Author: mehedihasan9992

“If there’s a camera that knows the cards, there is always some kind of underlying threat. Customers are gonna be essentially at the mercy of the person setting up the machine,” poker player and card house owner Doug Polk previously told WIRED. “If you’re showing up in a private game and there’s a shuffler, I would say you should run for the hills.”Hacking the Deckmate 2, according to prosecutors, was only one of several cheating techniques the mobsters allegedly used, albeit the one that’s described in the most detail in the indictment. The charging document also claims that they used…

QUICK FACTSWhere is it? Dek and Daga, Ethiopia [11.907552854, 37.285011102]What’s in the photo? A pair of islands in the middle of the green-colored Lake TanaWho took the photo? An unnamed astronaut onboard the International Space StationWhen was it taken? Jan. 2, 2017This intriguing astronaut photo shows a pair of islands in the murky green waters of a major African lake. Both landmasses are home to monasteries that hold important religious relics, including the remains of several ancient emperors.The two islands, named Dek and Daga, are located within Ethiopia’s largest body of water, Lake Tana, which has an average surface area…

The Trump administration’s investment in Intel appears to be paying off, but the once-mighty chipmaker has a long way to climb back to industry dominance.In August, the US government announced it was converting about $9 billion in federal grants that Intel had been issued during the Biden administration into a roughly 10 percent equity stake in the company. During its third-quarter earnings on Thursday—its first financial update since President Trump’s surprise investment—Intel reported that it earned $13.7 billion in revenue over the past three months, a 3 percent increase year-over-year. It’s the fourth consecutive quarter that Intel has beat revenue…

Researchers have developed an experimental method for determining whether the functions performed by a quantum computer are the result of quantum mechanics — or just a clever twist on classical physics.In a landmark study published April 22, 2025, in the journal Physical Review X, the researchers describe an experimental test that demonstrates and certifies computing activity that can only be achieved through quantum mechanics.This “quantum lie detector,” as the researchers described it, was created by reframing a famous test for quantum mechanics and engineering a purpose-built quantum computer trained to operate in ways that would be fundamentally impossible to achieve…

If you want to run faster or farther, you have options. You can put in the work, getting up 40 minutes earlier to train, changing your diet, going harder and longer on each of your runs to build up strength.Or, you can strap on one of Nike’s new robot shoes and mechanically boost your speed, your stamina, and your overall performance in a flash. Sounds way easier, and probably more fun too.Today the footwear giant unveiled Project Amplify, an early design of a powered footwear system that Nike technicians are still developing with the goal of a commercial release in…

Newly released images of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS appear to show the alien object spitting out an enormous jet of gas and dust toward the sun — just as comets are expected to do.Discovered in late June and confirmed by NASA in early July, the comet originates from an unknown star system far beyond our own. 3I/ATLAS is only the third interstellar object ever detected. At somewhere between 3 and 7 miles (5 to 11 kilometers) wide, it is the largest interstellar object ever to cross our path, and likely the oldest, potentially dating to billions of years before the…

With only 13 days left before the New York City mayoral election, former governor Andrew Cuomo is partnering with some of the same influencers who helped President Donald Trump win the White House last year.Over the past week, right-wing creators like Logan Paul, the former vlogger turned podcaster and WWE wrestler, and Emily Austin, an influencer and sports commentator, have published content featuring Cuomo as a guest on their shows. The appearances have marked a new investment by Cuomo’s team into cultivating attention online as a means of competing against the social media–savvy Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani. But instead of…

Fragments of the hellish, lava-covered “proto-planet” that existed before Earth 4.5 billion years ago have survived unaltered in ancient rocks, groundbreaking new research reveals.The fragments contain telltale potassium signatures not seen in any other rocks or meteorites that scientists have examined so far, according to a study published Oct. 14 in the journal Nature Geoscience. Theoretically, these signatures should have disappeared in the giant collision that formed the moon, but it now appears that a handful survived this cataclysmic event and subsequently withstood the test of time.”This is maybe the first direct evidence that we’ve preserved the proto Earth materials,”…

If you’re looking for a new single-cup coffee maker, but only have limited counter space, you’re in luck. The Keurig K-Mini, our favorite pod coffee maker for small spaces, is marked down to just $70 on Amazon in several colors. That’s a healthy $30 discount on your morning cup of brew, as long as you aren’t too picky about the particulars, or just want an afternoon lift in your home office without getting out of your chair.Photograph: Louryn StrampeWhile larger coffee makers might offer more features, like timers or warm carafe plates, the Keurig K-Mini focuses on squeezing into the…

Alamosaurus was among the last dinosaurs in southern North America when the asteroid hit. (Image credit: Natalia Jagielska)Some of the last dinosaurs in the world were healthy and thriving right up until the day they were annihilated by asteroid Armageddon, a new study on fossils from New Mexico finds.Scientists have debated for decades whether non-avian dinosaurs were in decline before a massive asteroid struck Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula at the end of the Cretaceous period (145 million to 66 million years ago). The new study, published Thursday (Oct. 23) in the journal Science, supports previous evidence that the dinosaurs were struck…