Recordbreaking

Image via New Line Cinema There’s an old mantra for any profession that’s subject to an audience or otherwise prying public eye, and that’s the idea that there’s no such thing as bad publicity; whether you allegedly rescue a puppy or allegedly spit on Chris Pine, all actions, good or bad, will launch you into public conversation and, subsequently, consumption. And it seems Don’t Worry Darling grabbed hold of this mantra whilst letting it take the place of caution; surrounding Olivia Wilde’s upcoming…

via Crunchyroll Anime continues to prove itself more popular than ever on a global scale, and not even the prospect of watching Idris Elba fight a lion was enough to stop Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero from comfortably winning the box office this weekend, with the anime setting several records in the process. Not only is an estimated $20.1 million debut almost double that of Elba’s gonzo B-tier thriller Beast, but distributor Crunchyroll is already stating with some degree of confidence that the 21st…

via Disney If you ever need concrete evidence as to why the video game genre is regularly labeled as cursed, then look no further than the fact the two most recent movies to hold the title of highest-grossing console-to-screen adaptation ever made both ended up losing money. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time even held onto the record for six years before Warcraft arrived, and yet neither of them turned a single penny of profit during their respective theatrical runs. It was blatantly obvious that producer…

Despite their sky-high price tags, Samsung’s fourth-generation foldable smartphones have received highly positive feedback. And it looks like many consumers are interested in buying new Galaxy Z series devices, even in developing markets like India. Galaxy Z Flip 4 and Z Fold 4 get 50,000 pre-bookings in India within 24 hours The South Korean firm announced that it received a record-breaking number of pre-bookings for the Galaxy Z Flip 4 and the Galaxy Z Fold 4 in India. Samsung received 50,000 pre-bookings for its new…

Chinese scientists have generated the strongest steady magnetic field, breaking all previous records. The world's most powerful, steady magnetic field was achieved using a hybrid magnet that produced a magnetic field of 45.22 tesla (T), which is a million times stronger than our planet's own magnetic field. The record was set at the Steady High Magnetic Field Facility (SHMFF) in the Chinese city of Hefei.  The hybrid magnet used for the landmark achievement was developed in 2016. Initially, it generated a central magnetic…

While a thunderstorm can put on quite a show for spectators on the ground, the best bits often happen above the clouds. Scientists have now described in detail the most powerful “gigantic jet” of lightning ever observed, which blasted energy equivalent to 60 regular lightning bolts upwards into space.As the name suggests, gigantic jets are powerful bursts of electrical energy that are thrown from storm clouds – not down to the ground but up to the ionosphere. They belong to a growing group of transient events that occur…

Two atoms inflated to an almost comical size and cooled to a fraction above absolute zero have been used to generate a robust, insanely fast two-qubit quantum gate that could help overcome some of quantum computing's persistent challenges.  Since a two-qubit gate is the fundamental building block of efficient quantum computers, this breakthrough has huge implications. It could lead to a new type of quantum computer architecture that breaks through current limitations for noise-free quantum operations.Qubit is a…

Louis Tomlinson Calls One Direction’s Debut Album ‘Up All Night’ Sh*t Despite It Selling 4.5 Million Copies ( Photo Credit – Facebook; Wikimedia ) The British-Irish boy band One Direction was formed on the sets of THE seventh series of the Brit singing competition The X Factor in 2010. Originally comprising 5 members – Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, and Zayn Malik, the now-on hiatus band completed 12 years earlier this month. While Directioners across the globe celebrated the…

One of the most extreme stars in the Milky Way just got even more wack.Scientists have measured the mass of a neutron star named PSR J0952-0607, and found that it's the most massive neutron star discovered yet, clocking in at a whopping 2.35 times the mass of the Sun.  If true, this is very close to the theorized upper mass limit of around 2.3 solar masses for neutron stars, representing an excellent laboratory for studying these ultra-dense stars at what we think is the brink of collapse, in the hope of better…

Samsung posted its quarterly financial reports, and the numbers for the April-June 2022 period look impressive. The Korean company revealed its revenue was KRW77.2 trillion ($59.2 billion), which is 21% more than it was for the same period of 2021. Operating profit was KRW14.1 trillion ($10.8 billion), which is 12% more YoY. Looking at sales in different segments, half of the increased sales came from the Mobile eXperience (MX) division where premium products (namely the Galaxy S22 series) were a lot more desired,…