When Bitcoin traffic gets heavy, a full block does not stop the network; it turns the next available space into a live auction where urgency has a price.
Key Takeaways
Bitcoin blocks cap at 4 million weight units, forcing lower-fee payments to wait.
Bitcoin Core 31.0 can evict weak packages when a node’s 300 MB mempool fills.
Bitcoin users have 3 fee-bump paths, RBF, CPFP, and mining…
The costs of space launch have fallen 96% in the past six decades and have the potential to plummet by nearly as much by 2040, a new study finds.
However, such an improvement might get hampered by a number of challenges, such as the rise of space debris in orbit or a single…
In looking back and commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Viking missions to Mars, one is struck by the bold and audacious undertaking.
Twin spacecraft missions — each consisting of a lander and an orbiter — made their way to Mars and into the history books. The…
A bright “Saturn’s ring” of satellites could circle the night sky if plans to launch a million data center spacecraft and tens of thousands of space mirrors come to pass. This ring, traversing the sky for hours after dusk and before dawn, would outshine every star and planet, and be visible from every spot on Earth.
Hugh Lewis, a professor of astronautics at the University of Birmingham in…
Samsung Back to School Sale Announced in India: Check Offers on Galaxy S26 Series, Tab S11 Ultra, and More
July 21, 2026
Samsung Back to School sale has been announced in India with offers across the Galaxy ecosystem, “enabling students to access the latest Galaxy AI-powered devices designed to support learning, creativity and productivity throughout the academic year,” as per…
The impressive capabilities of Chinese lab Moonshot’s Kimi K3, the biggest open-weight large language model, has kicked off a debate that conflates two things: the economic possibilities of American AI giants and the future of LLMs as a technology.
OpenAI’s head of…
Adobe is adding new AI-powered features to its experimental iOS camera app called Project Indigo, launched last year. The app previously offered pro controls, multi-frame super-resolution, and different capture modes, and is now adding features that will use LLMs (large language models) to critique photos and provide editing suggestions.
It’s also adding other AI features, like advanced object…
A recent change sees YouTube further cracking down on AI slop by clarifying its policies around how content on its platform can be monetized. To discourage creators from using AI and other tools to make low-quality content, YouTube’s policy now explains that there are…
This nose-to-lens giraffe photograph earned a major award for its dramatic camera phone perspective
July 21, 2026
There’s a particular kind of photograph that only a curious animal and a very wide-angle lens can produce together.
German photographer Marcel Ohneberger’s giraffe portrait is exactly that: an enormous, looming head fills most of the frame, its neck curving away into a…
Beta Pictoris, located about 63 light-years away from Earth, is one of the most photographed planetary systems outside of our own – yet despite all the data coming from that part of the sky, a faint planet remained hidden. After researchers noted a bright spot in new images, the newly discovered planet was spotted in images dating back over 11 years.
“We weren’t looking for a new planet…
