News Archive: September 2022 Tap to refine news by category UK regulators request more info on Microsoft's Activision buyout The UK's Competition and Markets Authority requires more information on Microsoft's proposed $69.7 billion buyout proposal of Activision-Blizzard. Sep 1, 2022 2:01 PM CDT Microsoft cuts down Call of Duty Xbox exclusivity amid regulator worry Microsoft's Phil Spencer once again talks down Call of Duty exclusivity on the Xbox ecosystem, insists Call of Duty will remain on PlayStation too. Sep 1, 2022 4:58 PM CDT Halo Infinite couch co-op cancelled as 343i goes back to basics 343 Industries has officially cancelled Halo Infinite's split-screen couch co-op mode so it can shift resources to things it's not ready to talk about yet. Sep 2, 2022 2:37 PM CDT Fans say Halo is a party game first as 343i focuses on PVP competition Fans disagree with 343 Industries' apparent PVP-centric approach to Halo Infinite, saying that Halo is a party game where fun comes first above all else. Sep 2, 2022 5:32 PM CDT Callisto Protocol dev Striking Distance Studios under fire for crunch Call of Duty alum Glen Schofield is under fire for controversial crunch comments, confirms Striking Distance Studios is crunching on Callisto Protocol. Sep 3, 2022 2:28 PM CDT New Perfect Dark game: a cross between Bourne Identity and James Bond Microsoft's Matt Booty describes the new Perfect Dark game from The Initiative as an amalgamation of spy thriller The Bourne Identity and James Bond. Sep 4, 2022 10:37 AM CDT Tencent and Sony buy 30% of FromSoftware for $259.5 million Sony and Tencent have purchased 30% of FromSoftware stock for $259.5 million, and FromSoftware will use this funding to self-publish its own new games. Sep 4, 2022 5:34 PM CDT Best Halo mods: New VKMT mod showcase reignited my love for Halo again Some of the best Halo mods get highlighted in a new VKMT community mod showcase, and they're so good that I am excited for Halo again. Sep 5, 2022 1:35 PM CDT New Cyberpunk 2077 expansion (or multiplayer) may be revealed tomorrow CD Projekt RED teases a big reveal for the future of Cyberpunk 2077 during tomorrow's Night City Wire showcase, could include new expansions + multiplayer. Sep 5, 2022 5:22 PM CDT Tencent buys nearly 50% stake in Ubisoft's largest shareholders Ubisoft's largest shareholders have thwarted a hostile takeover while find a way out by potentially selling Ubisoft stock majority to China's Tencent. Sep 6, 2022 4:08 PM CDT Red Dead Redemption 2 gets official AMD FSR 2.0 support Rockstar Games listens to its fans by adding AMD FSR 2.0 upscaling support to Red Dead Redemption 2 on the PC, after modders did it two months ago. Sep 6, 2022 8:17 PM CDT New Witcher saga will include multiple games, still in pre-production CD Projekt RED says its new Witcher saga, which stars a new protagonist from the Lynx school, will include multiple games built on Unreal Engine 5. Sep 7, 2022 12:31 PM CDT Witcher 3's PS5 and Xbox Series X/S version still coming in 2022 CD Projekt RED management says that The Witcher 3's upcoming PS5 and Xbox Series X/S upgraded re-release version is still set for a holiday 2022 launch. Sep 7, 2022 4:16 PM CDT Sony's latest PS5 'CFI-1200' console teardown: new internals, improved Sony's new PlayStation 5 'CFI-1200' model goes on sale in Australia: it's lighter, uses less power, and has a full internal redesign. Wow. Sep 7, 2022 7:01 PM CDT Returnal should be the next PS5 game to come to PC Housemarque's punishing bullet hell shooter Returnal should be the next PS5 game to come to PC and help spark $300 million in PC platform earnings. Sep 8, 2022 4:02 PM CDT Call of Duty Warzone Mobile is a big reason why Microsoft wants to buy Activision officially announces Call of Duty Warzone Mobile, solidifying what could be yet another top-earning F2P game on the mobile market today. Sep 9, 2022 1:26 PM CDT Bungie's landmark MMOFPS Destiny turns 8 years old today Destiny, the original landmark shooter that helped pioneer the MMOFPS genre, celebrates its 8th birthday today. Let's take a look back at the beloved FPS. Sep 9, 2022 9:03 PM CDT Yet another classic Disney Genesis game is getting remastered Disney has greenlit yet another classic SEGA Genesis retro remaster based on its early animated series, this time its the dark platformer Gargoyles. Sep 10, 2022 12:57 PM CDT Assassin's Creed Mirage: No present day, black box missions returning Ubisoft formally announces Assassin's Creed Mirage, the new smaller-scale stealth-based game set in 9th century Baghdad starring Basim from AC Valhalla. Sep 11, 2022 12:59 PM CDT Ubisoft: Assassin's Creed Mirage will not have gambling or lootboxes Ubisoft has clarified that Assassin's Creed Mirage will not feature lootboxes or real-world gambling, says Adults Only ESRB rating is not the final rating. Sep 12, 2022 3:00 PM CDT Splatoon 3 is the best-selling game launch in Japanese history Splatoon 3 has sold 3.45 million copies in three days, breaking new records as the fastest-selling video game at launch in Japanese history. Sep 13, 2022 11:27 AM CDT Zelda BOTW 2: Tears of the Kingdom announced, coming May 2023 Nintendo has officially announced Breath of the Wild 2's final name and release date: Zelda Tears of the Kingdom is set for a May 2023 launch date. Sep 13, 2022 2:50 PM CDT Platinum's failed Babylon's Fall game is being put to rest in 2023 PlatinumGame's failed live service game Babylon's Fall is being put to rest, and will be officially taken offline one year after release in February 2023. Sep 13, 2022 6:02 PM CDT 343i confirms Halo MCC will not get Spartan Points microtransactions 343 Industries confirms that it has abandoned plans to add microtransactions in the Master Chief Collection, will not charge money for Spartan Points. Sep 14, 2022 5:22 PM CDT Warzone 2.0: DMZ confirmed, new map, tons of info revealed Warzone 2.0 looks to be the most advanced and expansive battle royale on the market, complete with a new map, tons of new mechanics, and new modes. Sep 15, 2022 2:29 PM CDT Tekken 8 being built from scratch in Unreal Engine Tekken 8 is being built from the ground up in Unreal Engine, Bandai working closely with Epic to optimize Tekken 8 on Unreal Engine 5 on PS5, Xbox. Sep 15, 2022 4:32 PM CDT Kojima's next game may star Elle Fanning, is it Death Stranding 2? Hideo Kojima's next game could star Maleficent's Elle Fanning, but is it Death Stranding 2 or the experimental new horror game Kojima wants to make? Sep 17, 2022 2:15 PM CDT Phil Spencer meets with Hideo Kojima, likely discussing new Xbox game Xbox gaming president Phil Spencer meets with Metal Gear Solid and Death Stranding creator Hideo Kojima to discuss new projects, likely new Xbox game. Sep 17, 2022 5:02 PM CDT GTA 6 leaks could lead to major delays as Rockstar Games morale falls Grand Theft Auto 6 could be delayed as major leaks circulate and significantly affect morale at Rockstar Games, including engine source data files. Sep 18, 2022 1:22 PM CDT Take-Two: We've taken steps to contain and isolate GTA 6 leaks Take-Two Interactive has issued a new Form 8-K SEC filing that informs investors about the recent Rockstar Games server hack and subsequent GTA 6 leaks. Sep 19, 2022 9:44 AM CDT Star Wars Squadrons devs EA Motive making new Iron Man game EA Motive, the team behind Star Wars Squadrons and the excellent, fluid vehicle combat in Battlefront II, are working on a new Marvel Iron Man game. Sep 20, 2022 12:19 PM CDT FBI hunting GTA 6 leaker, who may be associated with Lapsus$ hackers Take-Two Interactive, Rockstar Games, and Uber are co-operating with the FBI in a wide-spread investigation on recent major hacks like the GTA 6 leak. Sep 20, 2022 3:51 PM CDT Logitech G Cloud may be a tough sell due to redundant form factor The new Logitech G Cloud cloud gaming handheld may be a very tough sell at $349 especially since its overall design and form factor seems redundant. Sep 21, 2022 3:10 PM CDT Cyberpunk 2077 achieves massive success with 1 million+ playerbase Cyberpunk 2077's playerbase grows to astronomical levels on all platforms following the growing popularity of the new CP2077 Edgerunners anime on Netflix. Sep 21, 2022 6:04 PM CDT New Splinter Cell remake will reflect today's high-tech world Ubisoft plans to update its new Splinter Cell remake to reflect modern day stories and Sam Fisher's gadget arsenal will include new advanced technology. Sep 23, 2022 11:38 PM CDT Halo Infinite's new Tatanka mode is 'big and new for the franchise' Certain Affinity reveals new tidbits about Halo Infinite's new supposed battle royale mode Tatanka, including that it's been in development since 2020. Sep 24, 2022 3:25 PM CDT Cyberpunk 2077 breaks into Steam's top charts on Edgerunners high CD Projekt has gone from controversy to celebration as Cyberpunk 2077 rides Edgerunners high to break into Steam's top-selling and top-played charts. Sep 25, 2022 6:25 PM CDT Games industry to generate $196.8 billion in 2022, analysts predict Analyst firm Newzoo predicts the global games market will generate $196.8 billion in worldwide revenues across consoles, PC, and mobile throughout 2022. Sep 26, 2022 3:05 PM CDT EA to mold franchises around 4 concepts: Play, create, watch, connect Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson confirms the publisher will shape its major franchises around four business concepts: Play, Create, Watch, Connect. Sep 26, 2022 5:25 PM CDT Assassin's Creed Infinity games-as-a-platform includes multiplayer too Ubisoft's new Assassin's Creed Infinity Games-as-a-Platform title will include both singleplayer-only and multiplayer-only experiences across time periods. Sep 27, 2022 2:41 PM CDT NVIDIA's new GeForce 517.48 drivers are Game Ready for Overwatch 2 NVIDIA's new GeForce Game Ready 517.48 WHQL drivers are Game Ready for Overwatch 2, with Blizzard launching the game on October 4, you'll be ready. Sep 28, 2022 12:04 AM CDT Razer's new 5G handheld could be the king of portable cloud gaming Verizon, Razer, and Snapdragon have all teamed up to create a powerful mobile gaming handheld optimized for the cloud and remote console streaming. Sep 28, 2022 5:19 PM CDT Death Stranding Director's Cut on PC now supports Intel XeSS tech Intel XeSS update for Death Stranding Director's Cut on the PC is now available, adding Intel's AI-enhancing upscaling technology alongside DLSS and FSR. Sep 28, 2022 8:42 PM CDT Google is officially shutting down its Stadia game streaming service As per usual, Google is officially shutting down a big multi-billion dollar business venture after only two years...this time it's Stadia game streaming. Sep 29, 2022 12:46 PM CDT PlayStation ignites controversy by prioritizing support to select few Sony's new PlayStation Stars loyalty program has lots of perks as you level up, including unlockables, free games, and...priority to PlayStation support? Sep 29, 2022 4:12 PM CDT Watch Dogs game creator joins NetEase to develop new IP Watch Dogs series creator Jonathan Morin has joined NetEase Montreal to develop new AAA video games IP for the billion-dollar live service titan. Sep 29, 2022 6:31 PM CDT GTA 6 may have chaotic real-time hurricane destruction in Vice City Hurricane Ian's destruction on Fort Myers reminds us that Grand Theft Auto 6 could use advanced destruction physics to simulate in-game hurricanes. Sep 30, 2022 12:37 PM CDT Every Google Stadia video has been made private on YouTube Google's game streaming service Stadia is closing, and now the billion-dollar tech giant is removing all traces of Stadia from its YouTube presence. Sep 30, 2022 4:35 PM CDT Meta open the flood gates for NFTs on Facebook and Instagram Meta has announced that it's rolling out digital collectibles on Facebook and Instagram, with the company adding digital wallet support on both platforms. Sep 1, 2022 1:14 AM CDT Pentagon calls meeting over China and Russia's next-gen space weapons Members of the Pentagon have scheduled a meeting that will address growing concerns about China and Russia's space-based weaponry development. Sep 1, 2022 5:37 AM CDT AMD Ryzen 9 7950X processor runs at toasty 95C at 230W power AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 'Zen 4' in engineering sample (ES) and qualifying sample (QS) form are running at 95C thermal threshold at 230W of power consumption. Sep 1, 2022 7:16 PM CDT LG's new Styler ShoeCase and ShoeCare: perfect for the shoe enthusiast LG's new ShoeCase and ShoeCare revealed at IFA 2022, the perfect compaion for people who collect and want to showcase their sneakers. Sep 1, 2022 9:00 PM CDT Neil deGrasse Tyson explains big numbers like Elon Musk's net worth Famous astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has explained eloquently just how big numbers can get, using examples such as Jeff Bezos' nearly $100 billion. Sep 2, 2022 1:52 AM CDT NASA releases new report on the trash it found across Mars NASA has published a collection of photographs and details of all of the human-made debris it's Mars rovers have found on the Red Planet from EDL hardware. Sep 2, 2022 4:32 AM CDT NASA's Webb digs for space treasure, takes 1st picture of alien world NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has dug through space treasure to capture its first direct image of a planet outside of the solar system. Sep 2, 2022 6:02 AM CDT Powerful $16 million attack helicopter shot down confirms officials Officials have announced that a Ka-52 Alligator attack helicopter has been shot down in a new update from Ukraine on Russian military losses. Sep 2, 2022 6:46 AM CDT NASA calls off launch for most powerful rocket ever built NASA has decided to call off the second launch attempt for the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket that was scheduled to launch on Saturday. Sep 5, 2022 12:04 AM CDT US official says Russia is recruiting homeless to fight in Ukraine An unnamed US official has informed a publication that Russia is recruiting homeless people and considering pardoning criminals to fight in Ukraine. Sep 5, 2022 1:31 AM CDT NASA and China encounter never-before-seen problem with Moon landing The United States and China have encountered a never-before-seen issue with the coming Moon landings as both agencies have selected the same location. Sep 5, 2022 4:13 AM CDT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 SUPER teased: black cooler, but never released NVIDIA's not-released GeForce RTX 3090 SUPER Founders Edition teased with black cooler design, silver used in final GeForce RTX 3090 Ti FE design. Sep 5, 2022 7:54 PM CDT GPU market share: NVIDIA commands with 80%, leaves AMD with 20% NVIDIA commands with 80% of the discrete GPU market share, leaving AMD with just 20% and Intel... well... yeah. JPR's new Q2 2022 data sheds light. Sep 5, 2022 9:18 PM CDT Elon Musk slams Amazon's new The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has taken to Twitter to share his thoughts on Amazon's new The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power TV show. Sep 6, 2022 3:05 AM CDT Polish 'vampire' found buried with sickle to prevent returning to life A 'female vampire' has been found in a cemetery in the Polish village of Pien, buried with a sickle and padlock to 'prevent her returning from the dead.' Sep 6, 2022 5:03 AM CDT Rumor: TikTok suffers major hack, 1 billion+ account details stolen A rumor is circulating on hacking forums that TikTok's source code has been compromised, and more than 1 billion people's account details have been stolen. Sep 6, 2022 6:33 AM CDT Cooler Master unveils new CryoFuze Violet Thermal Paste: it's purple! Cooler Master announces its new CryoFuze Violet thermal paste, with the special purple-colored grease bonding better with your PC hardware. Sep 6, 2022 6:58 PM CDT Intel says its Arc A770, Arc A750 are both launching 'very soon' Intel confirms its new Arc A770 and Arc A750 graphics cards will launch 'very soon' with performance faster than the GeForce RTX 3060 and Radeon RX 6600 XT. Sep 6, 2022 8:45 PM CDT Remote-controlled 'cyborg cockroaches' created that use solar power Researchers led by Japan's RIKEN institute have created a 'remote-controlled cyborg cockroach' with ultrathin and flexible electronics, including solar. Sep 7, 2022 4:32 AM CDT UFO captured in extreme detail appearing after storm then vanishing A man has snapped some images of what he claims to be a clear disc-shaped UFO that emerged shortly before a storm and then vanished into space. Sep 7, 2022 6:04 AM CDT NASA show the difference between Webb and Hubble in wild new photo NASA has showcased the difference between the famous Hubble Space Telescope and the space agency's new high-tech James Webb Space Telescope. Sep 7, 2022 7:34 AM CDT Massive 'Doomsday Glacier' is hanging on 'by its fingernails' The Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica, also known as the Doomsday Glacier, is 'holding on today by its fingernails' as it continues to melt into the ocean. Sep 7, 2022 8:36 AM CDT ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 Extreme + Core i9-13900K + $20 cooler @ 6.5GHz ASUS's next-gen ROG Maximus Z790 Extreme motherboard spotted: powered with Intel Core i9-13900K and a $200 cooler, single-threaded boost hits 6.5GHz. Sep 7, 2022 7:24 PM CDT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 with 16GB + 12GB GDDR6X launching at same time NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 4080 launching in 16GB GDDR6X + 12GB GDDR6X variants, rumors suggest both RTX 4080 16GB + 12GB are launching at the same time. Sep 7, 2022 9:28 PM CDT NASA selects company to build next-gen spacesuits for Moon landing NASA has selected the company that will build the spacesuits that will be used by the astronauts in the space agency's third Artemis mission - Artemis III. Sep 8, 2022 2:09 AM CDT NASA's doomed spacecraft photographs asteroid it'll soon collide into NASA has photographed the target asteroid it will collide into very soon in a demonstration of its DRACO camera that's onboard the doomed spacecraft. Sep 8, 2022 6:02 AM CDT Intel Core i9-13900K: 24 cores, 32 threads at up to 5.8GHz, 253W power Intel's flagship Raptor Lake CPU will be the Core i9-13900K: 24 cores, 32 threads at up to 5.8GHz with 253W of 'Maximum Turbo Power' ready to destroy Zen 4. Sep 8, 2022 7:01 PM CDT AMD FSR 2.1 launches, inside of Farming Simulator 22's new 1.7.1 patch AMD FSR 2.1 reduces shimmering and ghosting, launches in Farming Simulator 22 and its new 1.7.1 patch. FSR 2.0 is now in 20 games, with 45 games announced. Sep 8, 2022 8:45 PM CDT Elon Musk's legal battle with Twitter just got a lot more complicated Elon Musk's legal battle with Twitter just got a whole lot more complicated as the Twitter whistleblower has become a big part of the case. Sep 9, 2022 1:17 AM CDT Europe's biggest nuclear power plant at risk of 'unlimited release' The United Nations IAEA has warned of the potential for the 'unlimited release of radioactive materials' from Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. Sep 9, 2022 4:01 AM CDT North Korean-backed hackers lose millions to US government One of the biggest cryptocurrency thefts ever to occur, worth nearly $600 million at the time, has been recovered by the United States government. Sep 9, 2022 5:31 AM CDT Elon Musk confirms talks with Apple about enabling Starlink for iPhone SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has confirmed he's had conversations with Apple about bringing SpaceX's Starlink internet service to iPhone users. Sep 10, 2022 12:06 AM CDT NVIDIA updating mid-range GeForce RTX 3060 Ti with GDDR6X in October NVIDIA launching tweaked GeForce RTX 3060 Ti with GDDR6X memory, regular card has 8GB GDDR6, the new one will reportedly have 8GB GDDR6X at 19Gbps. Sep 11, 2022 8:05 PM CDT GIGABYTE's new GeForce RTX 4090 listed in Australia for under $3000 GIGABYTE's new custom GeForce RTX 4090 GAMING OC gets listed Down Under, priced at $4270 AUD in Australia (converts to around $2900 or so). Sep 11, 2022 9:27 PM CDT Intel confirms Raptor Lake CPU: the first with 6GHz at STOCK settings Intel confirms that its 13th Gen Core 'Raptor Lake' CPU will hit 6GHz stock, and it confirms 8GHz overclock that achieved a new world record. Sep 12, 2022 6:59 PM CDT GIGABYTE has 11 custom GeForce RTX 4090 graphics cards coming GIGABYTE files for at least 11 custom models of NVIDIA's next-gen GeForce RTX 4090 series graphics cards, right up to the RTX 4090 AORUS EXTREME. Sep 12, 2022 10:02 PM CDT New mineral and potential energy source discovered on the moon Lunar samples collected by the Chang'e 5 lunar probe in 2020 have revealed the existence of a formerly unknown mineral on the Moon, dubbed Changesite-(Y). Sep 13, 2022 4:32 AM CDT Mysterious, ultra-strong diamonds on Earth came from outer space Rare lonsdaleite diamonds, harder than normal diamonds, are found in ureilite meteorites thought to originate from early dwarf planets in our solar system. Sep 13, 2022 9:37 AM CDT TSMC says its next-gen 2nm mass production begins in 2025 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) says it's aiming for 2nm node process mass production in 2025, currently ramping up into 3nm node. Sep 13, 2022 8:42 PM CDT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 pre-orders: in Vietnam for $2100 to $2500 Vietnamese retailer lists NVIDIA's next-gen GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card for around $2100 in 'basic' form, while a 'premium' RTX 4090 is around $2520. Sep 13, 2022 10:30 PM CDT Lenovo GeForce RTX 4090 LEGION teased: quad-slot Ada beast GPU Lenovo is preparing a monster new quad-slot custom GeForce RTX 4090 LEGION, the cooler underneath is an absolute behemoth of a unit. Sep 14, 2022 8:25 PM CDT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090: AIB models with 450W, OC models with 600W+ NVIDIA's next-gen GeForce RTX 4090 'Ada Lovelace' GPU: some AIB models of the RTX 4090 have standard 450W mode, others have monster 600W+ OC mode. Sep 15, 2022 7:22 AM CDT NASA releases new dates for Artemis I moon rocket launch NASA has provided an update on when the Artemis I mission will finally launch, barring any more delays, and set off toward the moon before returning home. Sep 15, 2022 9:47 AM CDT NVIDIA confirms Ada Lovelace GPU architecture, GeForce RTX 50 series?! NVIDIA teases its Ada Lovelace GPU architecture in a new GeForce Beyond teaser, with a hidden message: is this a tease at the GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs?! Sep 15, 2022 8:53 PM CDT New cancer drug covers tumors in huge 'eat me' flags for immune system University of California San Francisco researchers have made the ARS1620 drug that makes cancer cells readily identifiable to the immune system using KRAS. Sep 16, 2022 4:01 AM CDT Lenovo's new GeForce RTX 4090 pictured, and man... it's gigantic Lenovo's purported new GeForce RTX 4090 LEGION graphic card placed next to a 16-inch laptop... and it's nearly the same size in length. Sep 18, 2022 7:51 PM CDT Here's how to tune into NVIDIA's next-gen GeForce RTX 40 series reveal NVIDIA reminds us that there's only 40 hours or so until GeForce Beyond, which will be livestreamed during GTC 2022... Ada Lovelace isn't far now, folks. Sep 18, 2022 9:23 PM CDT NASA paper reveals rare insights into SpaceX Starship and Moon landing A new NASA paper has outlined the space agency's plans for its Artemis III mission along with a new launch window for SpaceX's Starship rocket. Sep 19, 2022 12:02 AM CDT Elon Musk announces big news for SpaceX's Starlink internet access SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has announced that SpaceX's Starlink internet service is now capable of providing internet access across all continents. Sep 19, 2022 1:34 AM CDT Government report claims cosmic and phantom UFOs are swarming skies A government report has claimed that there are a significant number of objects swarming in the skies that are scientifically unidentifiable. Sep 19, 2022 5:03 AM CDT AMD's next-gen Radeon RX 7000 series GPU: up to 4GHz GPU clocks teased AMD's next-gen Radeon RX 7000 series 'RDNA 3' GPUs could see GPU clocks of 'almost 4GHz' according to the very latest leaks, oh boy that's some good news. Sep 19, 2022 7:48 PM CDT AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su will be in-person to present at CES 2023 on Jan 4 AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su will deliver an in-person keynote address at CES 2023 on January 4, where we should expect more about second-gen AMD 3D V-Cache. Sep 19, 2022 9:15 PM CDT NASA's Webb snaps its first images of Mars, revealing useful secrets NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has focused its advanced instruments on a close neighbor of Earth, the Red Planet known as Mars. Sep 20, 2022 12:04 AM CDT Former Google CEO drops stark warning about China's coming takeover A new report from a think tank project chaired by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt has warned in a report of China winning a major race. Sep 20, 2022 1:33 AM CDT Google randomly sent $250,000 to a hacker and he says doesn't know why A security engineer at Yuga Labs, the creators behind popular NFT projects such as Bored Ape Yacht Club, has randomly received $250,000 from Google. Sep 20, 2022 3:03 AM CDT AMD confirms next-gen RDNA 3 GPUs will launch on November 3 Just 2 hours before NVIDIA's big Ada Lovelace GPU announcement, AMD dives in and announces its next-gen RDNA 3 GPUs will be unveiled on November 3. Sep 20, 2022 8:39 AM CDT NVIDIA DLSS 3 announced: 4x faster in Cyberpunk 2077 on Ada Lovelace NVIDIA announces DLSS 3, ready for next-gen GeForce RTX 40 'Ada Lovelace' GPUs: 35 games supported, with more coming in the near future. Sep 20, 2022 11:34 AM CDT MSI unveils new GeForce RTX 4090, RTX 4080 16GB + RTX 4080 12GB cards MSI unveils its new flagship GeForce RTX 4090 SUPRIM, RTX 4090 SUPRIM LIQUID, RTX 4090 GAMING TRIO, and RTX 4090 VENTUS graphics cards. Sep 20, 2022 1:12 PM CDT NVIDIA's next-gen AD102 GPU: 76.3B transistors, up to 18432 CUDA cores NVIDIA's new AD102 'Ada Lovelace' GPU detailed: up to 18432 CUDA cores, 76.3 billion transistors, 608 mm² and made on TSMC's new 4N process node. Sep 20, 2022 7:10 PM CDT NVIDIA has overclocked next-gen Ada Lovelace 'past 3GHz in our labs' NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang says the company has overclocked its new Ada Lovelace GPU 'past 3GHz in our labs' as GeForce RTX 4090, RTX 4080 are revealed. Sep 20, 2022 9:19 PM CDT Elon Musk to be questioned under oath on the death of the Twitter deal SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk is preparing to face questions from Twitter under oath on why he decided to back out of the multi-billion dollar deal. Sep 21, 2022 12:49 AM CDT Most powerful laser in the US is about to be fired for the first time The first experiments involving the most powerful laser in the United States, the Zetawatt-Equivalent Ultrashort pulse laser System (ZEUS), have begun. Sep 21, 2022 4:01 AM CDT Incredible fireball captured on film streaking across the night sky Meteor tracking officials have confirmed a fireball streaking across the night sky, putting to bed speculation of a falling SpaceX Starlink satellite. Sep 21, 2022 6:04 AM CDT NASA's Webb captures the clearest image of Neptune's rings in 30 years NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has honed in on the eighth planet from the Sun and snapped the clearest image of its rings in more than 30 years. Sep 22, 2022 12:03 AM CDT NASA spacecraft captures its first 'frosted cupcake' clouds on Jupiter Citizen scientists, in collaboration with astronomers, used NASA's Juno spacecraft to create the first 3D renders of 'frosted cupcake' clouds on Jupiter. Sep 22, 2022 1:31 AM CDT Elon Musk gives date for when SpaceX will launch its Starship rocket SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk outlines the new launch date for its highly anticipated Starship rocket developed by his company SpaceX. Sep 22, 2022 3:02 AM CDT RTX 4090: 170FPS+ in Cyberpunk 2077 with DLSS 3, RTX 3090 Ti: 62FPS NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 4090 is an absolute monster with DLSS 3 enabled in Cyberpunk 2077, absolutely crushes the already-fast GeForce RTX 3090 Ti. Sep 22, 2022 8:26 PM CDT Meta plans to cut expenses with a plot to lay off staff Meta plans to reduce staff in specific departments following its first-ever report of declining revenue and its hedged bets on virtual reality. Sep 23, 2022 2:09 AM CDT NASA officially bans sex in space over fears of astronaut pregnancies NASA prohibits its astronauts from engaging in any sexual intercourse or human conception throughout their missions as it doesn't want to risk pregnancy. Sep 24, 2022 12:01 AM CDT CLEVON 1 autonomous delivery vehicle headed to North America Clevon looks forward to bringing its CLEVON 1 autonomous delivery vehicle to North America now that it has opened a headquarters in Texas. Sep 24, 2022 5:12 PM CDT DHS shows off first fully electric federal law enforcement vehicle The Department of Homeland Security will use the Ford Mustang Mach-E to help jump into the electric vehicle market to shift away from gas vehicles. Sep 25, 2022 1:54 PM CDT AMD Ryzen 9 7950X hits 7.2GHz on single core, 6.5GHz all-core on LN2 AMD's new Ryzen 9 7950X 'Zen 4' processor overclocked to a huge 7.2GHz on a single core, crazy 6.5GHz all-core... chilled with LN2 cooling. Sep 25, 2022 9:14 PM CDT ADATA XPG CYBERCORE II ATX 3.0 PSU: up to 1300W, ready for RTX 40 GPUs ADATA's new XPG CYBERCORE II series PSU: 1000W, 1300W ATX 3.0-compliant power supplies that have native 16-pin PCIe 5.0 '12VHPWR' connector, ready for Ada. Sep 25, 2022 10:34 PM CDT NASA still watching weather as Artemis I rollback prep continues Between maintenance issues and Mother Nature, NASA is having one hell of a time trying to launch the Artemis I moon mission, with launch delayed yet again. Sep 25, 2022 11:27 PM CDT TEAMGROUP T-Force Delta DDR5-7200 RAM arrives, costs $350 for 32GB TEAMGROUP's brand new T-Force Delta RGB DDR5 desktop RAM reaches DDR5-7200 speeds, with a 32GB DDR5-7200 kit costing $350 from Newegg. Sep 26, 2022 12:17 AM CDT VW subsidiary aims to improve grid reliability by adding EVs into grid Partnerships help accelerate the effort to expand electric vehicle ownership, and to strengthen the grid required to support all of these EVs on our roads. Sep 26, 2022 12:03 PM CDT NVIDIA Hopper H100 GPU with 120GB HBM2e (or HBM3) memory teased NVIDIA's new high-end Hopper H100 GPU with 80GB HBM2e memory could soon be joined by a beefier Hopper H100 GPU with 120GB of HBM2e memory. Sep 26, 2022 7:16 PM CDT South Korea has ambitious plans to have 50% of cars autonomous by 2035 Are you comfortable with the idea of autonomous cars? Apparently South Korea is extremely comfortable with the idea, as the government has ambitious plans. Sep 26, 2022 9:37 PM CDT Intel Core i9-13900K 'Raptor Lake' CPU teased in new video at 5.8GHz Intel's new flagship Core i9-13900K 'Raptor Lake' CPU teased at max boost frequency of 5.8GHz in new video with 'performance one couldn't have dreamed of'. Sep 26, 2022 11:20 PM CDT Anonymous claims it has hacked the Iranian government The hacking collective Anonymous has announced it hacked the National Bank of Iran as part of its campaign against the Iranian government. Sep 27, 2022 3:07 AM CDT Man combines 600,000 images of Jupiter to form his sharpest image ever A man has combined hundreds of thousands of images of the solar system's largest planet Jupiter and formed what he considers his sharpest image ever. Sep 27, 2022 5:46 AM CDT Hertz and oil giant BP team up to accelerate EV charging BP and Hertz want to make electric vehicle charging an easier, more enjoyable experience for their customers, car renters, and the general public. Sep 27, 2022 4:19 PM CDT Intel finally, finally launches Intel Arc A770: October 12 for $329 Intel Arc Alchemist desktop GPUs are finally launching, way too late and underpowered, but Arc A770 launches October 12 starting from $329. Sep 27, 2022 7:17 PM CDT Intel Core i9-13900KS Special Edition CPU: launches in 2023 at 6.0GHz+ Intel's very first 6.0GHz CPU is launching, and should arrive as the Core i9-13900KS Special Edition CPU which rocks out at 6.0GHz out of the box. Sep 27, 2022 8:43 PM CDT EVGA's new Z790 DARK KINGPIN motherboard teased, it's 'unbelievable' EVGA introduces its next-gen Z790 DARK KINGPIN and Z790 CLASSIFIED motherboards, ready for Intel's new 13th Gen Core 'Raptor Lake' CPUs that just launched. Sep 27, 2022 9:59 PM CDT US intelligence posts new logo containing a UFO, was quickly removed A US intelligence office accidentally posted a new logo that contained an image of a UFO, which was quickly removed, and a statement was given. Sep 28, 2022 12:31 AM CDT NASA crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid, these are its final images NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) has successfully collided with its target asteroid millions of miles away, and here are its final images. Sep 28, 2022 3:43 AM CDT Rover detects 'catastrophic' flooding of water across Mars Data from radar signals penetrating up to 100 meters into the surface of Mars collected by China's Zhurong rover reveal evidence of massive floods on Mars. Sep 28, 2022 5:03 AM CDT US govt wants to cover 75,000 miles of highway with EV charging What good is an electric vehicle if you're constantly worried about running out of battery juice? To counter this, US govt has ambitious plans. Sep 28, 2022 10:01 AM CDT OSU researchers want to enhance veterans' health with robots Researchers from Oregon State University teamed up with a veterans home in Oregon, hoping custom designed robots are able to help veterans with their needs. Sep 28, 2022 6:58 PM CDT Intel Arc A310: entry-level GPU with 6 Xe-Cores and 4GB of GDDR6 Intel's new entry-level Arc A310 desktop GPU packs 6 Xe-Cores and 4GB of GDDR6 memory, with a 75W TDP but we don't have details on pricing just yet. Sep 28, 2022 10:59 PM CDT Scientists shocked at NASA's DART impact causing asteroid to brighten NASA has collided its Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) into an asteroid, and researchers were shocked at how the asteroid brightened. Sep 29, 2022 2:21 AM CDT New NASA report reveals its goals for the Moon and Mars NASA has released a collection of 63 objectives for its Moon to Mars program, creating a definitive blueprint for continued human space exploration. Sep 29, 2022 4:01 AM CDT Scientists discover structure older than the Pyramids or Stonehenge A team of archaeologists discovered and are currently uncovering a monumental building that dates back to the Stone Age 7,000 years ago. Sep 29, 2022 5:34 AM CDT US military excited about drones and manned aircraft working together Drones leave a lasting impression on the US military, as R&D and purchases continue to increase as the military works to keep modernized. Sep 29, 2022 11:05 AM CDT Eviation's maiden all electric flight earns praise from US lawmakers Alice, an electric jet from Eviation, made its maiden voyage earlier this week in Washington - shows what could be a very bright future for electric planes. Sep 29, 2022 4:53 PM CDT Intel Arc A770 and A750 graphics cards now with some reviewers Intel's new Arc A770 and Arc A750 graphics cards are now in the hands of (cherry picked) reviewers worldwide, let's see how this goes, hey? Sep 29, 2022 7:41 PM CDT Webb and Hubble showcase NASA's spacecraft smashing into an asteroid The James Webb Space Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope have teamed up to provide unique views of NASA's DART spacecraft hitting an asteroid. Sep 30, 2022 12:31 AM CDT Elon Musk's texts with rich celebrities about buying Twitter go public Elon Musk's text messages between him and multiple celebrities regarding his deal to purchase Twitter have surfaced online following a court hearing. Sep 30, 2022 2:03 AM CDT Man swindles buyback program out of $21,000 with 110 3D-printed guns A man identified as 'Kem' has sold over a hundred 3D printed weapon parts to the New York State Attorney General's Office at a buyback event for $21,000. Sep 30, 2022 4:32 AM CDT Running robot sets new Guinness World Record for the 100-meter dash The Cassie robot developed by Agility Robotics at Oregon State University has achieved the Guinness World Record for the 100-meter dash by a bipedal robot. Sep 30, 2022 6:05 AM CDT Toyota CEO under heavy criticism for automaker's EV slow EV strategy All major automakers have plans for electric vehicles, especially as a shift away from fossil fuels continues, but Toyota is under heavy criticism. Sep 30, 2022 12:05 PM CDT Intel Arc GPU pricing: Arc A770 costs $329 to $349, Arc A750 is $289 Intel's new Arc A770 graphics card will be priced at $329 to $349 (for the Arc A770 Limited Edition) while the Arc A750 starts at $289. Sep 30, 2022 6:26 PM CDT More EVs on the road, questions remain over charging infrastructure Electric vehicle sales might be increasing, but there is still a lot to be desired when it comes to installing EV chargers to support new EV drivers. Sep 30, 2022 10:50 PM CDT Call of Duty, Diablo, and Overwatch confirmed for Xbox Game Pass Microsoft's Phil Spencer confirms that major Activision-Blizzard franchises will arrive on Xbox Game Pass if the proposed $68.7 billion deal goes through. Sep 1, 2022 3:45 PM CDT Valve has 'a lot of games in development,' devs ramping up projects Valve is still very much making video games, and currently has 'a lot of games in development,' and a good portion of its employees are working on them. Sep 1, 2022 5:36 PM CDT Call of Duty's release on PlayStation has an expiration date Microsoft's Phil Spencer seems to confirm Call of Duty will eventually be exclusive to Xbox and kept off of PlayStation...but not for 'several more years' Sep 2, 2022 3:14 PM CDT Gamers use a glitch to play Halo Infinite couch co-op Gamers have found a way to access Halo Infinite's split-screen couch co-op using a particular exploit on both Xbox Series X/S and Xbox One consoles. Sep 3, 2022 11:40 AM CDT New Friends and Family plan adds tremendous value to Game Pass Microsoft's new Friends and Family subscription pricing tier for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate adds even more tremendous value to an already-valuable service. Sep 3, 2022 3:34 PM CDT This Spider-Man mod shows us what the new TMNT should be like A talented modder has put Michaelangelo, Leonardo, Donatella, and Raphael into the recent Spider-Man PC release, showing us what a new TMNT game could be. Sep 4, 2022 2:12 PM CDT Elden Ring will cross over with transmedia, comics and shows possible Kadokawa Group, the company that owns FromSoftware, says that it will expand Elden Ring's lifetime value through a 'media mix', indicating transmedia. Sep 4, 2022 6:07 PM CDT Modders are restoring the original 2001 Duke Nukem Forever build A team of modders are resurrecting the old cancelled 2001 build of Duke Nukem Forever in an attempt to preserve history and create the ultimate DNF game. Sep 5, 2022 2:47 PM CDT Cyberpunk 2077's first expansion Phantom Liberty has sci-fi espionage CD Projekt RED announces Cyberpunk 2077's first expansion, Phantom Liberty, a new spy thriller coming in 2023, and Keanu Reeves is back to play Johnny. Sep 6, 2022 12:25 PM CDT 4 new Assassin's Creed games coming, including one set in Japan Ubisoft plans to reveal three new Assassin's Creed games soon, including Mirage, Neo, and Red, a new chapter in Assassin's Creed Infinity set in Japan. Sep 6, 2022 4:52 PM CDT Intel Arc GPUs include free copy of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II Intel bundles $370 worth of games and apps with Arc and Alder Lake PCs and laptops, including a copy of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II. Sep 6, 2022 9:05 PM CDT Cyberpunk 2077's one and only expansion recognized as a AAA game CD Projekt RED confirms that Phantom Liberty is the single and only expansion coming to Cyberpunk 2077, and that production teams consider it a AAA game. Sep 7, 2022 1:22 PM CDT Xbox gets one of the most powerful new features in gaming Microsoft quietly adds one of the most interesting and powerful new features to Xbox games on PC and mobile that will help boost engagement and discovery. Sep 7, 2022 5:15 PM CDT Halo co-creator is bringing campaign back to Battlefield franchise After Battlefield 2042's disastrous online-only release, EA is bringing campaign back to the Battlefield franchise...and the co-creator of Halo is helping. Sep 8, 2022 11:24 AM CDT PlayStation 5's new 1440p resolution option does not support VRR Sony's PlayStation 5 finally supports native 2560 x 1440 resolution output, but variable refresh rates aren't supported in the new 1440p output moded. Sep 8, 2022 5:06 PM CDT New Captain America Marvel game: 4 characters, multiple worlds The reports were right: Amy Hennig's new Marvel game will take place in World War II and star four characters including Captain America and Black Panther. Sep 9, 2022 4:18 PM CDT Valve's Steam Deck repair centers are up and running Valve's Steam Deck repair centers are now operational and ready to repair faulty and malfunctioning handled-PC units regardless if they are under warranty. Sep 9, 2022 10:05 PM CDT Call of Duty Warzone Mobile will support 120 players Activision's new Call of Duty Warzone on mobile will support 120-player lobbies for total battle royale chaos as well as shared progression systems. Sep 11, 2022 10:24 AM CDT 343 Industries founder Bonnie Ross leaves the studio 343 Industries founder Bonnie Ross leaves the studio after 15 years of Halo games and has cited family medical issues as the reason for her departure. Sep 12, 2022 12:29 PM CDT Ubisoft will start charging $70 for PS5, Xbox Series X/S games Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot says that all future big AAA games will now cost $69.99 on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S to reflect the new market pricing schemes. Sep 12, 2022 4:16 PM CDT Developer who saved Master Chief Collection now runs 343 Industries As 343i founder Bonnie Ross departs, Pierre Hintze, who helped turn the Master Chief Collection into one of the best games, now leads 343 Industries. Sep 13, 2022 12:24 PM CDT Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim made $1 billion in revenue in first 30 days The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim made $1 billion in revenues in its first 30 days on the market when it launched in 2011, which is $1.31bn with 2022 inflation. Sep 13, 2022 4:18 PM CDT Microsoft Surface Gaming laptops: high-end Intel CPU + NVIDIA GPU Microsoft Surface Gaming laptop: 2560 x 1440 @ 165Hz display, Intel 12th Gen Core 'Alder Lake' CPU, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 series Laptop GPU. Sep 13, 2022 8:25 PM CDT Hideo Kojima teases new horror game, may have shown it to Jordan Peele Hideo Kojima and his team have teased a brand new game, and it's likely an interactive horror project that Kojima has wanted to do for quite some time. Sep 15, 2022 12:09 PM CDT Sony and Microsoft use industry websites to argue over Call of Duty Sony and Microsoft are using some of the biggest video games industry websites to publicly argue over the $68.7 billion dollar Activision acquisition deal. Sep 15, 2022 3:11 PM CDT Sony confirms PSVR 2 not backwards compatible with original PSVR games Sony has confirmed that original PlayStation VR titles will not be backwards compatible on the PlayStation VR 2--PSVR 1 games won't play on PSVR 2. Sep 16, 2022 1:00 PM CDT Halo Infinite PVE campaign-as-a-service is a huge untapped market Halo Infinite players manage to get 6 people playing campaign co-op at once, bringing to mind an interesting social PVE live game concept for the series. Sep 17, 2022 3:10 PM CDT GTA 6 gameplay videos and screenshots leaked, come check it out early A bunch of screenshots and videos from a purported copy of Grand Theft Auto 6, with our first look at GTA 6 in the flesh... lots to see here! Sep 18, 2022 4:27 AM CDT With $70 games & rising PS5 costs, Sony's pro-gamer words sound hollow After charging $70 for new games and raising PlayStation 5 costs, Sony's affirmations about knowing what's best for PlayStation gamers sounds hollow. Sep 18, 2022 3:32 PM CDT Report: Halo Infinite cost Microsoft hundreds of millions of dollars Microsoft reportedly spend hundreds of millions of dollars on Halo Infinite's production, including the live service framework and cross-platform release. Sep 19, 2022 10:50 AM CDT EA and Marvel working together on 'several new games' Electronic Arts and Marvel are teaming up to work and collaborate on several new games including an Iron Man project and possibly even Black Panther. Sep 20, 2022 1:41 PM CDT 2K Games support hacked: 'Don't open any emails or click any links' Following the heavy-hitting Grand Theft Auto 6 leaks and Rockstar Games hack, 2K Games confirms that its support vendor had been illegally accessed. Sep 20, 2022 5:05 PM CDT Twitch revenue split to drop to 50/50 for big streamers Twitch has adjusted its revenue split terms for all streamers, will now enact a standard 50/50 split for most popular streamers after $100K threshold. Sep 21, 2022 4:03 PM CDT Florida Republican Matt Gaetz will start streaming on Twitch Following news of a big reduction in streamer and partner payouts, controversial Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz will start streaming on Twitch. Sep 22, 2022 2:53 PM CDT Cyberpunk 2077 breaks 100,000 PC players for first time since launch Cyberpunk 2077 continues gaining thousands of players consecutively every daysince Edgerunners' release, has broken 100,000 concurrent players on PC. Sep 24, 2022 12:02 PM CDT Resident Evil 9 will star a new cast, Winters family not returning Resident Evil 9 will feature a new cast of characters and the Winters family story has officially been wrapped up, RE9 may also have 1st and 3rd person. Sep 25, 2022 12:42 PM CDT Report: GTA 6's budget could be as high as $2 billion Grand Theft Auto 6's budget may be as high as $2 billion, reports indicate Take-Two Interactive have allocated as much as $2 billion for the game. Sep 25, 2022 7:05 PM CDT Embracer reminds games industry they have rights to hundreds of IPs The Embracer Group teases new transmedia content in massive franchises like Hellboy, Duke Nukem (movie confirmed), Tomb Raider, and even Time Cop. Sep 26, 2022 3:54 PM CDT Overwatch 2 teased at 1440p 500FPS+ powered by GeForce RTX 4090 NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 4090 is so powerful in Overwatch 2, that developer Blizzard raised the in-game frame cap from 400FPS to 600FPS for the RTX 4090. Sep 26, 2022 9:07 PM CDT Take-Two terminates publishing deal with Outriders developer Take-Two Interactive was to spend 40-60 million Euros on a new action-adventure ARPG from Outriders dev People Can Fly, but the deal has been cancelled. Sep 27, 2022 3:21 PM CDT Cyberpunk 2077 sells 20 million copies, half of Witcher 3's sales Following a week of surging player counts, CD Projekt RED officially confirms that Cyberpunk 2077 has now sold 20 million copies across all platforms. Sep 28, 2022 11:49 AM CDT PlayStation Stars brings digital collectible rewards on October 5 PlayStation Stars, the rewards program that gives out digital PlayStation collectibles (that totally aren't NFTs) for completing tasks, comes next month. Sep 28, 2022 5:58 PM CDT Intel XeSS roams its way into Shadow of the Tomb Raider on the PC Intel XeSS launched and immediately enters Shadow of the Tomb Raider and Death Stranding Director's Cut, works on Arc, Radeon, and GeForce graphics cards. Sep 28, 2022 9:34 PM CDT Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund to buy games publisher for $13bn Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund is prepared to spend $13 billion to acquire a leading video games publisher, and here are some possible targets. Sep 29, 2022 2:22 PM CDT Skyrim is $70 on Switch, costs $20 more on eShop than other stores The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim Anniversary Edition is the Nintendo Switch's first $70 base game, and is currently $20 more on the eShop than any other store. Sep 29, 2022 4:54 PM CDT Giger, Beksinski fans rejoice: Scorn releases 1 week sooner After multiple delays, ultra-weird Beksinski- and Giger-esque shooter Scorn is now releasing 1 week sooner...which almost never happens in gaming. Sep 30, 2022 10:18 AM CDT Stadia mattered a lot, and prompted a new inflection point for gaming Google Stadia actually mattered a lot and helped push a new inflection point for the games industry as major games industry players look to the clouds. Sep 30, 2022 2:36 PM CDT Elon Musk makes big 2030 prediction, says what keeps him up at night Elon Musk has appeared at the ONS Foundation Conference in Norway to discuss his thoughts on fossil fuels and other relevant topics. Sep 1, 2022 12:02 AM CDT NASA confirms intense solar flare followed by an impact on Earth NASA has confirmed that there has been a series of solar flares on the surface of the Sun, producing radio blackouts and auroras across Earth. Sep 1, 2022 3:20 AM CDT NASA has created oxygen on the surface of Mars multiple times NASA has successfully created oxygen using resources found on the Red Planet, paving the way for future human colonists and their hopeful survival. Sep 1, 2022 5:58 AM CDT Thodex crypto exchange boss: takes $2 billion, faces 40,564 years jail Turkish crypto currency exchange owner Faruk Fatih Ozer was arrested, after fleeing the country with $2 billion in crypto. Faces 40,564 years in jail. Sep 1, 2022 8:04 PM CDT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Founders Edition pictured: new font is used NVIDIA's next-gen GeForce RTX 4080 Founders Edition graphics card teased: RTX 4080 logo uses new font type of 'NVIDIA Sans NALA', lookin' good. Sep 1, 2022 9:40 PM CDT Free-speech champion Andrew Tate sends cease and desist to YouTuber Popular YouTuber Ethan Klein from The H3 Podcast has said that he has received a cease and desist letter from free-speech absolutist Andrew Tate. Sep 2, 2022 3:03 AM CDT Experts concerned Starlink satellites could prevent asteroid detection Planetary defense experts have expressed their concern in a new survey that growing satellite numbers in orbit around Earth may impact asteroid detection. Sep 2, 2022 5:03 AM CDT NASA agrees to pay Elon Musk's SpaceX $1.4 billion for space transport NASA has locked in another contract with Elon Musk's SpaceX for five more astronaut transportation missions to the International Space Station. Sep 2, 2022 6:16 AM CDT NASA gives update on launch of the most powerful rocket in the world NASA has taken to its social channels to provide an update on the launch of the most powerful rocket in the world, the Space Launch System or SLS. Sep 3, 2022 12:02 AM CDT Anonymous trolls Russia by causing major traffic jam in Moscow A group of hackers has infiltrated Russia's Yandex Taxi ride-hailing app to order dozens of cabs to Kutuzovsky Prospekt in Moscow. Sep 5, 2022 12:35 AM CDT SpaceX successfully deploys 50+ Starlink satellites and space tug SpaceX has successfully launched fifty-one more Starlink satellites into orbit via its extremely reliable workhorse launch vehicle, the Falcon 9. Sep 5, 2022 2:02 AM CDT VIVIFY unveils new XENOS W35: 8K HDMI active fiber optic cable VIVIFY announces its new XENOS W35 active fiber optic 8K HDMI 2.1 cable for high-end setups, future-proof designs with 48Gbps of bandwidth. Sep 5, 2022 7:04 PM CDT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 rumors: 16GB and 12GB variants from AIBs AIB partners reportedly preparing for 16GB and 12GB models of NVIDIA's next-gen GeForce RTX 4080 graphics card, 12GB model has 'completely different PCB'. Sep 5, 2022 8:30 PM CDT Intel GPU ASIC team tease: next-gen Battlemage, Celestial GPUs coming Intel GPU ASIC team has moved onto next-gen Battlemage and Celestian GPU architectures, Intel GPU team says 'we're not going anywhere'. Sep 5, 2022 10:22 PM CDT Satellite orbiting the Sun struck by 'violent outburst' The ESA and NASA's spacecraft, the Solar Orbiter, has been hit by a coronal mass ejection (CME) from the Sun as it made its third close flyby of Venus. Sep 6, 2022 4:01 AM CDT NASA reveals the new launch date for world's most powerful rocket NASA's Administrator Bill Nelson has announced the new launch window for the SLS rocket after postponing two launches over critical malfunctions. Sep 6, 2022 5:32 AM CDT Elon Musk announces SpaceX's Starlink to offer cell service worldwide T-Mobile and SpaceX CEO's Mike Sievert and Elon Musk have announced the companies' Coverage Above and Beyond plan to utilize Starlink for cell coverage. Sep 6, 2022 7:04 AM CDT Seasonic PS Vertex 1200G PSU: up to 1200W, ATX 3.0, PCIe 5.0 GPU ready Seasonic's new PS Vertex power supplies are ATX 3.0 ready, have a single PCIe 5.0 power connector that's ready to drive up to 600W of power into your GPU. Sep 6, 2022 7:36 PM CDT Intel swag boxes sent out, celebrates 'Alder Lake' CPUs a year later Intel sends out some rather cool swag boxes out to influencers, tech media: celebrates 12th Gen Core 'Alder Lake' CPUs with a tracksuit, hoodie, more. Sep 6, 2022 9:53 PM CDT Rice successfully grown aboard Chinese space station for first time The new Chinese space station, Tiangong, has hosted an experiment that has successfully grown two rice varieties on its recently launched Wentian module. Sep 7, 2022 5:03 AM CDT Instagram hit with $400 million fine for failing to protect children The Data Protection Commissioner has fined Meta's Instagram more than $400 million over its purported failure to protect children's privacy. Sep 7, 2022 6:34 AM CDT Man photographs what may be the strangest sky phenomenon you can see An atmospheric photographer has captured an incredible image of what may just be the strangest natural phenomenon observable in the sky. Sep 7, 2022 8:05 AM CDT World's first inhalable COVID vaccine approved for use An inhalable COVID-19 vaccine, produced by CanSino Biologics, is the world's first nasal COVID-19 vaccine to be approved and is available in China. Sep 7, 2022 8:45 AM CDT NVIDIA teases Project Beyond: next-gen GeForce RTX 40 series GPUs NVIDIA teases something called 'Project Beyond' on Twitter: next-gen Ada Lovelace GPU architecture and upcoming GeForce RTX 40 series graphics cards? Sep 7, 2022 8:12 PM CDT GOODRAM teases IRDM Ultimate PCIe 5.0 SSD: up to 10GB/sec reads GOODRAM's new IRDM Ultimate M.2 SSD: PCIe 5.0 SSD with up to 10GB/sec reads and 9.5GB/sec writes, 1TB to 4TB capacities, taps Phison E26 controller. Sep 7, 2022 10:31 PM CDT NASA's Webb discovers planet 20 times the size of Jupiter near Earth Astronomers have used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to locate a brown dwarf star that orbits two red dwarf stars in Earth's neighborhood. Sep 8, 2022 4:05 AM CDT NVIDIA announces GeForce Beyond event for September 20, hey there Ada NVIDIA announces its new 'GeForce Beyond' for September 20, calling it a 'special broadcast' at GTC. We should expect next-gen GeForce RTX 40 series GPUs. Sep 8, 2022 8:37 AM CDT Intel details its fleet of Arc A-Series desktop GPUs, led by Arc A770 Intel's new Arc A770 and A750 graphics cards are now official, with full details: Arc A770 has up to 32 Xe-Cores, up to 8GB or 16GB of GDDR6 memory. Sep 8, 2022 7:22 PM CDT Intel Core i9-13900K 'Raptor Lake' CPU used to breach 8GHz+ barrier Intel's new 13th Gen Core 'Raptor Lake' flagship CPU -- the new Core i9-13900K -- has been chilled with LN2 cooling and pushed past an insane 8GHz+. Sep 8, 2022 9:33 PM CDT Steve Jobs' daughter has mocked Apple's new iPhone 14 design Steve Jobs' daughter Eve Jobs has posted a meme on her Instagram account that appears to poke fun at Apple's design choices for the new iPhone 14. Sep 9, 2022 1:49 AM CDT New study of brain evolution shows we don't have a 'lizard brain' Max Planck Institute researchers have identified hundreds of neuron types in reptiles and mammals, shared and unique, spread all across both brain types. Sep 9, 2022 4:32 AM CDT Humans found to generate a 'field' of reactive chemicals around them International researchers have identified a field created around humans comprising reactive hydroxyl groups made by skin oils and fats reacting with ozone. Sep 9, 2022 6:02 AM CDT Intel Arc GPU effectively cancelled: 'decision has been made' Intel Arc desktop GPUs are DOA... Alchemist will limp onto the stage, Battlemage might swing something around, but it'll be shelved by Celestial. Sep 10, 2022 7:21 AM CDT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 in October, RTX 4080 + RTX 4070 in November NVIDIA's current Ada Lovelace GPU release schedule: GeForce RTX 4090 launched in October, GeForce RTX 3080 and maybe RTX 4070 (or 4070 Ti) in November. Sep 11, 2022 8:30 PM CDT PCI-SIG worried: possible thermal variance with PCIe 5.0 power cables PCI-SIG organization is worried about the potential of thermal variance with 12VHPWR (PCIe Gen5) power cable adapters, rightfully so considering. Sep 11, 2022 11:20 PM CDT Intel GPU boss Raja Koduri addresses Arc GPU cancelled rumors, kinda Intel GPU boss Raja Koduri chimes in on Arc GPU being canned: says Intel had 'more obstacles than planned to overcome, but we persisted'. Sep 12, 2022 8:43 PM CDT Uber will be using Nuro's driverless delivery robots to bring you food Uber signs an extensive 10-year contract with autonomous technology developer Nuro, will see Nuro's driverless delivery robots bringing you your food. Sep 12, 2022 11:46 PM CDT NASA loses contact with spacecraft, now attempting to recover it NASA's CAPSTONE mission to support the Artemis program by working on the Lunar Gateway has experienced a communications blackout and is now in safe mode. Sep 13, 2022 7:20 AM CDT NVIDIA Ada Lovelace AD102 GPU: leaker says over 75 billion transistors NVIDIA's next-gen Ada Lovelace GPU flagship AD102: over 75 billion transistors according to leaker, expect all details at NVIDIA GTC 2022 next week. Sep 13, 2022 7:22 PM CDT NVIDIA's next-gen AD106, AD107 GPUs both using PCIe x8, could be Gen5 NVIDIA's next-gen GeForce RTX 40 series 'AD106' and 'AD107' GPUs reportedly using 8 PCIe lanes, hopefully NVIDIA uses PCIe 5.0 lanes for Ada Lovelace. Sep 13, 2022 9:19 PM CDT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 series GPUs waiting in warehouses since August NVIDIA's next-gen Ada Lovelace GPU is ready, with GeForce RTX 40 series GPUs sitting in warehouses in Taiwan since August, preparing to unleash. Sep 14, 2022 7:03 PM CDT AMD Ryzen 9 7950X: 5.85GHz only if under 50C, 5.7GHz for AIO coolers AMD's next-gen Ryzen 9 7950X 'Zen 4' CPU: up to 5.85GHz at stock only if CPU temps are under 50C, while all-core frequencies will hit 5.1GHz. Sep 14, 2022 9:42 PM CDT Remains of ancient coral reef found in the middle of a desert The remains of an ancient reef structure have been spotted by satellites in the Nullarbor Plain of southwestern Australia after 14 million years on land. Sep 15, 2022 8:45 AM CDT AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT PCB layout: Navi 31 GPU, 7 chiplets, up to 450W AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT 'RDNA 3' graphics card PCB: Navi 31 GPU with 7 chiplets, 3 x 8-pin PCIe power connectors for up to 450W of power. Sep 15, 2022 7:14 PM CDT GALAX teases 'New Serious' GPU: GeForce RTX 4090 SG could be serious GALAX teases 'New Serious?' in a new tweet, which could be a new GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card in its 'Serious Gaming/SG' family of cards. Sep 15, 2022 9:20 PM CDT NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 40 series confirmed: new GeForce RTX logo too NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX logo and font teased, with another hint towards the GeForce RTX 40 'Ada Lovelace' series GPUs ahead of the GeForce Beyond event. Sep 18, 2022 7:01 PM CDT EVGA terminates relationship with NVIDIA, won't make AMD or Intel GPUs EVGA completely pulls out of the graphics card business, terminates its relationship with NVIDIA saying that it was 'about respect'. Sep 18, 2022 8:06 PM CDT Intel Arc A770 Limited Edition GPU tear down, you still can't buy it Intel's new Arc A770 Limited Edition graphics card tear down reveals everything underneath the card you still can't buy: full ACM-G10 GPU, 16GB GDDR6. Sep 18, 2022 9:43 PM CDT US Navy confirms it has multiple videos of UFOs they can't show you A spokesperson for the US Navy office has confirmed the Navy has in its possession unseen UFO videos that it cannot release to the public. Sep 19, 2022 12:32 AM CDT Airbnb guests told to mow the lawn on top of paying $125 cleaning fee Travelers are slamming Airbnb hosts that are requesting that guests mow the lawn, do laundry and take out the trash on top of a $125 cleaning fee. Sep 19, 2022 3:11 AM CDT Intel NUC 12 Enthusiast 'Serpent Canyon' launched, packs Intel Arc GPU Intel's new NUC 12 Enthusiast 'Serpent Canyon' is up for pre-order: Core i7-12700H CPU + Arc A770M GPU that sits below the NUC 12 Extreme 'Dragon Canyon'. Sep 19, 2022 6:34 PM CDT MSI teases its next-gen Z790 motherboards are 'coming soon' MSI teases that its next-gen Intel Z790-based motherboards are coming soon, ready for 13th Gen Core 'Raptor Lake' CPUs including the Core i9-13900K. Sep 19, 2022 8:17 PM CDT Intel Arc A770 used by MKBHD, needs RGB cable plugged into your mobo?! Intel's new Arc A770 Limited Edition graphcis card gets installed by YouTuber 'MKBHD', but if you look close... it needs an RGB cable plugged in. Sep 19, 2022 9:46 PM CDT iPhone 14 Pro users report critical camera shaking issue on big apps Some iPhone 14 Pro users are reporting that their rear camera is experiencing a critical issue in certain apps such as TikTok and Snapchat. Sep 20, 2022 12:36 AM CDT NASA announces update on Artemis 1 rocket that failed to launch NASA has announced an update on the repairs to the Artemis I rocket and how the space agency plans to test the repairs ahead of launch. Sep 20, 2022 2:03 AM CDT 'Living' artificial cells created by taking parts from bacteria University of Bristol researchers have developed a new approach to creating synthetic cells using cellular components sourced from destroyed bacteria. Sep 20, 2022 6:54 AM CDT NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 4090: 2x faster than RTX 3090 Ti for $1599 NVIDIA's next-gen flagship GeForce RTX 4090 has finally been revealed: AD102 GPU with 76 billion transistors, 24GB GDDR6X, launches October 12 for $1599. Sep 20, 2022 10:32 AM CDT COLORFUL intros GeForce RTX 4090 Vulcan OC-V, Neptune OC-V cards COLORFUL announces the iGame GeForce RTX 4090 Vulcan OC-V, iGame GeForce RTX 4090 Neptune OC-V, and GeForce RTX 4090 NB EX-V graphics cards. Sep 20, 2022 11:54 AM CDT ASUS GeForce RTX 4090, RTX 4080 launched: new ROG Strix, TUF cards ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 announced: 3.5-slot card, with ASUS rebuilding the heat sink design from the ground up, and oh-so-much more. Sep 20, 2022 1:29 PM CDT ZOTAC's new GeForce RTX 4090 AMP Extreme AIRO has all the right curves ZOTAC unveils its new GeForce RTX 4090 and GeForce RTX 4080 16GB + RTX 4080 12GB AMP and Trinity graphics cards, based on Ada Lovelace. Sep 20, 2022 7:41 PM CDT NVIDIA teases Ray Tracing: Overdrive, RTXDI, DLSS 3 for Cyberpunk 2077 NVIDIA teases Ray Tracing: Overdrive Mode, RTXDI (NVIDIA RTX Direct Illumination), and DLSS 3 support coming to Cyberpunk 2077 in a new update. Sep 20, 2022 10:21 PM CDT US Military caught spreading propaganda by Facebook and Twitter The Pentagon has launched an audit on how it conducts clandestine psychological warfare online after Twitter and Facebook removed bots linked to the US. Sep 21, 2022 1:35 AM CDT Biggest scam in Twitch history forces platform-wide ban on gambling After a large outcry on Twitter and Reddit, Amazon's Twitch has responded to viral controversy by banning gambling across its platform. Sep 21, 2022 5:07 AM CDT NASA's plan to crash into an asteroid next week may one day save Earth NASA is about to crash a small spacecraft into an asteroid millions of miles away from Earth, and its test may one day save Earth from doom. Sep 21, 2022 6:29 AM CDT NASA begins investigation into James Webb Space Telescope glitch NASA has announced that it will be postponing some observations with the new James Webb Space Telescope following a glitch with the ultracold camera. Sep 22, 2022 12:31 AM CDT Florida taps Supreme Court to settle milestone fight over social media Florida has moved to tap the Supreme Court to settle a milestone dispute over social media speech regulation and violations of amendments. Sep 22, 2022 2:02 AM CDT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 FE: 2850MHz GPU at stock in Cyberpunk 2077 NVIDIA teases its next-gen GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition graphics card, reaches 2800-2850MHz at stock settings in Cyberpunk 2077 demo. Sep 22, 2022 7:43 PM CDT AORUS GeForce RTX 4090 MASTER is the biggest RTX 4090 so far, by far GIGABYTE's new monster GeForce RTX 4090 AORUS MASTER graphics card is gigantic... could fit 10 x Radeon RX 6400 low profile cards inside... yeah. Sep 22, 2022 8:58 PM CDT Mars has much more human trash on it than you'd expect For more than 50 years, humans have been exploring the Red Planet, and during that time, we have learned much and also left a lot behind. Sep 23, 2022 4:10 AM CDT Convertibles struggling as carmakers focus on push towards electric Carmakers are leaving behind convertibles with the shift towards electric vehicles, and little word on whether convertible EVs will arrive in showrooms. Sep 24, 2022 1:03 PM CDT Automotive semiconductor market still all over the place Semiconductor chip shortage wreaking havoc in the auto industry, with chip makers unable to keep up with surging demand from automakers. Sep 24, 2022 7:09 PM CDT Buy lifetime MS Office from $11.99 and Windows OS is as low as $6.14! GoDeal24 has a special sale on Microsoft software, including Microsoft Windows 10 Pro for only $6.13 and 62% off on Microsoft Office products. Sep 25, 2022 8:08 PM CDT AMD Ryzen 9 7950X breaks 4 x HWBOT records with just an AIO cooler AMD's new flagship Ryzen 9 7950X processor breaks 4 x HWBOT records with an AIO cooler, no fancy, crazy high-end LN2 cooling was used here on Zen 4. Sep 25, 2022 9:47 PM CDT NVIDIA details AD102, AD103, AD104 GPU specs: transistors, ROP counts NVIDIA's next-gen fleet of Ada Lovelace GPUs detailed: AD102, AD103, AD104 all have massive increases in transistors, ROP counts, GPU horsepower. Sep 25, 2022 11:06 PM CDT NVIDIA kills NVLink support for Ada Lovelace, a silent death for SLI NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang confirms Ada Lovelace GPU architecture drops NVLink connector, no more multi-GPU goodness for GeForce RTX series GPUs. Sep 25, 2022 11:37 PM CDT 'Radeon Monster Profile' tool for RDNA 2: RX 6800 XT beats RTX 3090 Ti Hydra's new Radeon Monster Profile (RMP) teased for RDNA 2 GPUs: lets them 'reveal its maximum potential' helping RX 6800 XT beat the RTX 3090 Ti. Sep 26, 2022 12:46 AM CDT Robotic servers helping ease worker shortages as tech expands Restaurants struggling to find human workers might be able to augment their staff with the assistance of various robot solutions currently available. Sep 26, 2022 3:15 PM CDT NVIDIA + CDPR giving away RTX 4090s with Cyberpunk 2077 backplates NVIDIA and CD PROJEKT RED are giving away GeForce RTX 4090 'Ada Lovelace' graphics cards with custom Cyberpunk 2077 backplates, 3 challenges in total. Sep 26, 2022 7:53 PM CDT Corsair preps new 12VHPWR cables, liquid cooling blocks for RTX 4090 Corsair announces new 12VHPWR 600W cables for NVIDIA's monster new GeForce RTX 4090, as well as new Hydro X Series XG7 total-conversion water blocks. Sep 26, 2022 9:52 PM CDT Google 'nasa dart' to watch NASA's spacecraft crash into your browser NASA has finally crashed its DART spacecraft into an asteroid, changing its orbit, and you can get a demonstration by simply Googling 'NASA DART'. Sep 27, 2022 12:03 AM CDT Scientists discover sealed 3,300-year-old cave 'frozen in time' Researchers have discovered a 3,300-year-old cave 'frozen in time' that dates back to the famous rein of the Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II. Sep 27, 2022 3:45 AM CDT NASA cancels Artemis 1 launch, hurricane forces rocket back to shelter NASA has been forced to postpone the launch of its Artemis 1 mission after concerns grew about the approaching hurricane expected to hit landfall soon. Sep 27, 2022 6:08 AM CDT NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 4090 at 8K: 60FPS+ easy, DLSS 3 is amazing NVIDIA's new flagship GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card is a monster in 8K gaming: 88FPS+ in Apex Legends, 94FPS+ in Forza Horizon 5, and so much more. Sep 27, 2022 6:27 PM CDT Intel Arc A770 GPU review embargo: October 5, unboxings on Sept 30 Intel Arc A770 GPUs are so late it's not funny, and while NVIDIA is yet again successfully launching a next-gen GPU, Intel barely has its first GPU out. Sep 27, 2022 7:30 PM CDT Intel announces 13th Gen Core 'Raptor Lake' CPUs: 13900K costs $589 Intel's new 13th Gen Core 'Raptor Lake' CPUs are official: the new flagship Raptor Lake CPU is the Core i9-13900K, costing $589 launching October 20. Sep 27, 2022 9:25 PM CDT MSI's new MEG Z790 GODLIKE motherboard, a mobo built for a Gamer God MSI announces its new Z790 family of motherboards led by the MEG Z790 GODLIKE: ready for Intel's new Core i9-13900K processor, PCIe 5.0 GPUs and SSDs. Sep 27, 2022 10:25 PM CDT International Space Station photographs Hurricane Ian gaining strength NASA and the European Space Agency's International Space Station has photographed the massive Hurricane Ian gaining rolling into Cuba. Sep 28, 2022 1:08 AM CDT Rare diamond reveals existence of an ocean deep below Earth's surface International researchers from Goethe University have analyzed a diamond from deep below the Earth's surface that contains lots of water from ringwoodite. Sep 28, 2022 4:01 AM CDT YouTuber reveals he turned down $1 billion for his entire channel Jimmy 'MrBeast' Donaldson has revealed in a recent appearance on a podcast that he turned down a $1 billion offer for his entire YouTube channel. Sep 28, 2022 5:34 AM CDT Robots in Amazon warehouses moving closer to replacing human workers Certain jobs filled by humans are under pressure from robots, and that is becoming more prevalent in warehouses - though not all is lost at this point. Sep 28, 2022 3:51 PM CDT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 + DLSS 3 tech: 2x faster in Spider-Man at 4K NVIDIA's next-gen GeForce RTX 4090 gets benchmarked in Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered with Ada Lovelace's exclusive new DLSS 3 upscaling technology. Sep 28, 2022 7:07 PM CDT Intel Arc A770 and A750 custom cards teased at Innovation 2022 event Intel displays custom models of its upcoming Arc A770 and Arc A750 graphics cards during its Innovation 2022 event, with some slick looking designs. Sep 28, 2022 11:38 PM CDT Satellite spies on Russian gas pipeline leak suspected of sabotage European leaders have accused Russia of sabotaging its own gas pipeline following reports from seismologists that detected underwater explosions. Sep 29, 2022 2:41 AM CDT Forests are now growing larger and faster due to more carbon dioxide A new Ohio State University study has shown that trees are growing significantly larger due to increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Sep 29, 2022 4:32 AM CDT Experts sound disaster alarm over Russian pipeline leak The Nord Stream pipelines have suffered a leak that experts have sounded an alarm on as it could cause disastrous environmental effects. Sep 29, 2022 6:04 AM CDT US military interested in deploying electric jet skis for missions Jet skis currently aren't the most practical form of transportation for military operators, but electric models have a far wider appeal. Sep 29, 2022 1:20 PM CDT WVU researchers using robots to improve workplace safety for employees Researchers from West Virginia University hope to use robots to improve workplace safety for retail employees and customers while in store. Sep 29, 2022 6:05 PM CDT ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 retail box is ridiculously HUGE The next-gen ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 OC Edition graphics card retail box teased, and OMG it is absolutely, ridiculously massive. A true behemoth. Sep 29, 2022 8:41 PM CDT A spacecraft detective will investigate NASA's crash site on asteroid NASA has successfully collided a spacecraft into an asteroid, and the crash site will be investigated by a detective spacecraft in the coming years. Sep 30, 2022 1:02 AM CDT Anonymous hacking group declares war on NFT project over Nazi symbols The elusive hacking group named Anonymous has declared war on creators of the extremely popular Bored Ape NFTs, the Bored Ape Yacht Club. Sep 30, 2022 2:33 AM CDT Bitcoin costs the climate more than beef farming, almost catching oil Researchers have found the cost of climate damages associated with Bitcoin mining compared to its market value is almost equivalent to gasoline production. Sep 30, 2022 5:03 AM CDT Neuralink sued over 100s of photos of monkeys in 'painful experiments' Elon Musk's Neuralink is engaged in a lawsuit with the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, which is seeking the release of numerous photographs. Sep 30, 2022 7:06 AM CDT DOD relying on Verizon, Lockheed Martin for 5G-enabled drones These 5G-enabled drones are able to share real-time data using both private and public networks, and may be ideal for intelligence, surveillance and recon. Sep 30, 2022 1:03 PM CDT Citroen unveils Oli, an all-electric concept car made from cardboard The Citroen Oli is a cardboard all-electric concept vehicle that is innovative and extremely neat - even if drivers tend to be hesitant at first. Sep 30, 2022 8:53 PM CDT Introducing the Tai Chi humanoid robot, courtesy of RIT researchers A Tai Chi robot? RIT researchers are creating custom programming for a humanoid robot to be able to teach Tai Chi classes to aging citizens. Sep 30, 2022 11:31 PM CDT Ubisoft announces the next Assassin's Creed game Following major leaks and months of speculation, Ubisoft has officially announced the next Assassin's Creed game and confirmed a Sept 10 reveal date. Sep 1, 2022 4:15 PM CDT Halo Infinite's Forge is basically like Bethesda's Creation Kit Halo Infinite's new Forge mode is the most robust creation tool that 343 Industries has ever made, and will support 7,000 objects in any given map. Sep 2, 2022 10:29 AM CDT Hideo Kojima on Metal Gear Solid: It's been 7 years, I miss everything As Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain celebrates its 7th anniversary, Metal Gear series creator Hideo Kojima says he 'misses everything' about it. Sep 2, 2022 4:24 PM CDT New Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles AAA game set for 2023 Paramount has officially confirmed that a new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game will release in 2023 with a focus on AAA quality and higher-end features. Sep 3, 2022 12:44 PM CDT Arkane wanted to apologize to original Prey devs for using series name Ex-Arkane studio head didn't want to use the Prey name for 2017's excellent Prey shooter, says that he clashed with Bethesda and it was a 'sales mistake' Sep 3, 2022 5:22 PM CDT Silent Hill 2 remake images leak, 'aren't even close' to final version The first images from Bloober Team's new Silent Hill 2 remake have leaked, but they are from an internal pitch concept build and not a finalized version. Sep 4, 2022 5:03 PM CDT Over 6,000 people worked on Grand Theft Auto V Thousands upon thousands of people joined together to work on Grand Theft Auto V, a game that has helped Rockstar make nearly $8 billion since launch. Sep 5, 2022 12:24 PM CDT Microsoft hosts summits where first-party game devs share expertise Microsoft hosts internal summits where first-party game developers meet and share expertise and techniques while opening doors to collaboration on games. Sep 5, 2022 4:09 PM CDT Cyberpunk 2077 drops PS4 and Xbox One, Patch 1.6 is the last update CD Projekt RED has dropped support for PS4 and Xbox One consoles with Cyberpunk 2077's future updates and expansions exclusive to PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. Sep 6, 2022 1:29 PM CDT New Halo Infinite update video is incredibly unpopular among viewers 343 Industries' latest Halo Infinite September update video is very unpopular among viewers due to feature cancellations and controversial comments. Sep 6, 2022 6:04 PM CDT PlayStation hardware boss leaves, after almost 40 years at Sony Sony's PlayStation hardware chief Masaysu Ito has left the company after almost 40 years, after leading the engineering behind the PS4 and PS5 consoles. Sep 6, 2022 10:20 PM CDT Call of Duty will eventually be kept off PlayStation, Jim Ryan says Call of Duty will eventually be removed from the PlayStation ecosystem, Sony gaming boss Jim Ryan has confirmed, says deal with Microsoft was 'inadequate' Sep 7, 2022 2:16 PM CDT NBA 2K23 will slam dunk your SSD with a huge 152GB required Visual Concepts is demanding 152GB of your SSD storage for NBA 2K23 on the Xbox Series X/S consoles, and that's all before the inevitable day one update. Sep 7, 2022 6:09 PM CDT Crystal Dynamics and Eidos gain control of Deus Ex, Tomb Raider IPs Crystal Dynamics and Eidos Montreal have now gained full control over the franchises they've made including Tomb Raider, Thief, Legacy of Kain, Deus Ex. Sep 8, 2022 3:13 PM CDT Uncharted dev's new Marvel game: Captain America, Black Panther in WW2 Skydance New Media's upcoming Marvel game led by Uncharted dev Amy Hennig is rumored to star Captain America and Black Panther during World War 2. Sep 8, 2022 5:58 PM CDT Gamers really want NetherRealm to make Marvel vs DC fighting game NetherRealm's Ed Boon polls gamers on Twitter and asks them what project they'd like to see next and most players want a new Marvel vs DC fighter. Sep 9, 2022 8:09 PM CDT Dreamcast turns 23 years old today, RIP SEGA's last console The SEGA Dreamcast turns 23 years old today since the console's release in 1999, and we take a look back the system's legacy and how it changed gaming. Sep 9, 2022 11:02 PM CDT Ubisoft's grand plan for Assassin's Creed isn't a game, but a platform Assassin's Creed Infinity isn't a game, but a hub/platform/launcher that will connect all future Assassin's Creed games together (besides Mirage) Sep 11, 2022 10:56 AM CDT Assassin's Creed franchise hits 200 million sales worldwide The Assassin's Creed franchise has topped over 200 million copies sold worldwide since the first game's launch in 2007, Ubisoft has recently confirmed. Sep 12, 2022 1:43 PM CDT New PlayStation September State of Play will focus on 10 games State of Play September: Sony has announced a new PlayStation State of Play event for today, September 13 at 6PM EST with updates for 10 upcoming games. Sep 13, 2022 10:31 AM CDT GoldenEye returns in 4K on Xbox Game Pass, free for Rare Replay owners GoldenEye returns on Xbox in 4K with steady frame rates, and is also coming to Nintendo Switch as the base N64 version with online multiplayer included. Sep 13, 2022 1:48 PM CDT Tekken 8 announced for PS5, will focus on Jin vs Kazuya rivalry Bandai Namco has officially announced Tekken 8, the next King of the Iron Fist Tournament fighting game that will focus on Jin Kazama vs Kazuya Mishima. Sep 13, 2022 5:34 PM CDT After losing $200 million on Marvel games, Square Enix now fears risk Instead of buying new game studios, Square Enix is open to acquiring stakes in game developers and making side deals to co-finance and publish games. Sep 14, 2022 4:43 PM CDT UK and Europe to closely scrutinize Activision-Blizzard buyout deal Both the UK's CMA and European Commission's anti-trust regulators will closely scrutinize and examine Microsoft's proposed Activision-Blizzard buyout. Sep 15, 2022 12:40 PM CDT Uncharted Legacy of Thieves launches on PC this October Uncharted Legacy of Thieves collection arrives on PC this October, complete with 4K support, AMD Fidelity FX Super Resolution 2--PC specs also revealed. Sep 15, 2022 3:50 PM CDT Call of Duty day and date releases could justify Game Pass price hike Microsoft may raise Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription prices if and when it acquires Activision-Blizzard's treasure trove of billion-dollar franchises. Sep 17, 2022 1:25 PM CDT Sony's new Xperia gaming phone adds fresh dirt on the PS Vita's grave Sony's new Xperia 1 IV Gaming Edition smartphone packs in serious hardware and specs and shows there's no reason to resurrect the PlayStation Vita. Sep 17, 2022 3:52 PM CDT GTA 6 leak confirmed real, one of the biggest leaks in gaming history The recent Grand Theft Auto VI leaks have been confirmed as real, and Rockstar Games is absolutely devastated as source code and footage circulate. Sep 18, 2022 10:19 AM CDT Rockstar Games officially responds to GTA 6 leaks Rockstar Games has acknowledged the GTA 6 leaks, confirmed they are real, and delivers an official response on the hack and what it means for gamers. Sep 19, 2022 8:52 AM CDT New PlayStation 5 model goes modular with detachable disc drive Sony is reportedly planning a new PS5 model that will feature a detachable and portable disc drive that will also allow digital-only PS5s to play discs. Sep 19, 2022 12:49 PM CDT Star Citizen breaks $500 million in crowdsourced funding Star Citizen has raised more than $500 million in crowdsourced funding since 2012 and over $77 million in 2022, and over 4 million players worldwide. Sep 20, 2022 3:05 PM CDT Logitech G Cloud is a quick-start cloud handheld for curious consumers The Logitech G Cloud is a mobile Android 11 handheld that comes with Xbox Cloud and NVIDIA GeForce Now pre-loaded, aimed at dedicated cloud gaming. Sep 21, 2022 1:31 PM CDT Ex-PlayStation boss Shawn Layden joins Tencent as strategic advisor Former Sony Interactive Entertainment President Shawn Layden has joined Tencent as a strategic advisor on new games...and possibly metaverse expansion. Sep 21, 2022 5:17 PM CDT GTA 6 hacker has been arrested by UK police A 17 year-old UK citizen has been identified as the alleged hacker behind the recent Grand Theft Auto 6 leaks and has been arrested by London police. Sep 23, 2022 10:36 PM CDT Report: Twitch management more concerned about profits than creators Sources tell Bloomberg that Twitch's current management, including CEO Emmett Shear and President Dan Clancy, are more focused on profits than creators. Sep 24, 2022 2:33 PM CDT Sony's new lighter PS5 uses 6nm APU 'Oberon Plus' Sony's new lighter PlayStation 5 model is confirmed to feature a 6nm SoC codenamed Oberon Plus that will help Sony produce more PS5s in the long run. Sep 25, 2022 4:08 PM CDT E3 2023 returns as in-person event, will have industry-only halls E3 2023 has been dated and will return to an in-person event this June with separate exhibition halls for gamers and industry/enterprise figures. Sep 26, 2022 1:21 PM CDT Embracer CEO: Saints Row will 'make money,' franchise isn't cancelled Saints Row may have bombed on the market in terms of sales, and Embracer Group is confident it will still make money, but not as much as other games. Sep 26, 2022 4:34 PM CDT Valve says it is 'always working on games' alongside Steam Deck Valve has jumped head-first into hardware with the Index and Steam Deck, but the developer is still working on new games and software at the same time. Sep 27, 2022 12:21 PM CDT Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 is the most popular COD beta ever The recent Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 beta was the most popular beta test in the history of COD, MW2 set to become a sales behemoth for the franchise. Sep 27, 2022 5:50 PM CDT Devs behind Dynasty Warriors are making a new Monster Hunter-like game Koei Tecmo's Dynasty Warriors developer Omega Force is trying their hands at a Monster Hunter-like game, and EA is publishing Wild Hearts, the new game. Sep 28, 2022 2:22 PM CDT Sony PS5 exclusive Returnal teased for PC: NVIDIA DLSS + AMD FSR tech Sony PlayStation 5 exclusive Returnal is coming to the PC: packs support for NVIDIA DLSS and AMD FSR support, ray tracing, and the usual PC upgrades. Sep 28, 2022 7:49 PM CDT Four more PlayStation 5 games are coming to PC soon Sony is bringing three more PlayStation 5 games to PC as it chases more diversified revenue streams and recurring game sales across multiple platforms. Sep 29, 2022 10:36 AM CDT 10 years of development...and Skull and Bones has been delayed again 10 years of development isn't enough to save Skull and Bones, Ubisoft has delayed the game again for the fifth time, pushing it back to March 9, 2023. Sep 29, 2022 3:06 PM CDT God of War PC dev making new live service PlayStation game Sony has conscripted God of War PC developer Jetpack Interactive to work on a new live service game based on a 'prized PlayStation IP' Sep 29, 2022 6:06 PM CDT No one knew about Stadia's closure, not game developers or engineers Nobody knew about Stadia's closure beforehand, game developers and even Google's own engineers were kept in the dark about the service's closure. Sep 30, 2022 11:35 AM CDT Hideo Kojima almost made a Death Stranding sequel for Google Stadia Hideo Kojima had outlined early concepts for a Death Stranding sequel that would release exclusively on Stadia, but Google had cancelled the project. Sep 30, 2022 3:32 PM CDT Tesla Cybertruck spotted taking a beating on public street Tesla is working on its highly anticipated Cybertruck, and what seems to be a test vehicle has been spotted on public streets, and it doesn't look good. Sep 1, 2022 12:50 AM CDT Experts fire back at Elon Musk over his claims on humanity's collapse Experts have fired back at SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who recently claimed that population collapse is a bigger threat than global warming. Sep 1, 2022 5:10 AM CDT AMD EPYC 9684X 'Genoa-X' CPU: 96C/192T, Zen 4 on 5nm, 1.1GB of cache AMD's new EPYC 9684X 'Genoa-X' CPU details leaked: 96 cores, 192 threads of Zen 4 CPU power with 1152MB of L3 cache (!!!) for 400W in 2023. Sep 1, 2022 6:29 PM CDT Apple iPhone 15 Pro 'to be the most powerful 2023 phone' with 3nm chip Apple's next-gen iPhone 15 Pro will be the 'most powerful 2023 phone' thanks to its new 3nm chip, made by chip leader TSMC, ready for Apple dominance. Sep 1, 2022 8:43 PM CDT COLORFUL iGame GeForce RTX 4080 Ultra OC spotted: oh man, here we go COLORFUL's next-gen iGame GeForce RTX 4080 Ultra OC graphics card teased, Ada Lovelace is looking good in custom form from COLORFUL in these leaks. Sep 2, 2022 12:21 AM CDT New space nuclear reactor could power ten International Space Stations An in-development nuclear reactor has passed a recent evaluation by China's Ministry of Science and Technology, and can produce one megawatt of electricity. Sep 2, 2022 4:01 AM CDT This AI-generated artwork just won first place in a state competition Colorado man Jason Allen has used AI software Midjourney to create Theatre D'opera Spatial, an art piece that won first place at the Colorado State Fair. Sep 2, 2022 5:34 AM CDT NASA has discovered a fascinating new Martian aurora A collaborative effort between NASA and the UAE has found a new kind of aurora on Mars called patchy proton aurora, observed by the MAVEN and EMM missions. Sep 2, 2022 6:35 AM CDT AI asked to show what real life cartoon characters look like An AI has been asked to create real-life images of iconic cartoon characters like Peter Griffin, Rick Sanchez, Cartman, Sideshow Bob, and more. Sep 3, 2022 12:36 AM CDT International Monetary Fund outlines the monetary system of the future The International Monetary Fund has outlined its plan for the monetary system of the future, arguing it should be a combination of banks and crypto. Sep 5, 2022 1:02 AM CDT First 8K footage of the Titanic releases, view it like never before An expedition conducted in early 2022 has captured the very first 8K footage of the world's most famous sunken shipwreck, the Titanic. Sep 5, 2022 2:34 AM CDT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 'prototype' teased, features triple-fan cooler NVIDIA AD102-based GPU prototype leaked, triple-fan cooler was tested for the next-gen GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card... this isn't the final design. Sep 5, 2022 7:28 PM CDT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 with 20GB memory: under $600 on sale in China MSI's custom GeForce RTX 3080 with 20GB of GDDR6X memory is on sale in China for under $600, is already mining Ethereum with 97.48MH/s hashrate. Sep 5, 2022 8:56 PM CDT Russian soldiers baited by hackers using photos of attractive women Hackers have tricked Russian soldiers into giving up their location by baiting them with photos from fake accounts of attractive women. Sep 6, 2022 2:05 AM CDT X-ray laser used to turn common plastic into diamonds International researchers have found a new way to use the common PET plastic to create nanodiamonds, using heat and pressure from powerful X-ray lasers. Sep 6, 2022 4:32 AM CDT Sun's vibration changes from mega sunspot that's turning towards Earth Officials have detected a sunspot that's so large that its changing the way the sun vibrates, with NASA's instruments recording a large blast. Sep 6, 2022 6:03 AM CDT DNA mutations revealed in astronaut blood after spaceflight A first-of-its-kind study of blood samples from NASA astronauts who flew on space shuttle missions reveals DNA mutations potentially linked to spaceflight. Sep 6, 2022 7:35 AM CDT NVIDIA is giving away GeForce RTX 3090 Ti cards signed by Jensen Huang NVIDIA GDC participants get the change to win an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Founders Edition, signed by the man himself: CEO Jensen Huang. Sep 6, 2022 8:08 PM CDT New prototype produces hydrogen fuel directly from the air Researchers have developed a prototype direct air electrolysis (DAE) device that can produce clean hydrogen fuel from very little humidity in the air. Sep 7, 2022 4:01 AM CDT Elon Musk wanted to kill his Twitter deal over 'World War 3' not bots SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been accused of killing his deal to purchase Twitter over the risk of 'World War 3' and not bot/spam accounts. Sep 7, 2022 5:34 AM CDT Mark Zuckerberg's sparring clip impresses Joe Rogan, UFC and experts Meta CEO and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has received support from mixed martial arts experts for his recently posted sparring video. 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Sep 29, 2022 3:35 AM CDT Apple News hackers send extremely offensive push notification to users Apple and a business magazine have confirmed they have been hacked, and an extremely offensive push notification was sent out to users. Sep 29, 2022 5:03 AM CDT UT researchers looking for solutions to extend EV charging problems Potential electric vehicle buyers remain worried about battery life and recharge times, though there is continued research being done to improve both. Sep 29, 2022 10:05 AM CDT Introducing The Wingman, a fast food robot able to fry up foods The Wingman from Nala Robotics is able to cook chicken wings, French fries, and other food items in a restaurant or fast food establishment. Sep 29, 2022 1:44 PM CDT Police to hit the streets in electric 2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV PPV The all-new 2024 Blazer EV PPV is Chevy's first all-electric vehicle designed specifically for law enforcement, offering LEOs another EV option to consider. 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Sep 30, 2022 5:34 AM CDT NASA teams up with Apptronik to research humanoid robots Robots and humans can get along and work together in a changing labor force, with NASA and Apptronik trying to push commercialized humanoid robots. Sep 30, 2022 11:05 AM CDT AAA: Automatic braking system performs poorly when you need it most AEB has definitely been a life-saving tool, and helps prevent injuries to drivers and passengers, but there is still a lot left to improve it, AAA notes. Sep 30, 2022 1:05 PM CDT Kodiak Robotics shows the future of autonomous trucking after tests Kodiak Robotics looks forward to an autonomous future with its big rig recently achieving fantastic results during a trial run with partner Werner. Sep 30, 2022 9:33 PM CDT News Archive Join Our Newsletter
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