Anniko van Santen was victorious again in this episode, so Jip and Roos faced each other in the final. It soon becomes an exciting battle in which Jip seems to be in the lead. But when she has to give one more answer that belongs to the word “student”, things go wrong. Then it’s Roos’ turn and she can knock …
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How NASA continues to “talk” with Voyager probes billions of miles away | Technology
08 aug 2022 om 05:28 The Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 space probes were launched 45 years ago and now hover billions of miles from Earth. The American space agency NASA maintains contact with the equipment to this day, despite the very weak signal. By Rutger Otto It’s almost unimaginable, but Voyager 1 and 2 are currently orbiting about 13.5 …
Read More »Rufus can now automatically create a local Windows 11 account for you
Rufus now has a Windows account auto-creation option. If you install Windows with a USB key made in Rufus, it is immediately provided with a local account. There are (still) some restrictions: the account gets the same name and region settings as the account the USB stick is made on, with an empty password. When logging in for the first …
Read More »The star turns out to be a slice of chorizo, a scientist apologizes for a joke
Klein is a physicist and works at the French nuclear commission. He shared a colorful photo of the “Proxima Centauri” on his Twitter account on July 31. “The closest star to the sun is 4.2 million light-years away,” he wrote. The photo, he said, was taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. This new telescope reached its final destination in …
Read More »Scientist admits space telescope photo was slice of chorizo | NOW
A French scientist has apologized after posting a photo on Twitter that he says was taken by the James Webb Telescope. The scientist said it was a photo of a star, but it turned out to be a slice of chorizo. Etienne Klein, a world-renowned scientist and director of France’s nuclear commissioner CEA, shared the photo of chorizo last week. …
Read More »The Great Barrier Reef seems to be recovering: not as much coral in the reef in 36 years | NOW
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef appears to be recovering, according to the latest figures from the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS). Scientists have watched the reef fade and die for years, but now new corals are sprouting up in spots. The reef remains vulnerable. The researchers examined a total of 87 locations. They saw the most amount of coral cover …
Read More »It may take a while, but after four years there is a new version of Winamp
After more than four years of development, the rebirth of Winamp returns to media land with the release candidate of version 5.9. After version 5.666 (December 2013), no new version of the program was released, especially version 5.8 of 2018 was not an official update. Version 5.9 RC1 Build 9999 is now available from Nullsoft, but still comes with a …
Read More »Apps of the week: Play with your eyes and your own dragon at home | Technology
01 aug 2022 om 11:37 Netflix offers its subscribers a special game that you play with your eyes for free, and cleaning up your photos has never been faster. These are the apps of the week. By: Erik Nusselder before your eyes Netflix is making good progress with smartphone games for its subscribers. Anyone with a Netflix account could already …
Read More »Windows 10 22H2 first preview released, no new features
Microsoft has the first Windows 10 22H2 preview version released in the Insider Build Preview channel. The build is mainly intended to validate the “maintenance technology”, and therefore does not seem to bring new features. What these new features might be is still completely unknown. Microsoft hasn’t released anything on this yet and will only do so “later this year”. …
Read More »Games of the month: Stray, Xenoblade Chronicles 3 and As Dusk Falls | Comments
31 jul 2022 om 11:57 At the end of the month, NU.nl will discuss the most important games that have appeared. This time come Wander, Xenoblade Chronicles 3, As dusk falls, coromone and Azure Striker Gunvolt 3 to offer. From: Bastiaan Vroegop Wander Platforms: PlayStation 4 and 5, PC Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars In Wander you play a …
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