October 15, 2024

Hardware

Black Ops 6 And Two More Call Of Duty Games Are Headed To Xbox Cloud Gaming

It’s been rumored for some time now, but we finally have official confirmation that Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 will be available on Xbox Cloud Gaming upon release. From 10 am PT on October 25th, you will be able to play Black Ops 6 alongside both Modern Warfare III and Warzone titles. This is an positive announcement for Call of Duty fans and something we weren’t quite sure would happen.  We’ve seen the leaks, and

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This Eyewear Offers a Buckshot Method to Monitor Health

4 min read Gwendolyn Rak is an assistant editor at IEEE Spectrum covering consumer electronics and careers. Optical sensors in Emteq’s glasses look back at the user to monitor facial expressions. Emteq Labs Emteq Labs wants eyewear to be the next frontier of wearable health technology. The Brighton, England-based company introduced today its emotion-sensing eyewear, Sense. The glasses contain nine optical sensors distributed across the rims that detect subtle changes in facial expression with more

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How to Prevent Another Europa Clipper Transistor Panic

6 min read Kohava Mendelsohn is an editorial intern at IEEE Spectrum. Silicon carbide semiconductors, such as the ones in these integrated circuits developed by NASA, should better protect future spacecraft from failed transistors. Yesterday, NASA successfully launched the Europa Clipper, the largest spacecraft the agency has ever built for a planetary mission. Clipper is now successfully on its multi-year journey to Europa, bristling with equipment to study the Jovian moon’s potential to support life—but

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9 Crucial Technologies for the Europa Clipper Mission

5 min read The SUrface Dust Analyzer (SUDA) is one of the main components of the Europa Clipper that will assist the spacecraft in its hunt for signs of life on the Jovian moon. Glenn Asakawa/CU Boulder/NASA Europa is slightly smaller than Earth’s own moon and is one of the most fascinating and mysterious objects in the solar system. One of Jupiter’s four Galilean moons, Europa’s crust is a largely crater-free shell of ice, somewhere

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AR/VR

Lamborghini Partners with Animoca Brands for Fast ForWorld Racing Experience

One of the most iconic luxury car manufacturers, Automobili Lamborghini, has partnered with Animoca Brands to launch the Fast ForWorld platform—a blockchain-based platform that aims to merge the digital and physical domains.  Partnership and Platform Overview The vision of this partnership is to create a digital ecosystem where loyalty, gaming, and automotive innovation come together. In that context, Lamborghini and Animoca Brands have joined forces to create Fast ForWorld. This platform offers the user an

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AR/VR

Off The Grid Launches on Epic Games Store: A Battle Royale Like No Other

Off The Grid is a cyberpunk-themed Battle Royale game that offers a unique twist. Developed by Gunzilla Games, the game focuses on narrative progression and player-driven decisions rather than relying solely on traditional Battle Royale gameplay elements. Early access is now live on the Epic Games Store, offering players a chance to experience immersive storytelling combined with action-packed, competitive gameplay. A Unique Entry into the Battle Royale Genre At first glance, Off The Grid might

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Hardware

Intel’s non-K Arrow Lake Core Ultra CPUs could top out at DDR5-7200

The Intel Core Ultra 200S Series for desktops has been formally announced and is on track to launch later this month, with the new Intel Core Ultra 7 265K and Ultra 9 285K leading the pack. As we’ve seen with all of the new Z890 motherboards being announced for the Core Ultra 200S Series, DDR5-9000 will be very easy to achieve with Intel’s latest CPUs. Intel CPUs and motherboards have been at the forefront of

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Hardware

Windows 11 just got new functionality for PC gaming handhelds and controllers

PC gaming handhelds like the ROG Ally, Legion GO, and Ayaneo KUN all run Windows 11 with custom overlays and UIs to make navigating Steam and accessing system features as easy as possible. However, Windows 11 was never designed for handheld and controller navigation, which puts pressure on Microsoft to accommodate this new and growing market. The PC gaming handheld market is growing, image credit: Retro Game Corps/YouTube. VIEW GALLERY – 3 IMAGES Popular Popular

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Hardware

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 rumored with an 18GB GDDR7 version (huh?!)

NVIDIA’s next-generation GeForce RTX 5070 will launch with 12GB of GDDR7 memory, but rumor has it we’ll see the new RTX 5070 in an 18GB GDDR7 edition. VIEW GALLERY – 2 IMAGES In his recent “September Loose Ends” livestream, leaker Tom from Moore’s Law is Dead said that he has heard rumbles of NVIDIA preparing a beefed-up GeForce RTX 5070. Initially, the GeForce RTX 5070 will launch with 12GB of next-gen GDDR7 memory, but we

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Hardware

Chinese quantum computer cracked multiple SPN algorithms: ‘future of encryption is at stake’

We all thought banking and military security was impenetrable? That was, until Chinese researchers used a D-Wave quantum computer to execute what they claim as the first successful quantum attack on widely used encyption algorithms which pose a “real and substantial threat” to the banking and military sectors. In a new report by the South China Morning Post picked up by The Quantum Insider, which I saw posted on X which you can see embedded

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