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Astronomers have solved the mystery of why this black hole has the hiccups

Enlarge / Scientists have found a large black hole that “hiccups,” giving off plumes of gas. (credit: Jose-Luis Olivares, MIT) In December 2020, astronomers spotted an unusual burst of light in a galaxy roughly 848 million light-years away—a region with a supermassive black hole at the center that had been largely quiet...

Thu Mar 28, 2024 22:31
PyPI halted new users and projects while it fended off supply-chain attack

Enlarge / Supply-chain attacks, like the latest PyPI discovery, insert malicious code into seemingly functional software packages used by developers. They're becoming increasingly common. (credit: Getty Images) PyPI, a vital repository for open source developers, temporarily halted new project creation and new user registration...

Thu Mar 28, 2024 22:31
Ubuntu will manually review Snap Store after crypto wallet scams

Enlarge / One thing you can say about this crypto wallet: You can't confuse it for any other. (credit: Getty Images) The Snap Store, where containerized Snap apps are distributed for Ubuntu's Linux distribution, has been attacked for months by fake crypto wallet uploads that seek to steal users' currencies. As a result,...

Thu Mar 28, 2024 22:31
Super gonorrhea rate quickly triples in China, now 40x higher than US

Enlarge / A billboard from the AIDS Healthcare Foundation is seen on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, California, on May 29, 2018, warning of a drug-resistant gonorrhea. (credit: Getty | ) Health officials have long warned that gonorrhea is becoming more and more resistant to all the antibiotic drugs we have to fight it....

Thu Mar 28, 2024 20:30
Biden orders every US agency to appoint a chief AI officer

Enlarge (credit: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / Contributor | AFP) The White House has announced the "first government-wide policy to mitigate risks of artificial intelligence (AI) and harness its benefits." To coordinate these efforts, every federal agency must appoint a chief AI officer with "significant expertise in AI." Some...

Thu Mar 28, 2024 20:30
Proxmox gives VMware ESXi users a place to go after Broadcom kills free version

Enlarge (credit: Proxmox) Broadcom has made sweeping changes to VMware's business since acquiring the company in November 2023, killing off the perpetually licensed versions of VMware's software and instituting large-scale layoffs. Broadcom executives have acknowledged the "unease" that all of these changes have created...

Thu Mar 28, 2024 20:30

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