Epic Games released its first Fortnite ecosystem year in review for 2024, and it has a lot to celebrate.Read More
TL;DR: AMD’s upcoming Ryzen 9 9950X3D and 9900X3D processors will offer gaming performance similar to the Ryzen 7 9800X3D, with additional cores benefiting tasks requiring more CPU power. The 9950X3D features 16 cores and 32 threads at up to 5.7GHz, while the 9900X3D has 12 cores and 24 threads at up to 5.5GHz. AMD has said that its upcoming Ryzen 9 9950X3D and Ryzen 9 9900X3D processors will have gaming performance similar to the Ryzen
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More A new AI agent has emerged from the parent company of TikTok to take control of your computer and perform complex workflows. Much like Anthropic’s Computer Use, ByteDance’s new UI-TARS understands graphical user interfaces (GUIs), applies reasoning and takes autonomous, step-by-step action. Trained on roughly 50B tokens and offered in 7B and 72B parameter versions, the
EA’s December quarter was weak because of weaker-than-expected sales of Dragon Age: Veilguard and global football (soccer) games.Read More
The Silk Road—a marketplace that promised freedom but became a symbol of digital lawlessness—has left a legacy that continues to influence cybersecurity and legal debates today. With the recent release of key Silk Road administrator Ross Ulbricht, we are reminded of the choices that shape the balance between justice, innovation, and the evolving battle against cybercrime. The Wizard Behind the Curtain: Ross Ulbricht’s Vision and Downfall Ross Ulbricht, AKA “Dread Pirate Roberts,” envisioned the Silk
The Da Vinci SP provides 360º of anatomical access and delivers an articulating 3DHD endoscope and three wristed instruments through a single port. | Source: Intuitive Surgical Intuitive Surgical Operations Inc. yesterday announced that it plans to establish a direct presence in Italy, Spain, and Portugal. The surgical robotics leader also plans to expand into Malta, San Marino, and associated territories by acquiring the distributors of its da Vinci and Ion systems in those countries.
TL;DR: NVIDIA’s rumored GeForce RTX 5090 Ti features a GB200-200 GPU with 24,576 CUDA cores, 32GB of GDDR7 memory, and an 800W TDP. It boasts a base clock of 2100MHz and a boost clock of 2514MHz. The prototype lacks official drivers and exceeds the RTX 5090’s specs, but its release remains uncertain. NVIDIA’s purported GeForce RTX 5090 Ti specifications have been teased… and what a bloody monster it would be if it ever sees the
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Google has quietly released a major update to its popular artificial intelligence model, Gemini, which now explains its reasoning process, sets new performance records in mathematical and scientific tasks, and offers a free alternative to OpenAI’s premium services. The new Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking model, released Tuesday in the Google AI Studio under the experimental designation
Unreal Engine, which has been known in its various incarnations as the premiere — perhaps even de facto — game engine for over a decade, is already quite familiar to major game developers, especially those with AAA experience. It might be harder to explain to the world of animated TV shows, though perhaps not for long. The engine is being used in t…Read More
Today, I will speculate on a relatively fringe, but possibly effective way to actually make Mars conquest interesting. Load them up on a rocket, drive for 6 months at 60,000 kph, and dump gold bars on Mars. Like Satoshi Nakamoto created artificial digital scarcity in Bitcoin, which has proven a good thing, this is the ultimate way to create an artificial physical scarcity of gold. Say, if that was my job, I think it would