Alphabet, Google’s parent company, is in advanced talks to acquire cybersecurity giant Wiz for $23 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. TechCrunch’s sources have heard the same and added that sales talks could last into next week. If this deal ends up going through, it will be Alphabet’s biggest acquisition yet. It could … Read more
Angle down symbol The image is in the form of a downward angle. Houthi supporters in Yemen took part in an armed protest in December 2023. Mohammed Hamoud Russia is debating arming Yemen’s Houthi rebels with anti-ship missiles, US intelligence said. Perhaps it will come in response to Biden allowing Ukraine’s use of US weapons … Read more
When you make a purchase through our article links, Future and its affiliate partners may receive a commission. Credit: NASA 55 years ago today, Apollo 11’s flag-raising on the former lunar surface lasted a total of 10 minutes. Neil Armstrong‘s and Buzz AldrinA two-and-a-half-hour moonwalk in July 1969. But that seminal event in vexillological history … Read more
Message: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science magazine. To get it in your inbox, register for free here. CNN – As the full moon rises in the night sky this weekend, take the time to enjoy its beauty and look for the great dark plain. Above is the Mare Tranquillitatis, … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain This is not a recap of last week’s summary; another team of astronomers found a second black hole in the center of the Milky Way and I can’t help but highlight it. They are delicious! They may have formed in the early universe, contain the seeds of supermassive black holes, and … Read more
The James Webb Space Telescope recently celebrated its second birthday, as it began service on July 12, 2022. Here are the 10 best Webb photos to date to mark the occasion. Before diving into a series of images, it’s important to establish exactly what makes an image worthy of inclusion. Ultimately, it comes down to … Read more
Tourism is important to Spain’s economy but critics argue that the country is too dependent on it. SCOTT SIMON, EDITOR: What’s not to love about Spain? – Barcelona, ​​Toledo, Madrid, 5,000 kilometers of coastline, paella, Rioja. But as Miguel Macias reports, some locals feel that their country is loved too much. MIGUEL MACIAS, BY NOTE: … Read more
The ruling Communist Party of China is holding an important meeting in Beijing to plan China’s development and modernization for the next five years. SCOTT SIMON, EDITOR: While the Republican Party held its convention in Milwaukee, this week, the ruling Communist Party of China held its important convention in Beijing. Party leaders have come together … Read more
Physicists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have succeeded in reproducing one of the most important results in quantum mechanics, known as the “Elitzur-Vaidman bomb tester.” It’s amazing that they achieved this in a primitive system, which means they saw a quantum effect in a system from everyday physics. This achievement raises the question: … Read more
Add / Renderings of the possible shape of LHS 1140 b, and a fraction of the ocean on the side facing its star. The world is included on the right for scale. Of all the possible exoplanets—terrestrial exoplanets larger than Earth—except an exoplanet orbiting a star only 40 years away in our galaxy of Cetus … Read more