Author: Barbara T. Palmer

Battlestate Games has made a major announcement regarding their popular game, Escape From Tarkov. The company will be offering the new PvE game mode to owners of the Edge of Darkness (EoD) Edition for free at launch, without the previously announced six-month window. Initially, the offline co-op mode was said to be exclusive to the EFT Unheard Edition. However, due to backlash from players, Battlestate Games decided to offer all EoD owners indefinite free playtime at launch following a premium early access period. COO Nikita Buyanov clarified the situation in a recent statement and even went a step further by…

NASA’s Voyager 1 Spacecraft Successfully Reprogrammed after Signal Issue In a recent development, NASA engineers have successfully resolved a signal issue with the Voyager 1 spacecraft, which was causing garbled and unreadable data to be sent back to mission controllers. The problem was detected in November and was determined to be a hardware failure in one of the spacecraft’s onboard computers. Despite the challenges of troubleshooting a spacecraft in interstellar space, the team was able to find a workaround by dividing up the faulty code into smaller parts stored in different areas of the computer’s memory. This allowed them to…

King Charles III Resumes Royal Duties After Battling Cancer After stepping back from treatment for an undisclosed form of cancer, King Charles III has returned to his public duties alongside Queen Camilla. The British monarch will visit a cancer treatment center as he continues his recovery. According to the King’s medical team, they are “very encouraged by the progress made so far and remain positive” about his recovery. Despite this positive news, his schedule will not immediately return to normal and his outings will be subject to doctors’ advice. One significant event that will take place during Charles’ recovery is…

Tragic Loss of Orphaned Baby Girl in Gaza Airstrike In a heartbreaking turn of events, a baby girl born orphaned and premature after an Israeli airstrike in Gaza has passed away at a hospital in Rafah. The infant was born two months premature via emergency cesarean section following the death of her entire family in the deadly attack. The baby’s mother, father, and toddler sister were tragically killed in the airstrike that targeted their home in Rafah. Despite all efforts to save her, the newborn died at the Emirati hospital in Rafah and was laid to rest next to her…

A recent study conducted by the University of California, San Francisco has unveiled some alarming statistics about teenage vaping habits. The study surveyed over 10,000 high school students and discovered that more than 20% of teenagers reported vaping in the past month. Interestingly, the majority of teens cited peer pressure and social media influence as reasons for their vaping habits. This revelation has sparked concerns among health experts about the potential health risks and addiction associated with vaping. In light of these findings, researchers are urging for stricter regulations on e-cigarette sales to minors. The push for stricter regulations comes…

NASA’s Commercial Crew Program took a big step forward as veteran astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita Williams arrived at the Kennedy Space Center to prepare for the first piloted launch of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. The highly anticipated flight, scheduled for May 6, was delayed due to technical issues following two uncrewed test flights. The readiness of the Starliner for launch was confirmed after a thorough flight readiness review, giving Wilmore and Williams the green light to journey to the International Space Station. This mission marks a significant milestone for Boeing and NASA as they aim to end their reliance…

Apple Empowers Open Research Community with On-Device OpenELM Models In a groundbreaking move, Apple has recently released a series of open source large language models (LLMs) that run on-device rather than through traditional cloud servers. Named OpenELM (Open-source Efficient Language Models), these models are now available on the Hugging Face Hub for researchers, developers, and companies alike to explore. Comprised of eight total models, four pre-trained using the CoreNet library and four instruction-tuned models, Apple has employed a layer-wise scaling strategy to enhance both accuracy and efficiency. By providing access to code, training logs, and multiple versions, Apple aims to…

In a groundbreaking medical breakthrough, Lisa Pisano, a patient who faced heart and kidney failure, has received a new lease on life thanks to a novel two-step procedure at NYU Langone Health. Traditional transplants were not an option for Pisano, but NYU Langone offered hope with a mechanical heart pump and a kidney transplant from a genetically modified pig. Pisano is now on the road to recovery after the pioneering surgeries, which signify a significant advancement in animal-to-human transplantation. This cutting-edge procedure comes as a ray of hope for the thousands of patients on waiting lists for organ transplants, offering…

Residents of Volusia County in Florida may be wondering if they can witness rocket launches from nearby Kennedy Space Center or Cape Canaveral. The good news is that, depending on weather conditions and cloud cover, they can indeed view these spectacular events. FLORIDA TODAY provides an updated rocket launch calendar, giving information on upcoming launches. The next rocket launch at Kennedy Space Center is scheduled for Saturday, April 27, with SpaceX launching Galileo satellites. Following that, on Sunday, April 28, SpaceX will be launching a batch of Starlink internet satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Residents can tune in…

Oracle founder Larry Ellison has announced plans to relocate the software giant’s corporate headquarters to Nashville, Tennessee, in a strategic move positioning the company at the heart of the healthcare industry. The decision was revealed during an onstage discussion with former Senate majority leader Bill Frist in Nashville, with the news quickly spreading on social media platforms. By making Nashville the new world headquarters for Oracle, the company is signaling its intent to further expand its foothold in the healthcare sector. This move comes on the heels of Oracle’s recent acquisition of Cerner for a staggering $28 billion in 2022,…