It’s official: Dmitry Rogozin has been ousted from his cushy position as head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, effective immediately. But now that the Kremlin has ‘dismissed’ Rogozin as CEO of Roscosmos — what happens next? And what do we know about Rogozin’s successor? The news of Rogozin’s departure comes directly from the Kremlin. In a press release, ardent nationalist and longtime Putin ally Dmitry Rogozin was “dismissed from the post of General Director of the State Corporation ‘Roscosmos’,” by presidential decree. Russia’s deputy prime minister of space and defense, Yury Borisov, will take Rogozin’s place.
(Photo: Vincent Keiman/Unsplash)Between supermarket deals on hot dogs and the smell of a fired-up grill, this time of year makes many of us hungry. But a new study suggests that when bellies begin growling, more than just the classic hallmarks of summer may be at play. For men in particular, the sun might trigger hunger through key hormonal fluxes. A study Monday in Nature Metabolism seeks to dissect this strange discrepancy. Researchers at Tel Aviv University were conducting a separate nutrition survey when they noticed that men increased their food intake during the summer months. Suspecting that environmental cues may be at play, the researchers had participants from a group of approximately 3,000 mixed-gender volunteers expose themselves to 25 minutes of direct sunlight per day.
The GPU market seems to have descended into turmoil with the recent crypto crash. What was a slow trickle of GPUs back into the market has turned into a deluge in the past few weeks. Although it was encouraging to see prices creep back towards MSRP, we’ve now blown way past that marker. At least, that’s true for some models. Case in point is Nvidia’s flagship GPU; the RTX 3090 Ti. This GPU was impossible to find when it first launched, despite costing over $2,000. At some points, it was even being scalped for over $3,000. Those days are over, as Nvidia is having a fire sale right now on the RTX 3090 Ti.
Things are not looking too rosy for the global PC market right now. It seems like everyone is beginning to cinch up their belts, while gritting their teeth. It was predicted at the end of 2021 that the pandemic-driven sales bonanza would be coming to an end in 2022. However, now that we’re two quarters into the year, things are playing out worse than expected. That’s the gist of IDC’s second quarter report on the PC market, which paints a somber picture. Shipments declined for the second quarter in a row following two years on nonstop growth. That’s not a huge surprise.
(Photo: Billy Freeman/Unsplash)If you’ve missed the sweet, sweet boot-up noise of Windows 98, we have good news: your Xbox Series X can run the classic operating system. Digital Foundry, a blog and YouTube channel specializing in hardware and game reviews, recently tested the OS through a fork of the DOSBox emulator called DOSBox Pure. The emulator itself is typically reserved for Windows, Mac, or Linux systems, but participation in Microsoft’s paid Partner Network and turning on the Series X’s developer mode allows access. (This is best performed by actual Xbox developers and it’ll cost you money if you want to try it) It was from here that Digital Foundry installed Windows 98 Second Edition directly onto the machine.
As the fifth-largest auto manufacturer in the world, Honda’s vehicles are a common sight on essentially every road. Many of those vehicles could have a major vulnerability that an attacker can use to unlock and start the car. The researchers who discovered the exploit, known as RollingPWN, say it might affect all Honda vehicles from 2012 through the latest 2022 models. However, Honda currently denies a vulnerability exists. The issue stems from Honda’s keyless entry fob, which uses a “rolling code” system to authenticate the remote. Each time you press a button on the remote, the rolling code clicks ahead to prevent so-called “replay attacks” in which someone captures and retransmits your remote code.
Scientists have been grappling with the strangeness of quantum entanglement for decades, and it’s almost as mysterious in 2022 as it was when Einstein famously dubbed the phenomenon “spooky action at a distance” in 1947. An experiment in Germany that set a new entanglement distance record — with atoms rather than photons — could help shed some light on this quirk of the universe. Entanglement was initially proposed in the early 20th century as a consequence of , but many scientists of the day, even Einstein himself, considered it to be impossible. However, many of the counterintuitive predictions of quantum mechanics have been verified over the years, including entanglement.
(Image: Apple)Summer is an exciting season for those who are willing to take on a bit of risk to experience the newest iPhone operating system before it becomes mainstream. Like , Apple’s latest iOS beta has been made publicly available just as temperatures are beginning to reach their annual highs. And iOS 16 has proven itself a cool drink of water, with its revamped lock screen interface, new communication features, and other miscellaneous improvements. One could easily argue that iOS 16’s most widely anticipated feature is its customizable lock screens. These work much like Apple Watch faces, if you’re familiar: tapping and holding on the lock screen reveals a carousel of options, which will be mostly empty until you’ve configured your designs.
At this point we’re all familiar with the global chip shortage. It’s affected every single industry in the world, it seems. Now IBM has come up with a new way to manufacture silicon wafers that it says could ease the strain a bit. It partnered with Tokyo Electron (TEL) on creating a new method for stacking silicon wafers vertically. Although IBM’s most advanced research node is currently 2nm, it doesn’t state which process it’s using for this technique. It only mentions it’s using it to stack 300mm (12-inch) wafers. IBM’s claims it’s the first of its kind for a wafer of this size.
