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The International Space Station (ISS) provides an incredible vantage point to capture some of Earth's most magical phenomena, such as auroras.

NASA has taken to the official International Space Station X account to share some footage captured on January 4. The post states the ISS soared into an aurora "dancing" over Canada, with the video showcasing city lights in the landscape below. Following the footage, the floating laboratory orbited into a sunrise 259 miles above the Atlantic Ocean.

For those that don't know, an aurora is caused by the interaction between solar wind and Earth's magnetic field. Here's how it works. The solar wind contains a stream of charged particles ejected from the Sun, and when these charged particles collide with Earth's magnetic field, they are directed toward our planet's poles. The charged particles collide with the gasses in Earth's upper atmosphere, such as oxygen and nitrogen, resulting in the gases becoming excited and releasing energy in the form of light.

Independent video game developers gathered at the South Australian Game Exhibition over the weekend to showcase a collection of games currently in development, and these were the best games I saw at the show.

In a world where there are so many games and not enough time to enjoy them, it's sometimes worth seeing where they come from, meeting the people behind the titles, and giving those people feedback on your experience with the game. The South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) recently held a showcase of South Australia's video game development sector, which featured a bunch of independent developers displaying the games they have been hard at work.

In an effort to shine a light on South Australian game development and indie game development as a whole, I have selected my personal favorite titles from the showcase and linked to each of their Steam listing. Sometimes us gamers forget that great games can be made by just a small team of passionate gamers.

Super Bowl 2025 is here and with it we have the infamous product spots and movie trailers, with the likes of the new Captain America: Brave New World, Jurassic World Rebirth, Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, and more shown off. Check them all out below:

We'll start with the product ad featuring celebrities endorsing the biggest brands on the planet, with some rather cool and out-there ads to sell you new products in 2025. We have Carl's Jr, Ritz Crackers, Ram Trucks, Bosch, Totino's, DoorDash, Ray-Ban, Uber Eats, Little Caesers Pizza, Oikos, Hellmann's, Mountain Dew, Sketchers, Pringles, Reese's, Instacart, Squarespace, NerdWallet, and Coffee Mate with trailers at Super Bowl 2025.

Now, onto the movie trailers... where we get some slightly deeper, and sometimes some far longer movie trailers to some of the biggest movies hitting theaters this year. We get a better look at Marvel's Thunderbolts* (yeah, the astericks is meant to be there), as well as Captain America: Brave New World (which opens on February 14).

The recent launch of the GeForce RTX 5080 and GeForce RTX 5090 has been heavily criticized by the PC gaming community. Most complaints stem from there being very little stock available on day one, with scalpers and bots snapping up most GPUs. For many trying to secure a GeForce RTX 5090 on day one, it felt so futile that the consensus quickly transitioned from excitement to NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 50 Series arrival being more of a "paper launch" than a proper release.

And with scalpers charging exorbitant prices and even retailers and partners raising prices by up to 70% over the MSRP, there's a sense that it has all gone a little out of hand. NVIDIA did note that there would be stock run-outs ahead of the launch, but it has yet to provide a statement on launch numbers or when GeForce RTX 5080 and RTX 5090 GPUs will be readily available for purchase.

It's bleak stuff, but there is good news if you're a part of NVIDIA partner ZOTAC GAMING's Discord community. The company engages with its fans and members on the platform to offer eligible users the chance to purchase a GeForce RTX 5090 or GeForce RTX 5080 at a fair price - the now mythical MSRP of $1999 and $999.

AMD's first official brand-new Radeon GPU launch for 2025 isn't the long-awaited arrival of RDNA and the new Radeon RX 9070 XT - but a new RDNA 3 card for China. The Radeon RX 7650 GRE or Golden Rabbit Edition is a new mainstream option with 8GB of VRAM that sits between the Radeon RX 7600 8GB and the Radeon RX 7600 XT 16GB.

However, not all that much is surprising or exciting about the Radeon RX 7650 GRE. Spec-wise, it's a Radeon RX 7600 with a slight overclock and power rating increase. As the full Navi 33 GPU or chip can be found in all Radeon RX 7600 models (the non-Xt, the XT, and the new GRE), you're looking at the same 32 Compute Units (CUs) and 2048 Stream Processors.

The new Radeon RX 7650 GRE features a boost clock speed of up to 2695 MHz (or 2755 MHz in OC models), compared to the Radeon RX 7600's boost clock speed of 2655 MHz. This sees its power rating increase from 165W to 170W. With the same 8GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit interface, performance for the new GRE variant should be on par with the Radeon RX 7600.

Sony's PlayStation Network went offline for a considerable period this past weekend, with players unable to access their games and other online services for almost 24 hours. It's the second-longest PSN outage to date, falling behind the monumental 2011 outage that lasted weeks - sparking many to wonder if it was due to a breach or attack.

With Sony's PlayStation Network and PSN services restored, the company announced on social media that it had "fully recovered from an operational issue." This vague explanation has done little to satisfy fans wanting a detailed explanation or reasoning for the outage, which occurred right as the weekend began. On the plus side, Sony is compensating players with a free reward.

Sony's social media post reads, "We apologize for the inconvenience and thank the community for their patience. All PlayStation Plus members will automatically receive an additional 5 days of service."

Apple is being very cautious with its next move in the headset market, after its insanely expensive flop in the Vision Pro.

In his new PowerOn newsletter, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman explains that Apple is still hard at work on a new pair of AR glasses, with Apple's Vision Products Group boss, John Ternus, not wanting another (expensive) flop on his hands in a post-Vision Pro world.

Gurman explained: "As I reported last month, Apple recently scrapped plans for augmented reality glasses that would tether to a Mac. This device wasn't the dream AR glasses that everyone is waiting for, but it might have served as a nice stopgap product".

Apple is half a decade behind its competitors in the foldable smartphone race, with the iPhone giant expected to make its move into the foldable market sometime in 2026.

In his latest PowerOn newsletter, Mark Gurman writes on Bloomberg that a foldable iPhone is an "exciting concept" and that if you haven't seen a tri-fold smartphone in the flesh, explains that instead of the device opening up into a full-sized iPad, it can turn into a full-sized tablet.

Samsung is working on one, with Gurman writing that he has used one of Huawei's tri-fold smartphones, saying that "this form factor is incredible, and I wish Apple would make one".

NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 5070 Ti graphics card is launching on February 20 according to one of the largest retailers in France.

TopAchat is one of the biggest PC hardware retailers in France, confirming it will have NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 4070 Ti graphics card on January 20. In particular, MSI's upcoming custom GeForce RTX 5070 Ti GAMING TRIO OC PLUS graphics card will be launching at exactly 3 PM local time.

The retailer has at least 6 custom GeForce RTX 5070 Ti graphics cards launching on that date, but there are no mentions of the GeForce RTX 5070 non-Ti, which is expected to launch in the days after the RTX 5070 Ti is unleashed.

CPU-Z has been updated to support AMD's upcoming Ryzen 9000HX "Fire Range" processors, the company's new high-end laptop GPUs based on the Zen 5 architecture. You can download the new version of CPU-Z right here.

The developers of CPU-Z released a new version on February 8 reveals that AMD is working on more SKUs than we thought, with the introduction of the new Ryzen 9 9950HX3D, Ryzen 9 9950HX, and Ryzen 9 9850HX processors. Not only that, but the new CPU-Z software also now officially supports NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 graphics cards.

In full, we can expect from the AMD Ryzen 9000HX "Fire Range" CPUs:

AMD's next-gen Zen 6 processors are rumored to feature 12-core, 24-thread Zen 6 chiplet that means with dual-chiplet CPU designs we'll see 24 cores and 48 threads on future desktop processors.

In his latest video, leaker Moore's Law is Dead spoke with industry sources that said AMD's next-gen Ryzen CPUs and APUs will feature 12 cores and 24 threads of Zen 6 on a single chiplet, meaning dual-chiplet designs like the Ryzen 9 9950X and 9900X of the future (Ryzen 9 10950X and Ryzen 9 10900X, I guess) will have 24 cores and 48 threads total (versus the 16 cores and 32 threads max on consumer desktop Ryzen processors).

AMD's next-gen Zen 6 "Medusa Ridge" desktop CPUs would have up to 24 cores and 48 threads of Zen 6 processing power, while next-gen Zen 6-based "Medusa Point" and "Medusa Halo" APUs that succeed the Zen 5-based "Strix Point" and "Strix Halo" APUs will pack a much higher (and better) core count.

AMD's highest-end Ryzen 9 9950X3D and Ryzen 9 9900X3D processors have been spotted in early listings on Newegg, priced at $699 for the 9950X3D and $599 for the 9900X3D.

In a new post on X by leaker @momomo_us we're learning that the pre-listings on major US retailers including Amazon and Newegg tease fresh pricing. Amazon listings aren't ready right now, but early Newegg listings have the Ryzen 9 9950X3D priced at $699, and the 9900X3D at $599.

AMD already has its Zen 5-based Ryzen 7 9800X3D on the market, kicking ass and taking names where it is released, beating out most processors, and absolutely dominating anything Intel has to offer. The 9800X3D has 8 cores and 16 threads, but the new 9900X3D moves up to 12 cores and 24 threads at up to 5.5GHz, and the flagship 9950X3D sports 16 cores and 32 threads at up to 5.7GHz.

The PlayStation Network has been down for 17 consecutive hours at the time of publication, and Sony has not given exact updates on when the servers will be back up.

PlayStation gamers woke up to a rude surprise today: Sony's PlayStation Network infrastructure has been knocked out for 17 hours, impacting Friday night game sales, subscription sign-ups, and the all-important microtransactions across the PlayStation Store. Sony has confirmed the PSN outage started last night on Friday, February 7 at 7PM EST.

More importantly, live service games were knocked out on console gaming's largest platform (by revenue). It's unknown how exactly this will impact Sony's upcoming Q4'25 quarterly earnings but it's not just Sony who's impacted: All third-party partners can't sell their games or make money from in-game purchases until the PlayStation Network is online.

Tom Henderson, a known industry insider and owner of InsiderGaming has cleared up a few details in regards to the recent rumors surrounding a new God of War and Sony's upcoming State of Play event.

Henderson stated during the most recent Insider Gaming Weekly podcast that he's hearing, from sources that will remain unnamed, that the new God of War game isn't based in Egypt, which was the most recent rumors surrounding the unannounced title, and instead, it will be a young Kratos based in Greece. Henderson says the storyline concentrates on Kratos's relationship with his father, Zeus.

Notably, Henderson says, "Don't run with it," in regards to this rumor, meaning it hasn't been confirmed to him. The InsiderGaming owner said he simply just wanted to weigh in on the previous rumor of the new God of War being set in Egypt with what he's been hearing. Moreover, Henderson said he doesn't know if the title will be a remaster, prequel, or a reboot.

There is a growing number of reports from RTX 50-series owners and some RTX 40-series owners of black screens presenting themselves along with crashes.

At the moment, this issue is still very new and developing, but given the increasing frequency of reports from users, particularly RTX 50-series owners, it appears there are significant problems that need to be addressed. It's always hard at the beginning of a new hardware launch to determine if there's a real problem or if these "reports" are simply anecdotal, falsified to generate clicks, or a genuine issue that needs to be addressed by the hardware manufacturer. As for the RTX 50-series launch, it appears the latter is the case, as numerous reports of black screens and crashing have now resulted in NVIDIA stepping in with a statement to PCGamer.

NVIDIA was asked about the crashing and black screen reports from RTX 50-series owners and some RTX 40-series owners, and according to the publication, NVIDIA is aware of the problems and is currently "investigating the reported issues with the RTX 50-series." Users experiencing these problems are reporting their occurrence in a variety of different scenarios, such as changing the resolution/refresh rate of a display, alt-tabbing a full-screen application, using multi-monitor setups, or even just when the system is under a heavy load.

Many chefs consider the cooking of an egg art as it can be pretty tricky to cook eggs consistently in their various end forms, especially when considering how to obtain their most nutritional value. But what if you had science to help?

Researchers have looked at the science of cooking an egg and penned a new study now published in the journal Communications Engineering that combines both perfect cooking time and nutritional value. The study looked at the different temperatures of cooked eggs and compared their nutritional value. Firstly, the yolk of an egg begins to harden at 149 degrees Fahrenheit (65 C), while the white of the egg starts hardening at 185 degrees Fahrenheit (85 C).

Researchers explain that cooking an egg in 212F (100C) water for 12 minutes will result in both the yolk and the egg white being hard. Cooking egg sous vide, or the process of sealing food in a bag and cooking it in a water bath at a precise temperature, which is typically between 60 and 70C (140F and 158F) when it comes to eggs, the egg yolk is at a temperature of approximately 65C (149F). While the yolk temperature is ideal in this method the researchers found this temperature is still too low for the proteins within the egg white to fully develop, meaning it's not as nutritionally dense.

Elon Musk is rumored to be spending $40 million of his own money on 5 commercials during one of the most-watched events in the world -- the Superbowl -- highlighting US government waste that DOGE has found.

There have been a few posts and videos that I've seen floating around on X and TikTok saying that the SpaceX and Tesla boss has spent $40 million on Superbowl commercials that would highlight discoveries made by DOGE (the Department of Government Efficiency) through USAID, and President Trump's recent mention that he's tasked Elon with auditing the Pentagon.

It would be nice to see Elon Musk himself confirm that he has personally spent $40M on advertising DOGE's findings during the Superbowl, as it would put US government waste into the eyeballs of hundreds of millions of Americans.

Chinese robotics manufacturer UBTech is marching forward in the AI robotics race, with recent reports stating that mass production for AI-enabled humanoid robots will be ready by end of 2025.

The company plans to deliver between 500-1000 units of its Walker S series to clients including Apple supplier Foxconn, logistics firm SF Express, and various car manufacturers. They stated that 'over 60%' of units delivered this year will be the Walker S2, which is slated for launch in Q2 2025. With a newer model, the Walker S3, to be introduced later this year.

The UBTech Walker S is an industrial humanoid robot designed for use in sophisticated manufacturing environments. Walker S stands at 1.7 meters tall and is equipped with features such as 'force-compliant drive joints' and 'rigid-flexible coupling' systems for walking, navigation, and object handling. The robot is primarily built for automated assembly lines, with a focus on human-robot communication.

As reported by SCMP, companies have begun the deployment of DeepSeek AI models into the manufacturing of personal computers, robots and electric vehicles. The move comes in response to the escalating US sanctions, as both countries battle to establish themselves as the world leader in artificial intelligence.

Lenovo is one of the first Chinese firms to incorporate the technology, integrating the DeepSeek model into its Xiaotian AI assistant on its PCs. Lenovo also partnered with GPU manufacturer Muxi Co. Ltd. to launch an 'all-in-one solution' based on the DeepSeek large model as of February 5th. This solution aims to address complexities of enterprise computing power, by incorporating Lenovo servers and workstations with Muxi GPUs.

Chinese robotics firm UBTech, is also reported to be implementing DeepSeek's AI robots into its humanoid robots. With applications such as 'helping robots understand instructions in a complicated real-world environment' and carrying out tasks in factories.

Elon Musk and President Trump's sweeping new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) are working on developing "GSAi", a custom generative AI chatbot for the US General Services Administration.

In a new report from WIRED, we're being told that GSAi is part of the AI-first agenda of President Trump, modernizing the US federal government using advanced AI technology. One of those goals is to boost the day-to-day productivity of GSA's roughly 12,000 employees, who are tasked with managing office buildings, contracts, and IT infrastructure across the federal government.

SpaceX and Tesla boss Elon Musk and his team hope to use the GSAi chatbot alongside other AI tools to analyze huge amounts of contract and procurement data according to WIRED's sources, both of which were granted anonymity because they "aren't authorized to speak publicly about the agency's operations".