Echoes of a Colossal Merger: GW231123’s Robust Signal
![Analysis of simulations mirroring the gravitational wave event GW231123, conducted with the NRSur waveform model and assessed through independent detector inference, reveals that divergences between posterior distributions of parameters-including total mass [latex]M_M[/latex], mass ratio [latex]q_q[/latex], luminosity distance [latex]D_{L D}\[/latex], effective inspiral spin [latex]\chi_{eff}[/latex], and precession spin [latex]\chi_p[/latex]-are consistent with expectations for Gaussian noise, with a small percentage of LIGO Livingston and LIGO Hanford pairs exhibiting larger divergences than those observed in GW231123 itself.](https://arxiv.org/html/2601.09678v1/figures_BF/JS_H_L_chip.png)
New analysis confirms the surprisingly high masses and spins observed in the gravitational wave event GW231123 are not artifacts of noise or waveform modeling.
Bill Skarsgård Has A Wild New Way To Approach Pennywise After Welcome To Derry Season 1, Explaining How Stephen King Left The Door Open For Interpretation
I’ve interviewed pretty much everyone connected to this franchise over the last ten years, but there was one person I hadn’t gotten to – Bill Skårsgard, the actor who plays Pennywise. That finally changed earlier this week, and I’m excited to share our conversation soon!
More DLC Equals More FPS: Monster Hunter Wilds Player Discovers an Unintentional Flaw In the Game’s Performance
A Reddit user believes they’ve discovered the reason for performance problems in Monster Hunter Wilds, and the cause is surprisingly strange. Their research suggests that having more downloadable content (DLC) actually increases your frames per second (FPS). This happens because the game constantly checks which DLC you own, and this process somehow impacts performance. Importantly, it’s not due to the DLC content itself.
Twisted Comics Black Mirror Graphic Novels Kickstarter Campaign Details, Confirmed
I’m so excited! Neil Gibson, the creator behind Twisted Comics, is finally releasing the Black Mirror graphic novels! Both of these projects started as Kickstarter campaigns, and fans of the show really came through, completely funding them and even exceeding the goals. Now they’re finished, and each one offers a fresh take on a different episode of Black Mirror. I can’t wait to check them out!
New Disney+ Marvel TV Show Could Be Its Most Star-Studded Yet — Report
According to industry insider James Mack, Marvel is developing a new animated Avengers series for Disney+. While details are scarce, Mack revealed this information while responding to inquiries about potential new seasons of Marvel Zombies or What If…?
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Already a Flop — Free YouTube Premiere Draws Shockingly Low Viewership
The debut of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy hasn’t gone well, and it’s hard to overlook the poor performance. Paramount+ did something unusual by releasing the first episode for free on YouTube, hoping to attract new viewers and get them to subscribe. However, the initial results indicate this strategy backfired and didn’t generate the expected interest.
NVIDIA 5070 Ti GPU has been “killed off” due to supply shortage: Report
ASUS told Hardware Unboxed that NVIDIA is intentionally limiting the supply of the RTX 5070 Ti, making it difficult for companies like ASUS to get enough cards in stock.
Sony deletes thousands of games by a single developer from PlayStation Store
Rob Thanatos noticed that ThiGames, a developer known for simple, low-quality games like The Jumping Taco, once had 1194 games available on the store – the fourth highest amount of any developer. Now, all of those games have disappeared without any explanation from ThiGames or the store itself.
Tomb Raider fans are saying the same thing about first look at Sophie Turner as Lara Croft
The original Tomb Raider game was released in 1996 and quickly became a popular series, immediately leading to discussions about turning it into a film.
Sony Cracks Down On Over 1,000 Digital PlayStation Games From The Same Publisher
German game publisher ThiGames has quietly removed all of its games – over 1,196 titles – from digital stores. They were actually the fourth-largest publisher on the PlayStation Store, but haven’t said anything publicly about why their games disappeared, as first noticed by streamer RobThanatos on X.