Scientists turn printed circuit boards into jelly for better recycling
Scientists from the University of Washington have invented new printed circuit boards that could significantly reduce the amount of electronic waste that ends up in landfills. These boards partially turn into jelly, which is easy to recycle.
Enthusiast converts Crucial QLC 512GB SSD to SLC 120GB with increased resource and speed
Tech enthusiast Gabriel Ferraz converted his Crucial BX500 512GB SSD from QLC (4 bits per cell) to SLC (one bit per cell). This reduced the drive’s capacity to 120 GB, while increasing the SSD’s performance and durability.
ASUS Vivobook S — the first announced laptop with Snapdragon X processors will be released on May 20
ASUS has announced that it will present the first laptop with Snapdragon X Elite on May 20. The presentation will feature speakers from Qualcomm and Microsoft. The event will be held virtually, but there is no talk of a live broadcast. However, ASUS has created a special page for the event that will go live on May 7.
Not just Paramount: CEOs in the U.S. are leaving in droves — due to stress, pressure and loneliness
It’s not a good time to be a CEO, judging by the recent wave of layoffs in the US. HSBC’s Noel Quinn unexpectedly announced on Tuesday that he will step down as CEO when the board selects his successor. Bob Bakish of Paramount Global resigned from the media giant on Monday, and Kenny Wilson of Dr Martens recently announced that this…
«Megalopolis» Coppola: Adam Driver and Nathalie Emmanuel in the first shot of the long-awaited sci-fi saga
The first still from Francis Ford Coppola’s new film «Megalopolis» has been released. Adam Driver and Nathalie Emmanuel (Missandei in «Game of Thrones») appear in an intriguing poster from Vanity Fairin a scene set against the backdrop of retro-futuristic New York.
Apple lures AI specialists from Google and has a secret lab in Zurich — Financial Times
According to Financial TimesApple has lured dozens of AI experts from Google and created a «secret European laboratory» in Zurich. A new team of employees works there to create new AI models and products.
Ex-manager of Twitter X (the one who slept in the office), now works at Meta and tells interesting things about Elon Musk
Do you remember the woman who slept in Twitter’s X office and justified Elon Musk’s methods, and she was fired anyway? Well, now Esther Crawford is working for Mark Zuckerberg at Meta, which she talks about said on Instagram. Crawford was XTwitter’s director of product management for more than two years before she was fired in…
Nokia to launch LTE on the Moon in 2024… «It’s already happened»
Space.com reports that Nokia is developing an LTE/4G communication system for the Moon. Its first part may be launched as early as the end of this year. The hardware for a simplified version of the network is to be launched later this year as part of the IM-2 Intuitive Machine mission, which is to land at the south pole of the Moon.
«Hey, buy Fallout 4»: PlayStation Plus (non-Extra) users will not receive a free non-Extra update of the game — Bethesda
Bethesda has clarified which Fallout 4 owners will not be able to receive the free next-generation update. It turned out that the problems with the update and PlayStation Plus — subscription are not a bug, but a feature.
Computer with a coffee machine — no need to take a break from the game to roast beans and make coffee
On the YouTube channel Nerdforge showed a fully functional desktop computer with a coffee maker, coffee grinder, and bean roaster. The PC owner will be able to get fresh coffee with milk without getting up from the table — the device will roast, grind, and prepare the drink very quickly.
How Ukrainian Armed Forces drones mine Russian occupiers’ routes from the air
Mine clearance with the help of drones helps the Ukrainian Armed Forces to nullify the efforts of Russian sappers — the road can be mined after they have left. About said Ukrainian military officer and expert on radio communications, electronic warfare and drones, Serhiy «Flash» Beskrestnov.
The Manor Lords strategy was purchased more than 1 million times per day, with the number of simultaneous players exceeding 173,000
According to the publisher of Hooded Horse, the medieval city-building simulator Manor Lords, which was released on April 26, crossed the 1 million copies sold mark on the first day. Also, the maximum number of simultaneous players in Hooded Horse exceeded 173,000.
Microsoft opened MS-DOS 4.0 code on GitHub — it was hacked due to UTF-8 and timestamps
In April, Microsoft published the code for its 1986 MS-DOS 4 operating system on GitHub. This is not the first release of DOS code, but this one seems to break some critical files.
Ukrainian F-16s will be based in underground bunkers – Ukrainian Air Force spokesman
Ukraine is actively preparing the infrastructure for the deployment of F-16 fighters and a set of security measures for their storage. Ilya Yevlash, spokesman for the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said this during a telethon.
«Game of Thrones» will become an online game — Nexon’s project is already in development
Website Redanian Intelligence found out that Nexon studio is developing an MMORPG based on series «Game of Thrones». Nexon is behind the recent successful shooter The Finals and some other games.
Apple iPad Pro will be released with M4 processor, iPhone 16 will get A18 chip with AI — Mark Gurman
According to Mark Gurman of Bloomberg, the new iPad Pro will receive M4 processor will start Apple’s transition to AI devices. Earlier, he reported that Apple is accelerating processor upgrades for computers and plans to release the M4 chip with new iMac, MacBook Pro and Mac mini this year. According to the journalist, the first device with…
Telegram blocked «єВорог» and other Ukrainian military bots — only Russian fakes work
Telegram blocked Ukrainian military bots for data collection. About this, in particular, reports The Defence Intelligence of Ukraine on its official Telegram channel. The GUR has lost its «Main Intelligence Bot», and «eVorog» the Ministry of Digital Transformation, «Stop russian war bot» the SBU, and others, including the «Shahedov»…
«I blame Facebook»: the screenwriter talks about the movie «The Social Network 2»
14 years after the release of the film about the creation of Facebook «The Social Network» by David Fincher, the film’s screenwriter Aaron Sorkin spoke about his work on the sequel.
Apple ID users faced with mass authorization reset and temporary blocking
On April 27, many users of Apple devices noticed that their Apple ID accounts had been reset and the system did not allow re-authorization. Users were required to reset their passwords, with some reporting that they had to enter their iPhone passcode to reconnect to iCloud. Those who had stolen device protection enabled said they had to wait an…
TSMC chips with 120 x 120 mm dimensions will appear thanks to new CoWoS technology
The record for the largest chip size sounds like something of a dubious proposition, but not in the case of TSMC. The company introduced chip-on-wafer-on-substrate (CoWoS) packaging technology, which will allow for the creation of system-in-package (SiP) systems that are several times larger than existing NVIDIA B200 or AMD Instinct MI300X…
Intel said that motherboard manufacturers are overclocking processors by default and asked them not to do so
Intel has officially responded to the the problem of compatibility of proprietary processors with NVIDIA video cards. Igor Vallossek from the site Igor’s Lab has published a message from Intel to motherboard developers confirming that most of the blame for the situation lies with them. As a reminder, we are talking about video memory errors and…
Linux games get a performance boost with new NVIDIA NVK Vulkan graphics card driver
The NVIDIA NVK Vulkan driver for Linux has received a significant update that will significantly improve gaming performance by implementing implicit pipeline caching. This optimization method allows the video card to reuse rendered content and pipeline configurations. This eliminates the need for pipeline reprogramming and improves performance.
The director of the movie «Alien: Romulus» showed the facepalm model in action — the alien ran on the floor
Fede Alvarez, director of «Alien: Romulus», shared a behind-the-scenes video laughingstock (facehugger), which turned out to be not just a passive prop, but quite naturally ran around the room with the help of radio control
Selected NVIDIA — MSI Radeon RX graphics cards disappear
MSI Radeon RX 7000 series video cards are mysteriously disappearing from stores around the world Australia, USA and Germany. The company recognizes this fact and commented on it for the website Hardware Luxx:
NVIDIA graphics cards vs Intel processors: the hardware conflict is resolved by motherboard manufacturers
Motherboard manufacturers offer solutions compatibility issues between NVIDIA graphics cards and Intel processors 13 and 14 generations from the K-series. As expected, they changed the processor profiles and lowered the TDP limits that were too high. As a reminder, we are talking about video memory errors and stability issues when compiling shaders…
Artificial intelligence helped a physical education teacher compromise a school principal and investigate his embezzlement
A physical education teacher and former athletic director at a high school in Pikesville, Maryland, USA, was arrested and charged with using artificial intelligence to clone his voice to frame the school principal.
Fallout 4 Nextgen Update «breaks» saves and mods in the game — and does not work correctly with displays
Nextgen update for Fallout 4 appeared after a two-year wait since its first announcement and release of the franchise seriesThe patch was a success, but it caused problems for players, particularly on PC. The mod compatibility issues were expected from Bethesda’s release, but players didn’t get much out of the patch, which weighs…
NVIDIA CEO worked as a courier — Jensen Huang delivered the first DGX H200 AI accelerator to Sam Altman of OpenAI
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang personally delivered the world’s first DGX H200 artificial intelligence accelerator to Sam Altman and Greg Brockman of OpenAI. The trio shared a photo on Twitter as a souvenir.
93% of weapons applications are approved in Ukraine
Ukrainians are actively applying for weapons, and most of them are approved. In the eight months from June last year, when the Unified Firearms Register was launched, to February 2024, 226,000 applications for firearms were received, of which 93% were approved, —210,000.
The world’s largest 3D printer prints a house in 80 hours
The University of Maine has just unveiled the world’s largest polymer 3D printer. The new device, called Factory of the Future 1.0 (FoF 1.0), can print objects measuring 29 meters long, 9.7 meters wide, and 5.5 meters high. The 3D printer is relatively fast, using 227 kg of material per hour.
DRAM and NAND in a single chip — researchers have created phase-shifting memories that do not consume much power
Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in South Korea have developed a new type of phase-shifting memory that does not have the drawbacks of previous iterations of this technology.
Fallout 4 has received Next-Gen updates on current PlayStation, Xbox, and PC versions — but not on PS Plus subscription
Bethesda has released the Fallout 4 Next-Gen update. The new version of the game is available on PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox Series X, S and One, and PC. In the case of PS5, Fallout 4 has version 1.000.001 and weighs 56.503 GB.
TSMC unveils A16 (1.6 nm) process — Apple iPhone will be able to receive chips on it in 2027
TSMC introduced A16 chip manufacturing process, i.e. 1.6 nm. The new technology significantly increases the density of chip logic and makes it possible to increase chip performance and data processing speed.
The Herculaneum scrolls indicated where Plato was buried — they were read «by the bionic eye»
Three years ago, a research team at the University of Pisa decided to decipher the Herculaneum Scrolls using a new technology known as the «bionic eye». The scrolls were discovered in the 18th century, and many scholars have tried to restore them. However, most of these historical documents could not be read due to their poor condition (which can…
Taiwanese from TSMC and Slovenians from EKWB abuse workers in the US: racism, overtime and underpayment
It seems that Asian and Eastern European companies that open factories in the United States bring their «production culture» there. According to testimonies, American employees of TSMC and PC manufacturer EKWB from Slovenia face racism, rudeness, overtime, underpayment, and false accusations.
Not a competitor to Apple and Intel: Qualcomm is cheating with Snapdragon X chip tests — insiders say manufacturers didn’t achieve the results
Qualcomm accused of misleading test results of new processors for Windows laptops Snapdragon X Elite and Plus. These chips are positioned as the first potentially competitive Windows on Arm processors compared to Apple, Intel, and AMD products. However, the website SemiAccurate claims that Qualcomm and its partners did not actually achieve the test…
Photoshop has fooled everyone again: a viral photo of a dog copulating with a Dalmatian robot turned out to be a fake
Most likely, everyone has seen the photo of a dog trying to make love to a robot dog, right? The photo went viral on Reddit, Instagram, X, and other social platforms. But, as expected, it is fake.
Bethesda: Fallout was played by 5 million people per day, including a million — in «doomed» Fallout 76
Bethesda has reported that five million people recently played Fallout games in one day (it did not specify which one). A million of these players were in the online game Fallout 76, which six years ago was considered doomed by observers due to low attendance. The studio announced this on the evening of April 23.
Unreal Engine 5.4 released — ray tracing on Linux, better TSR scaling and higher performance
The game engine is Unreal Engine 5.4, announced a month agois now available to all game developers. One of the most important things in list of updates was the improvement of TSR (Temporal Super Resolution) — an alternative to NVIDIA DLSS, AMD FSR, and Intel XeSS.
How an Intel Core i7-8700 processor for $3.25 works from a Japanese vending machine
Vending machines like this usually sell small toys, but this one is loaded with Intel processors from previous generations. Japanese YouTuber Sawara-San purchased an Intel Core i7-8700 processor after giving the machine 500 yen (about $3.25) and returning the handle. The chip was tested and found to be flawed.
The trailer for «Deadpool and Wolverine» contained more swearing than the entire Marvel universe — the movie may break a few more records
The trailer of the movie «Deadpool and Wolverine» broke several Marvel records and more. In particular, it is the most viewed movie trailer within 24 hours. It also broke the record for the most swear words in a Marvel trailer and contains more profanity than the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe combined — including cut-off lines.
Production of an eco-friendly €1200 RCYL bicycle made… of plastic has started
The igus:bike prototype appeared back in 2022. Now the bike with the new name RCYL is being put into production. The bicycle is made of recycled plastic, but it is obviously subject to similar recycling after its use.
Apple — no, Samsung can. South Korea to ban iPhone for military due to security concerns
According to the publication The Korea GeraldSouth Korea’s military is considering a complete ban on the use of Apple iPhones at military facilities due to concerns about the possible leakage of confidential information through voice recordings.
A famous streamer’s dipfake forced a fan to smash his PS4 in exchange for a PlayStation 5 — which he never received
The controversial streamer Adin Ross has a large fan base who are willing to do anything to attract attention — drown a car in a lake or something similar. Ross’s broadcasts are usually accompanied by the promise of a reward for destructive pranks. With the help of a dipfake, the tiktoker managed to mislead his fans.
Samsung starts production of new generation V-NAND memory: +33% performance, -10% power consumption
Samsung announced announced the start of mass production of 9th generation V-NAND flash memory, which offers a 33% increase over current technology. Production of 1TB TCL V-NAND will start this month, while QLC will arrive in the second half of 2024. Earlier, the start of production was confirmed by unofficial sources, from which it is also known…
Tesla Cybertruck owners modify accelerator with a drill for more than $83,000
This weekend, during the Cybertakeover event in California, USA, organized by the Santa Clarita Valley Tesla Owners Club, a Cybertruck owner showed how to fix the problem that caused Tesla to recall 3,878 vehicles. In a matter of seconds, he makes a hole with a drill and secures the pedal with a rivet. The operation seems simple, but should car…
Meta presents Meta Horizon OS and announces new VR headsets from Xbox, Asus, and Lenovo
Meta represents Meta Horizon OS operating system and is joining forces with Microsoft to create a limited edition Meta Quest virtual reality headset «inspired by Xbox». The companies did not disclose any details about this headset, but it seems that it will be the current Meta Quest model or some future headset that will be bundled with an Xbox…
Wheels go in any direction: a YouTuber created an unusual electric motorcycle
British YouTuber James Bruton has extensive experience with self-balancing technology and omnidirectional wheels. His new electric bike balances well and goes in any direction. Previously, Bruton has already made self-balancing bicycleand a bunch of self-stabilizing robots.
Netflix series «Rats», spin-off «The Witcher» probably canceled — footage will be included in the fourth season of the main show
Website Redanian Intelligence reports that Netflix has apparently canceled the «Witcher» spin-off about the «Rats» gang, which Ciri joins at the end of season 3. The scenes that have already been filmed are rumored to be included in the fourth season of «The Witcher».
LGBTQ+ dating service Grindr is accused of selling confidential user data to advertisers
A class-action lawsuit against LGBTQ+ dating and hookup app Grindr claims that thousands of users’ data in the UK, including their HIV status, has been shared with third parties. The lawsuit, filed on Monday by British law firm Austen Hays, accuses Grindr of violating British data protection laws by sharing sensitive information with third…
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