New James Webb telescope image may reveal the true identity of ‘little red dots’ — Space photo of the week

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This James Webb Space Telescope image of the spiral galaxy Saguaro reveals a bright red core linked to mysterious ‘Little Red Dots.’ (Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Pierluigi Rinaldi (Steward Observatory); Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI)) quick facts What it is: Saguaro, a lower-redshift spiral galaxy Where it is: About 10 billion light-years awayContinue Reading

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One would think the retirement age for flight attendants and pilots would be similar, as they are both professions that work closely together in aviation. They are both responsible for passenger safety and passenger comfort, although ultimately the pilots are at the top of the chain of command and areContinue Reading

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Melbourne-based advanced materials company Kite Magnetics has secured an A$2-million grant (about US$1.4 million) through the Australian Government’s Industry Growth Program, funding an A$4.1-million project to commercialize its Aeroperm stator core material. The money will go toward scaling the company’s pilot manufacturing line in Victoria, generating automotive-grade validation data andContinue Reading

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This Week in 2016 Manhattan DA Continues To Claim ‘We Don’t Want Crypto Backdoors…’ By Which He Means He Wants Crypto Backdoors No Matter Who Our Next President Is, They Won’t Understand Technology Broadband Industry Formally Tries, Once Again, To Kill Net Neutrality Comcast Tells The FCC It Should BeContinue Reading

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The Fedora Design Team discovered that using open source tools to run a virtual conference can be quite effective by hosting the first Creative Freedom Summit in January 2023. In this article, I’ll share some background on the conference, why using open source tools to run it was important toContinue Reading

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Ideally, designers have a good relationship with their product team and users. However, the relationship between designers and developers is more difficult to build and maintain. The lack of a close relationship makes it difficult to solve problems or improve. In my experience, the open source Open Decision Framework can overcomeContinue Reading