The RAMpocalypse has bought Microsoft valuable time in the fight against SteamOS
…This is definitely a plus at a time when the best advice for upgrading your PC is “don’t.” Our experience with the initial release of Xbox Mode is that it wasn…
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Ten months later, the $100 Google Home Speaker is finally available for preorder
Good things take time, but not all things that take time are good. The jury is still out on the Google Home Speaker, but it certainly took a while to arrive. After…
Rocket Report: Cowboy up for data centers in LEO; Russia's new ICBM actually works
…The flight targeted an altitude of 80 to 100 kilometers, but a press release announcing the test’s completion did not indicate whether that target was met. Prioritizing responsiveness. .. The test “successfully…
Formula E reveals first calendar for GEN4 with lots of real race tracks
…The new car, known as GEN4, is a big upgrade —at times more powerful than a Formula 1 car, although heavier and with much less downforce. As speeds rise with the GEN4…
Rocket Report: A dark day for Blue Origin; Pentagon eyes new launch site
…In the early decades of spaceflight, launch operators routinely left upper stages in orbit after they released their payloads. But most launch companies today reserve enough propellant in their rockets to remove…
A Chinese rocket breaks apart dangerously close to the Starlink constellation
…The breakup occurred shortly after the Zhuque-2E rocket reached orbit on June 9 with two satellites providing direct-to-cell communications, perhaps around the time the upper stage was expected to…
Google's latest DiffusionGemma open AI model comes with a 4x speed boost
…This time, Google DeepMind has released a new member of the Gemma 4 open model family , but it’s fundamentally different from the rest of the lineup. DiffusionGemma doesn’t generate outputs…
NASA's Psyche spacecraft returns unfamiliar views of a familiar world
…Right on the money “Although we were confident in our calculations and flight plan, monitoring the DSN’s (Deep Space Network’s) Doppler signal in real time during the flyby was still…
Rocket Report: Starship launch delayed, German launch company may aid Canada
…After seven months of down time, SpaceX returned its Starship vehicle to the launch pad. Only this time it’s a new rocket, V3 of the Starship upper stage and Super Heavy…
Google DeepMind partners with EVE Online for AI model testing
…living world.” Studying EVE will allow Google DeepMind’s models to explore “difficult problems, long timelines [and] strange possibilities,” he added. “As a gamer and games producer, I’ve long admired EVE…