Neutron star collision should have formed a black hole — but a ‘magnetar’ appeared instead

Nov18
by on November 18, 2020 at 11:44 am
Posted In: syndication


On May 22, 2020, light from a titanic explosion deep in space reached Earth. The energy seen by astronomers told of the collision of a pair of neutron stars, creating a kilonova explosion. This event, releasing more energy in a half-second than our Sun will produce in 10 billion years, left a rare object behind in the debris. When astronomers examined the eruption, they found evidence of a magnetar — an ultradense neutron star, roughly the size of a city, housing a powerful magnetic field. I’m still going to need your insurance information… The discovery — the first time a…

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Blizzard announces World of Warcraft will run natively on Apple Silicon from day one

Nov17
by on November 17, 2020 at 11:05 am
Posted In: gaming, Plugged


Gamers and Mac fans, rejoice! Blizzard has announced that World of Warcraft will run natively on Apple Silicon from day one. This update was delivered to the world on Blizzard’s forum. In it, the company stated that support will be arriving coming in this week’s patch, specifically 9.0.2. The post goes on to say that World of Warcraft will run natively on ARM64 architecture, rather than operating under emulation on Rosetta. What this means for you, the Mac-toting WoW lover, is that your MMORPG of choice should run slickly and smoothly on Apple’s new machines. Of course, there are likely to be…

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