Five times lighter than expected
Astronomers have come up with a new estimate for the total weight of the Milky Way: the galaxy that houses the Sun. It weighs about 200 billion suns. This makes the Milky Way four to five times lighter than expected. Scientists regularly try to determine the weight of the Milky Way. This is difficult, because […]
Gus (72) lives in his own fantasy world: ‘It feels so good’
1/6 Jos with some of his buildings in the park (Photo: Rogier van Son). Jose van Gils (72) from Son en Breugel has been a dental technician for much of his life. You wouldn’t immediately guess that his garden is full of little houses, castles and fairytale buildings that he made himself. He can explain […]
America’s largest auto manufacturers strike: Nearly 13,000 workers walk off the job | Abroad
By midnight (local time), the head of the auto industry’s largest US union has announced strikes at three factories after no agreement has been reached with major carmakers. He said this in a message distributed via X and Facebook Live platforms. Shawn Fine, president of the United Auto Workers UAW union, said the strikes would […]
Real estate agents reported 55,000 home seekers on Open House Day | Economy
30 sep 2023 om 19:10 Update: een uur geleden About 55,000 interested home hunters participated in Saturday’s open house day. This was announced by the NVM real estate agency. In total, approximately 9,000 participating homes can be viewed between 11am and 3pm without making an appointment. Open House Day is held twice a year. During […]
The farmers at Horne’s Greek restaurant have to go: ‘More and more atmosphere is disappearing from the city’
Officials from the municipality of Hoorn recently informed Zorba the Greek restaurant that the plantings in front of the terrace must be removed by January 1, 2024. The restaurant owner and politicians in Hoorn reacted with surprise to this decision. “More and more of the atmosphere is disappearing from the city.” picture: Surprise in the […]
“Qualcomm pushes power management chips to OEMs who want to buy Oryon SoCs” – PC – News
PC manufacturers that want to purchase the upcoming Qualcomm Oryon Socs will be required to use Qualcomm’s power management chipsets. This was reported by the technology website SemiAccurate. This decision will increase the costs of the new Arm-soc. SemiAccurate editors were able to speak with several sources who believe the chipset is mobile power management […]
The Dodgers’ win over the Giants is historic for Asian-American managers
News agencySeptember 30, 2023 at 02:09 AM ET2 min read SAN FRANCISCO — Dodgers manager Dave Roberts and Giants acting captain Kai Correa posed for a photo while exchanging pregame lineup cards. They are believed to be the first managers or head coaches of Asian descent to face each other in any of the four […]
“Cyberpunk 2077 runs 31 percent faster on Linux than on Windows 11” – Gaming – News
Youtuber Maximum Fury posted a video showing that Cyberpunk 2077 patch 2.0 runs 31.2 percent faster on Linux than on Windows 11. Both tests used the same PC architecture, with an AMD processor and an AMD GPU. The processor was an AMD Ryzen 5 5600, while the video card was an AMD Radeon 5700 XT. […]
Nagorno-Karabakh empties after the invasion: more than 100 thousand people have already left | outside
30 sep 2023 om 11:15 Update: een uur geleden Since Azerbaijan’s invasion of Nagorno-Karabakh, more than 100,000 people have left the Armenian enclave, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. This means that a large part of the indigenous population has left the area. Until recently, about 120,000 people, most of them Armenians, […]
US official sued for leaking tax returns from Trump and other wealthy individuals | Abroad
A US official has been sued for leaking the tax returns of former President Donald Trump and others. Charles Edward Littlejohn, 38, is serving a five-year sentence, according to reports The Washington Post. Littlejohn worked in Washington and allegedly leaked thousands of tax returns of the wealthiest Americans in 2019 and 2020, according to court […]