Make compromises: Epic is now another major software company looking to integrate AI into everything it does. According to internal sources, the real test of fire for this “AI First” approach will be the shooter that Epic is developing together with Disney. If it ever comes out. Epic’s first game under its Disney partnership is … Read more
According to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), more than 99 percent of international data flows over undersea telecommunications cables. These fiber optic lines carry everything from cloud traffic to financial transactions to video calls between continents. Much of this hidden infrastructure depends on a surprisingly specialized industry: manufacturers that build cables designed to operate under … Read more
In short: PC manufacturers have long tried to find the most optimal cooling configurations for their components, shuffling fans, cables, etc. to find the best configurations. One YouTube channel decided to try something different: moving the components themselves. This involved moving the GPU next to the side intake of a case, which resulted in a … Read more
Military systems take years to build, cost a lot and are difficult to replace once deployed. It is characterized by slow procurement cycles, strict restrictions and tough trade-offs between performance, cost and reliability. This category examines how modern militaries actually develop, acquire, and use technology and what this reveals about the conflicts they prepare for. … Read more
A hot potato: AI has helped police forces across the US in recent years, for better and for worse. The latest use of the technology allows law enforcement to enter an interior photo of a home and have the AI determine the location, although there are some limitations. The tool, called Raven, is used by … Read more
Military systems take years to build, cost a lot and are difficult to replace once deployed. It is characterized by slow procurement cycles, strict restrictions and tough trade-offs between performance, cost and reliability. This category examines how modern militaries actually develop, acquire, and use technology and what this reveals about the conflicts they prepare for. … Read more
In short: Cyber attackers are a major concern for grocery shoppers across Europe. On Sunday evening, hackers attacked the cooling systems of around 150 Intermarché stores, forcing employees to throw away food that is no longer safe to eat. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. A spokesman for the supermarket chain told Bloomberg … Read more
NASA’s Perseverance rover has set a new record for the longest distance traveled by a vehicle on another planet. It reached 28.10 miles (45.22 kilometers) on Mars, breaking the record held by Opportunity for years. The six-wheeled rover crossed the milestone on October 11, 2,006. Mars day of his mission. It beat Opportunity’s 28.06-mile (45.16-kilometer) … Read more
What we know so far: The open source AnyPS5 project is a big step closer to its goal of allowing gamers to run PlayStation 5 games natively on Windows and Linux PCs. The GitHub-hosted project now reports 100 percent GPU shader instruction coverage, with all 1,166 tracked AMD RDNA 1 and RDNA 2 instructions implemented, … Read more
Airbus and Kratos Defense & Security Solutions have flown the U740 Valkyrie unmanned combat aircraft in Europe for the first time. The milestone advances their efforts to deliver a combat-ready Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) for Germany and other European military customers by 2029. The aircraft completed a series of maneuvers during testing at an undisclosed … Read more