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Microsoft is working on a next-generation mixed reality (MR) headset, signing a contract with Samsung Display to develop and supply OLED on silicon (OLEDoS) panels for the new mixed reality headset.

The news is coming from Korean outlet The Elec, which reports that Samsung is expected to provide hundreds of thousands of OLEDoS panels to Microsoft, according to their sources. The Elec's sources said that Microsoft was developing its new MR headset for gaming and multimedia consumption, versus being used for the Metaverse.

Microsoft's new MR headset is expected to launch only after the specifications of the new OLEDoS panels have been finalized, and then supplied from Samsung Display to Microsoft, with The Elec's sources adding that the commercial launch will happen in 2026 "at the earliest".

Sabrent has been enjoying FMS 2024 so far, teasing its array of Rocket SSDs -- in both Gen4 and Gen5 -- and its upcoming Thunderbolt 5-based Rocket XTRM5 external SSD.

The company showed off all of its leading SSDs at FMS 2024 this week, including the Rocket 4 in both 1TB and 2TB capacities (and the larger Rocket 4 4TB teased, which is coming soon) and the Gen5-ready Rocket 5 in 1TB, 2TB, and the larger 4TB capacity. Sabrent also had its Rocket Nano 2242 in 1TB, and the Rocket Q4 (it's so cute) in 2TB on the show floor at FMS 2024.

Our SSD review Jon Coulter said in his review of Sabrent's new Rocket 5 4TB SSD: "Sabrent is back to doing Sabrent things. We love it and can't help but admire their strategic move to wait for a final form E26 14,000 MB/s SSD before jumping into the PCIe Gen5 fray and then being the first among storage retailers with it. Additionally, making their first Rocket 5 offering to be fully reviewed its highest capacity, most over the top 4TB model, is exactly what Sabrent has done historically".

Recently, we spotted the existence of a PlayStation VR2 app on Steam, hinting that official PC support for the VR headset designed for the PlayStation 5 console was coming soon. Well, that day has arrived, and PC gamers can now use the PlayStation VR2 or PSVR2 headset to play the thousands of games available in the SteamVR library - including the iconic Half-Life: Alyx.

However, there's a catch. Because the PSVR2 headset was never intended for PC use, support requires the purchase of a special PlayStation VR2 PC Adapter, which is available now for $59.99 USD at select retailers or directly from Sony when you add this to the $549.99 cost of the PlayStation VR2 headset, it might not be as attractive an option as initially thought.

Also, key PSVR2 features like HDR, headset feedback, eye-tracking, adaptive triggers, and haptic feedback are unavailable on PC - a shame. Sony hasn't confirmed or stated if these features will become available. On the plus side, foveated rendering is supported alongside 3D audio.

When it comes to AI training and dealing with large data sets and increasingly complex large language models (LLMs) like Llama 70b, it's not simply a matter of being able to throw GPU horsepower at the problem until you find a solution. At least, it shouldn't be.

Phison's aiDAPTIV+ is a hybrid software and hardware solution for LLM training. It integrates Phison's Pascari A100 M.2 SSDs into a complete solution with linear scaling. Impressive! According to Phison, it unlocks access to run workloads previously reserved for data centers on a single workstation or server - supporting up to Llama-3 70B and Falcon 180B.

Phison's chart showcases the capabilities of aiDAPTIV+. Above, you can see a single system with the same configuration: four RTX 6000 Ada GPUs, 192GB of GDDR6 memory, and an additional 512GB of RAM. Phison's aiDAPTIVLink middleware extends this GPU memory capacity with two 2TB SSDs, paving the way for massive model support with low latency. This is impressive stuff, and it won the "Best of Show, Most Innovative AI Application" award at FMS: the Future of Memory and Storage.

KIOXIA is attending the Future of Memory and Storage (FMS) conference in Santa Clara, California. The creator of flash memory and the innovative BiCS FLASH 3D technology is showcasing a new prototype broadband SSD with an optical interface designed for the next generation of data centers.

Replacing electrical wiring with an optical interface allows KIOXIA to create a greater distance between the compute and storage devices, paving the way for more flexible designs without sacrificing efficiency or signal quality.

In fact, an optical interface makes it possible to aggregate components like an SSD and CPU that can "efficiently utilize resources according to a specific workload" by placing them in different rooms or locations separated by up to 40 meters of optical fiber (up to 100 meters in the future). In a data center, optical SSD storage could be located in one room with fewer cooling requirements, lowering the energy footprint.

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is officially coming to the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, according to a new announcement from publisher Electronic Arts.

Survivor originally released on the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series consoles, and the PC via Steam, the Epic Games Store, and the EA App on April 28, 2023, and more than a year later, it's now coming to consoles that are more than 11 years old. While the PS4 and Xbox One are considered to be very old, there are still millions of gamers on both of those platforms, hence EA's push for Survivor to be available on the platforms.

The PS4 and Xbox One versions of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor will come with a variety of optimizations that are designed to maximize the capabilities of the hardware within both of the previous-gen consoles. Both versions of the game will retail for $49.99. Additionally, Respawn Entertainment confirmed via its press release that the PC version of the game will be getting an update in the "coming weeks" that will improve performance and controls while also introducing a bunch of quality-of-life improvements.

Hardware developers, which includes consoles, typically apply codenames to any prototypes they are working on. Nintendo is known for having some of the friendliest codenames for its prototypes, and one of them has re-emerged online in a new picture.

The console under the spotlight here is the GameCube, which the social media account Console Variants explains was called the "Nintendo Dolphin" when it was in its early prototype phase. The social media account explains that this version of the GameCube is so rare that it wasn't allowed to share the photos to the internet "until now" and that more pictures of it will be released "soon."

Notably, this version of the GameCube has been spoken about before, and imaged. But, the photographs snapped of it aren't clear enough to clearly see the "Nintendo Dolphin" branding. The Console Variations image is extremely clear, showing the "Nintendo Dolphin" branding and the disc tray. At the moment it remains unclear if Console Variations own the device, or is being sent the images from another source.

If you had a live feed of Activision headquarters right now you would likely see the a red alarm siren continuously blasting and employees running around like headless chickens, as Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 gameplay has leaked ahead of the official release scheduled in just a couple weeks time.

The leaked content has already spread to numerous social media platforms, and Activision has responded by moving into high gear the number of issued DMCA takedown notices. Unfortunately for Activision, it appears its too late as the videos/images have already been saved and duplicated numerous times, which means the most the publisher can do is minimize the impact of the leaks.

So, what got leaked and how? It appears from reports the leak can be primarily traced back to an anonymous user who used a jailbroken PlayStation 4 to access the multiplayer beta of Black Ops 6 that was uploaded to COD HQ, the launcher that the last three Call of Duty games used.

Google is officially sunsetting its Chromecast branding to introduce a new streaming device that is much more powerful and expensive.

The search engine giant took to its blogs to announce its discontinuing the Chromecast brand after 11 years of it being in service to introduce a new product called the Google TV Streamer. The new streaming device isn't designed to be a direct replacement for Chromecast dongles, but Google will replace the $50 4K Chromecast with the $99 Google TV Streamer.

What separates the Google TV Streamer and Chromecast? Google has outfitted its new streaming device with all of the features of Chromecast, plus a little more. The new set-top box is much more powerful than the highest-end Chromecast, as the new device contains a processor that's 22% faster than the previous generation, twice as much RAM at 4GB, and four times the storage at 32GB. Additionally, the Google TV Streamer supports 4K streaming at 60FPS and comes with a HDMI 2.1a port.

Perceptive, the company behind the world's first fully automated dental procedure, has provided some details on its new revolutionary robotics system.

The company explained in a press release that its new robotics system is AI-driven and recently completed the world's first fully automated dental procedure on a human using its advanced dentistry system. Notably, the new robotics system uses a combination of AI-driven 3D imaging software and robotic arms that are designed for quick but precise restorative dentistry.

According to the report, the robot is capable of performing some surgeries completely independently, and basic tasks such as crown placements can take as little as 15 minutes instead of the current procedure that takes two separate visits of one hour each. As previously mentioned, the robot uses 3D volumetric data to diagnose the target area and conceive an applicable treatment.

It was only a few days ago Delta Air Lines' CEO sat down for an interview to candidly express how catastrophic the CrowdStrike outage was for the airline, which the CEO said cost the company $500 million in revenue.

For those who don't know, here is a quick recap of what happened. CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity company that has its software on millions of Windows machines, rolled out a faulty update to its Falcon sensor, which operates in the kernel of a Windows machine. The fault in the driver caused an error in the kernel, ultimately leading to an estimated 8.5 million Windows machines being thrown into infinite boot loops.

Delta was hit the hardest of any airline, with the company's CEO saying it was required to manually reset 40,000 servers and cancel more than 5,000 flights. Delta has hired a new legal team to pursue damages from Microsoft and CrowdStrike for the loss of revenue, costs associated with the outage, and brand damages.

Reddit is preparing to release new monetization methods for the millions of users on its platform, according to the company's CEO, Steven Huffman, who described many new changes coming to the social platform.

Huffman said during the earnings call that Reddit is working on a way users of the platform will be able to earn money, and that this method will be released later this year. More specifically, Huffman said that Reddit's new monetization method will "empower our users to create and earn money on the platform this year" and that more details will be released in the "coming quarters."

This wasn't the only change mentioned by Huffman, as the CEO said officials have been looking at revolutionizing Reddit search, as behind the scenes, they are testing "new search result pages powered by AI to summarize and recommend content, helping users dive deeper." Huffman was asked how Reddit plans on maintaining its unique online culture while also rolling out new features to the platform. Huffman said that in his experience as CEO, adding new ways of using Reddit won't destroy what makes Reddit a popular platform.

Elon Musk's social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, has filed an antitrust lawsuit against the Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM), which accuses the international advertising group of boycotting companies by withholding advertising revenue in order to pressure X into compliance and limit choices for consumers.

The lawsuit comes after the mass advertising exodus that occurred after Elon Musk took over then-Twitter and changed its content policy guidelines, which resulted in many advertisers being concerned their products would appear alongside content that was previously banned on the platform. These content policy changes, which widened the scope of what content is allowed on now-X, caused many advertisers to pause or completely withdraw all advertising expenditures.

Now, X Corp CEO Linda Yaccarino announced via a new video on her personal X account that X will be suing the international advertising group for key advertisers participating in a conspiracy to boycott X and other unfavored social media platforms. Rumble has also accused GARM of using "one-size-fits-all standards to perpetrate an advertiser boycott against Rumble and other platforms."

An assassination attempt can't be memory holed from the world, and President Trump hasn't stopped since... and now President Trump announced he'll do an interview with Elon Musk on Monday night.

The former president and Republican presidential nominee announced on his personal Truth Social account: Trump said: "ON MONDAY NIGHT I'LL BE DOING A MAJOR INTERVIEW WITH ELON MUSK - Details to follow!"

President Trump was banned from Twitter (it wasn't X back then) in January 2021, while his account was reinstated on X once Elon Musk purchased the company and took it over. Elon Musk will interview President Trump at a pivotal time, as his rival Kamala Harris just recently announced Minnesota Gov Tim Walz as her pick for Vice President.

Intel has reached quite an important milestone today with its most advanced node -- Intel 18A -- which will be used for client CPUs (Panther Lake) and server CPUs (Clearwater Forest).

The company has now confirmed both Panther Lake and Clearwater Forest have both left the lab and have been successfully turned on, booting into an operating system and hitting the important milestones in less than 6 months after they were taped out.

What does this mean? It means that the silicon development is on track, with Intel confident that production for Panther Lake and Clearwater Forest to start sometime in 2025. The new Intel 18A process node has also been deployed for an external customer, with the first chips for this customer to tape out in 2025 featuring RibbonFET and PowerVIA technologies (which are available to all customers).

Uh... well, Google isn't in a good spot right now, with a US federal judge ruling that the US-based search giant abused a monopoly over the search industry.

Judge Amit Mehta of the US District Court for the District of Columbia wrote in the ruling: "Google is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to maintain its monopoly. It has violated Section 2 of the Sherman Act".

At the time of writing, Mehta hasn't imposed any remedies on Google, but the judge may order the search giant to change how it operates or sell parts of its business. The lawsuit itself claims that Google acted illegally to keep its dominant position in the search industry through multiple actions.

NVIDIA rolled out the beta for its NVIDIA App back in February, and since the company has been listening to the community feedback and working on a bunch of new features for GeForce owners to enjoy.

The Green Team has taken to its blog on its website to announce a new update for the Beta app that combines NVIDIA Control Panel and the GeForce Experience App into one, and according to NVIDIA the new update adds a new Display section that allows users to change the resolution, refresh rate and orientation of their connected display. Along with other customizable features such as G-Sync, Surround, custom resolutions, and more.

Additionally, there is a new Video section that adds RTX Video Enhancements and customization sliders for RTX Video HDR. For those that don't know, RTX Video HDR automatically converts any Standard Dynamic Range (SDR) video within a browser or compatible application into HDR videos through the use of AI. Furthermore, NVIDIA has added RTX Super Resolution, and ChatRTX, which enables users to personalize a GPT large language model with their own content.

Cybersecurity is paramount in a world that is only becoming more digitized, and one of the biggest cloud hosting players in the game, Amazon Web Services (AWS), has revealed how it keeps its services clean of malicious domains.

The hosting arm of Amazon took to its blog to detail its industry-leading security system called Mithra, which the company explains uses an internal neural network graph model that assigns a trustworthiness score to a domain. This score enables AWS to aggregate a list of high-quality domains and low-quality domains, which can then be provided to third parties. This system is capable of evaluating up to 200 trillion DNS requests in 24 hours, and detecting 182,000 malicious domains per day.

Very similar to the Iron Dome, which is an Israeli mobile all-weather air defense system designed to shoot down incoming missiles, Mithra's massive neural network is constantly updated with malicious domain names, preventing them from accessing the network. Additionally, Mithra can send its security information to third parties for further evaluation.

Memblaze has announced it has hit a significant milestone at FMS 2024: the shipment of over 150,000 units of its PBlaze7 7940 series PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSDs since they launched at FMS 2023 last year.

The enterprise-focused Memblaze PBlaze7 7940 SSD features the Marvell Bravera SC5 controller and the latest NAND flash technology. Leveraging deep optimization by the engineering team at Memblaze and its Unified Framework Platform, the PBlaze7 7940 SSD delivers 2.5x the performance and 1.5x the power efficiency of conventional Gen4 SSDs.

FMS 2024 is this week, with Memblaze expanding the capacity of its PBlaze7 7940 to a huge 30.72TB of Gen5 SSD goodness for enterprise customers. This expansion significantly reduces SSD and server deployments, lowers TCO, and decreases carbon emissions.

NVIDIA is the company powering this global push into artificial intelligence-powered systems, tools, and software, as the Jensen Huang-led GPU maker currently creates the best hardware to train AI models.

The value of NVIDIA's AI GPUs caused the company to skyrocket to the peak of the tech industry, briefly earning itself a staggering $3.3 trillion market valuation and becoming the most valuable publicly traded company in the world.

The valuation of NVIDIA has since corrected, but it's market dominance in the AI chip market has remained the same, which has caught the attention of numerous government regulators. Authorities with the European Union, Britain, and China have already asked for information on NVIDIA's sales of its AI chips, allocation of supplies, investments in other companies, and more.