Big Tech’s influence in Ukraine is overhyped

Event Horizon Telescope captures birth of black hole jet in Centaurus A

Enlarge / Highest-resolution image of Centaurus A obtained with the Occasion Horizon Telescope on top of a color composite image of the entire galaxy. (credit: Radboud University/ESO/WFI/MPIfR//APEX/NASA/CXC/CfA/EHT/M. Janssen et al. ) The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration made headlines in 2019 by capturing the very first direct image of a black hole at the center […]

Google Maps introduces a way for users to add and edit roads (again)

This is the road editing tool Google plans to introduce. [credit: Google ] Google plans to introduce a new feature to Google Maps that will allow users to draw missing roads directly in the map, ostensibly improving the service’s coverage in some areas where Google’s data sources are not comprehensive. The feature will only be […]

Rocket Report: Clipper to fly on used Falcon boosters, BE-4 may slip further

Enlarge / Launch of Vega VV20 on Nov. 16, 2021, from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. (credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace ) Welcome to Edition 4. 24 of the Rocket Report! This will be the last newsletter for the month of November, as I’ll be taking off next week for the Thanksgiving holiday. But the Rocket Report will […]