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- 99% of the global population is breathing contaminated air, WHO saysThe World Health Organization is now saying that 99% of the global population is at increased risk of disease from air pollution.Apr 5, 2022 4:22 AM CDT
- China's police robot dog barks orders at people to stay at their homesChina has equipped a robot dog with speakers so it can yell at people to stay within their homes amid a new wave of COVID-19.Apr 5, 2022 2:34 AM CDT
- NASA database confirms mile-wide asteroid will approach Earth in MayNASA's Center for Near-Earth Studies database has confirmed that a mile-wide asteroid will make a close approach to Earth.Apr 5, 2022 1:03 AM CDT
- ZOTAC GeForce RTX 3090 Ti PGF OC: 4-slot, thickest RTX 3090 Ti so farZOTAC's new GeForce RTX 3090 Ti PGF OC is exclusive to China, rocks gigantic 4-slot design and primed for enthuasiast gaming.Apr 4, 2022 11:59 PM CDT
- Minisforum B550 Mini-PC: Ryzen 7 5700G + external GPU support for $599The new Minisforum B550 Mini-PC comes with two CPU options, pricing starts from $599 and it supports an external GPU. Nice.Apr 4, 2022 7:28 PM CDT
- Elon Musk buys 9.2% stake in Twitter, stock explodes instantly by 25%Elon Musk purchases $2.89 billion worth of Twitter stock, securing a huge 9.2% stake in the company -- Twitter shares spike 25%.Apr 4, 2022 7:49 AM CDT
- Halo Infinite devs: 'We need more time to get details sorted'Halo Infinite's development team 'needs more time to get the details sorted' but the community is very much tired of waiting.Apr 3, 2022 10:43 PM CDT
- Russia is allegedly using weapons banned by UN conventions in UkraineReports from NGOs indicate that Russia is using POM-3 'Medallion' land mines in Ukraine, which the UN Ottawa Treaty prohibits.Apr 2, 2022 2:34 AM CDT
- First-ever Android phone with a Lightning port assembled by engineerEngineer Ken Pillonel has successfully combined an Android phone and a Lightning port to charge the phone with a Lightning cable.Apr 2, 2022 12:56 AM CDT
- Life could be growing on one of Jupiter's oxygen-rich moonsEuropa, one of Jupiter's most well-known moons, could sustain life in its subsurface oceans by shuttling oxygen from the surface.Apr 1, 2022 5:04 AM CDT
- Massive jumbojet uses only cooking oil as fuel, flies for hoursAn Airbus A380 has flown for three hours using 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) derived from cooking oil and other fats.Apr 1, 2022 4:01 AM CDT
- A receipt for a 1959 imaginary artwork piece to sell for $550,000A 1959 receipt for an imaginary art piece will soon be going up for auction at Sotheby's, where it will sell for thousands.Apr 1, 2022 2:06 AM CDT
- 17 solar flares cause Sun blast to hit Earth at nearly 2 million mphOfficials warned that 17 solar flares in two days caused a 'cannibal coronal mass ejection ' to be launched towards Earth.Apr 1, 2022 12:33 AM CDT
- MSI teases Voodoo5 7000 GPU with 48GB of GDDR7, spanks RTX 3090 TiMSI reveals its next-gen 3dfx Voodoo5 7000 series GPU, packing 48GB of GDDR7 memory -- and now I wish it was a real thing. Sigh.Mar 31, 2022 10:39 PM CDT
- Intel's flagship Arc ACM-G10 GPU detailed: 21.7 billion transistorsIntel's new flagship ACM-G10 aka DG2-512EU has 21.7 billion transistors, is a bigger GPU than NVIDIA's mid-range GA104 GPU.Mar 31, 2022 7:31 PM CDT
- EK announces waterblocks for GeForce RTX 3090 Ti after huge demandEK announces a slew of new Quantum Vector water blocks for NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 3090 Ti FE, and custom RTX 3090 Ti models.Mar 31, 2022 6:27 PM CDT
- Report: NetEase to buy Star Wars Eclipse developer Quantic DreamChinese juggernaut NetEase will reportedly acquire the remaining shares in Detroit: Become Human developer Quantic Dream.Mar 31, 2022 4:52 PM CDT
- 'Cryovolcanoes' on Pluto may be erupting ice, potential life signsWright Mons and Piccard Mons are two potential active cryovolcanoes found on the surface of Pluto by NASA's New Horizons mission.Mar 31, 2022 6:22 AM CDT
- Russian troops entered forbidden 'Red Forest,' inhaled deadly materialRussian forces have entered a forbidden area of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone dubbed the 'Red Forest,' unbeknownst to its dangers.Mar 31, 2022 5:10 AM CDT
- Facebook funds campaign against 'the real threat' with Republican firmReports indicate that Facebook has been paying a big Republican consulting firm to run campaigns against TikTok, the 'real threat'Mar 31, 2022 2:15 AM CDT
- NASA's space telescope photographs the most distant star ever foundNASA and the ESA's Hubble Space Telescope has photographed what may be the most distant star that has ever been discovered.Mar 31, 2022 12:24 AM CDT
- Intel Arc A-Series Limited Edition GPU teased, best backplate ever?!Intel teases its desktop Arc A-Series graphics card, with a dual-fan cooler design and a really slick-looking backplate.Mar 30, 2022 6:36 PM CDT
- Breath of the Wild 2 delayed to 2023, Elden Ring may secure GOTY 2022Nintendo has officially delayed Breath of the Wild 2 to Spring 2023, following the original Breath of the Wild's release pattern.Mar 30, 2022 10:36 AM CDT
- Hackers break into Axie Infinity's Ronin network, $600+ million stolenOne of the largest cryptocurrency hacks just occurred, with more than $600 million stolen from Axie Infinity's Ronin network.Mar 30, 2022 6:05 AM CDT
- UV-LED lights 'highly effective' at killing HIV and coronavirusesResearchers from the University of Toronto Scarborough have found easily installed UV-LED lights can easily decontaminate spaces.Mar 30, 2022 5:04 AM CDT
- This massive 'next-gen' 3D printer was just used to build a houseThe Vulcan II is ICON's massive next-gen 3D construction printer, using lavacrete to print structures up to 3,000 square feet.Apr 5, 2022 4:01 AM CDT
- A haunting mass grave in Ukraine has been photographed from spaceA US satellite company has captured a haunting image of a mass Ukrainian burial site located on the grounds of a church.Apr 5, 2022 2:03 AM CDT
- NASA confirms 1,000+ foot-wide asteroid will approach Earth this AprilNASA's Center for Near-Earth Studies has revealed that one of the biggest space rocks of 2022 will approach Earth this month.Apr 5, 2022 12:33 AM CDT
- Intel's next-gen 'Wall Street Canyon' NUC teased, 'Mac Studio killer'Apple's new Mac Studio is here and now a 'Mac Studio Killer' is coming in the form of the Wall Street Canyon NUC from Intel.Apr 4, 2022 9:59 PM CDT
- AMD also delays, RDNA 2 refresh aren't coming until May 10 nowAMD's upcoming RDNA 2 refresh GPUs delayed: Radeon RX 6950 XT, RX 6750 XT, RX 6650 XT graphics cards dropping on May 10 now.Apr 4, 2022 6:29 PM CDT
- Intel Arc Alchemist GPU: up to 2250MHz boost, 175W on desktop Arc GPUsIntel Arc Alchemist desktop GPU should feature up to 2250MHz boost GPU clock, up to 175W of power for the GPU. 200W+ entire card.Apr 3, 2022 11:46 PM CDT
- This $59.99 PS Now deal converts to new 740 game PS Plus Premium tierSony is selling PlayStation Now 1-year subscriptions for $59.99 that convert over to its new 740 game+ PlayStation Plus Premium.Apr 3, 2022 9:43 PM CDT
- NASA satellite spots helicopter flying on Mars' surfaceNASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has spotted the Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter as they cross the Martian surface.Apr 2, 2022 1:54 AM CDT
- XMG teases X-Series gaming laptop with Intel Arc Alchemist GPUXMG preps Intel Arc Alchemist GPU for its new X-Project gaming laptop, acts as a 'desktop replacement' with the top Ark GPU SKU.Apr 1, 2022 10:31 PM CDT
- Russia is withdrawing troops from Chernobyl after radiation poisoning'Irradiated' Russian troops are being withdrawn from the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone due to illness and repositioned in Belarus.Apr 1, 2022 4:43 AM CDT
- Spy chief says Russia's army is rebelling, shot down own planeThe director of a spy agency has said that Putin is being misled about the Ukraine war and that some Russian troops are rebelling.Apr 1, 2022 3:04 AM CDT
- Hackers attack cryptocurrency ecosystems, $700m stolen in three monthsWithin the first three months of 2022, hackers have targeted cryptocurrency ecosystems and have walked away with $700 million.Apr 1, 2022 1:32 AM CDT
- Auroras light up the US after 'cannibal' Sun eruption slams into EarthMany people across the US were able to photograph the northern lights aurora after a solar eruption caused a CME that hit Earth.Apr 1, 2022 12:04 AM CDT
- Moore Threads MTT S60, MTS2000 GPU: first China domestic GPU archThe new Moore Threads MTT GPUs were demoed running League of Legends, are the first domestic GPU architecture out of China.Mar 31, 2022 9:30 PM CDT
- Can you believe The Matrix came out 23 years ago, in 1999?The Matrix premiered 23 years ago, with the original movie kicking so much ass... The Matrix Resurrections, yeah... not so much.Mar 31, 2022 7:03 PM CDT
- E3 2022 officially cancelled, ESA to try for E3 2023 insteadE3 2022's all-digital event has been cancelled but the Entertainment Software Association wants to come back for a 2023 show.Mar 31, 2022 5:59 PM CDT
- Don't buy Sony's new yearly PS Plus Extra subscription, and here's whySony has priced its new PlayStation Plus subscription tiers in a way that dissuades gamers from buying PS Plus Extra yearly subs.Mar 31, 2022 10:36 AM CDT
- Moon sample to go on auction very soon, potentially stolen from NASAA sample from the moon gathered by Neil Armstrong on the Apollo 11 mission will be auctioned by Bonhams auction house on April 13.Mar 31, 2022 5:53 AM CDT
- Russia stole radioactive material in Chernobyl, could make dirty bombsRadioactive material stolen by Russian troops from a radiation monitoring lab in Chernobyl could be made into a dirty bomb.Mar 31, 2022 4:54 AM CDT
- Man photographs ISS from Earth's surface, captures astronauts in spaceA German astrophotographer has taken an HD photo of the ISS from the surface of Earth, showing two astronauts on a spacewalk.Mar 31, 2022 1:31 AM CDT
- Intel launches Arc GPUs without XeSS tech, launches 'early summer'Intel launches its new Arc A-Series GPUs, and a lack of XeSS upscaling tech -- with Intel saying XeSS launches in 'early summer'.Mar 30, 2022 8:15 PM CDT
- Epic Games, Xbox donate $100 million in Fortnite VBucks to UkraineEpic Games and Microsoft have teamed up to raise an astronomical $100 million for Ukranian relief from Fortnite VBuck purchases.Mar 30, 2022 3:44 PM CDT
- Activision harassment lawsuit settled for less than 1% of 2021 revenueCalifornia district court judge Dale Fischer approves of Activision-Blizzard's $18 million sexual harassment settlement proposal.Mar 30, 2022 9:32 AM CDT
- New message to send to aliens revealed by astronomersA team of astronomers has coded the new Beacon in the Galaxy signal to broadcast to any potential extraterrestrial intelligence.Mar 30, 2022 5:42 AM CDT
- Ukraine warns Russia it has 'sources' within Putin's administrationUkraine's intelligence service has warned Russia that it has sources everywhere and even within Putin's own administration.Mar 30, 2022 4:48 AM CDT
- NASA breaks two records on the surface of Mars with its newest roverNASA has broken the 17-year-old record set by Opportunity for the longest drive a Mars rover has achieved in a single day.Apr 5, 2022 3:04 AM CDT
- Scientist that created first gene-edited babies released from prisonThe scientist that created what could be considered the first genetically modified humans that went to prison has been released.Apr 5, 2022 1:31 AM CDT
- Russia abandons Chernobyl after troops suffer radiation poisoningRussia handed control of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant back to Ukraine after its troops suffer from 'radiation sickness'.Apr 5, 2022 12:02 AM CDT
- TSMC to supply NVIDIA's next-gen GPUs, breaks up with SamsungTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will be NVIDIA's sole GPU supplier in 2022, gearing up for Ada Lovelace GPUs.Apr 4, 2022 8:07 PM CDT
- Halo Master Chief Collection isn't getting BR eitherHalo Infinite isn't getting a battle royale BR mode, and neither is the Master Chief Collection, 343 Industries has said.Apr 4, 2022 9:35 AM CDT
- The original DOOM has been ray traced, results are devilishly goodThe DOOM you played in the 90s isn't matched against a ray traced version of the game, which looks damn good even in 2022.Apr 3, 2022 11:24 PM CDT
- Scientists have discovered not one, but two speeds of sound on MarsPerseverance has recorded the audio of its laser and the Ingenuity helicopter to find the speed of sound to be 240 to 250 m/s.Apr 2, 2022 3:22 AM CDT
- Almost all Bitcoins that will ever exist have now been minedThe number of Bitcoins mined has passed the milestone of 19 million, over 90 percent of the 21 million that will ever be mined.Apr 2, 2022 1:23 AM CDT
- Scientists have finally made the first complete human genome sequenceScientists from the Telomere-to-Telomere (T2T) consortium have created a new complete human genome sequence, dubbed T2T-CHM13.Apr 1, 2022 5:25 AM CDT
- This country will ban the sale of new combustion engine cars by 2035To combat climate change impacts due to vehicles with combustion engines, Canada is banning new sales of these vehicles by 2035.Apr 1, 2022 4:22 AM CDT
- Ukraine army hits jackpot, captures Russia's most modern equipmentThe Ukrainian army has managed to capture one of Russia's most modern pieces of military equipment in a new jackpot for Ukraine.Apr 1, 2022 2:35 AM CDT
- Russia names its partner to create a new 'World Order'Russia has announced a partnership that will create a new 'democratic world order' as it continues its invasion into Ukraine.Apr 1, 2022 1:04 AM CDT
- Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger gets his own 8-bit game called Pixel PatIntel's new game 'Pixel Pat' is an 8-bit style game that is all about CEO Pat Gelsinger, who jumps around in a... bunny suit.Mar 31, 2022 11:30 PM CDT
- MSI's new all-AMD desktop gaming PC: Ryzen 7 5800 + Radeon RX 6700 XTMSI launches the MAG META 5 5E: its first full-AMD gaming desktop PC powered by both the Ryzen 7 5800 + Radeon RX 6700 XT.Mar 31, 2022 8:29 PM CDT
- Sabrent's huge 8TB Rocket 4 Plus NVMe SSD now for sale, costs $1499Sabrent's new 8TB Rocket 4 Plus NVMe Gen4 SSD is now on Amazon, 8TB with 7.1GB/sec reads and 6.6GB/sec writes will cost you $1499.Mar 31, 2022 6:53 PM CDT
- Capcom is giving all of its employees a 30% raiseCapcom is giving all of its employees a big 30% pay raise as incentive for retention and recruitment as it aims for record growth.Mar 31, 2022 5:21 PM CDT
- PS Plus Collection games can leave and rotate out just like Game PassSony confirms select games will rotate out of the PlayStation Plus Collection on PS5, similar to how games leave Xbox Game pass.Mar 31, 2022 9:34 AM CDT
- Elon Musk says Starlink will make up two thirds of all satellites soonElon Musk has estimated that Starlink satellites will comprise two-thirds of active satellites within 18 months, with 4,200 units.Mar 31, 2022 5:39 AM CDT
- Anti-virus software used by millions deemed 'national security threat'The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has deemed a famous anti-virus software that is used by millions as a 'threat'.Mar 31, 2022 2:43 AM CDT
- Powerful 'cannibal' Sun blast on its way to collide with EarthAfter several solar flares in rapid succession, two coronal mass ejections (CME) are expected to collide with Earth soon.Mar 31, 2022 1:09 AM CDT
- Intel details its new Arc A-Series Mobile GPUs: Arc 3, Arc 5, Arc 7Intel Arc A-Series Mobile GPUs launched: Intel Arc 3, Arc 5, Arc 7 with A350M, A370M, A550M, A730M, and flagship A770M GPU.Mar 30, 2022 7:22 PM CDT
- Riot Games has raised $5.4 million for Ukrainian reliefRiot Games has raised $5.4 million for Ukrainian relief efforts from in-game purchases in Valorant, Legends of Runterra, and more.Mar 30, 2022 2:56 PM CDT
- An ancient 'primordial' substance is 'leaking' out of the Earth's coreScientists have detected rare primordial gases left over from the Big Bang escaping the Earth's core, namely the helium-3 isotope.Mar 30, 2022 6:39 AM CDT
- Ukraine warns Russia's withdrawal of troops may be 'misleading'Ukrainian military has warned that Russia's 'withdrawal of troops' may be an attempt at misleading Ukrainian military forces.Mar 30, 2022 5:22 AM CDT
- NASA scientist unveils 'absolutely bonkers' plan to terraform VenusNASA researcher Alex Howe has proposed a way to terraform Venus involving the construction of a large floating artificial surface.Mar 30, 2022 4:22 AM CDT
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