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Tesla announced its refreshed Model S and Model X electric cars back in January 2021, which would be powered by an unknown new infotainment system capable of pumping out 10 TFLOPs of power.

Well, now we know what is inside of it thanks to AMD's show-stealing Computex 2021 keynote. AMD will be providing Tesla with a custom RDNA 2 GPU for the new Model S and Model X, which is the same GPU technology inside of Microsoft's Xbox Series X/S and Sony's PlayStation 5 next-gen consoles.

AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su herself confirmed the news during the Computex 2021 all-virtual keynote, with the new Tesla's packing new semi-custom APUs with Ryzen + Radeon technologies infused into the infotainment system.

I think the entire world knows that SpaceX and Tesla boss Elon Musk is a huge Dogecoin enthusiast, but would he go to a DogeFest if that were a thing? Yep.

Twitter account @itsALLrisky tweeted out asking the world would they go to a Doge Festival, later calling it DogeFest. They said that in order for DogeFest to happen they would need Elon Musk to be the DJ, Musk's partner and the mother of his child Grimes along with Snoop Dogg would need to perform.

Not only that, but DogeFest would have a BYOD policy -- or Bring Your Own Dog, while Mark Cuban needs to be an investor... and of course, of course, Dogecoin would be used as a "payment for everything" at DogeFest.

MSI is celebrating its 35th birthday with the announcement of its most limited edition graphics card ever, and with the GPU shortages, probably the most limited edition graphics card (literally) ever.

The new MSI GeForce RTX 3090 SUPRIM 35th Anniversary Limited Edition is just simply beautiful, with the company deploying a fully custom design of its TRI FROZR 2S cooling solution, with a triple-fan cooling system and 3 x 8-pin PCIe power connectors giving the card at least 350W of power.

We don't know the GPU boost and GDDR6X overclocks (if there are any) on the MSI GeForce RTX 3090 SUPRIM 35th Anniversary Limited Edition graphics card, but I'm sure that it is coming. MSI really unveiled the new card as the "SUPRIM 35th Anniversary Limited Edition" without saying it's a GeForce RTX 3090... but you can tell that from the NVLink connector, so ha!

Japanese games-maker The Pokemon Company has generated over $1 billion in net revenues in 2020 thanks to pandemic surge spending.

According to analyst Dr. Serkan Toto, The Pokemon Company made a whopping $1.1 billion in net revenues last year. Dr. Toto spotted the earnings on the Kanpo Official Gazette and notes The Pokemon Company is a privately-held organization that doesn't reveal its earnings results or details on its metrics to the public.

The earnings data is very brief and outlines key metrics like sales, operating and total profits. In 2020, The Pokemon Company made $1.1 billion in net revenue, $170 million in net profits, and $245 million in operating profit.

Today Saber and Crytek announced the Crysis Remastered Trilogy, coming this Fall to PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, PC, and Nintendo Switch.

It's official: the entire Crysis trilogy is getting remastered in an all-in-one bundle for today's biggest platforms. Saber Interactive has remastered all three singleplayer campaigns, complete with next-gen optimizations for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S hardware. Both Crysis 2 and 3 Remastered can also be purchased separately and there's no details on whether or not multiplayer is coming back.

After years of waiting, we finally have a reveal date: The new Battlefield will be revealed on Wednesday, June 9 at 10AM EST.

Today and EA and DICE confirm Battlefield 6's reveal date will be June 9. The footage will be something no one has seen yet--the previously leaked footage was from an older internal build and wasn't the finalized announce trailer that will be shown next week.

So what should we expect from the reveal? 128-player multiplayer all out warfare, next-gen visuals with ray-tracing and other crazy high-def effects, incredible new environmental destruction, and a focus on a modern setting possibly World War 3.

As Activision-Blizzard, EA, Take-Two and Ubisoft outline big new ambitious plans, SEGA also has a bold strategy of its own.

After selling most of its arcade business, SEGA is doubling down on video games. More specifically, SEGA plans to create an entirely new genre called Super Games.

So what exactly is a Super Game? Think of massive multi-year live games like Phantasy Star Online 2, complete with monetization, thriving communities, and tons of content updates. These Super Games are expected to generate at least 100 billion yen (nearly $1 billion) in total lifetime revenues, and PSO2 is poised to hit this mark in 2021.

CD Projekt Group still isn't sure when Cyberpunk 2077 will return to the PlayStation Store, but the company is still in active talks with Sony.

CDPR gives investors slightly more detail in how it's negotiating with Sony to reinstate Cyberpunk 2077 to the PlayStation Store. In a recent earnings call, CD Projekt SVP of Business Development Michal Nowakowski says Sony has an internal set of metrics that Cyberpunk 2077 must adhere to in order to return to the PS Store. No exact details were outlined, though.

"I can't go deep into the set of metrics and how the conversation has progressed has to remain at the discretion of PlayStation and ourselves. But yes, there is a set of metrics, let's put it like that, on a high level but I can't go into the details of where we are on that. There is a process and we're in the middle of the process and this conversation is happen. That's all we can say. The decision will be announced when it's ready to be announced."

A very ambitious project is being spearheaded by Venus Aerospace Corp, who is planning on constructing a hyper-sonic space that will be used for transportation between countries.

Venus Aerospace Corp plans on constructing a spaceplane that would take off from a runway as a usual plane would, but then fly up to high cruising altitude where it would then engage its rocket booster. The rocket booster would then push the space plane to speeds exceeding 9,000mph, which is approximately 12 times the speed of sound.

The space plane would maintain that ridiculous speed for approximately 15 minutes before it begins to use Earth's atmosphere as a means of slowing down. Venus Aerospace Corp plans on transporting people from Los Angeles to Tokyo in around an hour. The company has said that it isn't close to conducting test flights as the design of the aircraft is still in development. Testing of scale models is scheduled to begin this summer.

A new survey has been published that explores how much cryptocurrency has been adopted throughout the United States.

The survey comes from NYDIG, which is a technology and financial services firm dedicated to Bitcoin. NYDIG has conducted a survey, and according to its results, more than 46 million Americans have purchased Bitcoin. The average quantity across all US Bitcoin holders was not found, but the survey does state that "more than 22% of adults over the age of 18" are holding Bitcoin.

The survey also explored other aspects of cryptocurrency and Bitcoin, such as "As a Bitcoin holder, would you move your Bitcoin to your bank if they had secure Bitcoin storage?" Results were 80% of survey participants sayings "Yes", and 19% saying "No". To read some more news on Bitcoin, check out this link here. If you are interested in reading more about this story, check out the survey for yourself here.

Space junk is becoming a large problem as many companies continue to launch rockets and satellites into the atmosphere.

The problem of space junk, or space debris, was brought up by Donald Kessler, a retired NASA senior scientist for orbital debris research, who said that the current state of space junk has reached a "tipping point". Now, a new report has come out about the International Space Station (ISS) experiencing a collision with space junk that has now caused a hole.

Operators noticed a hole in the ISS's Canadarm2 on May 12. The robotic arm has been in service since 2001, and according to Canadian Space Agency (CSA), who provided the ISS with the robotic arm, the hole isn't going to impact the Canadarm2's responsibilities in maintaining the ISS. The CSA has said that the hole is a "lucky strike" considering that the robotic arm has a diameter of just 14 inches.

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has poked some fun at Jeff Bezos' space exploration company Blue Origin.

For those that aren't caught up with the story, NASA awarded Musk's SpaceX with a $3 billion contract to construct a lunar lander for NASA's Artemis program. Bezos' Blue Origin has contested the decision by NASA by submitting a protest to the U.S Government Accountability Office (GAO) that requests NASA to select a second company to build a lunar lander.

NASA has revealed its reasoning for selecting SpaceX for the award, stating, "SpaceX's Total Evaluated Price of $2,941,394,557 was the lowest among the offerors by a wide margin. Blue Origin's Total Evaluated Price was significantly higher than this, followed by Dynetics' Total Evaluated Price, which was significantly higher than Blue Origin's."

SpaceX will be transporting an Ethereum (ETH) node to the International Space Station (ISS) this week, marking the first time an ETH node has entered space.

SpaceX has been contracted by the company SpaceChain and will be using its Falcon 9 rocket to get to the ISS. According to SpaceChain, the launch of the ETH node with the be company's fourth blockchain payload to enter space and will be the "demonstration of the integration of Ethereum technology into its hardware on the ISS".

The ETH node will be installed into the ISS, and according to SpaceChain, the security of the installations will be essential to keep the ETH node network secure. Nexus Inc, a client of SpaceChain, will be providing the ISS installation solution for the ETH node. The ETH node launch is scheduled for June 3, 2021.

The COVID-19 pandemic caused movie studios to delay several releases of their movies as people weren't allowed to gather indoors.

Despite Marvel's size and influence, the goliath arm of Disney was no exception to the rule. Recently, Disney announced the MCU's release schedule for its upcoming films, and while we aren't sure if it's COVID-19-related, Disney has delayed the release of one of its key MCU movies by an entire year. The roadmap for new MCU movies between 2021 and 2023 was announced by Disney back in March, but now the movie that was expected to release on October 7, 2021, will now release on October 6, 2023.

At the moment, it's not confirmed what MCU movie was delayed, but suspicions are leading fans to believe it was Mahershala Ali's Blade reboot. ComicBook speculates that Blade reboot having an October release date is fitting as it would coincide with Halloween celebrations around the United States. As for production on the film, the project was slated to begin production later this year but was unfortunately pushed back as the studio continues to look for a suitable director.

A book written in 1977 has recently been declassified by the United States National Security Agency (NSA), and it reveals a three-step process for breaking "impossible" encryptions.

The book was written by cryptologist Lambros Callimahos, and it explains how to break all types of codes that are commonly used by the military. For the aforementioned reason, the NSA decided to claim that the book's release could endanger national security, as it could reveal the NSA's "code-breaking prowess". The NSA later declassified the book in December 2020.

One of the chapters of the book is titled "Principles of Cryptodiagnosis", and within that chapter, Callimahos reveals a systematic three-step approach to deciphering an encrypted message that used an unknown method. For example, the NSA may encounter thousands of encrypted messages, but if the cryptographers don't know the method for how the messages were encrypted, then they won't be able to break the encryption.

Just yesterday, Elon Musk replied to a tweet that suggested that a hot tub should be created that gets its heat by mining Dogecoin.

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk replied to this tweet saying that it was a "great idea", and now a video has surfaced online of a man that has actually done it, but with a Bitcoin miner. The video was published on Twitter by Jesse Peltan, and it shows a Bitcoin miner submerged in water, seemingly heating his hot tub up for a nice dip.

Peltan has even managed to hook up Alexa to the hot tub dubbed SPA-256 HotTub, so its jets can be activated via voice command. Peltan goes on to say that the pump for the jets is on a Wi-Fi-controlled switch, which is why Alexa can be connected to it. Elon Musk was tagged in the post by Documenting Bitcoin, and he applauded the work done by Peltan by saying, "Nice".

An astrophysics professor has come out and said that the recent UFO videos surfacing online "don't impress him".

The astrophysicist is Adam Frank, who is a professor at the University of Rochester. Frank wrote an opinion piece in The New York Times that featured the title, "I'm a Physicist Who Searches for Aliens. UFOs Don't Impress Me." In the article, Frank states that in the past, he has been asked about these encounters with UFO due to his professional credentials and goes on to say that he is skeptical about how much information we can gather from the recent UFO videos that appeared on CBS "60 Minutes".

Here's what Frank said, "While some researchers have used the footage to make simple estimates of the accelerations and other flight characteristics of the UFOs, the results have been mixed at best. Skeptics have already shown that some of the motions seen in the videos (like the ocean skimming) may be artifacts of the cameras' optics and tracking systems."

AMD and Samsung announced their multi-year strategic partnership back in August 2019, where we would eventually see the RDNA architecture inside of a Samsung smartphone... and that day is now one giant step closer.

During their Computex 2019 keynote, AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su said that the next-gen flagship Samsung Exynos SoC will have RDNA 2 graphics. The new custom GPU will be based on the RDNA 2 architecture, the same GPU architecture that powers the Radeon RX 6000 series (in both desktop and now mobile form) and the Microsoft Xbox Series X/S and Sony PlayStation 5 next-gen consoles.

Samsung will have the latest graphics features like real-time ray tracing and Variable Rate Shading (VRS) which PC gamers and console gamers have been enjoying for a little while now.

NVIDIA has just made its GeForce RTX 3080 Ti official, with the GA102-powered GPU rocking 12GB of GDDR6X memory and a cost starting at $1199.

The new GeForce RTX 3080 Ti sits firmly between the flagship GeForce RTX 3090 and the GeForce RTX 3080, which have 24GB and 10GB of GDDR6X memory, respectively. NVIDIA pricing the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is a concern, but the entire market is a Bizarro world as it is... so whatever.

If we're comparing launch prices, the new GeForce RTX 3080 Ti has 18% more GPU cores and 20% more GDDR6X but costs $500 more. It's a bit insane, but we are looking at a more polished RTX 3080 with the RTX 3080 Ti having the additional GPU cores, more memory and wider memory bus resulting in more memory bandwidth makes the RTX 3080 Ti a 1440p and 4K gaming powerhouse.

CD Projekt's development teams are currently planning new projects beyond Cyberpunk 2077, which includes The Witcher 4.

Starting in 2022, CD Projekt plans to start working on two projects simultaneously across its two IPs, The Witcher and Cyberpunk. The new games are expected to be another Witcher title, possibly The Witcher 4 or a prequel, and Cyberpunk 2077's anticipated AAA multiplayer mode. Now the company gives a few updates on what's happening behind the scenes.

In a recent earnings call, CD Projekt President Adam Kicinski says that roughly 1/3rd of Cyberpunk 2077's principal development team are planning new AAA projects. These games aren't in principal development yet and Kicinski says 2021 will be a strong year for Cyberpunk 2077's continued growth and expansion (along with a next-gen release of The Witcher 3). About 300 people are still working on CP2077, Kicinski says.