Microsoft has announced that it will be retiring Skype, a pioneering internet calling service, on May 5. The decision comes as the company shifts its focus to Teams, a platform that has gained significant traction in recent years. Skype users will have 10 weeks to migrate their data to Teams or download their information using…
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A team of scientists from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) has made a groundbreaking discovery about the supermassive black hole M87*. By analyzing observations from 2017 and 2018, the researchers found that the black hole’s rotational axis points away from Earth and that turbulence within the accretion disc plays a significant role in changing its…
A recent study has found that married men in the United States are taking on more household chores, with the gap between the time married women and men spent on such tasks shrinking by 40 percent over the last two decades. The study suggests that men are developing new household habits, which have persisted even…
The Trump administration’s changes to the federal government have sent shockwaves through the research community in the United States and beyond. The team at Nature has been covering the impact of these changes on science, from cuts to NIH grants to the removal of gender-related terms from scientific papers. As the situation continues to unfold,…
The Royal Society in London has called a meeting to discuss the behavior of its fellows, particularly Elon Musk, after a growing campaign by scientists over his membership. Over 1,300 scientists signed an open letter expressing concerns about Musk’s conduct, citing his involvement in government reforms that threaten research programs and his spreading of misinformation…
Google DeepMind’s AI problem solver, AlphaGeometry 2, has surpassed the level of the average gold medallist in the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO). The AI system, which was upgraded to include Google’s state-of-the-art large language model, Gemini, was able to solve 84% of all geometry problems set in IMOs over the past 25 years. This achievement…
Elon Musk’s Tesla is facing a lawsuit over the use of AI-generated, copyright-violating images inspired by the movie “Blade Runner” at a press event. Attorneys for Musk have filed a motion to dismiss the case, but the plaintiff, Alcon Entertainment, intends to oppose it. The lawsuit claims that Tesla saved significant expenditures by using AI-generated…
Mathematicians have made a significant breakthrough in understanding the limitations of solving Diophantine equations, a fundamental problem in mathematics. Researchers have proven that there is no general algorithm to determine if a given Diophantine equation has a solution in certain number systems. This discovery sheds new light on the long-standing problem of Hilbert’s 10th problem…
Physicists in Germany have made a groundbreaking discovery by developing a new way to define the standard unit of electrical resistance. The new technique, based on the quantum anomalous Hall effect, does not require the use of applied magnetic fields, making it a significant improvement over the current method. This breakthrough could lead to the…
Researchers at Stanford University and Columbia University have made groundbreaking discoveries in using nanocrystals to measure tiny forces on tiny length scales. The breakthroughs, published in Nature, could revolutionize biomedical research, enabling scientists to study forces involved in processes such as stem cell differentiation. The techniques, which utilize the optical properties of nanocrystals, have the…