Technology

NASA has issued an urgent alert after spotting a massive 410-foot asteroid named ‘2024 OC’ hurtling towards Earth at a frightening speed on Sunday, August 4. The asteroid is expected to make its closest approach at 16:10 UTC. Asteroid 2024 OC, comparable in size to a large building, is traveling at a velocity of 35,986 km/h. It belongs to the …

The intense solar wind streams striking Earth’s magnetosphere have led to significant changes. These solar winds have reshaped the sun-facing side of the magnetosphere, known as the bow shock, and stretched the magnetic field into a windsock-like shape with a long tail on the night side. The solar winds underwent dramatic changes, altering the dynamics and structure of the magnetosphere. …

Meta Platforms Inc., the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, is engaging Hollywood celebrities to lend their voices for its artificial intelligence initiatives. Sources close to the discussions reveal that Meta is offering multimillion-dollar deals to stars like Judi Dench, Awkwafina, and Keegan-Michael Key. Meta aims to finalize these agreements before its Connect 2024 event in September, where it plans …

A hospital in China has made history by successfully conducting a remote surgery with the surgeon located 5,000 km away from the patient. Utilizing advanced technology and thorough research, a team of doctors enabled their colleague in Shanghai to control a machine that removed a lung tumor within an hour. A video of this pioneering procedure has gone viral on …

The US Justice Department filed a lawsuit on Friday against TikTok, accusing the app of failing to prevent children from joining and unlawfully collecting their personal data. The lawsuit alleges that TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by allowing children to create accounts without parental knowledge or consent. It claims that TikTok …

Imagine examining a 520-million-year-old larva with its brain, internal organs, soft tissues, and nervous system still intact. This remarkable discovery was made by scientists from Britain’s Natural History Museum, who uncovered an exceptionally well-preserved fossil in China. This ancient larva lived during the Cambrian period, a time known for a rapid diversification of life on Earth. Fossils from this era …

Jeff Bezos, the billionaire founder of Amazon, saw a significant drop in his net worth by $15.2 billion, bringing his total to $191.5 billion, as reported by the Bloomberg Billionaire Index. This sharp decline is part of a broader downturn affecting the tech sector. The Nasdaq 100 Index fell by 2.4%, impacting the fortunes of several tech billionaires. Elon Musk’s …

Over the past month, temperatures in Antarctica, typically one of the coldest places on Earth, have averaged 10 degrees Celsius higher than normal. This significant and unusual increase is being characterized as an almost record-breaking heatwave. The past year has seen a global trend of record-high temperatures, with monthly averages frequently exceeding the critical 1.5-degree Celsius increase over preindustrial levels, …