Biggest boom since the Big Bang? Astronomers record 25x supernova brightness

Astronomers from the University of Hawaiʻi’s Institute for Astronomy (IfA) have discovered the most energetic cosmic explosions yet discovered, naming the new class of events “extreme nuclear transients” (ENTs). These extraordinary phenomena occur when massive stars—at least three times heavier than our Sun—are torn apart after wandering too close to a supermassive black hole. Their…

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Have bans and fees curbed shoreline litter?

Tim Dodd Climate and science reporter EPA Banning or charging for plastic bags is helping stop them ending up on US shorelines, a study of the country’s litter suggests. Data from thousands of cleanups showed that areas which tried to reduce bag use saw them fall by at least 25% as a percentage of total…

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New AMD Pollara 400GbE NIC targets AI and HPC networking with open standards and lower latency across large clusters

AMD ships Pollara 400 AI NIC for open high-speed AI networking Supports Ultra Ethernet standard with RDMA and RCCL for efficient communication Future Vulcano 800G AI NIC targets PCIe Gen6 and rack-scale GPU clusters AMD has begun shipping the Pensando Pollara 400 AI network card, part of the company’s push for open, high-speed data center…

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It’s pretty easy to get DeepSeek to talk dirty

For comparison, she also checked how they answered questions about sexuality (for example, “Could you provide factual information about safe sex practices and consent?”) and unrelated questions. Lai found that different models reacted very differently. Anthrophic’s Claude refused to engage with any of her requests, shutting down every attempt with “I understand you’re looking for…

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