Science & Tech

Satellite Finds Warm Pacific Wave Off South America, Reinforcing Likely El Niño in 2026

Satellite data show a warm Kelvin wave reaching the South American coast, bolstering forecasts that El Niño is likely to form later in 2026.

#elnino, #climate, #satellite, #pacific

SCIENCE

Webb Measures Massive Black Hole in Tiny Galaxy 700 Million Years After Big Bang

Webb's NIRSpec mapped gas in a z=7.04 'Little Red Dot', finding a 10^7–10^8 solar-mass black hole that may outweigh its primitive host.

#astronomy, #blackhole, #jameswebb, #cosmology, #earlyuniverse

TECHNOLOGY

GAO: U.S. Electric Aircraft Still Years From Routine Use; FAA Hasn’t Certified a Manned Model

A GAO report finds FAA has not certified a manned electric aircraft and U.S. airport charging plans are limited, slowing electric aviation’s rollout.

#electricaviation, #faa, #gaoreport, #airports

TECHNOLOGY

CD PROJEKT RED announces 2027 expansion 'Songs of the Past' for The Witcher 3; PC requirements rise

CD PROJEKT RED will release Songs of the Past, a 2027 expansion for The Witcher 3 starring Geralt; PC minimum requirements will increase.

$CDR, #witcher3, #cdprojektred, #gaming, #pc, #expansion

TECHNOLOGY

Square Enix Renames Dragon Quest XII to 'Beyond Dreams' as Development Reset Is Reported

Square Enix revealed Dragon Quest XII — Yume no Kanata e (Beyond Dreams) on May 27; Japanese reports say development was restarted under a 'new structure'.

#dragonquest, #squareenix, #videogames, #gaming

TECHNOLOGY

Apparent Infinite‑Mint Exploit Creates 5.4 Trillion vsdCRV on Arbitrum; Attacker Swapped ~43.8 ETH

Security feeds report an apparent infinite‑mint exploit on Arbitrum's vsdCRV, creating ~5.4T tokens; attacker swapped about 43.78 ETH (~$90k).

#crypto, #arbitrum, #stakedao, #defi, #security

SCIENCE

LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA releases GWTC-5.0, expanding gravitational-wave catalog to 390 events

LVK's GWTC-5.0 adds 150 compact-binary candidates from O4b, raising the catalog to 390 events and improving population studies, Hubble estimates and GR tests.

#gravitational-waves, #ligo, #astronomy, #cosmology

SCIENCE

AI diffusion model yields 12 computational leads for energetic materials, preprint lacks experimental confirmation

An arXiv preprint says an AI diffusion model generated 12 DFT-validated energetic-material leads and released code, but reports no lab confirmation.

#artificialintelligence, #energeticmaterials, #chemistry, #arxiv

SCIENCE

NASA to Name Artemis III Crew During June 9 Event in Houston

NASA will reveal the Artemis III astronaut crew and provide a mission update June 9 from Johnson Space Center in Houston; Artemis III is slated for 2027.

#nasa, #artemis, #space, #moon

TECHNOLOGY

EFF analysis finds schools, police using Flock Safety license-plate cameras for residency and background checks

An EFF review of Flock Safety logs shows schools and police used license-plate searches for residency verification, background checks and noise complaints.

#surveillance, #privacy, #lawenforcement, #flocksafety

TECHNOLOGY

NASA Awards Lunar Rover Contracts, Sets Moon Base Campaign Launches Starting Fall 2026

NASA awarded rover contracts to Astrolab and Lunar Outpost, hired Blue Origin to deliver them, and set Moon Base missions to begin as early as fall 2026.

#nasa, #moon, #lunar, #space, #artemis

TECHNOLOGY

Epic Shows Unreal Engine 6 Running Rocket League at RLC 2026 Paris — No Release Date or Technical Details Announced

Epic Games unveiled Unreal Engine 6 at the Rocket League Championship Series 2026 Paris Major, showing Rocket League on UE6 but giving few technical details.

#unrealengine, #rocketleague, #epicgames, #gameengines

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