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Scientists Don’t Know What Causes Mysterious Purple Skyglow
The only thing we can be sure of at this point is that STEVE is much more majestic than its name.

Why You Can’t Future-Proof Your Gaming PC
Trying to future-proof a system is a fool's errand. Plan your purchases intelligently, but don't pay a premium for features you can't use yet.

Nvidia Announces List of Games With RTX Support
Nvidia has released a list of games that will support its ray tracing, new anti-aliasing technology, or both. Whether its GPUs can handle having the features enabled, however, is still an open question.

Physicists May Have Detected the Remains of Black Holes From Another Universe
The researchers surveyed the cosmic background radiation, identifying spots that could mark the graves of ancient black holes from a previous incarnation of the universe.

Samsung Announces New ‘Affordable’ Curved Gaming Monitors
Samsung has just announced a pair of gaming-oriented monitors that should cost somewhat less than many competing models.

Verizon Throttled California Fire Department’s ‘Unlimited’ LTE During Wildfires
On June 29th of this year, fire department officials realized the vehicle's LTE connection had dropped to 0.5 percent of its usual speed. This made it impossible to effectively coordinate resources attempting to control the wildfires.

Don’t Buy the Ray-Traced Hype Around the Nvidia RTX 2080
Nvidia's new RTX GPUs haven't made the case for their own pre-ordering. Wait for benchmarks before you pull the trigger.

MIT Develops Water-to-Air Wireless Communication
You can wirelessly communicate with people on the other side of the world in real time, but it's still impossible for a submarine to talk to an airplane — until now.

Scientists Confirm Water Ice on the Moon’s Surface
Technically, we had the evidence almost a decade ago and no one noticed until now.

Artificial General Intelligence Is Here, and Impala Is Its Name
With the introduction of the Impala architecture, DeepMind, the company behind AlphaGo and AlphaZero, would seem to finally have AGI firmly in its sights.

NASA Agrees to Allow Astronauts Aboard SpaceX Rocket During Fueling
NASA has selected the crewmen for the mission but was apprehensive about letting them remain aboard the rocket during fueling. SpaceX and NASA have apparently come to an understanding, and the crew will board the Dragon 2 capsule prior to the fueling operation.

Bubbling Arctic Lakes Are Accelerating Permafrost Thaw
These bodies of water can thaw vast swaths of permafrost, releasing stored greenhouse gasses, and there might not be anything we can do about it.