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- New A.I. algorithm predicts crimes a week before they're committedA new algorithm developed by University of Chicago researchers can predict crime with about 90% accuracy a week ahead of time.Jul 3, 2022 8:52 AM CDT
- Man hacks Tesla Model S Plaid and goes 216 mph at an airportA man has hacked a Tesla Model S Plaid, overwritten its software, and pushed the car far beyond its top speed limitations.Jul 3, 2022 2:38 AM CDT
- Modder turns down job at Bethesda to continue work on Fallout LondonBethesda hired one of the modders behind Fallout London, but another modder turned down a job offer to continue work on the mod.Jul 2, 2022 4:19 PM CDT
- Facebook coder claims Mark Zuckerberg threatened staff with a swordA former Facebook coder has said that Mark Zuckerberg held a sword in the office because he disliked Facebook's current code.Jul 2, 2022 5:03 AM CDT
- Skyrim Reborn Together (Skyrim co-op) is coming this month to PCSkyrim Together Reborn, a 'sequel' mod to the popular Skyrim co-op mod that's been entirely re-written, is coming next week to PC.Jul 1, 2022 9:27 PM CDT
- TSMC struggles to keep new engineers, warns of power + water issuesTSMC says it is struggling to retain new hires, as engineers are hard to come by: also warns of Taiwan's power and water issues.Jul 1, 2022 6:55 AM CDT
- AR-capable smart contact lens trialed, CEO 'saw the future'The first ever test of a new smart contact lens with augmented reality and eye tracking has been achieved by Mojo Vision's CEO.Jul 1, 2022 5:37 AM CDT
- NVIDIA wants to cut orders with TSMC for next-gen 5nm RTX 40 GPUsNVIDIA reportedly scaling back 5nm wafer orders for next-gen GeForce RTX 40 series GPUs with TSMC... lower demand, more blamed.Jul 1, 2022 4:12 AM CDT
- Volcanic eruption breaks records with speeds close to the limitA new study has found that a recent volcanic eruption has shattered records for producing powerful waves close to the 'limit'.Jul 1, 2022 2:14 AM CDT
- AYANEO NEXT 2 handheld: both Intel Arc + AMD RDNA 2 GPU versionsAYANEO NEXT 2: the world's first handheld gaming console with Intel Arc GPU or AMD Radeon RX 6000 GPU, impressive stuff.Jun 30, 2022 8:48 PM CDT
- Lenovo Legion Y9000K gaming laptop: Core i9-12900HX + RTX 3080 Ti 16GBLenovo's new flagship Legion Y9000K gaming laptop rocks Core i9-12900HX + RTX 3080 Ti 16GB + 32GB DDR5 + 1TB storage for $4000.Jun 30, 2022 7:35 PM CDT
- Fire Emblem Heroes is Nintendo's first $1 billion mobile gameFire Emblem Heroes is Nintendo's first mobile game to hit $1 billion in revenues, makes up nearly half of total mobile earnings.Jun 30, 2022 3:31 PM CDT
- Brand-new computer chip uses sound waves for data, not electricityHarvard researchers have created the first chip that can modulate acoustic waves as information carriers, as opposed to EM waves.Jun 30, 2022 7:06 AM CDT
- 'Where did you learn to fly?' Atari Jaguar's meme game is coming backAtari is bringing back some ancient relics of its bygone 64-bit console era, including some often-memed Atari Jaguar classics.Jun 29, 2022 5:09 PM CDT
- Long lost Atari game Airworld appears out of thin airAtari and Digital Eclipse have conjured up long lost Atari 2600 game Airworld out of thin air in new 50th anniversary collection.Jun 29, 2022 1:16 PM CDT
- Huge 'nuclear-powered sky hotel' can fly for years straight with A.I.A nuclear-powered sky hotel dubbed the Sky Cruise has been revealed in a new video showing off a rendering of the novel concept.Jun 29, 2022 7:44 AM CDT
- NASA experiment points to where life on Mars could be foundNASA lab experiments show that amino acids on Mars' surface would be destroyed by ionizing radiation, so rovers should dig deeper.Jun 29, 2022 5:08 AM CDT
- Elon Musk used his 'chopsticks' to pick up its latest rocket boosterElon Musk's SpaceX used Mechazilla and its 'chopsticks' to pick up the company's latest booster in preparation for a coming test.Jun 29, 2022 12:32 AM CDT
- EVGA PowerLink 41s: 16-pin to 4 x 8-pin adapter for EVGA's RTX 3090 TiEVGA's new PowerLink 41s offers next-gen cable management for EVGA's fleet of GeForce RTX 3090 Ti FTW3 graphics cards, with RGB.Jun 28, 2022 10:58 PM CDT
- MSI MEG PCIe 5.0 + ATX 3.0 PSUs: ready for 3 x GPU power excursionMSI's new MEG ATX 3.0 PSUs: MEG Ai1300P PCIE5 + MEG Ai1000P PCIE5 can handle 3 x GPU Power Excursion: ready for next-gen GPUs.Jun 28, 2022 6:31 PM CDT
- NASA reveals plan to squeeze extra life from dying Mars landerNASA's Mars InSight Lander will remain in pursuit of marsquakes for a while by extending its seismometer's period of operation.Jun 28, 2022 6:05 AM CDT
- Intermittent fasting could help repair nerve damage, new study showsScientists have found intermittent fasting leads to more production of IPA by gut bacteria, in turn increasing nerve cell repair.Jun 28, 2022 5:03 AM CDT
- Hackers announce war has now begun on anti-abortion statesFollowing the reversal of Roe vs. Wade, a group of black hat hackers has declared a new war against anti-abortion states.Jun 28, 2022 1:35 AM CDT
- Record-breaking 30,000-year-old baby woolly mammoth discoveredA gold miner has found a 30,000-year-old baby mammoth fossil that is now the complete mammoth fossil discovered in North America.Jun 28, 2022 12:03 AM CDT
- Apple has booked TSMC to make its next-gen M3 and M2 Pro chips on 3nmApple's new beefed-up M2 Pro chip and its next-gen M3 chip will be made on TSMC's new 3nm node, inside AR headset, MacBook Pro.Jun 27, 2022 10:16 PM CDT
- NASA is launching a balloon into the atmosphere with a giant telescopeAn upcoming NASA mission involves launching a giant mirror and telescope into the upper atmosphere using a stratospheric balloon.Jul 3, 2022 8:28 AM CDT
- Elon Musk's SpaceX gets green light for an endless internet connectionThe Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has given SpaceX the green light to bring Starlink internet to airplanes and ships.Jul 3, 2022 2:03 AM CDT
- A long-lost DOOM game is now playable on PCModders unlock an interesting tidbit of game history by reverse engineering the original Doom RPG mobile game onto the PC.Jul 2, 2022 3:12 PM CDT
- World's largest NFT marketplace warns users of an insider hackThe world's largest Non-Fungible Token (NFT) marketplace has warned its users of an insider hack that may lead to coming scams.Jul 2, 2022 4:19 AM CDT
- Don't expect any new games in these classic PlayStation franchisesSony's first-party developer Sucker Punch confirms that it is not working on any new games in these classic PlayStation series.Jul 1, 2022 5:02 PM CDT
- These common soil bacteria can be used to produce jet fuelResearchers have harvested the Jawsamycin molecule produced by Streptomyces bacteria as a jet fuel alternative to fossil fuels.Jul 1, 2022 6:32 AM CDT
- NASA confirms when it will reveal the 'deepest image of universe ever'NASA administrator Bill Nelson confirmed that the agency will soon be revealing the 'deepest image of our universe' ever taken.Jul 1, 2022 5:06 AM CDT
- Supreme Court ruling cripples US government ability to limit emissionsThe Supreme Court of the United States has ruled to limit the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to restrict emissions.Jul 1, 2022 4:06 AM CDT
- Arm Immortalis-G715: its first GPU with hardware-based ray tracingArm's new Immortalis-G715 GPU announced: supports hardware-accelerated ray tracing, ray tracing to smartphones of the future.Jun 30, 2022 10:30 PM CDT
- Apple's future 2024+ iPads will get new OLED panels made by SamsungSamsung is reportedly making OLED panels for the upcoming iPad Pro, but will provide new OLED panels for iPads in 2024+ to Apple.Jun 30, 2022 8:31 PM CDT
- Halo Infinite co-op beta testing begins July 11 on Xbox and PCHalo Infinite's co-op and mission replay beta testing will begin mid-July on Xbox consoles and PC, 343 Industries has announced.Jun 30, 2022 5:42 PM CDT
- NASA has gotten its solar forecast wrong, but others have got it rightNASA and NOAA predictions for the latest solar cycle haven't panned out, however, forecasts by others have proved more accurate.Jun 30, 2022 9:20 AM CDT
- NOAA study claims further space travel will damage Earth's atmosphereA new study by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows increasing rocket launches will damage the atmosphere.Jun 30, 2022 6:10 AM CDT
- Modder gets Half-Life 2 running on Nintendo SwitchModder Oatmealdome gets Half-Life 2 running on the Nintendo Switch via Valve's newly released Portal Companion Collection.Jun 29, 2022 3:32 PM CDT
- Blizzard buys indie studio who will shut down its game to work on WoWBlizzard buys indie studio Proletariat, who now plans to shut down their game Spellbreak to work on new World of Warcraft content.Jun 29, 2022 12:07 PM CDT
- Scientists reveal brain mechanism that compels rats to seek cocaineResearchers have uncovered a mechanism that causes rats to seek cocaine involving the lateral habenula (LHb) region of the brain.Jun 29, 2022 6:47 AM CDT
- Weather just got a lot more accurate after a big supercomputer upgradeThe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has added two new supercomputers that bring massive upgrades.Jun 29, 2022 1:36 AM CDT
- Comet 11 miles wide enters inner solar system, will approach EarthAn astrophotographer has captured Comet C/2017 K2 entering our inner solar system, with its orbit bringing it close to Earth soon.Jun 29, 2022 12:02 AM CDT
- Intel Core i9-13900 'Raptor Lake' CPU review arrives, 3 months earlyIntel's next-gen Core i9-13900 is 20% faster than the Core i9-12900K at the same frequency, locked to 3.8GHz on the P-cores.Jun 28, 2022 8:17 PM CDT
- Sony reveals PlayStation 5 and PC gaming monitor, headset lineupSony today announced its INZONE line of premium gaming hardware for PS5 and PC, including new monitors and headset lineup.Jun 28, 2022 5:45 PM CDT
- AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX on sale in China, costs over $7000AMD's new monster Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5000 WX series CPUs hit the market in China, flagship 64-core, 128-thread CPU included.Jun 28, 2022 5:35 AM CDT
- U.S. boosts ISS for the first time without needing Russia to helpThe United States has used Northrop Grumman's Cygnus spacecraft to boost the International Space Station back to a higher orbit.Jun 28, 2022 4:32 AM CDT
- NASA drops update for James Webb Telescope and its coming completionNASA has taken to its blog to announce an update on the James Webb Space Telescope and the progress with its calibration.Jun 28, 2022 1:04 AM CDT
- AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D CPU delidded: lower temps, higher CPU clocksAMD's new Ryzen 7 5800X3D processor with 3D V-Cache technology gets delidded: CPU temps drop, achieves higher average CPU clocks.Jun 27, 2022 10:56 PM CDT
- Intel Arc Pro A50 workstation GPU: ACM-G11 with 6GB of GDDR6 memoryIntel Arc Pro A50 workstation GPU: full ACM-G11 GPU with 8 Xe-Cores and 6GB of GDDR6 memory, joins teases of Arc Pro A40 GPU.Jun 27, 2022 9:41 PM CDT
- Birds set ablaze by power lines are causing a huge number of wildfiresResearchers have identified over three dozen wildfires started by birds in a four-year period due to power line electrocution.Jul 3, 2022 7:43 AM CDT
- Mass Effect 5's story to be led by masterful Deus Ex writerBioWare has recruited Mary DeMarle as senior narrative director, and it's likely she will lead the next big Mass Effect game.Jul 2, 2022 5:26 PM CDT
- Halo Infinite's forge mode lets you create gigantic Master ChiefsNew footage of Halo Infinite's forge mode has been leaked out, showing what should lead to hilarious and memorable custom games.Jul 2, 2022 10:44 AM CDT
- Elon Musk makes his return back to Twitter with a big bang of postsTesla and Twitter CEO Elon Musk has made his return back to Twitter by poking fun at everyone in a series of interesting posts.Jul 2, 2022 12:42 AM CDT
- Astronauts are not recovering from bone loss long after coming home16 of 17 astronauts returning from spaceflights lasting over 3 months had not fully recovered from bone loss accumulated in space.Jul 1, 2022 7:05 AM CDT
- Mark Zuckerberg will axe employees that don't meet Meta's new goalsMeta CEO Mark Zuckerberg informed employees that company performance goals will be increased to weed out underperforming staff.Jul 1, 2022 6:09 AM CDT
- A.I. algorithm writes and submits acadamic paper about itselfSwedish scientist Almira Osmanovic Thunstrom prompted OpenAI's GPT-3 algorithm to generate an academic paper written about itself.Jul 1, 2022 4:37 AM CDT
- NFT market has 'fallen off a cliff' this month, Bored Apes down 30%The non-fungible token (NFT) market has 'fallen off a cliff' following the massive downturn in the cryptocurrency market.Jul 1, 2022 2:49 AM CDT
- Samsung kicks off mass production of 3nm GAA chips: next-gen beginsSamsung beats TSMC to the 3nm mass production bunch: 3nm GAA chips in mass production, improvements in performance, power, more.Jun 30, 2022 9:17 PM CDT
- AMD RDNA 3 'GFX11' GPUs: hardware-accelerated FSR 3.0 tech teasedAMD could have hardware-accelerated FSR 3.0 upscaling tech with its next-gen RDNA 3-based 'GFX11' GPUs in the latest leaks.Jun 30, 2022 7:49 PM CDT
- Bungie literally nerfs Destiny's most infamous weaponBungie has taken 'Nerf Gjallarhorn' quite literally and has made a real-life massive rocket launcher that shoots NERF balls.Jun 30, 2022 4:29 PM CDT
- How Facebook clickbait works, according to scienceUniversity of Duisburg-Essen researchers analyzed thousands of Facebook posts to determine the effectiveness of clickbait tactics.Jun 30, 2022 7:44 AM CDT
- FBI report warns people are using deepfakes to apply for remote workA recent FBI announcement warns that deepfakes are being used to apply for remote work positions with access to sensitive data.Jun 30, 2022 5:34 AM CDT
- First in-person photo of Sony's new PlayStation VR2 surfacesThe first in-person snapshot of Sony's next-gen PS5-powered PlayStation VR2 headset has surfaced from an indie developer.Jun 29, 2022 2:12 PM CDT
- Massive yellow cloud of toxic chemical kills 13, injures hundredsAn accident at the Aqaba port in Jordan resulted in a crane dropping a chlorine gas tank, which ruptured and led to 13 deaths.Jun 29, 2022 8:32 AM CDT
- Flu vaccine significantly reduces Alzheimer's risk, new study showsUTHealth Houston scientists found higher Alzheimer's disease rates in patients not vaccinated against the flu than those who were.Jun 29, 2022 5:42 AM CDT
- Elon Musk hits a milestone number of followers on his 51st birthdayThe world's richest individual, SpaceX, and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, has reached a milestone number of followers on his 51st birthday.Jun 29, 2022 1:05 AM CDT
- ASUS ROG Phone 6 gaming smartphone looks RIDICULOUS with its coolerThe new ASUS ROG Phone 6 gaming smartphone has a truly ridiculously oversized cooler, should keep all the chips inside cool.Jun 28, 2022 11:04 PM CDT
- Blizzard pulls the worst Ultimate: Overwatch 2 will kill off OverwatchBlizzard has made it clear: Overwatch 2 launches on October 4, and it will replace the original Overwatch... which totally sucks.Jun 28, 2022 7:31 PM CDT
- Intel Core i9-13900K processor allegedly on sale, hits black marketIntel's new 13th Gen Core 'Raptor Lake' CPU flagship hits the black market in engineering form, works on ASUS Z690 ROG APEX mobo.Jun 28, 2022 6:28 AM CDT
- Monkeypox found to have 'accelerated evolution,' more than it shouldMonkeypox outbreaks have now been recorded in 50+ countries, and genetic analysis reveals it is mutating 6-12x faster than normal.Jun 28, 2022 5:34 AM CDT
- NASA's Curiosity rover just found a key ingredient for life on MarsNASA's Curiosity rover on Mars has analyzed Martian rocks and measured the total organic carbon content of the collected samples.Jun 28, 2022 4:01 AM CDT
- TikTok of man AirDropping his nudes to plane passengers goes viralA TikTok video of a man being accused of sending lewd images to his fellow plane passengers has gone viral with 5+ million views.Jun 28, 2022 12:31 AM CDT
- AMD: our RDNA 3 GPUs have 'enhanced ray tracing', higher GPU clocksAMD says that its next-gen RDNA 3 GPUs have 'even faster clock speeds', 'enhanced ray tracing capabilities', and so more.Jun 27, 2022 10:37 PM CDT
- Apple AR/MR headset: base M2 chip + 16GB RAM being testedThe 'latest internal incarnation' Apple's mixed reality headset reportedly has 'base M2 chip' and 16GB of RAM, still a while away.Jun 27, 2022 8:30 PM CDT