«Leave — not an option»: GameSpot releases documentary on the development of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 in war and evacuation
GameSpot and the Ukrainian studio GSC Game World released a documentary about the final months of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl despite the war.
Scientists have found 4 exoplanets similar to Earth — people may be able to reach them
Astronomers have discovered as many as four tiny exoplanets, orbiting the neighboring Barnard star, almost 6 light years from Earth.
Google Pixel 9a is unveiled and costs $500, but will be released only in April — known reason
Probably, Google has decided to act in a race against the clock with rumors that fully revealed the new smartphone. Pixel 9a presented officially, but it will be available later.
Action movie trailer «Ballerina» — Keanu Reeves hunts Ana de Armas in spinoff «John Wick»
In a few months, the action franchise «John Wick» will return to the big screen, but this time with Ana de Armas in the title role — and, judging by the new trailer, «Ballerina» will face off against Keanu Reeves himself.
«Kyivstar» buys Uklon for $155.2 million
Kyivstar» has announced the purchase of 97% of the corporate rights of the Ukrainian taxi service Uklon. The company expressed interest in acquiring the service about a year ago, in the spring of 2024.
Telegram reached 1 billion users — and became the world’s second largest messenger after WhatsApp, or «a miserable copy» according to Durov
Telegram founder Pavel Durov saidreported that Telegram has become the second most popular messenger in the world, with 1 billion active users per month.
Almost 70% of players do not consider ray tracing necessary — 7 years after its introduction
Ray tracing appeared in 2018 as a breakthrough in graphics, but gamers were divided into camps regarding the necessity of this «feature».
PC gamers spend 92% of their time on old games — there are five absolute leaders
In 2024, the PC gaming market reached almost a billion players, but the vast majority spend 92% of their time playing old games.
Stolen: North Korea becomes the third largest bitcoin-holding country
Thanks to the theft of $1.5 billion in crypto assets from the Bybit exchange last month, the DPRK has managed to rise to third place in the list of countries with the largest number of bitcoins. Pyongyang is now second only to the United States and the United Kingdom.
Asus unveils Ascent GX10 mini-supercomputer on Nvidia Grace Blackwell with 1000 TOPS performance
Asus has officially unveiled the Ascent GX10, its version of Nvidia’s Project Digits. This mini-PC, which uses a superchip GB10 Grace Blackwellprovides up to 1000 TOPS of performance in artificial intelligence tasks.
Physicists: black holes can turn into white ones
In a new study by researchers from the University of Sheffield and the University of Madrid Complutense notes, that black holes can turn into white ones.
Entire cities in China remain uninhabited and pollute the environment
Over the past half century, China has built about 500 new cities, some of them remain uninhabited and seriously pollute the environment.
Language models and human language work in a similar way — AI has helped scientists study the brain
Researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have used the language AI models compared the mechanisms of artificial intelligence and the human brain in processing language information.
Iron Man: man lived a record 100 days with a titanium heart
An Australian resident has set a record by living with titanium heart implant 100 days waiting for a donor transplant.
NVIDIA announces Blackwell Ultra B300 AI chip — 50% faster than B200
At GTC 2025, NVIDIA officially announced the Blackwell Ultra B300, a new GPU for data centers and artificial intelligence.
The secret of longevity: scientists carefully studied a 117-year-old woman
Scientists from the Josep Carreras Institute for Leukemia Research in Spain have analyzed the factors that helped Catalan resident Maria Branias live to the age of 117.
Microsoft: StilachiRAT virus steals data from 20 most popular crypto wallets via Chrome
Microsoft has announced a new remote access trojan (RAT) called StilachiRAT that steals cryptocurrency wallet data. It is already known that users’ data is at risk Google Chrome with installed extensions The 20 most popular wallets. Here is a list of wallets and their Chrome extension ID:
Microsoft forced to add Koreans to Age of Empires 2 — and it cost their employee his freedom
A former game designer at Ensemble Studios told how Microsoft forced Age of Empires 2 developers to add Koreans — and it ended in an arrest.
AMD CEO Lisa Su signs the world’s first mini-PC with Ryzen AI Max+ 395 ─ it outperforms 3x RTX 5080 in AI
China’s GMKTec has announced the EVO-X2, which it calls «the world’s first AI mini-PC equipped with a AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395». The device was unveiled during the AMD Greater China Channel Summit event, which was attended by top «red team» executives, including AMD CEO Lisa Su and Senior Vice President and General Manager Jack Huynh.…
People prefer texts by humans, but they also read AI works just as much, — research
A study, conducted by researchers from the Institute of Labor Economics at the University of Bonn found, that people prefer small works written by real authors, but most still spend the same amount of time and money on reading them, generated by artificial intelligence.
Baldur’s Gate 3 game director advised to turn on «imagination» for those who think single-player games are «dead»
The author of Baldur’s Gate 3 criticized those who are dooming large single-player games to death again.
Supercomputer on the table: NVIDIA DGX desktops on GB300 Grace Blackwell Ultra chips are designed for local AI deployment
NVIDIA is reviving the DGX series of desktops, this time with Grace Blackwell Ultra processors that deliver up to 20 PFLOPS of performance in AI operations.
Elecom introduces the world’s first sodium-ion power bank – operates for up to 13 years at temperatures down to -34°C
Japanese brand Elecom has released the world’s first power bank powered by a sodium-ion battery. It promises a significantly longer service life than traditional lithium-ion batteries and also provides the ability to operate at extremely low and high temperatures.
New Windows 11 feature explains why your PC — sucks
Microsoft is working on a new feature in Windows 11 that will help users understand how their system hardware affects performance.
Bethesda’s Todd Howard named two of the most influential games of all time — and it’s not Skyrim
If you were asked about the most influential game in history, what would you say? Bethesda CEO Todd Howard was quick to give his answer.
Apple ignored a bug in iOS 18 for three months that could have caused passwords to leak
Apple has discovered a bug in the Passwords program that left iPhone users vulnerable to phishing attacks for three months.
The clearest images of the first light of the Universe: astronomers saw the light 380 thousand years after the Big Bang
An international team of astronomers has used the Atacama telescope to obtain incredibly clear images of relic radiation that emerged 380 thousand years after the Big Bang.
Bethesda in Fallout 76 allows you to play as a ghoul and adds new mechanics
For the first time ever, a major Fallout 76 update will allow «players to switch sides and become a ghoul.
Photos of unreleased AMD Radeon RX 9070 reference design differ from official renders
Photos of the AMD Radeon RX 9070 graphics card in the OEM (reference design) version, which has never been released, have appeared on the web. At least not officially. This card can be found on the Chinese black market.
NVIDIA unveils RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell with 96GB of memory and other professional graphics cards for servers, PCs and laptops
At GTC 2025, NVIDIA is unveiling the next generation of its professional graphics cards for desktops, laptops, and servers. Blackwel graphics adapters are designed for visualization and AI tasks.
Assassin’s Creed Shadows received 82/100 points on Metacritic — but with criticism for repetition and «dramatic flatness»
Assassin’s Creed Shadows is almost a month away from release, so Metacritic and OpenCritic have already given their verdicts.
9 months instead of 8 days: the Boeing Starliner crew finally returned from orbit on a SpaceX ship
Two NASA astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who were crew members of the spacecraft Boeing Starliner and had to spend 9 months on the International Space Station instead of the planned 8 days, finally returned to Earth.
Netflix is suing director «47 Ronin» — he received $11 million for the series, but lost money on crypto and stocks
Director Karl Rinsch, known for the movie «47 Ronin» starring Keanu Reeves, is accused of fraud and embezzlement from an unfinished Netflix sci-fi series.
Pebble creator releases new smartwatches — Core 2 Duo for $149 and Core Time 2 for $225 with 30 days of battery life
Pebble founder Eric Michigowski presented two smartwatch models that revive his brand — Core 2 Duo and Core Time 2.
Binance co-founder Changpeng «CZ» Zhao: the crypto market will destroy 95% of investors
Former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, better known as CZ, shared his disappointing thoughts on the fate of investors in the current market, as well as the role of AI agents.
Patch 1.3 for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 is out: nerfs to mutant and altered objects, fewer fights, and more than 1200 changes
GSC Game World just released a big patch 1.3 of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl with more than 1200 «improvements». In quotes because some changes, like in 1.2, are ambiguous.
More expensive than Motorola: Google acquires cloud service Wiz Inc for $32 billion
Google announced signing of a definitive agreement to acquire Wiz Inc. The Israeli cloud cybersecurity company will strengthen Google Cloud. This is the largest deal in Google’s history.
Like two Tesla Supercharger V4s: BYD unveils ultra-fast car charger, 400 km in 5 minutes
Chinese automaker BYD has announced a new high-speed charging technology that allows adding 400 km of range in just 5 minutes of charging. The company also plans to make significant investments in charging station infrastructure and build more than 4000 new fast charging points across China.
The documentary Vitalik: An Ethereum Story will be released on streaming: where and when
Residents of 23 countries were able to see the film back on September 18, 2024, if they were able to buy an NFT ticket for $20. Now it has become known that a documentary about the Ethereum blockchain network and its co-founder Vitalik Buterin created by Optimist studio, can still be viewed. It has become known that Vitalik: An Ethereum Story will…
Fans of the series «Severance» apply for a job at Lumon — the company actually exists and is engaged in glazing
The release of the second season of «Severance» has led to a hiring boom at Lumon, a Finnish international company that divides employees into different personalities and conducts experiments.
The Last Of Us series will feature the Stalker — one of the most terrifying infected from the game (and not only him)
The second season of the series The Last Of Us promises to be even more brutal — the creators announced the appearance of cunning and fast stalkers.
Register «Oberig» knows even about those who have not updated their data and have not communicated with the TCC
Last year, the Verkhovna Rada passed a law requiring men and women liable for military service aged 18 to 60 to update their registration information in the Military Registration and Enlistment Office. Some people deliberately refused to comply with this provision of the law, hoping to avoid being drafted. Their reasoning was simple: if you…
Half-Life 2 RTX demo is now available on Steam — try it if your video card can handle it
If you’ve been waiting for Half-Life 2 RTX — now is the time to try it if your hardware can handle it.
Apple meeting leak reveals Siri and AI disaster — marketing races ahead of real opportunities
The company is trying to include some AI-based features in iOS 19 that were announced last June, but there are big problems with this.
Ubisoft is waiting for a hit: the creators of Assassin’s Creed Shadows have hired psychologists and are advised to hide their place of work
Ubisoft is preparing for the invasion of haters in advance, and has already hired psychologists for Assassin’s Creed Shadows developers.
Google to help Ukrainians master AI with free AI Essentials course
2500 Ukrainians will be able to take the course for free Google AI Essentials on the Coursera platform. Participants will gain knowledge about artificial intelligence and will be able to get certified by Coursera.
An IT specialist earned $470,000 a year from 6 remote jobs — it turned out that he had a whole team working for him
An experienced IT quality control specialist who tells his story under the pseudonym Harrison «juggled» six remote jobs during the year and earned $470,000. His goal for the next year is $800,000, but how does he do it?
Human skin cells communicate almost like neurons — what they «talk about»
American researchers have discovered the ability to epithelial cells human skin exchange signals and warn of danger.
Somebody has created a database of USA Tesla owners and property, as well as DOGE employees — personal data will be deleted if a person sells a car
Dogequest website published a map of the United States with a search for people involved in DOGE and Tesla (including car owners). The database contains names, addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses.
«Similar to Elden Ring» — Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet will focus on player freedom (insider)
It looks like Naughty Dog will change the game approach in Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet in favor of a world that is somewhat similar to Elden Ring.
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