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Astronomers watch a black hole's feeding frenzy end with a bad case of cosmic indigestion

August 4, 2026
Astronomers have used the Very Large Telescope (VLT) to observe the violent outflow of material from a distant black hole. The observation once again shows that even the hungriest black holes are extremely messy eaters, while also revealing the “digestive processes” of these cosmic titans in unprecedented detail. The research focuses on the black hole system Swift J1727.8−1613…
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MobileNews

Report: Nothing AI Devices To Be Prioritised Over Smartphones

August 4, 2026
Nothing started as a smartphone company and forayed into the audio and wearables segment through its sub-brand CMF. However, it seems like the company is reworking its launch strategy for the months to come, where Nothing AI devices like its smartwatch, speakers, and more…
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Google Pixel 11 Series Specifications Leaked Alongside US, Europe Pricing

August 4, 2026
Google Pixel 11 series specifications have leaked in full, ahead of the devices’ launch later this month. The renders for the handsets were leaked last week and the new leak sheds light on what you can expect from the device’s internals, like the Tensor G6 processor, triple rear cameras on three out of four devices, AMOLED displays, and more. The US and Europe pricing of the devices…
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AI & RoboticsNews

A Marc Benioff-backed startup thinks AI can solve the AI deployment problem

August 4, 2026
It’s so hard for big businesses to get AI tools working reliably that whole new organizations of forward-deployed engineers or FDEs – specialists who drop into a company to get its AI systems up and running – are springing up to help them. “AI, paradoxically, increases the demand for professional services,” says Efrat Rapoport, a former Salesforce executive whose new…
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"This photo captures the first full Milky Way arch ever taken at this location," revealing the night sky over Argentina's UNESCO site, a landscape shaped over 200 million years and home to Earth's only complete Triassic record

August 4, 2026
As a photographer, creating an image that has never been made before is a career-defining moment. For Gonzalo Javier Santile, Valle de la Luna, Universo Triasico Ischigualasto represents exactly that: the first photograph showing a complete Milky Way Arch above Parque…
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The 1965 Selma photograph with no faces in it: why James Karales' camera turned away from the hero shot and focused on the sky

August 4, 2026
Scroll through the coverage of the historic 1965 Selma to Montgomery civil rightsmarch and you’ll find plenty of close, urgent pictures. Clenched jaws. Raised placards. Martin Luther King mid-stride at the front of the crowd. James Karales’ contribution to that archive, now touring as part of Presence: The Photography Collection of Judy Glickman Lauder, does something dramatically…
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