Science & Tech

Samsung Begins Shipping Samples of 12‑Layer HBM4E Memory to Major Customers

Samsung says it has started shipping samples of a 12‑layer, 48GB HBM4E stack to major customers, touting higher bandwidth and efficiency.

$005930.KS, #samsung, #hbm4e, #semiconductors, #ai

NASA Says Roman Telescope Could Detect Around 100,000 Exoplanets

NASA projects its Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope could detect about 100,000 exoplanets via transits and 1,000+ more by microlensing.

#astronomy, #exoplanets, #nasa, #space-telescope

May 27 vsdCRV Mint on Arbitrum: Trillions Created, But Only ~$91,000 Extracted

An unauthorized mint of vsdCRV on Arbitrum created trillions of tokens, but attackers appear to have cashed out only about $91,000 as DeFi protocols scrambled to contain risk.

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

NHS vacancies in England fall slightly to 97,475 by end of March 2026, but tens of thousands remain unfilled

NHS vacancies in England dipped to 97,475 (6.5%) at March 31, 2026, with nursing and medical gaps narrowing — but the figures carry major caveats.

#nhs, #vacancies, #nursing, #doctors, #england

FAA Declares SpaceX Starship Flight 12 a 'Mishap,' Blocking Further Flights Pending Investigation

FAA says May 22 Starship Flight 12 was a 'mishap' focused on the Super Heavy booster; SpaceX must complete an FAA-overseen investigation before flying again.

#spacex, #starship, #faa, #space

Preprint Finds LLM Watermarks Can Be Undermined by Supply-Chain PRNG Tampering

An arXiv preprint finds LLM watermarking can be bypassed by tampering with the inference PRNG; authors say quantum RNGs may defend.

#ai, #watermarking, #prng, #cybersecurity

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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