A potential new type of celestial object has all the makings of a normal small galaxy. It’s rich with the same hydrogen gas that births suns and planets, and it lies within a halo of dark matter, the ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. In this episode, Thomas Betts chats with ...

The bag Emily Karst keeps in her car is filled with everything but her phone. Instead, she usually packs her journal, some watercolor supplies, a needlepoint kit, a reading light and a murder ...

On December 16, OpenAI released an updated image-generation feature for ChatGPT, powered by its latest text-to-image AI model, named GPT-Image-1.5. Altman posted about the new model on his X account, ...

In fiction, magic makes levitation easy. With a simple swish-and-flick of his wand, Ron Weasley yanks a troll’s club high above its head in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Through graceful ...

For months now, astronomers have been closely watching the mysterious interstellar object 3I/ATLAS as it rips through the solar system at a breakneck velocity. And before it finally leaves us for good ...

Although it's only grown in popularity since it aired, there are few who would argue that "Breaking Bad" is one of the greatest television shows of its era. "Breaking Bad" (and its spin-off, "Better ...

Congress passed a bill in November that gave the Trump administration 30 days to release more of its evidence against sex offender Jeffrey Epstein Greta Bjornson is a staff editor at PEOPLE covering ...

A dropped plate, a smashed sugar cube and a broken drinking glass all seem to follow the same law of physics when it comes to how many fragments of a given size they will shatter into. For several ...

The American Institute CPAs, the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy and state CPA societies voiced their objections to a proposal from the Department of Education to exclude ...

Windows XXX: First introduced as "Windows Explorer" back in the Windows 95 era, File Explorer has been an integral part of the PC operating system for decades. File Explorer now serves double duty as ...

When I first wrote “Vector databases: Shiny object syndrome and the case of a missing unicorn” in March 2024, the industry was awash in hype. Vector databases were positioned as the next big thing — a ...