The next installment in the Assassin's Creed franchise will be released on November 15, and ahead of the launch Ubisoft has released a new trailer for the title on the official PlayStation YouTube channel.

The new "World" trailer states at the beginning that any footage seen in the video has either been captured on a PS5 or PC. Shadows will take players to Feudal Japan, where they will get to experience an open world similar in scope to previous Assassin's Creed titles, Valhalla and Odyssey, but through two main characters. The new trailer release has been met with heavy criticism as, at the time of writing, it has received 5800 Dislikes versus 3000 Likes of its 54,0000 views.

Many of the criticisms point to choppy and seemingly unfinished animations, with a particularly egregious example being at 0.33 seconds into the video, where the horse appears to be ice skating across the ground. Other criticisms point to Ubisoft's failure to showcase any gameplay of Shadows ahead of its release while still leaving pre-orders open. "Release in two months. Still little to no gameplay showed. Says a lot," read one YouTube comment

Elgato has just introduced its new Stream Deck Studio, a revamped version of its creative control piece of technology that is aimed at professional broadcasters at a cost of $999. Check it out:

Elgato has teamed with broadcast software specialist Bitfocus for its new Stream Deck Studio, where it can run the Companion software that works on other Stream Deck models, but also supports the company's new Buttons software. The Buttons app allows for additional interface customization designed specifically for the new Stream Deck Studio.

Julian Fest, General Manager of Elgato, said: "Stream Deck has been a home run for Elgato with its intuitive, customizable interface. Our growing relationship with Bitfocus was key in developing Stream Deck Studio solution, which we expect to receive a very strong market reception as we continue to expand our addressable market with an accessible, groundbreaking, solution for the ever-demanding professional broadcast environment".

ASUS has just announced its new ROG Strix Platinum PSUs that arrive in 1200W, 1000W, and 850W models that are ready for your new gaming PC build.

The new ASUS ROG Strix Platinum PSUs are high-efficiency power supplies, raising the bar with lower connection temperatures, intelligence wattage delivery, ATX 3.1 with Intel lab testing, and a huge 10-year warranty in 1200W, 1000W, and 850W PSU forms.

ASUS is using its GPU-First intelligent voltage stabilizer (IVS) inside of its new ROG Strix Platinum PSU series, ensuring that a high-end overclocked graphics card always has the stable power it requires to perform at peak capacity during intense gaming sessions with up to 45% more stable power flow to the GPU versus not having the stabilizer inside of the PSU.

A robot has entered the Unit 2 reactor at the Fukushima power plant and if its mission is successful it will collect a small amount of nuclear waste that will then be examined by researchers.

The Fukushima power plant went into meltdown in 2011 following a magnitude 9.0 earthquake, causing approximately 880 tons of nuclear waste that will take until 2050 to clear away and decontaminate the area completely. Unfortunately, this estimation is on the side of optimistic, as researchers aren't even sure what kind of state the nuclear fuel is in, hence the involvement of a small robot grabber.

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO), the company that owns the site, has previously sent robots inside the reactor cores, and, unfortunately, they have experienced mixed success. In 2015, the company sent a robot into Unit 1, where it died three hours later after being exposed to a radioactive area. An underwater robot managed to get more success in 2017. In approximately two weeks, the robot will be pushed into the Unit 2 reactor by metal poles that extend up to 72 feet.

Despite the new GPU upgrades and AI upscaling, demanding games like GTA 6 are unlikely to hit 4K 60FPS on Sony's PlayStation 5 Pro.

Sony's new PS5 Pro looks to be a substantial upgrade that's capable of delivering 4K 60FPS gaming in specific titles, but it lacks the chops to deliver this kind of performance on a universal level. It may not be until the PS6 generation that games hit a more standardized 4K 60FPS target, even with AI upscaling.

Although the PS5 Pro features a beefier RDNA 4 GPU outfitted with 67% more compute units and a supercharged unified RAM combo that can deliver +45% faster rendering, the system still has a big downfall: The CPU. Sony's mid-gen upgrade still features a similar 8-core Zen 2 CPU as the base PlayStation 5 console (the Pro's CPU has been slightly overclocked by +10%). This effectively means that CPU-bound games will deliver similar FPS performance on the Pro as they would on the PS5. And based on what's been revealed so far, GTA 6 is likely to be one such CPU-bound game.

SpaceX has decided to voice its opinion on the lack of launch license it has obtained for the fifth launch of the world's most powerful rocket, Starship.

The Elon Musk-led company took to its official blog to share a lengthy update on the current situation Starship is facing, which is delayed launches due to regulatory red tape. SpaceX explains that Starship has been ready at the launch pad since the first week of August, but it still hasn't received a launch license from the US government. "Unfortunately, we continue to be stuck in a reality where it takes longer to do the government paperwork to license a rocket launch than it does to design and build the actual hardware."

As for Flight 5 specifically, SpaceX writes that it received a launch license estimation from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the regulatory body responsible for granting approval for SpaceX to fly Starship. SpaceX is estimated to receive its license for Flight 5 sometime in late November, which would make it more than a two-month delay from the previously estimated date of mid-September.

Apple just wrapped up its Glowtime event, where it showcased the latest generation of iPhone ahead of its release on September 20, and right after the event, we have a brand new Samsung S25 Ultra leak. Techtember is officially here!

Samsung's next-generation flagship smartphone will be the S25 Ultra, and reports currently point to January as the rumored launch date. Before the launch, leaker @OnLeaks and Android Headlines created renders of the upcoming smartphone based on previous rumors about its specifications. For example, the S25 Ultra is rumored to be just 219g, making it lighter than the iPhone 16 Pro Max at 227g and the S24 Ultra at 232g.

According to the renders, the S25 Ultra will have the same 6.8-inch screen size as the Samsung S24 Ultra, but will overall be a smaller phone at 162.8 x 77.6 x 8.2mm versus 162.3 x 79 x 8.6mm. TechRadar notes that while recent reports say the S25 Ultra will have the same display size as the S24 UItra, previous rumors suggested the S25 Ultra was going to have a bigger screen.

Former Samsung employees have been arrested over allegations of industrial espionage, the process of stealing company IP to take it to another company, and other related charges.

The two former Samsung employees used to work for Samsung Electronics and have since been arrested by South Korean authorities for participating in a scheme to steal Samsung semiconductor technologies valued at more than $3.2 billion. Reports indicate the pair, who have only been identified by their last names, Choi and Oh, were trying to transport the Samsung IP back to China to replicate the Samsung chip factory.

The two former Samsung Electronics employees allegedly worked with Chinese officials to create a joint venture called Chengdu Gaozhen. 66-year-old former Samsung executive Choi is alleged to have begun recruiting South Korean semiconductor experts, along with a former Samsung senior researcher who joined the project as the chief plant designer. So, what were the pair trying to steal? Samsung's 20-nanometer DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory).

The US Department of Justice is turning its eye to the 3D printing industry that is fueling the creation of devices that convert semi-automatic guns into fully automatic weapons.

The announcement came from Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, who issued a request last Friday asking the DOJ, along with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), to implement measures to prevent the growing number of machine gun version devices, or MCDs. According to the ATF, the number of MCDs of various designs has increased by more than 500% between 2017 and 2021. Monaco announced that new groups would be formed to track and tackle the issue of MCDs.

The Deputy Attorney has pleaded with the 3D printing community, along with software developers, technology experts, and any other relevant authority in the space, to help identify a solution to this problem, as "you know your industries and this technology better than anyone." The above image showcases an example of what an MCD can look like. These small devices can be the size of a USB drive and can be made out of a single sheet of plastic.

Iodyne has just introduced its new Pro Mini: a new Smart Drive external SSD with both USB4 and Thunderbolt 4, offering sustained 3GB/sec of read performance when you're on-the-go. Check it out:

The new iodyne Pro Mini features two of Frore's AirJet Mini Slim SSD active cooling devices, which combine the best of performance and reliability, enabling the Pro Mini to blast sustained 3GB/sec performance under intense workloads. If you're a professional with a laptop or PC with USB4 or Thunderbolt 4, you've got 4TB or 8TB capacity to choose from.

Inside, we've got RAID-6 data protection, XTS-AES-256 encryption, fleet management capabilities, Find My tracing (using a Chipolo chip), and device passkeys. The new iodyne Pro Mini consumes around 15W of power under load, and if you remove the 10W of power used by Frore's AirJet Mini Slim SSD cooler, the new drive only uses 5W. 15W for full-blast coolng, and full-blast performance.