and Genius
According to 404 Media, a hacker has breached the company database of Suno, an online AI music generation tool. The hack is said to reveal multiple references to the training data it scraped from YouTube Music, Deezer, Genius, and others.
Kalshi Opens Betting Market For Pharmaceutical Trials And FDA Decisions
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Online gambling website Kalshi has already accepted more than $100,000 worth of bets in a new suite of prediction markets launched Thursday that allows people to gamble on the outcome of pharmaceutical clinical trials and when—or if—a drug will be approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration.