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New NASA video shows best-known black holes and their stellar victimsA new video by NASA compares the size and orbital periods of 22 confirmed X-ray binary systems containing confirmed black holes.May 13, 2022 5:34 AM CDT
Scientists have now grown plants in lunar soil for the first timeResearchers have grown Arabidopsis plants in lunar soil collected by NASA astronauts over fifty years ago on Apollo moon missions.May 13, 2022 4:01 AM CDT
NVIDIA's new GeForce Game Ready 512.77 WHQL drivers are hereNVIDIA's new GeForce Game Ready 512.77 WHQL are here for Evil Dead: The Game, and Dolmen and Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong.May 12, 2022 7:46 PM CDT
Remedy to push players to the edge of madness in Alan Wake 2Remedy promises that Alan Wake 2 will be a cerebral, mind-breaking psychological horror game with strong character development.May 12, 2022 3:33 PM CDT
Dead Space remake release date is in January 2023The new Dead Space remake will release in January 2023, Electronic Arts today announced, but the game is still in pre-alpha.May 12, 2022 1:49 PM CDT
Starfield's 2023 delay hits Xbox hype hardStarfield went from a release date in 2022 to a 6-month release window in 2023, and Xbox fans aren't happy about the delay.May 12, 2022 9:38 AM CDT
SpaceX's Starship spotted with strange-looking payload doorSpaceX's Ship 24 Starship prototype currently in development has been spotted with a strange-looking and possibly damaged hatch.May 12, 2022 4:01 AM CDT
Russian oligarchs that weirdly died this year had two things in commonAll of the Russian oligarchs who have mysteriously passed away throughout this year have had two weird things in common.May 12, 2022 2:33 AM CDT
'Glide Breaker' hypersonic missile interceptor in the works by DARPAThe U.S. Department of Defense's DARPA is developing divert attitude control systems (DACS) for intercepting hypersonic missiles.May 12, 2022 1:02 AM CDT
Google Pixel tablet sneak peek: drops in 2023 with Google Tensor chipGoogle gives 'sneak peek' at next-gen Pixel tablet, powered by Google Tensor chip and 'designed to complement your Pixel phone'.May 11, 2022 8:50 PM CDT
Top Gun: Maverick experience coming to Flight Simulator this monthMicrosoft Flight Simulator is getting its awesome Top Gun: Maverick tie-in expansion, which drops into the game on May 25.May 11, 2022 6:22 PM CDT
PlayStation Plus subs drop and most gamers still aren't subscribedPlayStation Plus subscribers have dropped in Q4 2021, and most PS gamers aren't subscribed, but network services spending is up.May 11, 2022 12:11 PM CDT
Sony has sold nearly 1.89 billion PS4 and PS5 gamesSony has sold nearly 2 billion games combined across both PS4 and PS5, comprising almost half of historic PlayStation software.May 11, 2022 10:24 AM CDT
Sabrent announces high-perf Rocket DDR5 U-DIMM: 16GB + 32GB DDR5-4800Sabrent Rocket SB-DR5U-16G and SB-DR5U-32G announced: high-performance DDR5 RAM in DIMM + SO-DIMM form factors for next-gen PCs.May 11, 2022 8:33 AM CDT
Watch this drone fly around a stadium making hot dog deliveriesThe first-ever food and beverage deliveries at a sporting event have been achieved by Purdue University, Levy, Valqari, and USOG.May 11, 2022 5:04 AM CDT
DARPA is creating nuclear rockets for space, and looking for ideasThe U.S. Department of Defense's DARPA is developing nuclear thermal rocket (NTR) engines for its DRACO program in cislunar space.May 11, 2022 4:01 AM CDT
Multiple high ranking Apple employees quit, publish open letter whyA group of high-level Apple employees has published an open letter that explains why they have resigned and won't return to work.May 11, 2022 2:40 AM CDT
Netflix to fast-track rolling out its plan to kill account sharingTwo sources that have leaked information to The New York Times have said that Netflix is planning on fast-tracking its plans.May 11, 2022 12:47 AM CDT
AMD releases new Radeon Software Adrenalin 22.5.1 driversAMD's new Radeon Software Adrenalin 22.5.1 drivers are out, supporting the new Radeon RX 6950 XT, RX 6750 XT, and RX 6650 XT.May 10, 2022 8:50 PM CDT
Lenovo Legion 7 gaming laptop: AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX + Radeon RX 6850M XTLenovo's new Legion 7 gaming laptop: all-AMD system with up to Ryzen 9 6900HX processor, Radeon RX 6850M XT graphics card.May 10, 2022 7:13 PM CDT
NASA looks to the metaverse to prepare astronauts for living on MarsNASA has partnered with Epic Games and HeroX to 'challenge' game developers to create virtual reality assets that help with Mars.May 10, 2022 7:32 AM CDT
Drone swarms can now autonomously fly & track you through dense forestResearchers have created a swarm of small drones capable of navigating around obstacles in the wild while remaining coordinated.May 10, 2022 4:43 AM CDT
Crazy video shows a test vehicle catapulted toward space at 1,000+ mphSpinLaunch has used its Suborbital Accelerator Launch System to catapult an optical camera payload toward space in a recent test.May 10, 2022 4:02 AM CDT
First powered aircraft to operate on another world is at risk of dyingNASA announced its martian helicopter is facing serious challenges as communications between the rover and the aircraft stopped.May 10, 2022 2:04 AM CDT
US college forced to close after cyberattack, posts goodbye noteA college in the US has announced it will be closing its doors very soon following the impact of a cyberattack in December 2021.May 10, 2022 12:31 AM CDT

Fastest logic gates ever made could make computers 1,000,000x fasterResearchers have demonstrated the previously theoretical lightwave electronics in new logic gates operating at femtosecond speeds.May 13, 2022 5:03 AM CDT
AMD teases free game bundle, without saying which games: but why?AMD has an 'Upcoming Radeon Raise the Game' bundle coming... announced already... but no games were confirmed. What is going on?!May 12, 2022 9:00 PM CDT
NVIDIA teases Computex 2022 keynote for May 23, don't expect a new GPUNVIDIA to 'present how AI is powering the enterprise data center and the latest products and technologies for gamers and creators'May 12, 2022 7:23 PM CDT
Alan Wake TV show in production at Walking Dead network AMCThe Alan Wake TV show is still in development, and Remedy Entertainment is currently collaborating with AMC for the series.May 12, 2022 2:53 PM CDT
Codemasters and Criterion team up for new Need for Speed gameRacing pros at Codemasters are teaming up with Criterion Games to lay out the future of the Need for Speed game franchise.May 12, 2022 11:35 AM CDT
Astronomers observed a white dwarf X-ray explosion for the first timeThanks to pure coincidence, the eROSITA telescope has captured the first-ever views of an X-ray explosion from a white dwarf star.May 12, 2022 6:38 AM CDT
Pilot collapses and passenger with 'no idea how to fly' lands planeA frantic passenger with 'no idea how to fly' was forced to take over the plane as the pilot had collapsed during the flight.May 12, 2022 3:34 AM CDT
Pentagon calls out Putin and a 'game changer' play that he'd regretThe US Secretary of Defense has called out Vladimir Putin, saying that Russia's president may not want to engage in any bold moves.May 12, 2022 1:32 AM CDT
Elon Musk is now being investigated by the US governmentThe US government has opened an investigation into SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk over his recent $44 billion acquisition.May 12, 2022 12:51 AM CDT
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 latest spec rumor: 24GB GDDR6X @ 21Gbps, 600W+NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 4090 rumored specs: PG137/139-SKU330, AD102-300 GPU + 24GB of GDDR6X @ 21Gbps and 600W of power.May 11, 2022 8:07 PM CDT
PS5 supply issues: Sony expects to ship 18 million PS5s in 2022 - 2023Sony plans to introduce nearly 20 million PlayStation 5 consoles onto the market in 2022-23, representing a huge sales blitz.May 11, 2022 3:26 PM CDT
PlayStation 5 hits 19.3 million sales amid supply constraintsSony's next-gen PlayStation 5 has sold 19.3 million units throughout launch in 2020 to March 2022, is selling slower than PS4.May 11, 2022 11:17 AM CDT
PlayStation 4 shipments crash to lowest point in console's historyShipments of Sony's PlayStation 4 have significantly crashed throughout the year, falling to their lowest point of all time.May 11, 2022 9:48 AM CDT
The largest floating solar farm in Europe will start making power soonEurope's largest floating solar farm will begin producing electricity in July, situated on the Alqueva reservoir in Portugal.May 11, 2022 6:59 AM CDT
WMO says Earth has a '50:50 chance' of breaching temperature milestoneThe World Meteorological Organization says there is a ~50% chance the annual average global temperature exceeds 1.5°C soon.May 11, 2022 4:43 AM CDT
Elon Musk drops warning says Russia is attacking Starlink satellitesSpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has announced that Russia is attempting to bring down SpaceX Starlink satellites over Ukraine.May 11, 2022 3:22 AM CDT
Apple just discontinued one of its most popular products ever createdApple announced it has discontinued one of its most popular products ever created. It put thousands of songs in your pocket.May 11, 2022 2:10 AM CDT
Nine 18-year-olds ground plane with vile images sent to passengersNine 18-year-olds have grounded a plane just before it was about to take off by sending vile images to several passengers.May 11, 2022 12:12 AM CDT
Intel's new 'Enthusiast' 16-core Alder Lake-HX laptop CPU is officialIntel's new 12th Gen Intel Core HX processors: up to 16C/24T for laptops, PCIe 5.0 support, and up to 128GB of DDR5 RAM.May 10, 2022 8:10 PM CDT
US House subcommittee to hold hearing on UFOs next weekUS House subcommittee holding a public hearing on UFOs next week, dubbing them 'unidentified aerial vehicles'. We Are Not Alone.May 10, 2022 6:44 PM CDT
The first-ever reversal of a supermassive black hole was just observedA mysterious eruption observed from a supermassive black hole seems to be from a spontaneous reversal of its magnetic field.May 10, 2022 5:25 AM CDT
Intel confirms Arc Alchemist desktop GPU is China exclusive at launchIntel confirms that its entry-level Arc A-series desktop GPUs will be an exclusive to China, launching in Q2 -- what a mess.May 10, 2022 4:26 AM CDT
Scientists discover 'road to Atlantis' at bottom of the Pacific OceanMarine scientists discovered what was described as the 'road to Atlantis' while exploring the seabed in the Pacific Ocean.May 10, 2022 3:06 AM CDT
Tinder man scams woman out of $8 million left to her by murdered dadA growing scam called 'pig butchering' has caused a woman to lose $8 million that was left to her by her murdered father.May 10, 2022 1:34 AM CDT
Russian TVs hacked to show grim message about dead Ukrainian childrenOn the same day that Russia celebrated the defeat of Nazi Germany, smart TV's across the nation were hacked to show a grim message.May 10, 2022 12:02 AM CDT

NASA's Curiosity rover just spotted an alien-looking doorway on MarsNASA's Curiosity rover on Mars has spotted a peculiar sight on the planet, shaped like a doorway, possibly from a shear fracture.May 13, 2022 4:32 AM CDT
AMD next-gen Zen 4 CPU rumors: huge 15-24% faster IPC than Zen 3AMD's new Zen 4 is a 'bigger deal than Zen 3 was' and has higher all-core boost CPU clocks, 15-24% IPC improvement over Zen 3.May 12, 2022 8:15 PM CDT
AMD Zen 4 'Raphael' CPU: 8-core CPU @ 5.2GHz with RDNA 2 GPU testedAMD's next-gen Zen 4-based 'Raphael' Ryzen 7000 series CPU tested: 8C/16T @ 5.21GHz with integrated RDNA 2 GPU gets benched.May 12, 2022 6:53 PM CDT
One of the best games of 2017 is free on the Epic Store right nowOne of the best mind-bending, weird, and memorable video games released throughout 2017 is free on the Epic Games Store right now.May 12, 2022 2:27 PM CDT
Astronomers release first-ever image of our Milky Way's black holeThe Event Horizon Telescope has released the second-ever photo of a black hole, now of Sagittarius A* in the Milky Way galaxy.May 12, 2022 10:59 AM CDT
Scientists answers the question of why aliens haven't visited us yetA Fermi Paradox solution may involve alien civilizations either collapsing or prioritizing homeostasis instead of space travel.May 12, 2022 5:41 AM CDT
Twitter founder reacts to Elon Musk's decision to unban Donald TrumpThe co-founder of Twitter has commented on Elon Musk's decision to bring back former President Donald Trump's Twitter account.May 12, 2022 3:02 AM CDT
New jaw-dropping Mars images showcase the Red Planet's complex historyA new set of images of Mars look like someone has run their fingernails across the surface of the Red Planet to create trenches.May 12, 2022 1:11 AM CDT
Promising AI traffic light system could mean the end of traffic jamsAston University researchers have developed an artificial intelligence system to manage traffic more efficiently at intersections.May 12, 2022 12:31 AM CDT
Intel 14th Gen Core 'Meteor Lake' CPU: standard, high-density die shotIntel shows off its 14th Gen Core 'Meteor Lake' CPU in standard + high-density die packages: Intel makes CPU tiles, TSMC makes GPU.May 11, 2022 7:20 PM CDT
PlayStation stats: Third-party game sales dwarf first-party salesThird-party games sell far beyond more copies than first-party games on PlayStation, with 86% of sales being third-party.May 11, 2022 2:38 PM CDT
PlayStation made $7.59 billion from microtransactions in FY21Sony's PlayStation platform made nearly $7.6 billion from microtransactions, expansions, DLC, and in-game content in FY21.May 11, 2022 10:55 AM CDT
Gotham Knights is PS5, Xbox Series X/S exclusive, skipping last-genWB's next Batman game is an action-RPG with four characters, lots of combat and loot, and it's skipping last-gen consoles.May 11, 2022 9:13 AM CDT
NASA's famous telescope snaps a stunning galactic portraitNASA has published a stunning galactic image taken by a famous telescope that has been operating for more than 30 years.May 11, 2022 6:33 AM CDT
Neurotech company founder tests his own brain scan helmet on ketamineBryan Johnson, the founder of neurotech company Kernel, tested his company's brain-scanning helmet after having received ketamine.May 11, 2022 4:22 AM CDT
'Purple Haze' photographed millions of light years from EarthThe European Southern Observatory released a new photograph snapped by the Very Large Telescope of 'purple haze' in deep space.May 11, 2022 3:03 AM CDT
Facebook sued over 'human trafficking' for labor, deceived employeesA former Facebook moderator is suing the parent company, Meta, over its alleged involvement in 'human trafficking' for labor.May 11, 2022 1:45 AM CDT
Intel teases Arctic Sound M GPU for data center: ACM-G10 GPU + 150WIntel Arctic Sound M PCIe Gen 4 graphics card based on the Intel Xe-HPG GPU is dropping in Q3 2022, I'll believe it when I see it.May 10, 2022 9:40 PM CDT
ASRock intros Radeon RX 6950 XT OC Formula: 21-phase VRM, 2495MHz GPUThe new ASRock Radeon RX 6950 XT OC Formula flagship GPU features 21-phase VRM design, 2495MHz Boost Clock (and I'm sure more).May 10, 2022 7:37 PM CDT
Sabrent unleashes CFexpress Type-B Card: now in 512GB + 1TB capacitiesSabrent releases its CFexpress Type-B Cards: just 3W power draw, offering up to 1700MB/sec reads, and up to 1500MB/sec writes.May 10, 2022 2:25 PM CDT
Multiple bodies found as lake drops to record lows from droughtTwo bodies have been found within a week as water levels for Nevada's Lake Mead reach record lows during the ongoing drought.May 10, 2022 5:04 AM CDT
This mind-controlled prosthetic arm was built by a high school student17-year-old Benjamin Choi has created an AI-powered and mind-controlled prosthetic arm that only costs around $300 to manufacture.May 10, 2022 4:22 AM CDT
NASA detects asteroid size of a building making approach to EarthNASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory asteroid detection system recorded a building-sized asteroid zoom past our planet on May 9.May 10, 2022 2:33 AM CDT
Bitcoin makes history in this US state with the first home purchasedBitcoin has made history in one US state as the first real-estate transaction using Bitcoin was made. The purchase took 8 seconds.May 10, 2022 1:02 AM CDT
Intel Arc Alchemist delayed AGAIN, drivers blamed: mid-summer releaseSigh. Intel's new Arc Alchemist desktop GPU has been delayed... again... now it's expected to miss Q2 2022 and arrive mid-summer.May 9, 2022 10:12 PM CDT

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