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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
ViewSonic VX2720-4K-PRO gaming monitor: 4K 144Hz + dual HDMI 2.1 portsViewSonic's new VX270-4K-PRO gaming monitor: 27-inch IPS panel @ 4K 144Hz with dual HDMI 2.1 ports and even 90W USB Type-C.Jun 27, 2022 7:45 PM CDT
AMD FSR 2.0 plugin launches for Unreal Engine 5 + 4: download it nowThe unstoppable AMD FSR 2.0 train continues rushing ahead: FSR 2.0 plugin is now available for Unreal Engine 5 and 4. Grab it now!Jun 27, 2022 6:29 PM CDT
Fall Guys Prime Gaming: Grab this freebie while it lastsFall Guys is now free-to-play on all platforms, so be sure to grab these freebie items if you're an Amazon Prime subscriber.Jun 27, 2022 1:15 PM CDT
Mars spacecraft gets Windows 98 upgrade that makes it 5x betterThe European Space Agency (ESA) has rolled out an update that will bring major upgrades to the Express spacecraft orbiting Mars.Jun 27, 2022 1:03 AM CDT
AMD FSR 2.0 works with Cyberpunk 2077 with third-party modA modder has got AMD FSR 2.0 working in Cyberpunk 2077, which is a huge NVIDIA DLSS game, and it even works on the Steam Deck.Jun 26, 2022 10:27 PM CDT
AMD: NVIDIA is pushing next-gen GPU power usage 'higher than we will'AMD's next-gen RDNA 3-powered Radeon RX 7000 series GPUs will use more power, because NVIDIA's Ada Lovelace GPUs use MORE power.Jun 26, 2022 8:44 PM CDT
July's PlayStation Plus freebies leaked, and they're pretty goodSony's PlayStation Plus Extra games for July 2022 have been leaked, and they're not so bad, including some fun PS4/PS5 titles.Jun 26, 2022 3:41 PM CDT
SEGA is going all out with its new Mega Drive Mini 2 microconsoleSEGA is going all out with its new Mega Drive Mini 2 micro-console, with add-ons and a fully functional Cyber Stick controller.Jun 26, 2022 1:42 PM CDT
New NASA video tracks the 'atmospheric fingerprint' of COVID-19NASA researchers used its many satellites to identify an 'atmospheric blueprint' of emissions associated with Covid-19 lockdowns.Jun 25, 2022 10:27 AM CDT
No Man's Sky players have spent half a billion hours in the gameHello Games teams up with Bandai Namco to publish No Man's Sky on Nintendo Switch, also confirms 500 million hours played.Jun 24, 2022 5:04 PM CDT
FromSoftware's next game is almost finished, it's likely Armored CoreFromSoftware's Hidetaka Miyazaki confirms the studio's next project is almost complete and it may not be directed by Miyazaki.Jun 24, 2022 11:28 AM CDT
Humans can learn to echolocate like bats in just ten weeksResearchers have shown that humans can learn to use echolocation to navigate and resolve nearby objects after only ten weeks.Jun 24, 2022 5:21 AM CDT
Elon Musk says he never told people to 'invest in crypto'Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has said that he has 'never said that people should invest in crypto', following a big lawsuit.Jun 24, 2022 2:28 AM CDT
Pornhub denies layoffs after being hit with sex trafficking lawsuitsPornhub has denied any allegations of laying off half of its employees following two top executives departing the company.Jun 24, 2022 1:04 AM CDT
ASUS ROG Phone 6: 1080p 165Hz OLED display, 18GB RAM, 6000mAh batteryASUS ROG Phone 6 gaming smartphone: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen1, 18GB RAM, 165Hz OLED display, 6000mAh battery + 65W fast-charge.Jun 23, 2022 9:45 PM CDT
Apple CEO Tim Cook on AR headset: 'stay tuned' to see what's comingApple CEO Tim Cook on their upcoming AR headset: company is excited about AR, 'stay tuned and you'll see what we have to offer'.Jun 23, 2022 7:54 PM CDT
Ubisoft adopts Fair Monetization model for 'responsible monetization'Ubisoft has established an internal 'Fair Monetization' model and credo that helps guide 'responsible monetization' for its games.Jun 23, 2022 5:00 PM CDT
World of Warcraft Classic Wrath of the Lich King beta testing now liveBlizzard opens up The Wrath of the Lich King beta tests for World of Warcraft Classic in a bid to help boost MMORPG numbers.Jun 23, 2022 2:31 PM 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
AMD 'Phoenix' mobile Zen 4 CPU: 'should rip through' games at 1080pAMD's new mobile Zen 4 offerings include 'Phoenix' with an integrated RDNA 3 GPU and up to 8 cores of the new Zen 4 architecture.Jun 27, 2022 7:34 PM CDT
Atari founder Nolan Bushnell explains the iconic Atari logo's meaningGaming legend and Atari founder Nolan Bushnell explains the meaning behind the company's iconic and recognizable Mt. Fuji logo.Jun 27, 2022 3:09 PM CDT
Scientists discover a bacteria that breaks all previous size limitsScientists have discovered a single bacterium that has broken all of the previous theoretical limitations for a bacteria's size.Jun 27, 2022 4:35 AM CDT
Officials detect comet twice as big as Mount Everest approaching EarthAstronomers have detected a comet that is estimated to be twice as large as Mount Everest approaching Earth relatively soon.Jun 27, 2022 12:32 AM CDT
Impossible Mining dives deep for battery materials, combs the seafloorImpossible Mining will mine the seafloor for previous metals for new batteries, without harming the ecosystem in the process.Jun 26, 2022 9:43 PM CDT
AMD pushes FSR 2.0 out to Xbox developers, PS5 devs are in the darkAMD is 'very excited' to provide FSR 2.0 to Xbox developers, thanks Microsoft for the continued collaboration... soz, Sony.Jun 26, 2022 7:54 PM CDT
Valve designer warns Steam Deck owners not to add new 2242 M.2 SSDsValve reminds Steam Deck owners of the dangers of swapping out parts, especially with alterations to the built-in M.2 SSD.Jun 26, 2022 3:03 PM CDT
Elon Musk says his Tesla factories are 'losing insane money'Elon Musk has said Tesla's Austin and Berlin gigafactories are losing billions of dollars due to low production and high expenses.Jun 25, 2022 11:30 AM CDT
Site where rocket crash landed on the Moon spotted by NASA satelliteNASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has spotted the crash landing site of the WE0913A rocket body that hit the Moon on March 4th.Jun 25, 2022 5:38 AM CDT
$5 games you NEED to buy on the Steam Summer SaleGaming on a budget? Bulk up your backlog with a ton of amazing games on 2022's annual Steam Summer Sale for less than $5 each.Jun 24, 2022 3:06 PM CDT
Putin vows to deploy Satan II nuclear missiles, ready by year's endRussian President Vladimir Putin will put the new Satan II intercontinental ballistic missiles into combat duty by the end of the.Jun 24, 2022 7:12 AM CDT
New Amazon Alexa feature can mimic people's voices, including the deadAmazon has revealed a new feature of Alexa which allows it to emulate the voices of other people, even those who have passed away.Jun 24, 2022 4:54 AM CDT
NASA head: Elon Musk created SpaceX after Russian engineer spat on himA former NASA administrator has revealed some interesting facts about the possible conception of Elon Musk's company SpaceX.Jun 24, 2022 2:05 AM CDT
Elon Musk's Tesla helped the Biden administration when they askedThe Biden administration has repeatedly asked Elon Musk's Tesla for advice on climate initiatives that involve subsidies.Jun 24, 2022 12:32 AM CDT
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Ti + RTX 4090 FE renders: 3-slot hungry beastsNVIDIA's next-gen AD102-based GeForce RTX 4090 Ti + RTX 4090 teased in new renders, and man it is a really, really BIG BOI.Jun 23, 2022 9:11 PM CDT
The world's largest Xbox Series X is massive: 600% bigger than consoleEngineer Michael Pick has build the world's largest Xbox Series X console: 600% bigger, weighs 250 pounds -- still can't do 4K120.Jun 23, 2022 7:26 PM CDT
Halo Master Chief Collection gets Doom-inspired demon armor skins343 Industries brings more non-canon armor cosmetics to the Halo Master Chief Collection (and microtransactions are coming too)Jun 23, 2022 3:51 PM CDT
Square Enix wants to make NFTs that 'emphasize world view and story'Square Enix reveals more of its early NFT plans, says it will make a new brand/IP that 'emphasizes story and world view'Jun 23, 2022 1:50 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
AMD 'Dragon Range' mobile CPU: 4 new Zen 4 CPUs for laptopsAMD Dragon Range mobile CPUs teased as 'Zen 4 desktop in mobile form' which acts as a response to Intel Alder Lake-HX mobile CPUs.Jun 27, 2022 7:08 PM CDT
Diablo II magic find weekend event will boost MF for all playersBlizzard announces a new Magic Find Weekend event for Diablo II that will temporarily boost all MF rates for every player.Jun 27, 2022 2:01 PM CDT
World's deepest shipwreck discovered, a US WWII ship sunk in 1944An American exploration team found what is now considered the world's deepest shipwreck that was sunk during World War II.Jun 27, 2022 1:41 AM CDT
Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus Destroyer 2 SSD: 64TB SSD @ 28GB/sec insanityPCIe 5.0? Hah. Sabrent's new Rocket 4 Plus Destroyer 2 SSD has 8 x 8TB Gen4 SSDs for 64TB, with up to a bonkers 28GB/sec reads.Jun 26, 2022 11:49 PM CDT
This new AI-upscaled texture pack for Resident Evil 7 is 24GBResident Evil 7 gets a new AI-upscaled 4K texture pack, upscaling 1497 vanilla 1K + 2K textures: the download weighs 24GB.Jun 26, 2022 9:13 PM CDT
Bernie Stolar, who helped launch PlayStation and Dreamcast, has passedBernie Stolar, who helped found Sony Computer Entertainment of America & launch both the PlayStation & SEGA Dreamcast, has passed.Jun 26, 2022 4:36 PM CDT
Fall Guys players nearly double after going free-to-playFall Guys has nearly doubled its player count since going free-to-play on all platforms with 20 million active players so far.Jun 26, 2022 2:20 PM CDT
Chickens are being fed marijuana by scientists, instead of antibioticsA farm in Lampang, Thailand, is feeding its chickens cannabis rather than antibiotics and selling the aptly named GanjaChicken.Jun 25, 2022 10:48 AM CDT
SpaceX uses its giant robotic 'chopsticks' to lift a rocket boosterSpaceX has successfully used its Mechazilla launch tower at Starbase to place the Super Heavy Booster 7 on the orbital launchpad.Jun 25, 2022 5:17 AM CDT
Bungie directly responds to Roe v Wade overturning with employee aidDestiny developer Bungie offers interstate travel cost reimbursement to employees seeking healthcare not available in their state.Jun 24, 2022 2:15 PM CDT
International Space Station flies across the moon in stunning photoAndrew McCarthy has captured a beautiful shot of the Moon with the sunlit International Space Station transiting in front of it.Jun 24, 2022 6:09 AM CDT
Russian oil refinery explodes after drone kamikazes into itThe Novoshakhtinsk Oil Refinery in Russia's Rostov Oblast went up in flames after being struck by a drone on Wednesday, June 22nd.Jun 24, 2022 4:30 AM CDT
NASA's space telescope just captured a dead star eating a planetNASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured a distant dead star cannibalizing a nearby planet - tearing shreds of debris from it.Jun 24, 2022 1:33 AM CDT
NASA confirms release date for 1st James Webb telescope colored imageNASA has confirmed when the first colored image from its next-generation space telescope will arrive back on Earth for viewing.Jun 24, 2022 12:01 AM CDT
KIOXIA teams with HPE for the 'next wave of digital transformation'KIOXIA will be teasing its storage solutions that it's been working with HPE on, including next-gen PCIe 5.0 storage solutions.Jun 23, 2022 9:00 PM CDT
AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 2.0 is now officially open sourceAMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 2.0 (FSR 2.0) is now officially open source, Team Red posts the FSR 2.0 source code online.Jun 23, 2022 6:26 PM CDT
Microtransactions coming to Halo Master Chief Collection343 Industries is bringing microtransactions to Halo MCC in the form of purchasable Spartan Points that can be used on cosmetics.Jun 23, 2022 3:01 PM CDT
NASA reveals nuclear power systems designed for the MoonFor the Artemis program, nuclear fission surface power systems are being designed for NASA to generate power on the Moon and Mars.Jun 23, 2022 9:32 AM CDT

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