RHIC shutters for Electron-Ion Collider as Bitcoin, Mars findings, and self-driving debates ripple through tech links
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A Hackaday Links roundup: RHIC is shut down to make way for the Electron-Ion Collider; Waymo discusses remote assistance for unresolved driving scenarios; Bitcoin dips below $63k before rebounding amid AI-driven uncertainty and political context; Windows 3D Viewer is deprecated with a slick web-based replacement; NASA reports Curiosity’s Martian organics not fully explained by non-biological processes; debates over low-Earth orbit satellite density highlight space’s vast scale; and Xikipedia offers a continuous Simple English Wikipedia feed.
Topics:science#artificial-intelligence#cryptocurrency#particle-physics#self-driving#space#technology
- Hackaday Links: February 8, 2026 Hackaday
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- The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider’s end marks a new beginning for U.S. particle physics Scientific American
- The only U.S. particle collider shuts down – so a new one may rise Science News
- RHIC Era Ends: 25 Years of Particle Research at Brookhaven Laboratory heise online
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