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The ingredients in stars are usually pretty evenly mixed throughout, but now astronomers have discovered a bizarre star with two distinct faces, each made of a different element, which defies explanation.White dwarfs are the burnt-out husks that remain after stars like our Sun throw off their outer layers and leave just a compact core behind. Their atmospheres are usually dominated by either hydrogen or helium, with the main element present at levels about 1,000 times greater than the others.But now, astronomers have…

Apple Inc. is set for a showdown with European Union antitrust regulators, insisting it doesn't need to make any more changes to its App Store after it was hit by formal charges over its treatment of music streaming rivals such as Spotify Technology SA.Ahead of a hearing in Brussels on Friday, the iPhone maker insists that the EU wrongly accused it of illegal curbs on the likes of Spotify that prevent developers from steering users away from the App Store. Apple considers it already addressed any possible competition…

Recently, Chainlink (LINK) has shown remarkable resilience, defying bearish pressure and maintaining its upward trajectory. Despite market challenges, the price of Chainlink (LINK) continues to impress, capturing the attention of investors and traders. Meanwhile, Uwerx has experienced an extraordinary surge, with its price doubling in anticipation of an upcoming beta release. This article delves into the contrasting dynamics of these two cryptos, examining the factors behind Chainlink (LINK)’s impressive performance and…

Akio Toyoda, president and CEO of Toyota Motor Corp.Kiyoshi Ota | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesDETROIT – Toyota Motor stock sealed its best week since 2009 on Friday, as the automaker laid out a robust plan for future all-electric vehicles and company scion Akio Toyoda became leader of the Japanese company's board.Shares of Toyota on the New York Stock Exchange closed Friday at $164.35 per share, down 2.3% for the day but still up 10.6% on the week. That 5-day gain is the stock's best week since April 2009 when shares…

The cryptocurrency market in 2023 continues to display its inherent volatility, with Bitcoin’s (BTC) price experiencing approximately a 4% decrease in May – a notable dip as it signifies the crypto giant’s first monthly loss for the year. Concurrently, Ethereum (ETH) made its presence felt, burning an impressive 143K tokens in May alone. As investors and market observers grapple with these shifting sands, the question arises – could Ethereum be poised to assume the role of the prime market influencer? In this vein,…

Last Updated: May 31, 2023, 09:09 ISTHero Electric Atria (Photo: Hero Electric)The Indian Government recently decreased the subsidy for electric two-wheelers under the FAME II scheme, causing a notable surge in prices across the segmentIn a remarkable move, Hero Electric, a renowned electric two-wheeler company, has once again proven its commitment to customers by declaring that it will not raise the prices of its sought-after e-scooter models.Even in the face of the recent slash in the FAME II subsidy, the company…

Jacob Roach / Digital Trends Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang is defending the recently-launched RTX 4060 Ti, and in particular, its 8GB of VRAM. The executive spoke about gaming and recent GPU releases in a roundtable interview with reporters at Computex 2023, where he faced questions about the limited VRAM on Nvidia’s most recent GPU. PCWorld shared a quote in which Huang defended the 8GB of VRAM and told gamers to focus more on how that VRAM is managed: “Remember the frame buffer is not the memory of the computer — it is…

Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2023 Netflix has been doing a decent enough job of enforcing its desire to build as many in-house franchises as humanly possible, but it would be beneficial if the majority of them were actually any good. There’s no accounting for taste and personal preference, though, with royalist sequel Royalteen: Princess Margrethe currently one of the platform’s biggest hits. Per FlixPatrol, the second installment in the unlikely Norwegian teen drama series has cracked the Top 10 in 66 countries…

via Sony The cyclical churn of repurposed content has been going on for decades, to the extent that Paul Verhoeven’s Hollow Man endures as an example of what happens when way too many grubby fingers end up prodding at the same IP. A thinly-veiled remake of 1933 classic The Invisible Man – which was itself a literary adaptation that gave rise to dozens upon dozens of imitators and loose interpretations – the blockbuster $90 million hybrid of existential sci-fi and grisly body horror didn’t find much favor among…

Image via Walt Disney Studios There’s nothing like a calm weekend to steady the waters upon which Disney coasts into the proverbially splendid ocean. Oh wait, it wasn’t calm…  Peter Pan & Wendy underwent its opening weekend on Disney Plus and as hinted last Friday, the debut did not go over well. Meanwhile, The Little Mermaid received its first official opening weekend box office projections, and while the numbers aren’t bad, they’re not spectacular. Of course, the less-than-spectacular reception doesn’t…