Boletín de noticias del Perú — 17/05/2026
Política Segunda vuelta presidencial confirmada para el 7 de junio – El Jurado Nacional de Elecciones (JNE) oficializó el pase de Keiko Fujimori (Fuerza Popular) y Roberto Sánchez (Juntos por el Perú) al balotaje del próximo 7 de junio. Será la cuarta segunda vuelta consecutiva en la que participa Fujimori. Resultados oficiales de la primera […]
RAG vs Obsidian-Based Memory: A Comparative Analysis
Two paradigms for giving language models knowledge they didn’t have at training time — one statistical, one curated. When does each one win? Contents Introduction Foundations of RAG Foundations of an Obsidian-Based Memory System Comparison When to Use Which Conclusion References 1. Introduction Large language models have a memory problem. Their parametric memory — the […]
SpaceX targets 19 May for Starship V3 debut from Launch Pad 2
SpaceX announced on 12 May 2026 that it is officially targeting 19 May for the debut flight of Starship Version 3, the third-generation iteration of the largest and most powerful rocket ever built. It will be Starship’s twelfth flight overall — and the first to fly from the newly commissioned Launch Pad 2. Version 3 […]
Physicists create exotic quantum matter by ‘driving’ materials with magnetic pulses
Reported on 4 May 2026, a team of physicists has created exotic new phases of quantum matter by carefully driving materials with precisely timed magnetic shifts — a technique that coaxes systems into states that don’t exist in equilibrium. The interesting twist isn’t just the existence of these states but their stability. One of the […]
Japanese physicists detect elusive quantum ‘W states’ in a single shot
A team of Japanese researchers reported in May 2026 a new technique to detect quantum W states instantaneously — a long-standing milestone for quantum information science. W states are a particular form of multi-particle entanglement that, unlike the more famous GHZ states, survive the loss of a single particle. That robustness makes them attractive building […]
New CRISPR variant Cas12a2 selectively kills cancer cells without harming healthy ones
A paper published in Nature on 6 May 2026 describes a new class of CRISPR tool, Cas12a2, that destroys cells displaying a target RNA signature rather than editing DNA. The mechanism — “RNA-triggered cell killing” — opens a precision-medicine route to cancers and viral infections that has been hard to reach with conventional gene-editing. In […]
SpaceX Dragon CRS-34 hauls 6,500 lb of science to the ISS
After two weather scrubs, SpaceX successfully launched its CRS-34 cargo mission to the International Space Station from Florida on 15 May 2026. Dragon carried about 6,500 pounds (2,950 kg) of supplies, hardware, and scientific experiments, with autonomous docking to the forward port of the Harmony module scheduled for 17 May around 7:05 a.m. EDT. CRS-34 […]
NASA tests AI space chip 500x more powerful than current spacecraft processors
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory shared on 15 May 2026 that its new High Performance Spaceflight Computing (HPSC) processor is performing as designed in early testing — and is running at roughly 500 times the performance of the radiation-hardened chips currently flying. Small enough to fit in the palm of a hand, the HPSC packs a […]
First large-scale Blackwell B200 AI cluster goes live in Canada
Alpha Compute announced on 8 May 2026 the handover of its first large-scale NVIDIA Blackwell deployment: a 504-chip B200 server cluster located in Canada, now in final testing and ready for AI compute customers. It is one of the first commercial-scale Blackwell clusters to come online outside the hyperscalers. Blackwell-architecture GPUs pack 208 billion transistors […]
Google previews ‘Gemini Intelligence’ for Android ahead of I/O
On 13 May 2026, days before its I/O developer conference, Google previewed Gemini Intelligence: a system-level layer that pushes Gemini into the core of Android. The rollout begins this summer on the Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel lines, then expands across compatible Android devices — phones, watches, cars, glasses, and laptops — through the rest […]