November 18, 2024

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and Astro Bot lead The Game Awards 2024 nominees

The Game Awards today released its list of nominees for 2024, with titles like Astro Bot, Metaphor Refantazio and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth leading the charge with several nominations apiece. The show’s stalwart, Geoff Keighley, revealed the nominees in a special livestream. The winners will be announced at the event on December 12. Full disclosure: GamesBeat is part of the nomination committee and voted for which games would be nominated in each category (except the

Read More »
Rachel Kaser November 18, 2024

Nvidia unveils Omniverse real-time physics digital twins

Nvidia announced its Nvidia Omniverse Blueprint, a technology that enables industry software developers to build digital twins with realistic real-time physics. It enables computer-aided engineering (CAE) customers in aerospace, automotive, manufacturing, energy and other industries create digital twins with real-time interactivity. One example of that is the virtual wind tunnel that car designers can use to simulate wind moving over a simulated car. Nvidia made the announcements at the SC24 supercomputer event. Software developers such

Read More »
Dean Takahashi November 18, 2024

Nvidia accelerates Google quantum AI design with quantum physics simulation

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Nvidia it is working with Google Quantum AI to accelerate the design of its next-generation quantum computing devices using simulations powered by Nvidia. Google Quantum AI is using the hybrid quantum-classical computing platform and the Nvidia Eos supercomputer to simulate the physics of its quantum processors. This will help overcome the current limitations of quantum computing

Read More »
Dean Takahashi November 18, 2024
Robotics

ZettaScale designs Zenoh to transcend DDS for automotive, ROS communications – The Robot Report

Listen to this article Zenoh is middleware designed to enable scalable data communication across technologies. Source: ZettaScale While multiple industries could benefit from mobile robots, the standard Data Distribution Service or DDS middleware has difficulty keeping up in wireless environments, according to ZettaScale Technology Ltd. This limits communications and scalability, said the France-based company. ZettaScale has developed the Zenoh protocol, which it said provides robust communication in dynamic environments for vehicles, Internet of Things (IoT)

Read More »
Eugene Demaitre November 18, 2024

Mistral unleashes Pixtral Large and upgrades Le Chat into full-on ChatGPT competitor

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Mistral, the French startup that made waves last year with a record-setting seed funding amount for Europe, has launched a slew of updates today including a new, large foundational model named Pixtral Large. The company is further upgrading its free web-chased chatbot, Le Chat, adding image generation, web search, and an interactive “canvas,” matching the features

Read More »
Carl Franzen November 18, 2024
Hardware

AMD And HPE Unveil El Capitan, World’s Most Powerful Supercomputer With Over 11M Cores

At the Supercomputing 2024 conference currently underway in Atlanta, AMD, in collaboration with HPE and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), announced what has been officially declared as the world’s most powerful supercomputer, El Capitan. El Capitan is the first exascale-class machine for the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), but will also be powerful resource for the NNSA Tri-Labs- LLNL, Los Alamos, and Sandia National Laboratories as well. El Capitan’s main area of focus is

Read More »
Marco Chiappetta November 18, 2024
Hardware

NVIDIA Unveils Quad-Blackwell Dual-Grace GB200 NVL4 AI HPC Superchip At SC24

Today, at the Supercomputing 2024 conference, a numerous companies announced their latest AI, HPC and supercomputing offerings. Chief among those companies was of course NVIDIA, and the biggest new product announcement from the company was the GB200 NVL4. We’ll get to what the GB200 NVL4 is in just a moment, though; first, let’s talk about the H200 NVL that the green team also announced for AI and HPC applications.  he H200 NVL are PCIe add-in

Read More »
Zak Killian November 18, 2024
Robotics

Effortless robot movements

Four-legged animals that start walking and gradually pick up speed will automatically fall into a trot at some point. This is because it would take more energy not to change gait. This correlation was discovered more than 40 years ago. Now, Alin Albu-Schäffer, a professor at the Chair of Sensor-based Robotic Systems and Intelligent Assistance Systems at TUM, has successfully transferred this method to the movement of robots. Experts use the term ‘intrinsic dynamics’ for

Read More »
Editor November 18, 2024
Hardware

Serious WordPress Plugin Security Flaw Discovered Affects Millions Of Websites

Wordfence, a cybersecurity company that specializes in making WordPress security products, has found a critical vulnerability in a plugin used by over 4 million internet websites. The company says that “this is one of the more serious vulnerabilities that we have reported on in our 12 year history.” The affected plugin is Really Simple Security, formerly known as Really Simple SSL. Website administrators use the plugin for the security features it provides to users, such

Read More »
Alan Velasco November 18, 2024
Hardware

Xbox Game Pass Is Losing These 8 PC And Console Games This Month

Xbox Game Pass is building on the gains made from launching Call of Duty Black Ops 6 with a solid set of additions to the service for this month, which include titles like Metal Slug Tactics and Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024. However, it’s also set to lose some titles as well. Xbox has now confirmed the second batch of games to leave the service at the end of November spanning both its PC and Console offerings.

Read More »
Alan Velasco November 18, 2024

Supercharge Your Portfolio with Future Tech Stocks!

Join us for Profitable Insights & Expert Tips!

With expert analysis, comprehensive market coverage, and actionable insights, our newsletter equips you with the knowledge & tools necessary to make informed decisions & maximize your potential returns in the dynamic world of future tech stocks.

Subscribe

* indicates required