To replace hydroelectric power plants? Scientists have learned to generate electricity from raindrops
Researchers from Singapore have developed a fairly simple way to use falling water droplets to generation of electric power.
Gameplay of the sci-fi horror Cronos: The New Dawn by Bloober Team — post-apocalyptic Poland and the Mergemechanics
Bloober Team has released the full gameplay of Cronos: The New Dawn — survival horror about post-apocalypse, time travel, and monster fusion.
A first look at Xbox Copilot, Microsoft's AI assistant that helps you win games
Microsoft has begun testing an early version of Copilot for Gaming, a gaming assistant. The company’s employees already have access to Copilot in the Xbox mobile app. Although it looks similar to the existing Copilot chatbot, it was designed to integrate with an Xbox account.
First reviews of GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB: almost up to RTX 4070 and «miraculous» DLSS 4
The other day NVIDIA introduces new GeForce RTX 5060 series graphics cards. Some media outlets were lucky enough to get their hands on the new products and conduct detailed reviews. However, it should be emphasized that only different models of GeForce RTX 5060 Ti with 16 GB of memory were reviewed NVIDIA has banned partners from providing a junior…
OpenAI has released o3 and o4-mini — the first AI models that «think with pictures»
OpenAI presented its new AI models — o3 and o4-mini, which use all available ChatGPT features (internet search, image generation, etc.) but have an additional option «image reasoning».
Tesla, hold on: Kia has shown a stylish EV4 electric sedan with a range of 531 km and a price of $35 thousand.
At the New York International Auto Show, Kia showed the American version of the EV4 electric car in a sedan body. This model is designed to compete with the Tesla Model 3.
All friends could disappear from Facebook — inside «Zuckerberg's crazy» plan
Social networks need more and more users to increase revenue or attract new advertisers by demonstrating engagement rates. But in 2022, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was considering an idea so absurd that the board of directors might be glad it wasn’t implemented. Internal correspondence presented during the antitrust trial shows: Zuckerberg…
Gemini has learned to generate 720p video, but with a limit of 8 seconds
Gemini Advanced users can now generate videos using the Veo 2 model. To do this, just make a text request and describe your idea.
Bethesda sells 2000 parts of Elder Scrolls Online servers — each for $110
Bethesda launches a promotion to celebrate the 10th anniversary of The Elder Scrolls Online — the sale of a physical part of one of the game’s original servers.
NVIDIA unveils mobile RTX 5060: 3328 CUDA cores, desktop performance, release in May
After announcement NVIDIA has also introduced a mobile version of the GeForce RTX 5060 desktop line of graphics cards. Currently, it is the youngest model among the RTX 50 series of mobile GPUs, although the RTX 5050 is also expected to appear in the future.
Series «Dexter: Resurrection» — first look at the villains Uma Thurman and Peter Dinklage
The series «Dexter: Resurrection» has received its first footage — and among the new faces are Uma Thurman and Peter Dinklage.
Chinese local administrations sell confiscated cryptocurrency despite the current ban
Local governments China started selling confiscated cryptocurrencies for cash through private companies, despite the current ban on cryptocurrency trading in mainland China. They had to do this because of the economic slowdown — they had to fill their coffers somehow.
Large-scale Amazon Web Services outage causes global problems on crypto exchanges
On April 15, the cryptocurrency market faced a large-scale outage of several leading exchanges, including Binance, MEXC, Bitget, and KuCoin. The reason for this was problems in the operation of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) data center, as these platforms depend on the AWS infrastructure.
Trump will launch a crypto game similar to «Monopoly» with NFT
Trump’s crypto empire will now also be a game. The US President is rumored to have had a hand in creating a game similar to the well-known «Monopoly». Players will be able to generate in-game money by moving digital pieces around a virtual city to obtain game items for construction. All of this is done on the blockchain and using NFTs.
Game Pass will get 12 more games in April — Clair Obscur, Far Cry 4, and the return of GTA 5
Xbox Game Pass will be generous for subscribers — Microsoft has added 12 games to the service library at once. Among them is the return of GTA 5, as well as other releases.
Food straight out of the air: a startup has created butter from CO₂, hydrogen and oxygen — as good as regular butter
The American startup Savor produces butter from carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen, which is identical in molecular structure to traditional butter.
A popular Chinese brand in Ukraine launches a new model — ZEEKR 007 GT
It took ZEEKR only 4 months to move from the first teaser of a new electric vehicle to the full launch of a commercial model. The Chinese manufacturer has officially unveiled the new ZEEKR 007 GT electric station wagon in the shooting brake style (a type of car body that combines elements of a sports coupe and station wagon with an extended trunk).…
Happy medieval suffering day! Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 received hardcore mode and bald Henry
Warhorse Studios has released patch 1.2.4 for Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 — hardcore mode and a new hairstyle for Henry. And other fixes.
The new Abby for The Last of Us was chosen without casting — the showrunners were sure that the actress «would fit perfectly» into the story
Caitlin Deaver, who plays Abby in the second season of «The Last of Us, claims that she did not audition for the role because showrunners Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin knew in advance that she was perfect for the role.
Like Musk, but with ChatGPT: OpenAI is working on its own social network similar to X
OpenAI is working on its own social network with a Twitter-like feed, and an early version of the platform is already available.
50 times more accurate than GPS: the first quantum navigation system has been created, which will save up to $1 billion a day
Australian company Q-CTRL has demonstrated its own secure quantum navigation system, that can work independently of GPS.
Microsoft Outlook bug loads CPUs by 50% while typing — no fix yet
Microsoft has confirmed a bug in Outlook Classic that can cause the processor to load up by 30-50% while typing. The worst part is that the first complaints about this appeared in November last year, and there is still no full-fledged solution. The company currently offers only a temporary solution.
CEO of GitHub: «Coding should become a core subject in schools»
In a recent podcast, GitHub CEO Thomas Domke said that future programmers should learn coding as early as possible — and it would be great if such a subject became one of the main subjects in schools.
NVIDIA did not allow us to review the RTX 5060 Ti with 8 GB — what is the company afraid of?
Yesterday NVIDIA officially announced new GeForce RTX 5060 and RTX 5060 Ti graphics cards. But it seems that the company itself does not really believe in the success of these new products. After all, NVIDIA does not allow partners to supply GeForce RTX 5060 Ti graphics cards with 8 GB of memory for reviews. And for the RTX 5060, which is available…
Physicists put Schrödinger's cat in a Rubik's Cube — a puzzle with an infinite number of solutions
The Rubik’s Cube remains one of the most popular puzzles in the world and seems to be getting a new dimension thanks to the efforts of physicists from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
First look at the remaster of The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion, coming next week
After years of rumors and leaks, The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion has finally been revealed — and this time officially.
Debut trailer for «The Life of Chuck» with Tom Hiddleston — Sci-Fi drama based on the novel by Stephen King
After a short teaser Neon has released a full trailer for «The Life of Chuck» —, a sci-fi drama in which Tom Hiddleston lives his life backwards.
In «Reserve+», it will be possible to pay the TP fine with a 50% discount
In the summer, the «Reserve+» app will have a new convenient feature — you can pay a fine for violating the rules of military registration with a 50% discount. And those who are already serving in the army but still have such a fine will be able to pay nothing at all — it will be completely canceled.
Only 3 out of 27 fresh listings on Binance turned out to be profitable
Out of 27 new cryptocurrencies, the largest Binance exchange added to its platform in 2025, only three showed a price increase. All others lost value. Among the coins that showed positive dynamics were FORM, RED, and LAYER.
Global sales of electric vehicles increased by 29%: record in the UK, decline in France, Tesla in the red
In March, global sales of electric vehicles increased to 1.7 million units, and in the first quarter of 2025 reached 4.1 million. This is evidenced by new data from the research company Rho Motion. Year-on-year, sales grew by 29%, and by an impressive 40% compared to February.
Nvidia announces GeForce RTX 5060 Ti and RTX 5060: prices from $379 and $299
Nvidia has officially unveiled the new GeForce RTX 5060 Ti and RTX 5060 graphics cards, completing the first wave of the Blackwell RTX 50 series GPU launch. The second phase of updates is expected to take place early next year, providing improvements in memory performance.
The new Argus Filch from the «Harry Potter» series had a cameo role in the original films — but you've hardly seen him
Yesterday, HBO introduced the adult cast of its upcoming «Harry Potter» — series, and one of the six actors, as it turned out, already had a small role in the franchise (although you have to try hard to see him there).
Baldur's Gate 3 receives final game patch — 12 new classes, mod support and crossplay (+ trailer)
Baldur’s Gate 3 has received a major Patch 8, which will be the final game (not including bug fixes).
Are houses that heat themselves a reality? Scientists have created cement that generates electricity from heat and works as a battery
Scientists from Southeast University in China have developed new material is a cement-based system capable of generating and storing electricity from heat.
How much? A hidden page was found on Steam that counts your spending on games
It turns out that Steam has a tab where you can see how much money you spend and what you spend it on.
Google fixes a 20-year-old bug in Chrome that caused «to escape» browsing history
Almost every platform or service has its own security vulnerabilities — and Chrome is no exception. Recently, Google has already fixed several serious issues that could have given attackers access to sensitive data in the browser, and now it’s fixing another important bug.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 received patch 1.3.2 — fixes plot bugs and NPC issues
GSC Game World has released update 1.3.2 for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl — fewer bugs in missions.
Black western comedy teaser «Eddington» — Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal and conspiracy theories in the midst of a pandemic
A24 has released the first teaser trailer for Ari Astaire’s next film «Eddington» —, a black, and seemingly no longer very relevant, western comedy about COVID-19.
Computed tomography provokes up to 5% of cancer cases, — study
Scientists from the University of California, San Francisco have discovered the risk of oncological diseases in patients undergoing computed tomography.
Ex-PlayStation boss: «Games should rise in price by $5 with each generation»
Former PlayStation CEO Sean Layden is convinced that game prices should be constantly rising by at least $5 every generation.
«The end of the Transatlantic Alliance»: EU starts issuing disposable «anti-spyware» phones to workers traveling to the US
The European Commission has begun issuing disposable phones and basic laptops to some staff traveling to the United States to avoid espionage, a security measure traditionally applied only to travel to China or to war-torn Ukraine for fear of Russian tracking.
NVIDIA, move over: AMD's Radeon RX 9060 XT will have 2048 cores and up to 16 GB of memory
Recently, most of the news has been about GeForce RTX 5060 Ti — NVIDIA’s new mid-range graphics card. But AMD is also not sitting idle and is preparing its answer — a very similar video card in the Radeon RX 9060 XT class.
Crows have shown an ability to geometry — it was believed to be an exclusively human ability
German scientists from the University of Tübingen have made sure that crows are able to distinguish between regular and irregular geometric shapes.
New horror trailer for The Last of Us — the infected invasion of Jackson and the Seraphite religious clan
After the debut of the first episode HBO has released a new trailer for The Last of Us, where viewers are introduced to the Seraphite religious cult and the new character Isaac (Jeffrey Wright).
Metro 2033 Redux free giveaway has started on Steam, GOG, and Xbox — valid until April 16
Metro 2033 Redux can be picked up for free to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the series, but there are only about 30 hours left for this.
Tesla has found a worthy use for Cybertruck - to transport other cars for advertising
Tesla has finally found a use for its Cybertruck, which has been selling poorly: it now carries mobile billboards with the new Model Y electric car.
The original S.T.A.L.K.E.R. trilogy will receive a next-gen update in 2025
GSC Game World will release a next-gen update for the classic S.T.A.L.K.E.R. trilogy — «Shadow of Chernobyl», «Clear Sky», and «Call of Pripyat».
Like toothpaste: the world's first soft battery made of liquid electrodes has been created in Sweden
Swedish scientists from the University of Linköping created a soft battery with liquid electrodes.
OpenAI releases special AI models for IT professionals — GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and GPT-4.1 nano
New family of OpenAI models includes GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and GPT-4.1 nano variants — all specialize in programming, have a context window of 1 million tokens (about 750 million words), and an output window of 32 thousand tokens, but are currently available only through the API.
Samsung updates rugged Galaxy Tab Active5 Pro and XCover7 Pro — smartphone and tablet for field work
Samsung has announced updated versions of its Galaxy XCover7 Pro and Galaxy Tab Active5 Pro ruggedized tablets and smartphones. These devices are designed to be used in environments where they may get dirty, wet, or subjected to shock. Both new products have improved battery life, and the tablet has an additional advantage: the «double hot swap»…
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