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Eerie red cloud that appeared in the sky blamed on SpaceX launchSpace jellyfish have been photographed in the sky by multiple people following SpaceX's recent launch of a Globalstar satellite.Jun 23, 2022 9:04 AM CDT
Soundwave levitation now possible even with objects in the wayUniversity College London researchers have created a self-correcting acoustic levitation system that works despite interference.Jun 23, 2022 7:07 AM CDT
Elon Musk confirms Cybertruck design is fully 'locked'SpaceX and Tesla CEO has sat down for an interview and confirmed that the design for the coming Tesla Cybertruck is 'locked'.Jun 23, 2022 5:38 AM CDT
FDA to command Juul stop selling e-cigarettes in the US very soonThe Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reportedly preparing to order Juul Labs from selling its e-cigarettes in the US.Jun 23, 2022 2:44 AM CDT
China is using an AI 'mind reading' device to censor pornA group of researchers in China have developed a 'mind reading' device that will be used to implement the nation's porn policies.Jun 23, 2022 12:45 AM CDT
Intel Arc A380 desktop GPU benched: gets its ass kicked, not surprisedIntel Arc A380 desktop GPU reviewed: Intel's first foray into GPUs since the AGP-based i740 is lackluster, to say the least.Jun 22, 2022 8:14 PM CDT
Final Fantasy XVI is not open-world, relies on area-based zonesFinal Fantasy XVI producer Naoki Yoshida confirms the new fantasy RPG game will not have one singular persistent open world.Jun 22, 2022 3:32 PM CDT
Modern Warfare 2's Tarkov-like PvPvE free-to-play mode coming in 2023Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2's new Escape from Tarkov-like mode will be free-to-play, feature PVPVE chaos, and launches in 2023.Jun 22, 2022 12:49 PM CDT
CRISPR gene-editing treatment almost 100% effective after three yearsThe first human trial of CRISPR gene-editing technology in the United States has all but cured 31 patients of SCD and 44 of TDT.Jun 22, 2022 4:01 AM CDT
Twitter is pushing shareholders to accept Elon Musk's $44 billion dealTwitter's official board wants to close the acquisition deal with Elon Musk and is now pushing its shareholders to get it done.Jun 22, 2022 12:31 AM CDT
N64 emulator plugin supports DLSS, ray tracing, 60FPS+ and moreRT64 is a new Nintendo 64 emulator plugin that supports ray traced lighting, DLSS, object motion blur, widescreen, and 60FPS+.Jun 21, 2022 9:44 PM CDT
AMD Navi 3X GPU teased: 16384 cores, dual-GCD for next-gen Radeon PROAMD rumored to have Navi 3X GPU with 16384 GPU cores: monster dual-GCD MCM GPU, for a next-gen Radeon PRO workstation GPU.Jun 21, 2022 8:27 PM CDT
Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3 & 4 remasters were planned, now cancelledTony Hawk Pro Skater 3 & 4 remasters were originally on the slate, but project was cancelled when Vicarious Visions was absorbed.Jun 21, 2022 4:30 PM CDT
Atari celebrates 50 years of gaming with big event showcaseAtari will celebrate a monumental 50 years of gaming with a special extravaganza event, includes game reveals and interviews.Jun 21, 2022 12:19 PM CDT
Scientists one step closer to a pill with the benefits of exerciseLac-Phe molecules, synthesized from lactate and phenylalanine, are shown to be beneficial in managing feeding and body weight.Jun 21, 2022 7:54 AM CDT
Google's search engine is sending women to 'fake' abortion clinicsUS lawmakers have called on Google's parent company, Alphabet, to fix its search engine that is misdirecting pregnant women.Jun 21, 2022 1:32 AM CDT
MrBeast gives $3 million of aid to Ukrainian refugeesJimmy Donaldson 'MrBeast' has donated multiple millions to Ukrainian refugees and has made a video of the entire process.Jun 21, 2022 12:02 AM CDT
Meta's goal in next-gen VR headsets: 'indistinguishable from reality'Meta's quest for VR dominance: next-gen headset prototypes that will drive virtual worlds 'indistinguishable from reality'.Jun 20, 2022 8:46 PM CDT
Sabrent reveals high-performance DDR5-4800 SO-DIMM RAM for your laptopSabrent's new Rocket DDR5 SO-DIMM 4800MHz RAM is here for laptops, Ultrabooks, and mini-PC -- joins the desktop DDR5 U-DIMMs.Jun 20, 2022 7:14 PM CDT
KOTOR II can't be completed on Switch due to classic bugSwitch owners be forewarned: Knights of the Old Republic II can't be completed on the platform due to an older in-game glitch.Jun 20, 2022 5:10 PM CDT
World's first PlayStation 5 slim: water-cooled design, 85% thinnerYouTuber DIY Perks created the world's first PlayStation 5 slim console, complete with water cooling in a 1-inch thick chassis.Jun 20, 2022 12:04 PM CDT
'Don't be surprised' when Bitcoin falls another 50% from current priceA billionaire has warned that the traders shouldn't be 'surprised' if Bitcoin suddenly dropped another 50% to around $10,000.Jun 20, 2022 6:52 AM CDT
Tesla Cybertruck and Semi caught on video cruising down speedwayThe Tesla Cybertruck and Semi have been spotted on a speedway, raising questions about when the vehicles will become available.Jun 20, 2022 1:03 AM CDT
NVIDIA Grace Superchip powers Atos $160 million supercomputer in SpainThe new Atos MareNostrum 5 supercomputer: $160M contract signed, powered by Arm-based NVIDIA Grace Superchip: 144-core chips.Jun 19, 2022 11:17 PM CDT
GALAX GeForce RTX 3060 Vegetables Fairy 'Cabbage Dog' GPU is hereGALAX GeForce RTX 3060 Vegetables Fairy 'Cabbage Dog' special edition is for fans of the 'Vegetables Fairy' characters. Alrighty.Jun 19, 2022 8:28 PM CDT

Strange veiny Martian terrain captured by NASA satelliteStrange polygonal structures have arisen on the surface of Mars due to erosion by water ice and dry ice formation and sublimation.Jun 23, 2022 8:27 AM CDT
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, 4080, 4070: new rumored specs are hereNVIDIA's next-gen Ada Lovelace-based GeForce RTX 4090, RTX 4080, RTX 4070 get some new rumored specs... not too much has changed.Jun 23, 2022 6:40 AM CDT
Elon Musk says Tesla is losing billions from two big 'money furnaces'In an interview, Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed the struggles of owning a car company and how factories can be 'money furnaces'.Jun 23, 2022 5:01 AM CDT
AI creates images of new horrifying demon out of a single made up wordAn artificial intelligence has dreamt up a 'new' demon by being asked to produce several images of a word that was made up.Jun 23, 2022 2:02 AM CDT
Intel Arc A40 Pro appears, the first desktop Arc workstation GPUIntel Arc Pro GPU appears on the South Korean National Radio Research Agency (RRA) website, workstation Arc GPUs seem to be coming.Jun 22, 2022 10:37 PM CDT
Intel 'Serpent Canyon' NUC: Core i7-12700H CPU + Arc A770M GPUIntel's new 'Serpent Canyon' NUC 12: Intel Core i7-12700H CPU + Intel Arc A770 discrete GPU... some big hardware upgrades here.Jun 22, 2022 7:05 PM CDT
Sony to reveal new PlayStation 5 headsets, gaming monitors on June 28Sony to reveal its new INZONE brand of gaming peripherals and hardware soon, includes headsets and new PS5 gaming monitors.Jun 22, 2022 2:33 PM CDT
Chinese 'mind-reading' device built to detect and censor pornChinese researchers have created a helmet that reads people's minds to detect spikes in brain activity when pornography is seen.Jun 22, 2022 5:03 AM CDT
Mars sample space race heats up after big claims come out of ChinaThe space race between NASA and China has just got even hotter after China's space agency dropped massive claims on Mars samples.Jun 22, 2022 1:33 AM CDT
Amazon's The Lord of the Rings: The Rings Of Power reveals their orcsAmazon has revealed what the orcs will look like in 'The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power' show and if they will be CGI.Jun 22, 2022 12:02 AM CDT
Meta's metaverse hardware business is on fire, 2024+ headsets pausedAnalyst Ming-Chi Kuo: Meta's metaverse hardware/headset business slows down: 40% cut in 2022 shipments, 2024+ projects paused.Jun 21, 2022 9:11 PM CDT
Meta Quest 2 Pro to arrive as an answer to Apple's upcoming AR headsetMeta's new Quest 2 Pro rumors: mini-LED display technology, better visual quality, 16 cameras, and oh-so-much more on the way.Jun 21, 2022 7:52 PM CDT
Diablo Immortal refunds are possible, but they carry big penaltiesDiablo Immortal refunds will put your account in debt and restrict key in-game features, cutting you off from multiplayer & more.Jun 21, 2022 2:32 PM CDT
Sony to reveal new PS5 headsets and high-end 4K, 1080p displaysSony will reportedly reveal a new line of enthusiast-grade gaming hardware including new headsets and high-end gaming displays.Jun 21, 2022 11:45 AM CDT
Elon Musk trolls all Starlink users by changing the default Wi-Fi nameSpaceX CEO Elon Musk has announced that he will be changing the default Wi-Fi name for all Starlink users in a big troll.Jun 21, 2022 3:05 AM CDT
Google tried to use Drake to poke fun at Apple, joke came off painfulGoogle has attempted to use one of Drake's new songs as a way of poking fun at Apple's ecosystem, but the joke was painful.Jun 21, 2022 1:05 AM CDT
Zelda: Ocarina in Time + Unreal Engine 5 + water physics = amazingZelda: Ocarina in Time has never looked better -- in the next-gen Unreal Engine 5, with some truly amazing water physics.Jun 20, 2022 10:12 PM CDT
You should be able to buy AMD's new Ryzen 7000 CPUs on September 15AMD's new Zen 4-powered Ryzen 7000 series CPUs could go on sale September 15, according to new leaked presentation slides.Jun 20, 2022 8:29 PM CDT
Intel changes Arc A380 memory specs: down from 16Gbps to 15.5GbpsIntel's just-released Arc A380 desktop GPU gets GDDR6 bandwidth reduction: 6GB GDDR6 @ 15.5Gbps down from 16Gbps bandwidth.Jun 20, 2022 6:33 PM CDT
Meta's new Avatar Store is 10 years too late, looks very outdatedMeta has launched a new digital Avatar Storefront in a bid to further monetize its 3 billion monthly active Facebook users.Jun 20, 2022 2:09 PM CDT
Cyberpunk 2077 gets flying cars thanks to this new modA new mod adds flyable futuristic cars to Cyberpunk 2077, a feature that was originally planned for the game way back in 2017.Jun 20, 2022 10:07 AM CDT
Elon Musk says he is still buying his favorite cryptocurrencyTesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has said on Twitter he will still support the world's most popular meme cryptocurrency - Dogecoin.Jun 20, 2022 1:47 AM CDT
Deepfakes of celebrities are now uncomfortably good and lifelikeDeepfakes are becoming unsettlingly good as millions of people have become fooled by recent celebrity deepfakes on TikTok.Jun 20, 2022 12:32 AM CDT
Apple's second-gen AR/MR headset rumor: bonkers 4000PPI displayApple's second-gen MR (mixed reality) headset will use microOLED display from LG Display: 3000-4000 PPI (pixels per inch) display.Jun 19, 2022 9:36 PM CDT
NVIDIA AD102 GPU for GeForce RTX 4090 Ti: power limits of 800WNVIDIA's next-gen AD102-based GeForce RTX 4090 Ti with AD102 GPU power limit of up to 800W, but full power cap won't be needed.Jun 19, 2022 8:15 PM CDT

A new supercomputer can run 'brain-scale' AI, rivaling human brainsA new exascale supercomputer in China, developed by Sunway, has trained an AI model dubbed bagualu with 174 trillion parameters.Jun 23, 2022 7:39 AM CDT
Mark Zuckerberg reveals how many people he expects in the metaverseMeta CEO and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has sat down for an interview where he discussed his expectations for the metaverse.Jun 23, 2022 6:05 AM CDT
Sunspot size of 3 Earth's is facing us, doubling in size every 24hrsOfficials have recognized a fast-growing sunspot that is three times the size of the Earth and within our planet's firing range.Jun 23, 2022 4:22 AM CDT
Bitcoin continues to bleed as price falls below its cost of productionThe price of Bitcoin is continuing to bleed as the price of the most valuable cryptocurrency falls below its production cost.Jun 23, 2022 1:14 AM CDT
Samsung wants to beat TSMC in 3nm manufacturing, 2nm coming in 2025Samsung expected to announce mass production of 3nm chips next week, beating industry leader TSMC to the punch. 2nm in 2025.Jun 22, 2022 8:40 PM CDT
Final Fantasy XVI won't have any loading times, Yoshi-P saysThe PlayStation 5's ultra-fast SSD will eradicate loading screens in Final Fantasy XVI with no loading times between sequences.Jun 22, 2022 4:42 PM CDT
SEGA's new shooter HYENAS: Ridiculous blend of Fortnite and PaydaySEGA reveals HYENAS, a new online multiplayer FPS featuring an irreverent style, Zero-G combat, and Payday-style space heists.Jun 22, 2022 1:41 PM CDT
New NASA rocket completes wet dress rehearsal, almost ready to launchNASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket for the Artemis moon missions has completed a wet dress rehearsal on its fourth attempt.Jun 22, 2022 4:32 AM CDT
Google search trends globally show people think Bitcoin is 'dead'The cryptocurrency market is bleeding red candles as the price of the world's most valuable digital currency continues to dive.Jun 22, 2022 1:04 AM CDT
Falcon Northwest preps AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5000 WX series PCsFalcon Northwest preps next-gen Talon + RAK 4U systems with AMD's new Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5000 WX series processors coming.Jun 21, 2022 10:12 PM CDT
AMD: Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5000 WX series CPUs coming to DIY marketAMD launching its Ryzen Threadripper 5000 series CPUs in DIY market, led by flagship Threadripper 5995WX: 64 cores, 128 threads.Jun 21, 2022 8:37 PM CDT
PCIe 7.0 specs announced: SSDs will ramp up to 128GB/sec insanityPCI-SIG announces PCIe 7.0 specifications: PCIe 7.0 x4 SSDs will pump 128GB/sec, PCIe 7.0 x16 pumps out an insane 512GB/sec.Jun 21, 2022 7:32 PM CDT
DICE: We deserve to be a powerhouse in FPS, that's what we will doDICE's new general manager Rebecka Coutaz promises the triumphant return of the Battlefield franchise with EA's new foundation.Jun 21, 2022 1:17 PM CDT
SpaceX sets new record with three launches and landings in 36 hoursA June 17th Starlink mission and the SARah-1 and Globalstar FM15 missions mark three SpaceX launches and landings in 36 hours.Jun 21, 2022 8:21 AM CDT
NASA's Hubble Telescope snaps phenomenal image of galaxy clusterNASA's famous Hubble Space Telescope has snapped an image of a massive galaxy cluster located in the Ursa Major constellation.Jun 21, 2022 2:32 AM CDT
Elon Musk confused stargazers with spiraling lights in the night skyStargazers were left extremely confused at strange spiraling light formations in the night sky on June 26, at around 7:25 pm.Jun 21, 2022 12:31 AM CDT
The first custom Intel Arc A380 desktop GPU listed in China for $595GUNNIR's new custom Arc A380 Photon graphics card listed in China, costs $599, with some updated 6GB GDDR6 memory to boot.Jun 20, 2022 9:21 PM CDT
COLORFUL 31.5-inch AIO gaming PC: Core i9-12900H + GeForce RTX 3060COLOFUL unveils its new G-ONE PLUS AIO gaming PC for $1999: 31.5-inch 1440p 65Hz display, Core i9-12900H, GeForce RTX 3060.Jun 20, 2022 7:40 PM CDT
AUO working on next-gen 540Hz gaming panel, requires RTX 6090AUO reportedly has a next-gen 540Hz gaming panel under development, one-upping the already insane 500Hz NVIDIA + ASUS ROG panel.Jun 20, 2022 5:33 PM CDT
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Direct announced, more Nintendo shows likelyNintendo has announced a new Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Direct showcase for June 22, more Direct game showcases likely to follow.Jun 20, 2022 1:05 PM CDT
US government to capture worlds most expensive private jetUS Department of Transportation has received authorization to seize one of the world's most expensive private jets - a Boeing 787.Jun 20, 2022 7:27 AM CDT
Bitcoin falls below critical price causing a sea of blood candlesThe price of the world's most valuable cryptocurrency has fallen below a critical price point, showing a sea of blood-red candles.Jun 20, 2022 1:19 AM CDT
Shipwreck found with $17 billion worth of precious treasure aboardColombian military has released several images of one of the world's most valuable shipwrecks worth a staggering $17 billion.Jun 20, 2022 12:03 AM CDT
$15 billion spent on GPUs by crypto miners, not gamers, in 2021Bloomberg reports that crypto miners spent $15 billion in GPUs in 2021 alone, gamers come in second place after crypto miners.Jun 19, 2022 8:51 PM CDT
AMD Ryzen 7000 CPU rumored launch lineup: 7950X, 7900X, 7800X + 7600XAMD's next-gen Zen 4-powered Ryzen 7000 series CPU rumored launch: 7950X, 7900X, 7800X, 7600X -- the 7700X launches later.Jun 19, 2022 7:54 PM CDT

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