Nvidia Hits Record High as AI Demand Fuels Blowout Forecast
Nvidia Corp. reached a record high Thursday after the chipmaker at the forefront of an industrywide artificial intelligence
2023-08-25 00:22
Ameresco Named Finalist at the 2023 Energy Awards
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 24, 2023--
2023-08-24 23:55
Baby Penguins Die as Record Low Antarctic Ice Stokes Extinction Risk
Colonies of emperor penguins failed to breed at a level never seen before in parts of Antarctica, which
2023-08-24 23:53
Fortnite Chapter 4 Season 4 Name Revealed
The Fortnite Chapter 4 Season 4 name is Fortnite Last Resort and its heist theme promises new Mythic weapons, including Midas' Drum Gun.
2023-08-24 23:49
The 'Truff' UFO video explained
We love a good UFO story here at indy100, and there’s a new video which has got people questioning what is real. Footage some are claiming to show a flying object with the letters “TRUFF” written on it zoom past the window of a plane has gone viral online. TikTok users have been sharing the video and it’s racked up millions of views, intriguing UFO enthusiasts and conspiracy theorists everywhere. It’s not clear when it was first uploaded, but the clip has raised eyebrows across the world. The strange footage has sparked all kinds of theories, but it looks like there’s a very clear explanation for it. Truff is the name of a sauce brand, which has been known for its unusual marketing ploys over recent times. The brand’s official account also posted the video. “The video shared with the claim that the UFO was seen is an advertisement for the sauce brand called Truff,” one social media user wrote. Another even went as far as saying: “Whomever is doing your marketing needs a raise! Great stuff. Never heard of the sauce, now [it’s] on my shopping list!” UFO stories have been everywhere in 2023. One of the most compelling stories of the year so far came when a model shared what some are describing on social media as the 'best UFO footage ever' after spotting something strange during a flight. Valentina Rueda Velez, a Colombian model who goes by the username @Valentinarueda.v on Instagram, shared a clip during a recent journey on a private plane. Sign up for our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
2023-08-24 23:28
Mysterious ‘dark spot’ on Neptune seen from Earth for the first time
Scientists have seen one of the mysterious “dark spots” on Neptune from Earth for the first ever time. Researchers spotted the feature using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope, or VLT. Using that telescope, astronomers were able to examine a large dark spot – which was joined by a smaller, bright spot, they said, of a kind that has never seen before. Scientists still do not know why those spots form on Neptune’s blue atmosphere. But they hope that the new observations could help answer questions about their origin. “Since the first discovery of a dark spot, I’ve always wondered what these short-lived and elusive dark features are,” said Patrick Irwin, professor at the University of Oxford and lead investigator of the study. It has already helped rule out one possibility: that the dark spots are caused when the clouds on the planet clear. The observations instead suggest that the spot is formed when air particles make a layer below the main one go darker, caused by ice and haze mixing in the atmosphere. Understanding the spots has been difficult because they leave the planet’s surface as mysteriously as they arise. They have also been difficult for researchers to actually examine, given the difficulty of spotting them through telescopes. Previously, scientists were forced to send spacecraft to see the spots, and the first was observed in 1989, when Nasa’s Voyager 2 flew past. It disappeared a few years later. In recent years, scientists have been able to examine them with the Hubble Space Telescope, which has seen more spots on the atmosphere. When it did so, astronomers were able to point ground-based telescopes towards them, allowing for more detailed research. “This is an astounding increase in humanity’s ability to observe the cosmos,” said Michael Wong, a researcher at the University of California, Berkeley and a co-author on the paper. “At first, we could only detect these spots by sending a spacecraft there, like Voyager. “Then we gained the ability to make them out remotely with Hubble. Finally, technology has advanced to enable this from the ground.” The new observations allowed scientists to examine the spot using the VLT’s Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer, which let them split the light from Neptune and the spot into its component colours. That in turn means that astronomers can understand the height at which the spot sits, and how the atmosphere is composed. As well as helping examine the dark spots, scientists also saw a surprise result: another, entirely new kind of bright spot. “In the process we discovered a rare deep bright cloud type that had never been identified before, even from space,” said Wong. The work is described in a new paper, ‘Cloud structure of dark spots and storms in Neptune’s atmosphere’, published in Nature Astronomy. Read More Mysterious dark spot on Neptune detected from Earth for the first time We just received the first ever pictures taken near the Moon’s uncharted south pole Chandrayaan-3 mission rover exits Moon lander to explore lunar south pole Mysterious dark spot on Neptune detected from Earth for the first time We just received the first ever pictures taken near the Moon’s uncharted south pole Chandrayaan-3 mission rover exits Moon lander to explore lunar south pole
2023-08-24 23:27
Why Wall Street's obsession with a company you probably never heard of is sending stocks surging
The stock market has boomed this year, and a big reason is a company without much name recognition -- unless you're a hard core video gamer.
2023-08-24 22:58
T-Mobile to Cut About 7% of Staff, Mostly Corporate Roles
T-Mobile USA Inc. is cutting 7% of its staff, part of an effort to rein in costs as
2023-08-24 22:54
Universal Robots Academy Has Empowered Over 200,000 People to Use Collaborative Robotics
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2023-08-24 22:49
Amazon Introduces Blink Outdoor 4—Even Better Image Quality, Same Long Battery Life
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2023-08-24 22:25
T-Mobile to lay off 5,000 employees
T-Mobile on Thursday announced it plans to lay off 5,000 employees, or around 7% of its total staff, over the next five weeks.
2023-08-24 22:17
Inspiration Mobility Names Claire Broido Johnson as Chief Operating Officer and Mark Richardson as Managing Director, Fleet
WASHINGTON, D.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 24, 2023--
2023-08-24 22:17