The cosmic seesaw: Black holes eject material as winds or jets, but not both at once

Astronomers at the University of Warwick have discovered that black holes don't just consume matter—they manage it, choosing ...
GitHub

HDT Sampling (Hierarchical Dart Throwing)

A fast Python library implemented in Rust for generating 2D Poisson Disk point sets using the Hierarchical Dart Throwing (HDT) algorithm. Poisson Disk sampling produces points that are tightly packed ...
The Cincinnati Enquirer

Who is Le Poisson Steve? See the viral orange fish, full song lyrics for internet sensation

A beloved French cartoon fish is now the internet's latest viral hit, amassing tens of millions of views online. The orange fish, affectionately known as "Le Poisson Steve," has spawned a series of ...
The New York Times

An Orange Fish With Arms and Legs, and a Song You Can’t Escape

How Steve, a French cartoon with a catchy theme song, became a TikTok star. By Madison Malone Kircher If you have not yet heard the French song about an orange fish named Steve that is currently ...
IGN

Need a Disc Drive or Stand for Your PS5 Pro? Here’s Where to Find Them

Here’s the deal: The PlayStation 5 Pro is now available, carrying a hefty price tag of $699.99. That’s steep on its own, but it gets pricier if you also need to grab the PS5 Disc Drive and Vertical ...
GitHub

Weighted Poisson-disk Resampling on Large-Scale Point Clouds

For large-scale point cloud processing, resampling takes the important role of controlling the point number and density while keeping the geometric consistency. % in related tasks. However, current ...
Ars Technica

The PS5 Pro brings the game console’s disc drive era to an end

Here at Ars, we’ve been publicly musing about whether the world was ready for a disc-free game console since as far back as 2015. Now, though, the better question might be whether the world ever needs ...
The Verge

The $700 PS5 Pro doesn’t come with a disc drive

If you want to play your physical games, you’ll have to buy Sony’s $79.99 disc drive. If you want to play your physical games, you’ll have to buy Sony’s $79.99 disc drive. is a senior reporter ...
Play Station Universe

PS5 Pro Does Not Come With A Disc Drive, But You Can Still Buy One Separately

Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced the PS5 Pro will not come with a built-in disc drive and will instead offer punters the option of adding it via the already-available Ultra HD Blu-ray disc ...
Pitchfork

Imaginal Disk

The Los Angeles duo’s second album is musically and conceptually dense, warping the fundamentally optimistic sound of pop to suit a more cynical and paranoid reality. More than the precise details of ...
USA Today

That's not my cat... but, maybe I want it to be? Inside the cat distribution system

Gen Z cat lovers don't just believe in the cat distribution system − they spread the message via memes and T-shirts. Stories of the so-called cat distribution system seem to propel the phenomenon ...