Ottoman cannon battered Constantinople’s ancient walls for 53 days until dawn 29 May 1453. Janissaries poured through the breach; Emperor Constantine XI fell in battle and the Byzantine Empire died with him.
Istanbul became the Ottoman capital, Greeks fled west with manuscripts that fueled the Renaissance, and Europe sought sea routes that would soon reveal the New World.
At Google I/O 2025, Google co-founder Sergey Brin opened up about the failure of one of the company’s most ambitious projects — Google Glass. Brin admitted that he “made a lot of mistakes” during the development, the biggest of which was underestimating the complexities of consumer electronics supply chains.
OnlyFans, the massively popular creator platform known for adult content, may soon be sold in a multi-billion-dollar deal. According to Reuters, a consortium of investors led by the U.S.-based Forest Road Company is in advanced talks to acquire the platform for $8 billion. Discussions reportedly began in March
OpenAI is teaming up with legendary Apple designer Jony Ive to create a new category of AI-powered hardware — one that could change how we interact with computers forever. Their joint project, in collaboration with Ive’s startup io and design studio LoveFrom, has been quietly in development since 2023 and
A bold new theory suggests that gravity — long considered one of the fundamental forces of nature — may actually be a byproduct of a simulated universe. Published in AIP Advances, the study proposes the concept of a “Second Law of Infodynamics.” According to physicist Melvin Vopson, the universe may behave like