Microsoft tests Windows AI features on RTX GPUs, not just NPUs

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An under-the-hood change in Windows seems to signal the further deterioration of Microsoft’s Copilot+ branding, which, at least historically, depended solely on NPUs as the engine of local PC AI. Now, PCs with dedicated GPUs will have access to those features. An experimental release of the Windows App SDK on Github now allows certain AI-specificContinue Reading

‘As terrible and harrowing as things were, people just had to get on with it’: ‘Star City’s’ Ruby Ashbourne Serkis and Adam Nagaitis on learning to love the Motherland in Apple TV’s soviet space race spin-off (interview)

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Ruby Ashbourne Serkis and Adam Nagaitis star in Apple TV’s “Star City” (Image credit: Apple TV) The titular cosmonaut training facility in Apple TV’s ” Star City ” is a hive of duplicity, all scrutinized by the KGB’s surveillance team and its small army of monitoring minions. One of the main couples in Apple TV’sContinue Reading

Satellite-boosting spacecraft inside air-launched rocket | Space photo of the day for June 12, 2026

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Katalyst Space’s LINK robotic servicing satellite awaits encapsulation inside a Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL on June 8, 2026, at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. (Image credit: NASA/Ron Beard) NASA is fast-tracking a mission to launch a spacecraft that will attempt to boost another one of the agency’s science satellites into a higher orbit beforeContinue Reading

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Pope Leo travels to Tenerife as he wraps up his Spain trip. The Pope appealed to world leaders to treat migrants more humanely, warning in a visit to Spain’s Canary Islands, one of Europe’s migration hotspots, that history would condemn those ‌who allowed people fleeing war or poverty to suffer.Continue Reading

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Reported plans expand the, Plans include cutting 50 fighter jets, while restationing aircraft carrier, bomber task force group, reports NY Times. The United States plans to cut air and naval assets designated to NATO operations in Europe, in another hit to confidence concerning Washington’s commitment to the military alliance. EuropeanContinue Reading

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The SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft supporting the company’s 34th commercial resupply services mission for NASA approaches the International Space Station on May 17, 2026, carrying nearly 6,500 pounds of food, supplies, and equipment for the Expedition 74 crew. Credit: NASA NASA and its international partners are set to receive scientificContinue Reading

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Cosmic Origins … Cosmic Origins Community HWO Detector System… About Community Executive Committee Science Groups Conferences Cosmic Pathfinders Early Career Workshop Opportunities Missions Studies News & Events Resources   Habitable Worlds Observatory Detector System Development Study Request for Proposals 12 June 2026 Due by July 7th, 2026 Dear Colleagues, TheContinue Reading

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Cosmic Origins … Cosmic Origins Community Ad ASTRA Community Science… About Community Executive Committee Science Groups Conferences Cosmic Pathfinders Early Career Workshop Opportunities Missions Studies News & Events Resources   Ad ASTRA Community Science Workshop: Agenda Structure and Abstract Submissions 12 June 2026 ASTRA Initiative about Ad ASTRA Community ScienceContinue Reading

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Cosmic Origins … Cosmic Origins Community Announcement of Opportunity… About Community Executive Committee Science Groups Conferences Cosmic Pathfinders Early Career Workshop Opportunities Missions Studies News & Events Resources   Announcement of Opportunity Astrophysics Explorers Program 2026 Small Explorer (SMEX) Final Text Released 12 June 2026 The National Aeronautics and SpaceContinue Reading