Gigabyte introduces Aorus Gen5 14000 SSD for M.2 PCIe 5.0 — up to 14,500 MB/s, 3D-TLC NAND, built-in DDR4 cache
Gigabyte has released one of the fastest SSDs, the Aorus Gen5 14000, with 3D-TLC NAND flash memory. According to the manufacturer, the Aorus Gen5 14000 SSD has a 99% performance boost compared to PCIe 4.0 SSDs.
Elon Musk asks to recognize Ukrainian website Texty.org.ua as a terrorist organization
Elon Musk has demanded that the Ukrainian edition of Texty.org.ua be added to the list of sanctioned terrorist organizations. The reason for his statement was an analytical publication on the website, which detailed US senators and other individuals who do not support or have ambiguous attitudes toward Ukraine.
Porto.ua, the first Ukrainian P2P car sharing platform, has launched in beta
Porto.ua positions itself as a marketplace for car rental and delivery, offering services in the P2P (person-to-person) format.
Writer of the series «Acolytes» never watched «Star Wars» — showrunner Leslie Hadland likes this
One of the writers of the «Acolyte» series had never watched the «Star Wars» movies until she got the job. But it was this feature that, according to showrunner Leslie Hadland, helped improve a scene in one of the series’ episodes.
«House of the Dragon»: Mexico protests Targaryen flags on historic castle
Mexico is protesting the display of flags from the TV series «Dragon’s Den» on a historic castle. A generated promotional video showing Targaryen banners flying over the historic site has angered officials, who are threatening legal action.
SpaceX employees' lawsuit against Elon Musk — sexual harassment, bullying, revenge
Eight dismissed SpaceX engineers have filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk alleging sexual harassment and retaliation. The U.S. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has opened a case against the company.
George Martin says «Game of Thrones» will still get a canceled prequel «10,000 ships»
George Martin says the pilot episode of «10,000 Ships», the previously canceled prequel to «Game of Thrones», is back in the works. In his own blog Martin congratulated writer Ebony Booth on winning the Pulitzer Prize and confirmed a pilot based on her script.
Wi-Fi vulnerability in Windows allows malicious attacks to be carried out completely unnoticed without logging into the network
Microsoft recently closed a security gap in the Windows Wi-Fi driver. The exploit would allow attackers to run malicious code on vulnerable systems via Wi-Fi. The vulnerability specifically affects Windows 10 and Windows 11, as well as all versions of Windows Server since 2008. An attacker does not need to have access to the target computer to…
Two months in Nintendo Splatoon after servers shut down — fan blogs on X Twitter
The shooter Splatoon was supposed to «die» quickly after Nintendo shut down the 3DS and Wii U servers on April 8. But one persistent player managed to play Splatoon much longer. User Lcd101, the self-proclaimed «last Splatoon 1» player, has been on the non-functional server for over two months.
«Gladiator 2»: the first footage of the lead actor Paul Mescal from the set
The Daily Mail received the first photos of Paul Mescal, the lead actor in «Gladiator 2», on the set. Paul will play Lucius, the adult nephew of Emperor Commodus and son of his sister Lucilla, portrayed as a child in the Oscar-winning «Gladiator» in 2000 with Russell Crowe. The original historical epic grossed five times its budget and helped…
Samsung has created Shortcut smart sneakers that control your smartphone — 9 pairs in total
Samsung has started developing sneakers. But don’t count on a Galaxy-branded line just yet: the company has released a unique limited edition sneaker that controls your Samsung smartphone with your movements. How about that, Tim Cook?
«The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirim» — first footage and details of the anime to be released on December 13
The first images and details of the upcoming anime «The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirim» from New Line and Warner Bros Animation. The new data was published by Entertainment Weekly. They are also based on interviews with the producer Philippa Boyens, director Kenji Kamiyama and the film’s star, Gaya Wise.
Spotify will add lossless (Hi-Fi, lossless music) this year in a new tariff for +$5 — insider
According to an insider, Spotify will introduce a new, more expensive premium subscription plan this year that will finally include lossless digital music is available. Users will pay at least $5 more for better quality audio and new playlist creation and library management tools.
«China may put pressure». Ukraine demands to ban TikTok
On the website «Electronic petitions» Cabinet of Ministers registered a proposal to ban TikTok in Ukraine. Among the main reasons for the need to block the social network are China’s control over it, which helps Russia in its war with Ukraine, and the ease with which disinformation is spread on it.
Trailer for Arcane — the second and last season of Netflix animated series based on the game League of Legends
After short teasers, Netflix has finally released the full trailer of the second season animated series Arcane. According to Netflix, the latest chapter of the League of Legends game adaptation shows the «horrific escalation of the» between the cities of Piltover and Zaun — and the sisters Vee and Jinx.
The fifth season of «The Boys» will be the last — showrunner Eric Kripke
It is officially reported that fifth season of the series «The Boys» will be the last. This was announced by the series creator Eric Kripke on the eve of the fourth season.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard — 20 minutes of gameplay and a lot of information from BioWare
Electronic Arts and BioWare have released the official 20-minute gameplay video for Dragon Age: The Veilguard. The demo shows the beginning of the game and companions, dialogues, boss battles, and combat mechanics.
Obsidian showed Avowed in a 30-minute gameplay demo
Obsidian Entertainment has published a 30-minute overview of its fantasy role-playing game Avowed, of which 25 minutes is a gameplay demonstration. The video reveals in detail the gameplay in the world of Eora, created by the authors of Fallout: New Vegas, Pillars of Eternity, and The Outer Worlds.
Ubisoft shows Star Wars Outlaws gameplay — space and ground battles, stealth, Nix's abilities
During the Ubisoft Forward broadcast, the company demonstrated more than 10 minutes of Star Wars Outlaws gameplay. The video includes a shootout in space, a brief tour of the iconic crime center Moss Eisley, and the protagonist’s little assistant Nix at work.
Optimus Prime was arrested for illegal driving — franchise «Transformers» nothing is in danger
Optimus Prime has been arrested in Austin, Texas. But the Autobots can be calm about the fate of their leader, and fans — don’t worry about the Transformers «franchise». Ironically, 37-year-old Optimus Prime Blakely is accused of unauthorized use of a car.
Assassin's Creed Shadows and 13 other AAA games to be released on Apple devices
Recently, when Apple technology received new powerful processors, many games appeared on its platform. The latest devices already have AppleAssassin’s Creed Mirage, Death Stranding, and Resident Evil Village. At the WWDC 2024 presentation, it became known that many other AAA games will join them in the coming months.
The NVIDIA GTX 1080 Ti video card was sold for $1.63 — but was uncompetitive due to shipping
The NVIDIA GTX 1080 Ti video card was sold for $1.63. A visitor to the American online store Newegg shared a photo of the found offer (now the product has been removed). Unfortunately, the refurbished NVIDIA GTX 1080 Ti cost $400 to ship, making it uncompetitive with other similar graphics cards on Newegg. The payment for the video card was made in…
Elon Musk will ban Apple devices in his companies if there is something from OpenAI at the OS level — «They sell you for nothing»
Elon Musk said he would ban Apple devices in his companies if the iPhone manufacturer integrates OpenAI products at the operating system level. The billionaire said this wrote in a series of posts on X.
Apple has added a calculator to the new iPadOS 18 for the first time in 14 years — it supports handwriting
Apple unveiled iPadOS 18 at WWDC 2024. The update will be available in the fall, the developer beta will be available from today, and the public beta will be available next month.
Apple announces Vision Pro sales outside the US and introduces VisionOS 2
Apple has announced that the Vision Pro virtual reality headset priced at $3499 will be sold worldwide starting June 28. The first countries outside the US to receive Vision Pro will be China, Japan, and Singapore (pre-orders from June 13). They will be followed by Germany, France, Australia, the United Kingdom, and Canada, where sales will begin…
Trailer of «Konotop Witch» — revenge film against Russian occupiers will be released on August 22
«Konotop Witch» — revenge movie. The story takes place during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The film will premiere on August 22, the day before Ukraine’s Independence Day.
When will laptops with NVIDIA RTX 50xx and new Intel and AMD processors be released — leaked plans for two years
The hackers got access to the materials of laptop manufacturer Clevo and learned about the time and details of the release of NVIDIA RTX 50xx mobile graphics cards, new generation Intel and AMD processors, and laptops with them.
Microsoft unveils $450 digital Xbox X and two more console variants — new model is already in development
The long rumored fully digital Xbox Series X is now a reality and will be released this fall. The console will be white, cheaper, and will have a 1TB SSD drive. Microsoft also announced that it will update existing consoles with alternative colors and memory configurations.
Story trailer for Obsidian's RPG Avowed — the game will be released this year, immediately on Xbox Game Pass
Obsidian Entertainment has released a new trailer for Avowed at Xbox Games Showcase 2024. It is confirmed that the new RPG from the masters of the genre will be released this year.
Trailer for the new Fable from Playground Games — «long in the making» to be released in 2025
At the Xbox Showcase at Summer Game Fest 2024, Microsoft showed the second trailer for the Fable reboot by Playground Games. This time, the release window was announced as «long-awaited» — Fable will be released in 2025. Both companies still reveal few details about the game
The trailer for the new Doom: The Dark Ages — a shooter set in the Middle Ages will be released in 2025
Bethesda and Id Software have shown a trailer for Doom: The Dark Ages, a prequel to the series. The new Doom will be released in 2025 on Xbox Series X and S, PC, and PlayStation 5. It is a game in a somewhat unusual medieval setting for Doom.
New trailer for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl in full Ukrainian — «Land, my native land!
GSC Game World presented a new trailer for STALKER 2: Heart of Chernobyl with excellent Ukrainian voice acting at the Xbox Showcase presentation. The game’s good graphics are striking, and its release on September 5 on PC and Xbox has been confirmed again.
The first trailer for Dragon Age: The Veilguard — BioWare shows companions, the game will be released in the fall
At Xbox Showcase, BioWare presented the first trailer for Dragon Age: The Veilguard. The trailer showed the player’s companions, hinted at some familiar faces, and announced that the game will be released in the fall of 2024.
New trailer for Star Wars Outlaws hints at old friends and gameplay elements, to be shown on June 10
A new short trailer for Star Wars Outlaws was shown at Summer Game Fest 2024. It is likely that the game will feature Lando Calrissian from the «Star Wars» movies.
New teaser trailer «Deadpool and Wolverine» — Marvel fans spotted Ladypool and Juggernaut
The newest teaser trailer for the movie «Deadpool and Wolverine», according to fans, contains several big clues related to other Marvel characters. Not that these are very reliable clues, but they have the right to exist.
46 years of the x86 architecture — Intel 8086 processor introduced on June 8, 1978
The impact of the Intel 8086 processor on the computer industry is hard to overestimate. It pioneered the x86 architecture, which is still used in most computers today. Intel 8086, introduced on June 8, 1978, 46 years ago.
«Dune»: Dune Awakening MMO takes place in a world where Paul Atreides was never born — trailer tells about the game's broadcast on June 20
The survival MMO Dune Awakening turned out to be a game in the alternative history of the world «Dune». In this story, Paul Atreides was not born and all further events were radically different.
From software to hard: the Winamp player plays music and is controlled from the touch screen
Rodmg enthusiast has created a physical implementation of the retro Winamp music player based on Raspberry Pi 4 called Linamp. It can play mp3, m4a, FLAC, and other digital formats from a file system, including SMB networks. There is a playlist management, real-time display of the spectrum analyzer, track information, bitrate and sample rate,…
Sid Meier's Civilization VII strategy teaser trailer — gameplay will be shown in August, the game will be released in 2025
Sid Meier’s Civilization VII was announced at the Summer Games Fest 2024 conference. The game is scheduled for release in 2025, and a gameplay demonstration will take place in August this year.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard (not Dreadwolf) gameplay will be presented on June 11 — BioWare talks about the plot, companions and combat
The next Dragon Age game will demonstrate the gameplay on June 11 and will get a new name. As reported by IGN, the game formerly known as Dragon Age: Dreadwolf will be called Dragon Age: The Veilguard. BioWare has revealed many details about the game, which was previously almost unknown.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 got a new trailer — lots of medieval life and combat elements
At Summer Game Fest 2024, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 received a new trailer that shows many characters, story, and some elements of the combat system.
NASA astronaut William Anders, who took the photo «Earthrise» from the moon's orbit in 1968, died in a plane crash
William Anders, an astronaut on the NASA «Apollo 8» mission in 1968, who took the iconic photograph «Earthrise», died in a plane crash. He was 90 years old.
No USB-A and 10 Type-C: ASRock Taichi Aqua motherboard with unannounced Intel Z890 chipset
ASRock is demonstrating a wide portfolio of Intel Z890 and AMD X870 motherboards at Computex 2024. It is interesting that Intel has forbidden its partners to advertise the new boards as Z890, although they are actually already available. One of the new boards is Taichi Aqua — ASRock has announced the merger of the Aqua line with Taichi.
YouTuber charged for shooting fireworks at Lamborghini from helicopter
American YouTuber Alex Choi faces federal charges after posting a video on YouTube showing two women shooting fireworks from a helicopter targeting a Lamborghini. The blogger with nearly 1 million subscribers usually posts videos about cars.
A lithium battery exploded in an apartment in the suburbs of Kyiv (allegedly) — a man suffered burns
Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Kyiv region reports about the explosion of an «unidentified object» (possibly a lithium battery) in a residential multi-storey building in Sofiyivska Borshchahivka. The explosion was reported at 13:54 on June 7.
Fallout showrunner talks about five seasons and the soonest release of the second one
The success of Amazon Prime’s Fallout series has significantly boosted sales of the games in the series and allowed it to easily enter a second season. The popularity of Fallout «surprised» showrunner Graham Wagner, as he explained The Hollywood Reporter. Wagner also said that the creators had talked about creating five seasons of the…
$250 thousand per minute of trailer at Summer Game Fest — for independent studios, prices are astronomical
According to Summer Game Fest PR manager Jasmine James, unlike E3, where Xbox, Nintendo, and PlayStation dominated, the festival, and in particular the Play Days event, gives individual and not very large studios the opportunity to participate. However, this participation can cost a lot.
Learn, Steam — GOG gaming marketplace will allow you to inherit your account, but there are nuances
After publications Ars Technica on Steam accounts not being inherited after owner’s death, GOG game store reported a website that is ready to help users transfer their accounts in the event of their death, but spoke about the complex legal nuances.
Tesla CEO demands $56 billion for Musk because «Elon needs motivation»
Tesla CEO Robin Denholm calls on the company’s shareholders to approve a $56 billion payout to Elon Musk. On June 13, Tesla shareholders will decide the fate of the compensation package.
YouTube will limit the age of viewing videos with weapons, ban some altogether — from June 18
YouTube is changing its rules for videos with guns. They will be age-restricted, and some will be banned outright. Content depicting homemade and automatic firearms will be banned for viewers under the age of 18, and safety device removal training videos will be banned regardless of age. The new policy will come into effect on June 18.
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