Electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicles may be gaining momentum, but they can only succeed long-term as a transportation option if passengers feel safe enough to ride them. To that end, some eVTOL companies are researching ways to implement last-ditch safety mechanisms. The Guangdong-based AeroHT shared Tuesday that its …
Read More »AMD's First Chiplet GPU for Mobile, the RX 7900M, Debuts in the Alienware m18
AMD has officially added a new flagship RDNA 3 mobile GPU to its stable. The Radeon RX 7900M is the world’s first chiplet-based mobile GPU—and its arrival is a bit of a surprise, as there were no indications AMD would battle Nvidia for mobile supremacy in this hardware generation. The …
Read More »Record Biggest Marsquake Wasn't Caused by an Asteroid After All
NASA’s InSight lander may have ended its run on Mars, but the data it collected is still reverberating around the scientific community, not unlike the seismic waves it tracked within the red planet. After initially chalking a marsquake up to an asteroid impact, researchers now report that this massive quake …
Read More »Webb Telescope Spies Stunning Star Formation in Neighboring Galaxy
The James Webb Space Telescope is the most powerful telescope astronomers have at their disposal, but that’s not just because it’s got a big mirror (which it does). Webb’s instruments can see far into the infrared, allowing the observatory to see through clouds of dust and gas to observe the …
Read More »Google, OEMs to Release Chromebook Plus Line
In less than a week, Google will release new and improved laptops under a new nameplate: Chromebook Plus. The category promises improved performance and a more satisfying user experience, partly thanks to the company’s forthcoming ChromeOS update. Our colleagues at PCMag got the inside scoop at an onsite briefing. To establish …
Read More »Unity to Begin Charging Per-Install Game Developer Fees
Video game developers aren’t happy about Unity’s latest announcement—and that’s putting it lightly. The maker of one of the world’s most popular cross-platform game engines shared Tuesday that it would begin charging users each time their game is installed. Referred to as a “Unity Runtime Fee,” the $0.20-per-install charge has …
Read More »Lenovo Legion Go Gaming Handheld Coming in October for $699
After leaking last month, Lenovo’s entry in the increasingly vibrant handheld gaming space is official. Come next month, you’ll be able to purchase the Lenovo Legion Go, a Switch-style Windows mini PC with a powerful (for its size) CPU, a big display, and removable controllers. The price is probably lower …
Read More »Intel 14900K and 14700K Raptor Lake
Intel’s upcoming Raptor Lake refresh is due in October, so we’ve officially entered the “pre-launch leaking” season now that it’s August. Today we have our first actual benchmarks of the top two SKUs, the Core i9-14900K and the Core i7-14700K. Though the results are underwhelming, their poor performance is likely …
Read More »Voyager 2 Offline After NASA Accidentally Points It the Wrong Way
NASA launched the twin Voyager probes in 1977 on a mission to study the outer solar system and beyond. Now, almost 50 years later, both spacecraft are still going strong. Well, Voyager 2 was doing fine the last time we heard from it, but a small mistake means the iconic …
Read More »AMD to Reportedly Announce 3D V-Cache CPUs for Gaming Laptops
AMD is about to break some major news in the laptop world, as it’ll reportedly be adding V-Cache to a new line of Zen 4 mobile gaming CPUs. For AMD, mobile CPUs are the final frontier for vertically stacked L3 cache, as it already offers it on its desktop and …
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