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- 343i finally fixing Halo Infinite's monetization, and here's how343 Industries is making a radical change to Halo Infinite's microtransactions--it's so big that it will fix monetization.Sat, Jan 22 2022 12:40 PM CST
- NASA's TESS passes huge milestone for exoplanet observationsNASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has identified over five thousand exoplanet candidates, adding to its catalog.Sat, Jan 22 2022 4:00 AM CST
- Crypto.com reveals how much it lost from its most recent hackOne of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges has revealed how much money was stolen from users during its most recent hack.Sat, Jan 22 2022 1:03 AM CST
- Ubisoft Quartz NFTs only made $2,392, likely hurt by higher supplyThe $164,000 success with Konami's one-of-a-kind Castlevania NFTs proves that Ubisoft's Quartz NFTs were hurt by massive supply.Fri, Jan 21 2022 4:31 PM CST
- Netflix won't be making all of its own video gamesNetflix says it will license out its IPs to third-party game developers and won't make all of its own video games in-house.Fri, Jan 21 2022 1:13 PM CST
- Satellites watched a giant iceberg release 152 billion tons of waterThe massive A68A iceberg that broke off Antarctica in 2017 deposited 152 billion tons of water into the ocean near South Georgia.Fri, Jan 21 2022 5:30 AM CST
- Plans for the first film studio in space are underwaySpace Entertainment Enterprise has contracted Axiom Space to build a film studio module to join the International Space Station.Fri, Jan 21 2022 4:00 AM CST
- Reddit cofounder says 90% of people will only play games that pay themA co-founder of Reddit has predicted that 90% of people won't play video games unless they are getting paid in the near future.Fri, Jan 21 2022 12:32 AM CST
- AMD Radeon PRO W6400: workstation Navi 24 GPU on 6nm, 4GB GDDR6, 50WAMD launches its first workstation GPU on 6nm TSMC, the new Navi 24-based Radeon PRO W6400 -- requires just 50W of power.Thu, Jan 20 2022 6:54 PM CST
- Reminder: Sony authorized to spend $18 billion on investmentsSony has been authorized by its board of directors to spend only $14 billion on acquisitions and share buybacks in next 3 years.Thu, Jan 20 2022 3:13 PM CST
- Sony to lose $260 million a year if Call of Duty goes Xbox exclusiveSony will lose up to an estimated $260 million a year if Call of Duty leaves PlayStation and becomes a full Xbox exclusive.Thu, Jan 20 2022 8:05 AM CST
- 'Wet dress rehearsal' upcoming for NASA's Artemis 1 moon missionNASA is preparing for its Artemis 1 moon mission with an upcoming 'wet dress rehearsal' for the Orion spacecraft and SLS rocket.Thu, Jan 20 2022 5:30 AM CST
- Hubble spots a black hole creating stars instead of destroying themThe Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has spotted a black hole at the center of the dwarf galaxy Henize 2-10 fueling star formation.Thu, Jan 20 2022 4:00 AM CST
- NASA says Tonga eruption was 500 times as powerful than a nuclear bombNASA's Chief Scientist has estimated the eruption power generated by the recently erupted underwater volcano located near Tonga.Thu, Jan 20 2022 12:32 AM CST
- Chinese GPU makers should have 7nm, 5nm GPUs on shelves in 2022Chinese GPU makers Innosilicon and Changsha Jingjia Microelectronics are aiming to have both 5nm and 7nm GPUs out in 2022.Wed, Jan 19 2022 8:14 PM CST
- SK hynix to detail its HBM3 memory @ 896GB/sec, offered in up to 24GBSK hynix will detail its 12-Hi (layer) HBM3 at up to 896GB/sec bandwidth at ISSCC 2022, offering up to 24GB of HBM3 memory.Wed, Jan 19 2022 6:29 PM CST
- Activision CEO contemplated buying press websites to control coverageActivision-Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick reportedly discussed buying gaming press websites in an effort to control the narrative.Wed, Jan 19 2022 2:28 PM CST
- Phil Spencer becomes Microsoft's first CEO of gamingTransformative Xbox executive Phil Spencer is now the CEO of Gaming at Microsoft, will oversee all of the company's future plans.Wed, Jan 19 2022 10:11 AM CST
- Research shows we're adapting to climate change, but not quick enoughResearchers from Concordia University have reviewed the literature on climate change adaptations, which show inconclusive results.Wed, Jan 19 2022 5:00 AM CST
- Hollywood star and sports legend sued over crypto 'pump and dump'One of the biggest Hollywood stars on the planet and one of the most decorated sports legends are being sued over a 'pump & dump'.Wed, Jan 19 2022 3:42 AM CST
- NASA to perform an unusual maneuver with Mars rover, and here's whyNASA has revealed its plan for dislodging some pebbles that are preventing the rover from correctly storing rock samples.Wed, Jan 19 2022 2:24 AM CST
- Huge asteroid to approach Earth today, watch the 3,400 space rock hereAn asteroid with an estimated diameter of 3,400 feet will be approaching Earth today, and you can watch it live right here.Wed, Jan 19 2022 12:33 AM CST
- Samsung finally unveils Exynos 2200: Xclipse GPU based on AMD RDNA 2Samsung reveals its 'freshly designed mobile processor' in the Exynos 2200: a new AMD RDNA 2-based Samsung Xclipse GPU included.Tue, Jan 18 2022 8:39 PM CST
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti with GA103-300 GPU spotted, coming soon?NVIDIA rumored to be making a new GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, this time with the GA103-200 GPU -- might help with delivering huge stock.Tue, Jan 18 2022 6:33 PM CST
- Winter Sale: Windows 11 and Office 2021 deals, prices start at $7.43Keysfan's Winter Sale has Windows 10 Pro for just $7.43 and Windows 11 Home for just $16.91 - keep warm and come and grab a deal.Tue, Jan 18 2022 4:24 PM CST
- Two new Space Force satellites launched aboard unique Atlas V rocketThe United Launch Alliance (ULA) has launched two satellites for the United States Space Force (USSF) for the USSF-8 mission.Sat, Jan 22 2022 5:00 AM CST
- Researchers boil water with ice to expand an 18th-century phenomenonVirginia Tech researchers have expanded on the Leidenfrost effect to levitate ice with temperatures of at least 550°C (1022°F).Sat, Jan 22 2022 3:30 AM CST
- Twitter officially integrates NFTs, launches 'NFT Profile Pictures'Twitter recently announced that it's adopting Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT) and allowing users to display them on their accounts.Sat, Jan 22 2022 12:33 AM CST
- Most game devs not interested in NFTs or crypto, GDC survey suggestsMost surveyed game developers not interested in adding NFTs or cryptocurrency into their video games, new GDC report indicates.Fri, Jan 21 2022 3:12 PM CST
- Netflix subscribers hit 221 million in 2021 as paid adds miss markNetflix stock dives by 21% as the company misses paid subscriber growth targets, current subs at 221.8 million worldwide.Fri, Jan 21 2022 12:22 PM CST
- NASA observatory put into safe mode after potential faultOne of the reaction wheels aboard NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory has experienced a failure, and Swift is now in safe mode.Fri, Jan 21 2022 5:00 AM CST
- Russia's central bank takes aim at cryptocurrency, pushes for banRussia's central bank has released a new report advocating for a widespread blanket ban on cryptocurrency trading and mining.Fri, Jan 21 2022 1:33 AM CST
- A single Ethereum miner hits gold, receives $540,000 as a rewardAn individual Ethereum miner has struck gold by mining an Ethereum block that gave a reward of 168 ETH worth about $540,000.Fri, Jan 21 2022 12:01 AM CST
- Samsung aims for 2030 to beat TSMC's foundry business dominanceTSMC is so ahead of the pack that it'll be 8 more years at the least until Samsung can overtake their foundry business dominance.Thu, Jan 20 2022 6:29 PM CST
- Call of Duty exclusivity: First Xbox, then PlayStation...now Xbox?Will Call of Duty be exclusive to Xbox? How long is Activision's deal with Sony? If the past is any indication, for five years.Thu, Jan 20 2022 11:04 AM CST
- Sony believes Activision games won't be Xbox exclusiveSony believes Microsoft will keep Activision's previous contractual obligations and keep specific games coming to PlayStation.Thu, Jan 20 2022 7:02 AM CST
- Classified satellite reaches space for China's first 2022 launchChina has successfully launched its first space mission of 2022 with the Shiyan 13 satellite, embarking on a classified mission.Thu, Jan 20 2022 5:00 AM CST
- Tonga volcanic eruption was so powerful NASA detected it in spaceThe underwater volcano that recently erupted near Tonga exploded with such force that NASA detected it with a satellite in space.Thu, Jan 20 2022 1:32 AM CST
- NASA drops update for James Webb Telescope, new milestone achievedNASA's administrator has dropped a new update for the James Webb Space Telescope, celebrating yet another milestone achieved.Thu, Jan 20 2022 12:04 AM CST
- Intel to unleash 'Bonanza Mine': new Bitcoin ASIC minerIntel is expected to unveil a new mining chip dubbed 'Bonanza Mine', an 'Ultra-Low-Voltage Energy-Efficient Bitcoin Mining ASIC.Wed, Jan 19 2022 7:31 PM CST
- Halo Infinite Big Team Battle is still broken after new updateThe new Halo Infinite update didn't fix Big Team Battle, the mode remains broken as 343 Industries continues working on a patch.Wed, Jan 19 2022 4:31 PM CST
- New D2R runewords: Unbending Will, Flickering Flame, Wisdom, MistThree new Diablo 2 Resurrected runewords have leaked so far, including Unbending Will, Wisdom, Mist, and Flickering Flame.Wed, Jan 19 2022 1:36 PM CST
- NASA and HeroX launch waste reprocessing and air quality challengesWaste to Base Materials: Sustainable Reprocessing in Space and the NASA Air-athon Challenge have been launched by NASA and HeroX.Wed, Jan 19 2022 6:00 AM CST
- Pollutants and plastics have exceeded safe planetary boundariesOf the nine planetary boundaries defined in 2009, four had been breached by 2015, with the fifth for novel entities now breached.Wed, Jan 19 2022 4:30 AM CST
- Coinbase secures Mastercard for its upcoming NFT marketplaceCoinbase has announced a partnership with credit card company Mastercard for its upcoming non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace.Wed, Jan 19 2022 3:13 AM CST
- Millions join El Salvador's government-backed Bitcoin wallet 'Chivo'Millions of unbanked people have joined El Salvador and Netki's government-backed Bitcoin wallet called Chivo. The future is here.Wed, Jan 19 2022 1:33 AM CST
- Where is NASA's James Webb Space Telescope right now?NASA launched the James Webb Space Telescope on Christmas Day, 2021, but where is it right now? And will it reach its destination?Wed, Jan 19 2022 12:02 AM CST
- NVIDIA adds GPU System Processor support (GSP) on Ampere, Turing GPUsNVIDIA enables GPU System Processor (GSP) to certain Tesla and Data Center GPUs (based on the Ampere and Turing GPU architectures)Tue, Jan 18 2022 7:31 PM CST
- Microsoft's $68.7 billion Activision buyout is largest in game historyMicrosoft's $68.7 billion buyout offer for Activision-Blizzard is the largest in games history, beats previous record by $56 bn.Tue, Jan 18 2022 5:55 PM CST
- Xbox Game Pass now has 440 games, offers tremendous valueMicrosoft's heavy-hitting Xbox Game Pass subscription service now has 440 games total, making it one of the best values in gaming.Tue, Jan 18 2022 4:04 PM CST
- Exotic 'X' particles detected for the first time in quark-gluon plasmaMIT physicists have identified around a hundred X particles in the quark-gluon plasma made by the Large Hadron Collider at CERN.Sat, Jan 22 2022 4:30 AM CST
- NASA observatory spots the Sun releasing a mid-level solar flareNASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) has spotted a mid-level M5.5 class solar flare on the sun's surface on January 20th, 2022.Sat, Jan 22 2022 3:00 AM CST
- Scientists have plan to reach this mysterious interstellar objectA team of researchers have proposed a plan to catch up with the mysterious interstellar object named 'Oumuamua in 26 years.Sat, Jan 22 2022 12:02 AM CST
- D2 new runewords: This new D2R runeword is very strangeDiablo 2 Resurrected's new runeword Plague has been changed...and it's pretty strange now but it could enable some niche builds.Fri, Jan 21 2022 2:15 PM CST
- NASA will visit its smallest asteroid yet alongside Artemis 1 missionNASA's Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA) Scout will fly with the Artemis 1 mission's SLS rocket, set to observe the smallest asteroid yet.Fri, Jan 21 2022 6:00 AM CST
- Doomsday Clock stuck at 100 seconds to midnightThe Doomsday Clock is stuck at 100 seconds to midnight after being set there two years ago, with the world teetering on the brink.Fri, Jan 21 2022 4:30 AM CST
- 61% of Americans may buy cryptocurrency in 2022, up from 27% in 2021A new survey has predicted that 61% of Americans may purchase some form of cryptocurrency in 2022, up from 27% predicted in 2021.Fri, Jan 21 2022 1:03 AM CST
- AMD staff: Navi 24 primarily made for laptops, with new Rembrandt APUsAMD's new mid-range Navi 24 GPU debuts, to mostly negative reviews -- but the GPU itself will find its way into the Rembrandt APU.Thu, Jan 20 2022 7:34 PM CST
- COD Xbox exclusive: Microsoft to keep Call of Duty on PlayStationMicrosoft's CEO of Gaming Phil Spencer confirms the company wants to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation, won't go Xbox exclusive.Thu, Jan 20 2022 5:47 PM CST
- Activision: This is the right transaction, right buyer, at right timeActivision's latest SEC filing answers employee questions, explains why it's selling to Microsoft in massive $68.7 billion deal.Thu, Jan 20 2022 9:39 AM CST
- Quantum computing passes 99% error-free threshold, now fault tolerantResearchers from three different institutes have exceeded 99% fidelity in quantum computing operations, achieving fault tolerance.Thu, Jan 20 2022 6:00 AM CST
- How this volcano eruption led to several hours of lightningA new study of the eruption dynamics of the Taal Volcano in the Philippines shows how it led to prolonged lightning activity.Thu, Jan 20 2022 4:30 AM CST
- Amazon drops teaser and official name for Lord of the Rings TV showAmazon has released a new teaser trailer for its upcoming Lord of the Rings TV show, locking in an official name and release date.Thu, Jan 20 2022 1:06 AM CST
- Samsung leads in foldable phones, but Apple will dominate AR headsetsApple will lead the AR market ahead of Samsung, which has been absolutely crushing the foldable smartphone market for years.Wed, Jan 19 2022 8:54 PM CST
- Bizzaro GPU world: we now have GPU loot boxes, in real life... sighJapanese Amazon sellers are now offering 'mystery boxes' with new, or used graphics cards -- we've entered the Bizarro GPU world.Wed, Jan 19 2022 6:55 PM CST
- Take-Two CEO: GTA trilogy remaster doing 'great' despite launch issuesGrand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition is doing 'great' sales-wise despite the game's significant launch issues.Wed, Jan 19 2022 3:45 PM CST
- Rockstar Games receives $77 million tax credit for RDR2, GTA 6Rockstar North received a hefty $77 million UK tax relief credit to help reduce overall costs of expensive games development.Wed, Jan 19 2022 12:06 PM CST
- Tiny electricity-generating bandages show promise for helping recoveryPiezoelectric and triboelectric dressings may help facilitate wound healing and tissue regeneration by generating electric fields.Wed, Jan 19 2022 5:30 AM CST
- ExxonMobil is targeting 'net zero' operational emissions by 2050ExxonMobil has pledged to reduce its Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions to net-zero by 2050, but hasn't included Scope 3 emissions.Wed, Jan 19 2022 4:00 AM CST
- Tonga hit with volcanic eruption and tsunami, 'unprecedented disaster'A volcanic eruption spawned a tsunami that hit Tonga, and the government has described the event as an 'unprecedented disaster'.Wed, Jan 19 2022 2:57 AM CST
- Astronaut says how the first gorilla suit smuggled onto the ISS diedThe astronaut who smuggled a gorilla suit onto the International Space Station says his first attempt didn't quite work out.Wed, Jan 19 2022 1:04 AM CST
- AMD Radeon RX 6000 series refresh: 18Gbps GDDR6 cards in Q2 2022AMD's rumored Radeon RX 6000 series GPU refresh: Navi 21 + Navi 22-based cards with 18Gbps GDDR6X coming in Q2 2022 says rumors.Tue, Jan 18 2022 9:15 PM CST
- NVIDIA expands CPU business, new CPU R&D group in IsraelNVIDIA CTO Michael Kagan confirms the company is building a new CPU group in Israel, ARM-based 'Grace' CPU aiming for 2023.Tue, Jan 18 2022 7:06 PM CST
- Activision CEO Bobby Kotick to leave following Microsoft buyoutActivision's controversial CEO Bobby Kotick to leave the company after 31 years when Microsoft's acquisition buyout goes through.Tue, Jan 18 2022 5:04 PM CST
- Xbox Game Pass hits 25 million subscribers, up 150% in two yearsMicrosoft's powerhouse subscription service hits 25 million confirmed active subscribers as of January 2022, up 150% in 2 years.Tue, Jan 18 2022 1:01 PM CST