Latest News - Page 442

NASA has announced it will be choosing SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket to send its Dragonfly spacecraft to one of Saturn's many moons. The goal will be to investigate the moon for any signs of ancient or current life.

The space agency took to its blog on its official website to announce it has selected SpaceX to power its $3.35 billion mission to Saturn's massive moon Titan. The mission will involve the use of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy launch vehicle, which was also used as a means of transportation for NASA's Psyche and Europa Clipper missions. As for what SpaceX will be getting out of that $3.35 mission budget, NASA writes the contract with the launch provider as a firm-fixed-price contract that has a value of approximately $256.6 million, which includes all launch services and other mission-related costs.

As for what Dragonfly will achieve, NASA plans on launching the car-sized rotorcraft to Titan in July 2028. Dragonfly will spend six years getting to Titan, where it will land and then go from location to location, testing samples of materials it collects. Titan was selected as a location because it is the only known body beyond Earth that hosts stable liquids, meaning it could be possible the environment is capable of supporting life. Notably, Dragonfly is a nuclear-powered rotorcraft that will spend approximately 2.5 Earth years on the surface of Saturn's moon.

Three men have been killed after following directions by Google Maps off an unfinished bridge that was damaged by flooding a few months ago.

A new report from The EconomicTimes states three men from Uttar Pradesh, India, were killed when they drove off an unfinished bridge that was spanning the Ramganga River. The bridge was incomplete, as portions of it were damaged and swept away when the region endured flooding a few months ago.

The publication reports the three men were traveling in a taxi from Gurugram to Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh, and because they were traveling at night and at the time were following the directions of Google Maps, they didn't notice the end of the bridge, resulting in them driving off and plummeting to their deaths.

TSMC's brand new 2nm fab in Kaohsiung has hit a huge milestone today, with its equipment installation ceremony taking place with clients, partners, and Taiwanese government officials.

In a new report from Economic Daily News and UDN, we're hearing that TSMC's inaugural 12-inch fab in Kaohsiung is preparing for mass production of 2nm chips in 2025. Additionally, the equipment installation is 6 months ahead of schedule, and finally, once the new 2nm fab is operational, it will be making the world's most advanced chips.

But which companies will be first to use TSMC's new 2nm process node? Apple and AMD are expected to be amongst the first customers of TSMC and its next-gen 2nm process node. Not only that, but TSMC's 2nm production strategy in Taiwan is moving full-steam ahead on two paths: Hsinchu Baoshan fab and the Kaohsiung plant, both gearing into mass production in 2025.

Black Friday deals are already upon us, making it a fantastic time to upgrade your system with those components you've had your eye on for some time.

Currently, the PC industry is moving through a new socket change on both Intel and AMD CPUs, as both of the respective companies' latest generation of CPUs require the latest motherboard sockets. Support for these latest sockets is expected to last until at least 2028, meaning if you grab one of the new AMD Zen 5, or Intel Arrow Lake CPUs, along with a respective motherboard, you will have a compatible motherboard for future generations of CPUs until at least 2028.

Below are some of the best deals on AMD CPUs currently available on Amazon, with some of the models, particularly the Zen 3-based Ryzen 5000 series CPUs, being discounted by as much as 56%. Notably, the Zen 3-based CPUs use the previous generation AM4 socket. AMD's Zen 4 and Zen 5 desktop CPUs require the latest AM5 socket.

Black Friday is here nice and early, and Amazon has discounted thousands of products across its platform, with numerous computer components going cheap for a limited time.

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are two great opportunities to pick up some early Christmas presents for your sibling, spouse, child, or parents, as both of the sales dramatically reduce the price of products - some by as much as 90%. As for the technology side of Amazon, the deals aren't in any shortage at all and below are what are currently the best-selling products in Amazon's "Computer Components" category, which contains everything from computer screws to internal/external components.

Some of the best deals on Amazon right within the Computer Components category are portable hard drives and SSDs, an AMD CPU, RAM, M.2 SSDs, and a Corsair power supply. Check out the deals and savings listed below.

Seasonic and Noctua have been cooking behind the scenes, but now they're introducing the new PRIME TX-1600W power supply: a new ultra-quiet beasty 1600W PSU with dual 12V-2x6 power connectors ready for multiple next-generation GeForce RTX 5090 graphics cards. Check it out:

The new collaboration between the two companies delivers something truly special for high-end desktop PCs, with Austrian-based Noctua known for its leading cooling technology and uber-quiet fans, with the new PRIME TX-1600W PSU featuring NF-A12x25 fans which have ultra-quiet operation.

1600W of power is a lot, with the new PRIME TX-1600W PSU supporting both ATX 3.1 and PCIe 5.1, with dual 12V-2x6 power connectors that are ready for multiple high-end GPUs. Noctua says that the new 1600W power supply is designed to work in full passively-cooled mode at below 50% load and under 25C.

Black Friday deal madness is here nice and early, and if you are looking for a new game to sink your teeth into, now is a fantastic time to snag one cheap.

Black Friday has made its way onto Amazon, and along with massive discounts across a range of PC hardware, the online marketplace has slashed prices for PS5 games. Below are some of the best deals that were currently available at the time of writing, and each of them would be a great purchase for a sibling, child, or partner.

Star Wars Outlaws was released to mixed reviews, with some individuals enjoying Ubisoft's newest Star Wars installment and others finding its gameplay dull, boring, and clunky. However, at a discounted price of $39, down from its original price of $69, it may have hit a price that's low enough for you to give it a try. Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO released glowing reviews, with the same sentiment for Silent Hill 2, Metaphor: ReFantazio, and Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.

NVIDIA is reportedly working on a custom GeForce RTX 5090D graphics card for the Chinese market, with new leaks showing the RTX 5090D label for the retail packaging of the new cards.

In a new post on X leaker MEGAsizeGPU showed off the logo to the GeForce RTX 5090D, with VideoCardz noting that if we're wondering why the "D" is there (the D is for Dragon) because 2025 is the Year of the Snake. But, in the Chinese zodiac, the Year of the Dragon ends on January 28... meaning we could see the RTX 5090D released before the end of January 2025.

China won't be the only country getting the cut-down GeForce RTX 5090D, with other countries including Country Groups D1, D4, and D5 (including, but not limited to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Vietnam, but exclusing Israel). These restrictions have workarounds, like AIBs including ZOTAC moving their headquarters out of Hong Kong, now operating out of Singapore, with graphics assembly production lines setup in Indonesia.

We recently reported on Intel's plans to "fix" Intel Core Ultra 200S, or Arrow Lake, CPU performance at the BIOS and OS level. Robert Hallock, Intel's VP and GM of client AI and technical marketing, made the comments in response to the underwhelming gaming performance of Intel's latest desktop CPU range.

As highlighted in our Intel Core Ultra 9 285K review, where we wrote, "Enthusiasts looking for the best gaming performance should sit this one out, at least for now. Arrow Lake feels underdone. In time, we expect to see some gaming performance gains, whether it's via Windows, improved thread scheduling, game engine awareness, or BIOS updates."

Exactly one month after we reviewed Intel's new flagship desktop CPU, a Windows-specific update has arrived in the form of a new Intel Platform Power Management (or Intel PPM) driver. ASRock made the announcement, confirming that it's available for its Z890 series of motherboards, and encourages everyone "to download and install it promptly to enhance Intel Core Ultra series processor performance."

Microsoft Office, which includes popular productivity apps like Word and Excel, has been accused of scraping user-created content to train its internal AI systems. The feature, called 'Microsoft Connected Experiences,' is enabled by default, and to opt-out, you need to navigate various settings and options.

Linux expert @nixcraft on X called 'Connected Experiences' "unethical" because the feature's name doesn't convey that it's all about AI training. Microsoft's knowledge base states that connected experiences are "designed to enable you to create, communicate, and collaborate more effectively" by analyzing your content. There's no mention of AI or data being used for Copilot features or to train Microsoft's AI models.

Various media publications have picked up on these allegations, and Microsoft has responded to them using the official @Microsoft365 account on social media, denying the claims.

Samsung's gigantic Odyssey Neo G9 gaming monitor is enjoying some hefty Black Friday discounts, with the 57-inch 240Hz super-ultrawide gaming monitor dropping from $2500 to $1600 right now over at Amazon.

The Samsung Odyssey Neo G9 gaming monitor has a 57-inch Quantum Matrix Technology + Quantum Mini LED panel with a native 7680 x 2160 resolution, and a super-smooth 240Hz refresh rate, with the gigantic monitor like having dual 32-inch 4K monitors side-by-side, all in a single monster 57-inch display.

You'll want to pair the 57-inch DUHD gaming monitor with a monster graphics card, something like NVIDIA's flagship GeForce RTX 4090. Or... you could buy the monitor on special right now with 36% discount, and wait 6-8 weeks for NVIDIA's next-gen GeForce RTX 5090. Oh boy.

Apple's purported iPhone 17 Air smartphone is expected to be the thinnest iPhone the company has ever released, with Apple analyst Jeff Pu agreeing that the iPhone 17 Air will be around 6mm thick.

In a new research note with Hong Kong-based investment bank Haitong, obtained by MacRumors, Apple analyst Jeff Pu agreed with previous rumors of the purported iPhone 17 Air being 6mm thick. He said: "We agreed with the recent chatter of an 6mm thickness ultra-slim design of the iPhone 17 Slim model".

If we compare that against Apple's latest iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus smartphones which are 7.8mm thick, while the higher-end iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max are thicker at 8.25mm (the same thickness as the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max). The new iPhone 17 Air (or iPhone 17 Slim, or iPhone 17 Thin, or whatever Apple ends up calling it) being 6mm will be pretty remarkable, revolutionary even.

NVIDIA is reportedly using Samsung's new GDDR7 memory chips for its next-gen GeForce RTX 50 series "Blackwell" gaming GPUs.

Samsung recently showed off its new HBM3E AI memory and new GDDR7 memory at the recent electronica 2024 event, but now Korean outlet Greened.kr is reporting that Samsung's latest GDDR7 memory chips will be used by NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs in early 2025.

Samsung was one of the top three DRAM manufacturers in the race to supply GDDR7 memory chips to NVIDIA for its next-gen gaming GPUs, with fellow South Korean memory rival SK hynix (which dominates the AI memory business with NVIDIA and its HBM3, HBM3E memory chips) and US-based Micron.

Tesla is actively hiring from its AI Teleoperation team, with successful applicants needing to use a state-of-the-art VR rig to remotely use and train their robotaxis and humanoid robots.

We last heard that the company was paying $48 per hour for staffers to wear a motion capture suit and use a VR headset to train the robots, but now Tesla's AI Teleoperation team will provide remote access to their robotaxis and humanoid robots, with state-of-the-art VR rigs to remotely operate them in the real world.

What to expect: Tesla AI's Teleoperation team is charged with providing remote access to our robotaxis and humanoid robots. Our cars and robots operate autonomously in challenging environments. As we iterate on the AI that powers them, we need the ability to access and control them remotely. This requires building highly optimized low latency reliable data streaming over unreliable transports in the real world.

AMD's next-gen Ryzen Threadripper 9000 series "Shimada Peak" CPUs have been spotted: in 96-core and 16-core form, ready with the new Zen 5 architecture for HEDT systems.

The company has successfully launched its new Zen 5 architecture inside of the Ryzen AI 300 series "Strix Point" APUs and the new Ryzen 9000 series "Granite Ridge" desktop processors, but the HEDT side of things has been quiet. Well, it looks like Zen 5-powered Ryzen Threadripper 9000 series "Shimada Peak" CPUs are coming, ready for that huge SP6 socket.

We saw the 96-core, 192-thread flagship Ryzen Threadripper 9000 series CPU in an NBD shipping manifest in August, with the latest shipping manifest including the flagship 96-core CPU, and the entry-level 16-core CPU. The shipping manifests don't mention "Shimada Peak" but we're pretty sure that's what we're looking at with these logs.

Overclocker 'snakeeyes' used an Intel Core Ultra 7 265K processor on an ASRock Z890 Taichi OCF motherboard, with 24GB of Patriot Viper Xtreme 5 memory at a blistering 12,611.6MT/s, setting a new OC memory world record.

The overclocker used LN2 cooling to chill the Core Ultra 5 265K "Arrow Lake" processor and Patriot Viper Xtreme 5 memory, reaching 6305.8MHz (x2 = 12,611.6MT/s) which is now the #1 world ranking on HWBOT. Intel's new Core Ultra 5 265K processor was running at just 411.22MHz, with just 1 core enabled.

HWBOT's memory frequency rankings now have 'snakeeyes' at the top using Patriot Viper Xtreme 5 memory, with overclocker 'AKM' with second place using v-color Manta Xfinity RGB memory at 6263MHz (or 12,526MT/s). The memory OC world record is a tight one, with just a few MHz being the difference between being #1 and #2.

The wait is over! Black Friday is nearly here, and GoDeal24 is kicking off the excitement with deals you won't want to miss! Now's your chance to upgrade your PC with lifetime licenses for Microsoft Office and Windows 11, starting at just $10. Whether you're looking to supercharge your productivity with the latest Office suite or give your system a performance boost with Windows 11, GoDeal24's Black Friday Sale has everything you need. You can upgrade a new PC or bring an old one up to speed with a lifetime license to Microsoft Office Professional 2021 for only $35.11 (reg. $249) today. A one-time payment is all that's necessary to ensure your PC is packed with essential Microsoft productivity apps.

Upon purchase, you'll get lifetime access to the following programs: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, Teams, Access, and Publisher. This license lets you install the full productivity suite on a single Windows PC. Just follow the directions that come with your purchase, and you'll finally own the apps you rely on for work, school, or just managing your life. MS Office Professional 2016 is also at the lowest price of this year - only $15.29 for lifetime use, which is great for those on a low budget. Act fast and enjoy a lifetime of productivity with lifetime Microsoft Office.

Microsoft has just released Office 2024 on October 1st, and savvy shoppers can already take advantage of a great deal on GoDeal24 as part of the Black Friday Sale. Office 2024 features several improvements over the 2021 version, including AI integration, better performance and speed (particularly in Excel), more advanced content creation tools, and an improved user interface and accessibility features. You can save over up to $100 if you want to enjoy the latest Office 2024.

Titan Army has been slowly inching its way into the gaming monitor market for quite some time now, and ahead of the coming Black Friday deal madness the company has slashed prices on three of its high refresh rate gaming monitors.

Titan Army was founded in 2014, and since its inception, it has focussed on building innovative gaming hardware that is designed to provide enthusiast gamers with an immersive experience that will result in Titan Army becoming their go-to choice when it comes to hardware solutions. Titan Army has already acquired more than 260 national patent certificates, along with a comprehensive production line that enables the company to push out a variety of gaming hardware.

Ahead of the Black Friday deals Titan Army will be slashing prices of three of its key products, the P2510G, a 24.5-inch 1080p (FHD) 180Hz refresh rate gaming monitor, the P2710S, a 27-inch 1440p (QHD) 240Hz gaming monitor, and the P32A2S2, a 32-inch QHD 240Hz gaming monitor. Each of these displays have been finely tuned toward specific types of gaming, while also being good enough to eat up any game that is thrown at them.

Black Friday is here early, and Amazon is one of the best places to go if you want crazy deals on a variety of PC hardware.

Black Friday has already taken over Amazon, and the online marketplace has slashed prices across a range of PC hardware, including motherboards. Given the current situation of the industry being in the transition phase between new sockets on both Intel and AMD, now might be a good time to move on from the older generation motherboards and pick up a new motherboard and CPU to match.

Amazon has slashed prices across a range of motherboard brands, such as ASUS, MSI, GIGABYTE, and others. Below are some of the best deals that were currently available at the time of writing, and as with everything during Black Friday madness, these deals are subject to change at any given point, possibly even becoming cheaper. Due to this variability, it's worth keeping an eye on products you are considering as its possible they could become cheaper.

Black Friday deals are here early, and Amazon is already littered with several incredible deals across a variety of PC hardware. Now is the time to snag a great deal on that component you've been waiting to go on sale.

It isn't even Black Friday yet, and Amazon is already consumed by a myriad of incredible deals across a range of gaming-related products. Below are some of the best deals currently available on Amazon when it comes to gaming monitors, and if you have been stuck with an old display for quite some time, or you are wanting to step into the realm of OLED gaming, now might be a good time to prospect some possible deals.

The below deals cover a range of different branded gaming monitors, with discounts onSamsung's Odyssey line-up, LG UltraGear monitors, Acer Nitro displays, Corsair Xeneon monitors, and others. Additionally, we have included an ASUS ROG Swift 32-inch 4K OLED gaming monitor, which we have also reviewed. You can check our thoughts on the beastly ASUS ROG display here.