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The Ghost of Columbus and the Impossible Geometry of the Piri Reis Map
The Ghost of Columbus and the Impossible Geometry of the Piri Reis Map
In 1929, while renovating the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul, a theologian discovered a fragment of gazelle skin that would rewrite the history of cartography. This was the Piri Reis map, a world chart compiled in 1513 by the Ottoman admiral and cartographer Piri Reis. While the map is famous for its early depiction of the Americas, a new wave of academic research is peeling back layers of mystery that suggest the map is even more "impossible" than previously thought. Using modern cartometric analysis and digital "mosaicking," researchers are finding that the underlying geometry of this 16th-century artifact mirrors a level of survey accuracy that defies the technology of the Ottoman era.The Piri Reis map was not merely a single drawing but a compilation of at least 20 different source maps. Among these, Piri Reis himself claimed to have used eight Ptolemaic maps, four Portuguese charts, and one "lost" map by Christopher Columbus. Because Columbus’s own nautical charts have never been found by modern historians, the Piri Reis fragment is often considered the only surviving "
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EVILBANE is a four-player co-op action RPG set in a dark fantasy world where humans, demons, and traitors clash endlessly, and your customizable warrior must fight to restore light to a kingdom consumed by the Archdemon’s chaos. In EVILBANE you seamlessly switch between ranged and melee weapons mid-combat while customizing skills for every encounter, creating a truly unique warrior tailored to your preferred playstyle. Boss …
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As AI supply disruptions grip the market, almost two thirds of PC owners have no plans to upgrade
Parroted as the end-all, be-all of modern living, AI has proved to be more of a nuisance to everyone and, ironically, has hit tech enthusiasts the hardest. Instead of bettering their day-to-day, AI is only helping to surge prices and make them unavailable to the general populace while big-name corporations rake in the surplus and enjoy the shortage.
And that leaves you, the average Joe, unable to go in and buy new components or bring your machine up to snuff since some corporation out there (cough, OpenAI, cough) said "pretty please" to all the RAM manufacturers, and all of them somehow jumped ship and started only selling to them (who weren't actually buying them, just promising that they would, maybe).
Now, according to Tom's Hardware, 60 percent of PC owners have no plans to upgrade over the next two years. That is the result of a survey of 1,500 Tom's Hardware readers done over the last couple of weeks, thus reflecting the current state of PC enthusiasm or lack thereof.
There's a small fortune in this image now. Image via Andrey Matveev/Pexels
What's even more interesting is just how few people are planning to actually kit out their PC with some shiny new tech within
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Forza Horizon 6’s early access rakes in $140 million in its first weekend
We're all a little opposed to paying more to play a game early, i.e., on the date when it was actually supposed to come out. But it seems a lot of us are much less insistent on opposition, as Forza Horizon 6's early access is now the franchise's most-played game, not to mention one of the most profitable launches in gaming history.
In just two or so days of early access, Forza Horizon 6 has brought in over $140 million for Microsoft and developer Playground Games (via Insider Gaming), even though it's only available to players who forked over $120 a pop.
We wrote on Friday how, despite being locked behind this early access program, Forza Horizon 6 is nevertheless the most-played game in the franchise, peaking at 170,000 concurrent players (a number that has since grown to over 181,000), which is more than double Horizon 5's full release.
Forza Horizon 6 looks absolutely breathtaking. Screenshot by Destructoid
Last week, Forza Horizon 6 also became the best-reviewed game of 2026 with a 92 average score on Metacritic, putting it well above heavy hitters like Resident Evil Requiem and Pragmata, to name just a couple.
However, fans don't seem to agree that much with criti