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Netflix acquires third game dev studio to release more free gamesNetflix has purchased its third game development studio to help accelerate the lineup of free games for Netflix subscribers.Mar 27, 2022 4:07 PM CDT
NASA is announcing an 'exciting' Hubble Space Telescope discovery soonNASA will be announcing a discovery by the Hubble Space Telescope on Wednesday, March 30th, potentially involving the JWST.Mar 26, 2022 4:12 AM CDT
New study shows light alcohol consumption doesn't benefit heart healthLow-level alcohol consumption's supposed benefits on the risk of cardiovascular disease have been challenged by a new study.Mar 26, 2022 2:34 AM CDT
Microsoft has paid $2.5 billion to indie devs in the ID@Xbox programSince 2013, Microsoft has paid out billions of dollars to independent developers as part of its ID@Xbox video games program.Mar 25, 2022 1:34 PM CDT
DirectStorage reduces CPU overhead by 40% on Windows 11Microsoft's new DirectStorage API can reduce CPU usage by up to 40% in tandem with Windows 11 and 2.5GB/sec NVMe SSD storage.Mar 25, 2022 10:26 AM CDT
North Korea in 'clear violation' of UN rules with powerful ICBM testNorth Korea has launched its most powerful intercontinental ballistic missile since 2017 in a test flight covering over 680 miles.Mar 25, 2022 3:31 AM CDT
'Breakthrough' detection of plastics in human blood for the first timeMicroplastic particles have been detected in human blood samples for the first time, including PET, polystyrene, and polyethylene.Mar 25, 2022 1:34 AM CDT
Russia moves to accept payment of Bitcoin for its natural resourcesRussia's chairman of the Congressional energy committee said the Kremlin is open to accepting Bitcoin as payment for resources.Mar 25, 2022 12:03 AM CDT
AMD Radeon Adrenalin 22.3.2 drivers released, download them hereAMD's new Radeon Adrenalin 22.3.2 drivers released, supporting Ghostwire: Tokyo, and perf boost for Tiny Tina's Wonderlands.Mar 24, 2022 9:30 PM CDT
GeForce RTX 3090 Ti comes with 3 x 8-pin to PCIe 5.0 16-pin adapterNVIDIA's new flagship GeForce RTX 3090 Ti uses a new PCIe 5.0-ready 16-pin power connector, but comes with 8-pin adapters.Mar 24, 2022 6:40 PM CDT
The Witcher's new medallion is what you think, CD Projekt RED saysCD Projekt RED finally puts an end to the guessing: The new Witcher medallion is a lynx, and not a cat, denoting a new school.Mar 24, 2022 4:19 PM CDT
Russian diplomat says if threatened Moscow has the right to go nuclearThe Russian deputy ambassador to the United Nations has said that Russia has the right to press the nuclear button if threatened.Mar 24, 2022 6:02 AM CDT
Stan the T.rex, the most expensive fossil ever, has finally been foundStan is the most expensive Tyrannosaurs rex fossil ever sold, raking in $31,847,500, and will be publicly displayed in Abu Dhabi.Mar 24, 2022 4:43 AM CDT
Putin to seek revenge for sanctions with cyberattacks on the USA Democratic Congressman has warned that Putin wants revenge for the sanctions imposed on Russia and could attack the US.Mar 24, 2022 2:06 AM CDT
US will send 120-pound drones to Ukraine for deadly one-way tripsThe US is sending $800 million worth of weapons to Ukraine and included in the package is drones designed for one-way missions.Mar 24, 2022 12:33 AM CDT
Intel Rialto Bridge GPU: next-gen HPC GPU successor to Ponte VecchioIntel's next-gen codename 'Rialto Bridge' GPU is launching in 2023, will succeed the Ponte Vecchio. Just as NVIDIA details Hopper.Mar 23, 2022 8:25 PM CDT
NVIDIA's new Grace CPU Superchip: 144-core CPU, 600GB of GPU memoryNVIDIA's new Grace CPU design unveiled with two new Superchip platforms: 144-core ARM-based Neoverse CPU, and huge 600GB of VRAM.Mar 23, 2022 6:30 PM CDT
Intellivision Amiico retail console gets official unboxingIntellivision reveals the retail boxed version of its new Amico console and gives a brief demonstration of the hardware and games.Mar 23, 2022 5:06 PM CDT
Elden Ring patch 1.03.2 doesn't nerf anything (thank Marika!)Bandai Namco's new Elden Ring patch doesn't nerf any skills or negate any builds this time...but what's next on the horizon?Mar 23, 2022 10:27 AM CDT
NASA's massive new moon rocket is visible from spaceNASA's enormous Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion spacecraft have been imaged from space by the Airbus' Pleiades Neo satellite.Mar 23, 2022 5:04 AM CDT
China's competitor to the ISS will open up to space touristsChina's unfinished Tiangong space station plans to receive space tourists without formal astronaut training within a decade.Mar 23, 2022 4:01 AM CDT
'UFO researcher' says he's found a UFO at the bottom of the oceanA 'UFO researcher' has claimed that he has spotted a UFO hiding deep beneath the ocean off the coast of Peru on Google Earth.Mar 23, 2022 2:33 AM CDT
Floyd 'Money' Mayweather 'scams' fans out of $5 million with NFTsFloyd 'Money' Mayweather has been exposed for scamming his audience out nearly $5 million through three NFT projects he promoted.Mar 23, 2022 1:05 AM CDT
New strange Sonic Xbox controllers belong in a Looney Tunes episodeNew custom Sonic Xbox controllers look like they'll transform if you feed them after midnight, belong in a Looney Tunes episode.Mar 22, 2022 6:15 PM CDT
Halo brand makes more marketing deals as Halo Infinite stagnatesThe Halo brand is still making promotional marketing deals as Halo Infinite stagnates due to lack of content and unfixed issues.Mar 22, 2022 4:14 PM CDT

Fortnite has raised $70 million for Ukraine in a weekFortnite has raised an astronomical $70 million from in-game microtransaction revenues to donate to Ukraine humanitarian relief.Mar 27, 2022 1:28 PM CDT
Ukraine launches NFT collection to fund its military, preserve historyUkraine's Ministry of Digital Transformation has launched the Meta History Museum of War to raise funds and support the country.Mar 26, 2022 3:33 AM CDT
Sony to make gaming history next week with breakthrough business planSony will reportedly reveal its new breakthrough PlayStation Spartacus subscription service next week and make games history.Mar 25, 2022 5:33 PM CDT
DirectStorage GPU-based decompression is coming, Microsoft saysOnce GPU decompression is available, Microsoft's new DirectStorage API will reduce CPU overhead by over 40% on Windows 11.Mar 25, 2022 12:27 PM CDT
Gran Turismo 7 will soon let you sell cars for in-game creditsPolyphony Digital reverses course and is making a ton of new changes and updates to Gran Turismo 7 based on player feedback.Mar 25, 2022 9:35 AM CDT
Ukraine reveals how many anti-tank/aircraft missiles it needs per dayUkraine's new wish-list of military equipment that it has requested from the US reveals how many missiles it needs daily.Mar 25, 2022 3:09 AM CDT
U.S. forms emergency team in case Russia turns to nuclear warThe U.S. has formed a new team to create contigency plans in case Russia uses chemical, biological or nuclear weThe U.S. has forme.Mar 25, 2022 1:03 AM CDT
AMD's new FSR 2.0 upscaling tech boosts perf by huge 147% in DEATHLOOPAMD's new FidelityFX Super Resolution 2.0 (FSR 2.0) offers up to 147% more perf in DEATHLOOP, RDNA 2 exclusive optimizations.Mar 24, 2022 11:28 PM CDT
Intel Arc Alchemist GPU performance: XeSS + ray tracing teasedIntel details its XeSS upscaling tech at GDC 2022: 5 quality modes, up to 153% performance with Ultra-Performance mode enabled.Mar 24, 2022 8:28 PM CDT
DirectStorage currently does not support GPU decompressionLuminous Productions confirms the current version of DirectStorage does not support GPU decompression and still uses the CPU.Mar 24, 2022 6:05 PM CDT
343: Halo opportunities are 'like porn, you know it when you see it'Halo developer 343 Industries likens discovering new franchise opportunities as being as stark and identifiable as pornography.Mar 24, 2022 3:37 PM CDT
Russia loots and destroys Chernobyl monitoring lab, Ukraine saysRussia has looted and destroyed a European Union-funded lab monitoring radiation levels from radioactive waste near Chernobyl.Mar 24, 2022 5:25 AM CDT
Russia and the U.S. have 'doomsday planes,' but how do they compare?Both Russia and the U.S. are the only nations with 'doomsday planes,' the Ilyushin Il-80 (Maxdome), and Boeing E-4B (Nightwatch).Mar 24, 2022 4:22 AM CDT
US formally declares that Russia has committed war crimes in UkraineThe Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has formally declared that the Russian military has committed war crimes in Ukraine.Mar 24, 2022 1:33 AM CDT
Ukraine captures weird Russian 'container', hits a major jackpotUkraine announced that UA forces have captured a bizarre 'container' near Kyiv that belonged to Russian military forces.Mar 24, 2022 12:02 AM CDT
Intel intros ATX 3.0, ATX12VO 2.0 standards, for next-gen 600W GPUsIntel publishes the biggest update to industry PSU specs since 2003, with ATX 3.0 ready for next-gen PCIe 5.0 GPUs and 600W power.Mar 23, 2022 7:46 PM CDT
KIOXIA's new CD8 Series PCIe 5.0 SSD: up to 15.3TB, up to 7.2GB/secKIOXIA introduces its second-gen PCIe 5.0 for enterprise and data center computers, with the new KIOXIA CD8 Series SSDs.Mar 23, 2022 6:21 PM CDT
New Suicide Squad game's 2023 delay actually makes a lot of senseRocksteady's new Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is the latest casualty of delay season, will now release in 2023.Mar 23, 2022 3:40 PM CDT
You can now buy Jeffrey Epstein's private islands for $125 millionYou won't be able to fly there on the Lolita Express with Bill Clinton, but you can buy Jeffrey Epstein's islands for $125M now.Mar 23, 2022 10:00 AM CDT
Scientists conduct experiment that may change physics foreverResearchers believe they have an experiment that could confirm the fifth state of matter, a discovery that would rock science.Mar 23, 2022 4:43 AM CDT
Elon Musk's next-generation rocket photographed in all its glorySpaceX's latest and greatest rocket, which is expected to be the transportation to the moon and beyond, has been photographed.Mar 23, 2022 3:31 AM CDT
China Eastern Airlines crash investigators drop updateThe investigators for the China Eastern Airlines flight MU5735 that suddenly nose-dived into a crash have dropped an update.Mar 23, 2022 2:03 AM CDT
NASA confirms 5,000 planets exist outside of our solar systemNASA has confirmed that it has discovered 5,000 planets outside our solar system, a milestone it achieved over 30 years.Mar 23, 2022 12:33 AM CDT
Forspoken's strange tilted UI belongs in a VR game, not an RPGNew Forspoken gameplay reveals a strange user interface that seems to put style and presentation over functionality and usability.Mar 22, 2022 5:16 PM CDT
New Ghostbusters game announced from Friday the 13th developersNew Ghostbusters game announced from Friday the 13th developer Illfonic, features 4v1 multiplayer and original cast members.Mar 22, 2022 3:37 PM CDT

Massive Antarctic ice shelf just collapsed, in previously stable areaAn ice shelf spanning 460 square miles separating the Conger and Glenzer glaciers from warmer waters in Antarctica has collapsed.Mar 26, 2022 4:26 AM CDT
Exxon Mobil is now mining Bitcoin by burning excess natural gasExxon Mobil and Crusoe Energy Systems Inc. have partnered to use excess natural gas to power portable Bitcoin mining servers.Mar 26, 2022 2:54 AM CDT
GTA+ is a new $5.99/month Grand Theft Auto Online subscriptionRockstar Games launches new $5.99 a month subscription service for Grand Theft Auto Online that includes bonuses and content.Mar 25, 2022 4:05 PM CDT
Gran Turismo 7 players get 1 million free credits as an apologyPolyphony Digital has apologized for Gran Turismo 7's myriad of issues by giving out 1 million free credits to all current owners.Mar 25, 2022 11:35 AM CDT
Biden says what the US will do if Russia uses chemical weaponsUnited States President Joe Biden has revealed what the US will do if Russia decides to use chemical weapons in the Ukraine war.Mar 25, 2022 4:06 AM CDT
NASA cracks opens 50-year-old sealed extraterrestrial time capsuleSample 73001 has finally been opened, after collection in 1972 by the NASA astronauts during the Apollo 17 mission to the moon.Mar 25, 2022 2:05 AM CDT
Elon Musk confirms when Cybertruck will finally enter productionElon Musk has announced during the opening ceremony of Tesla's Berlin Gigafactory that the Cybertruck will be produced in 2023.Mar 25, 2022 12:32 AM CDT
AMD says that its next-gen FSR 2.0 tech is 'fully supported' on XboxAMD reveals that FSR 2.0 is 'fully supported' on the Xbox, included with Xbox developer kits making it easier on game developers.Mar 24, 2022 10:24 PM CDT
GIGABYTE BRIX Extreme Mini-PC: Intel Alder Lake CPU, HDMI 2.1, USB 4GIGABYTE unveils an impressive new BRIX Extreme Mini-PC: exclusive HDMI 2.1 Ultra HD 8K output, for 7680 x 4320 displays.Mar 24, 2022 7:32 PM CDT
Forspoken loads in just 1 second on PC with DirectStorageLuminous Production's new game Forspoken uses Microsoft's next-gen DirectStorage API to achieve lighting-fast loading speeds.Mar 24, 2022 5:30 PM CDT
Anonymous collective claims it has hacked the Central Bank of RussiaThe Anonymous hacking collective have announced it has hacked the Central Bank of Russia and threatened to release documents.Mar 24, 2022 6:33 AM CDT
Paralyzed man uses brain-machine implant to 'effortlessly' communicateA new brain-computer interface has allowed a 37-year-old man dubbed Patient K1 to communicate again after being paralyzed by ALS.Mar 24, 2022 5:04 AM CDT
Woman claims advertisements were 'implanted' into her dreamsA woman claims she participated in 'targeted dream incubation' experiments led by Molson Coors to put advertisements in dreams.Mar 24, 2022 4:01 AM CDT
20-year-old Ukrainian flees Russia's war with USB holding life savingsA 20-year-old Ukrainian escapes his country from Russia's invasion and manages to get out with 40% of his life savings on a USB.Mar 24, 2022 1:02 AM CDT
NVIDIA H100 GPU full details: TSMC N4, HBM3, PCIe 5.0, 700W TDP, moreNVIDIA's next-gen Hopper GPU architecture is here, with the new flagship H100 GPU: 80 billion transistors, made on TSMC N4 node.Mar 23, 2022 9:27 PM CDT
NVIDIA's new GeForce Game Ready 512.15 WHQL drivers releasedNVIDIA's new GeForce Game Ready 512.15 WHQL drivers are Game Ready for Ghostwire: Tokyo, DLSS on Evil Dead: The Game on May 13.Mar 23, 2022 7:04 PM CDT
Tencent earned $33 billion in 2021, more than Nintendo & Xbox combinedTencent is the king of gaming with nearly $33 billion earned from domestic and international games throughout the 2021 period.Mar 23, 2022 5:46 PM CDT
Sony: PS5 VRR coming soon and all games are supportedVariable Refresh Rate (VRR) will bring smoother frame rates in PlayStation 5 games in the 'coming months,' Sony has confirmed.Mar 23, 2022 11:32 AM CDT
OneWeb to use SpaceX rockets to launch satellites after Russian banRussia's banning of OneWeb satellite launches from its Soyuz rocket has led the company to join forces with its competitor SpaceX.Mar 23, 2022 5:25 AM CDT
'Odd' circular objects in space may finally have an explanationSouth Africa's MeerKAT radio telescope has observed an odd radio circle in space to reveal more detail about the so-called ORCs.Mar 23, 2022 4:22 AM CDT
This famous comet disintegrated after its close approach with the SunA famous icy comet is making its way close to the Sun, and as it makes its approach with our star, the comet is falling apart.Mar 23, 2022 3:03 AM CDT
Top US official says Russia has 'failed' its goals with Ukraine warThe US National Security advisor Jake Sullivan has declared that Russia has 'failed' at achieving its three main objectives.Mar 23, 2022 1:34 AM CDT
'Dangerous' forest fires erupt around Chernobyl nuclear power plantUkraine's government announced that forest fires have erupted around the Russian-controlled Chernobyl nuclear power plant.Mar 23, 2022 12:03 AM CDT
Stranger Things crosses over with one of the best FPS games of 2021Netflix's otherworldly Stranger Things is bringing demigorgon monstrosities over to one of Ubisoft's best releases of 2021.Mar 22, 2022 4:49 PM CDT
NVIDIA Eos: the world's fastest AI supercomputer, 4608 x DGX H100 GPUsNVIDIA announces Eos: the world's fastest AI supercomputer with 576 DGX H100 systems and 4608 DGX H100 GPUs... there are no words.Mar 22, 2022 12:25 PM CDT

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