Blogs
Ken Block managed to shoot his last video. Published by Electrikhana TWO: One More Playground
Hoonigan’s YouTube channel has published the latest video created by Ken Block, one of the most famous and skilled drivers of our time. Before the tragic snowmobile accident that took Mr. Block’s life last year he was working on the second episode of the Electrikhana series, which was developed in ... Read more
GTA VI vs Real Life trailer
The recently unveiled GTA VI trailer, which has already garnered over 100 million views and has become the most high-profile game premiere in history, features a lot of very strange characters. An elderly woman with hammers, a crocodile in a swimming pool, a man in a thong watering a lawn, ... Read more
Cerabyte offers to store up to 10,000 TB of data on ceramic media that will last for 5,000 years
The German company Cerabyte has tested a prototype of its own system for storing data on ceramic media. Perhaps in 2030, such storage systems will become mainstream, making HDDs and SSDs, at least in data centers, a relic of the past, writes Techradar. Cerabyte offers to record up to 10,000 ... Read more
A player who has completed Starfield 33 times has made an unexpected discovery [Spoiler alert]
A player who has completed Starfield 33 times in a row in the New Game Plus (NG+33) mode has made an unexpected discovery, which he announced on X/Twitter. Spoilers ahead. Each new game in the New Game Plus mode in Starfield starts in a new dimension, parallel to the one ... Read more
A YouTube blogger has demonstrated a fake iPhone 15 Pro Max, which not every buyer will be able to immediately distinguish from a real iPhone
This year, as usual, top Apple smartphone models are being counterfeited. Such devices copy the iPhone 15 Pro Max externally and, even with Android inside, quite plausibly repeat iOS. And that would be fine, but there are cases when such gadgets end up in the hands of buyers instead of ... Read more
The S9 processor in the Apple Watch Series 9 is a shortened version of the mobile A16 Bionic
All Apple Watch Series 9 models are equipped with the new S9 chip, but according to the latest analysis, this chip is not mass-produced using TSMC's advanced "3nm N3B" process, which was also used to manufacture the A17 Pro and M3 processor series.
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty sold 4.3 million copies. But this is not enough
CD Projekt has announced sales figures for the expansion pack Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty. Since the release, DLC has been purchased by 4.3 million users, but it seems that the amount of money raised for the game will not cover the development costs. pic.twitter.com/8PywPUgcdK — CD PROJEKT IR (@CDPROJEKTRED_IR) November ... Read more
Startup Frore Systems demonstrates custom piezoelectric cooling in MacBook Air [Updated]
The performance of any laptop depends, among other things, on efficient cooling. And even the best passive-cooled ultrabooks can still deliver more power with certain upgrades. For example, the American startup Frore Systems in San Jose has its own view on such performance improvements not only for ultrabooks but also ... Read more
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate is free on Ubisoft Connect and finally in English
Right now on Ubisoft Connect you can pick up a copy of Assassin’s Creed Syndicate (2015) for free. Assassin’s Creed Syndicate is a highly underrated and closest to the present, except for Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: Russia, part of the Assassin’s Creed series set in Victorian England. The Ubisoft Connect version ... Read more
The Xerox Alto in a 1979 advertisement that predicts the future
It’s amazing how accurately this 1979 Xerox Alto computer commercial predicts the future. Here you have email newsletters, the first WYSIWYG editor, a laser printer, an Ethernet network, a calendar with reminders, and even the forerunner of the modern language model. It is worth reminding that it was in the ... Read more
SK Hynix plans to integrate its memory modules with GPUs
The Korean memory maker has decided to change its semiconductor development strategies and plans to integrate memory and logic semiconductors on a single chip. SK Hynix believes that interconnecting using classic packaging methods is no longer effective.
10 most popular Steam games of 2023 by number of players
Critical acclaim and revenue are, of course, very important indicators of the success of gaming projects, but no less, and in fact, perhaps more important, is the number of players who have launched the game, including the number of simultaneous online players. Fortunately, some tools, such as SteamDB, allow you ... Read more
NVIDIA plans to accelerate artificial intelligence on Windows 11 PCs with RTX 40 and RTX 30 GPUs
During Microsoft Ignite, NVIDIA announced that TensorRT-LLM is being added to Windows 11 and will be available to more than 100 million RTX users after launching in the latest driver package on November 21.
Meet the new Toyota Camry: hybrid only, all-wheel drive, modern interior
The ninth-generation Toyota Camry has just been introduced in the United States. This is the version of the Toyota Camry model that was developed specifically for the North American market and is produced there. But we can already see what updates are coming to other versions of the Toyota Camry, ... Read more
The Witcher Remake has the opportunity to become something new
At the end of 2022, CD Projekt Red announced a remake of the first part of The Witcher, which is being developed on the new Unreal Engine 5. Since then, it has only been revealed that the game will be a “single-player RPG in an open world”. Unfortunately, this doesn’t ... Read more
Use paper maps. Rescuers rescued tourists who were using Google Maps to follow a route that didn’t exist in reality
The British Columbia Search and Rescue Service has advised hikers to use paper maps and a compass instead of electronic maps after rescuing two hikers using a helicopter who were walking on a trail that was shown on Google Maps but did not exist in reality, writes The Sydney Morning ... Read more
Cyberpunk Kyiv in the gameplay trailer of Off The Grid
We don’t know how it happened, but for some reason we missed the 16-minute gameplay trailer of the battle royale game Off The Grid, which is being developed by the Ukrainian-German studio Gunzilla Games. We’re getting it right, especially since the trailer features locations that are familiar to Ukrainians. The ... Read more
Is It Worth Using CapCut Creative Suite?
Due to the emerging AI technologies, many people question their effectiveness and usability. Especially, when it comes to photo and video editing software, the use of AI tools in them grabs everyone’s attention. Not every person is an expert editor, so people find this innovation the most helpful for them. ... Read more
Microsoft Excel 4.0 in an advertisement from 1992
Once upon a time, software features that today seem quite commonplace and should be the default were a great innovation. For example, the features of Microsoft Excel 4.0, which can be seen in this 1992 advertisement. Excel 4.0 was part of Microsoft Office 2.5, 3.0, and 4.0 and worked with ... Read more
What is QA and how to become a tester
The QA profession is shrouded in myths. And you’ve definitely heard at least one of them — that this is the shortest and easiest way to enter IT. Why this is not entirely true and where to study to become a tester tells Andriy Sotnikov, Automation QA Engineer at Luxoft, ... Read more
All about the Honda CR-V and Honda ZR-V in Ukraine: always a hybrid, one configuration, and a price of UAH 1.8-2 million
The Honda brand is preparing for large-scale changes and updates in Ukraine: two important new products are due to arrive here by the end of the year! A pair of new crossovers, the Honda CR-V and Honda ZR-V, can significantly affect Honda’s position in Ukraine and help increase sales. But ... Read more
Epos Sennheiser joint venture to cease production of gaming products
Epos has announced that it will exit the gaming headphone business and instead focus on enterprise communications products. The company's gaming division, formerly part of the legendary Sennheiser, was responsible for supplying a number of notable gaming headsets over the past decade.
Comparing the battery life of the Google Pixel 8 Pro with the iPhone 15 Pro Max was not surprising
Flagship smartphones deliver the best performance, have the best cameras, and additional features, so it would be a shame if they couldn’t last for a long time. That’s why battery life is still one of the most prominent and important indicators for such devices. The YouTube channel PhoneBuff has released ... Read more
Skoda Superb NEW presented: for those who need a sedan (well, almost…)
The Skoda Superb actually completes a large cycle of updates to VAG’s mid-range models: we’ve already seen the new Volkswagen Passat and Volkswagen Tiguan, we have already seen a new crossover Skoda Kodiak. So, logically, the only thing left is the debut of the fourth-generation Skoda Superb. And here it ... Read more
The new base model MacBook Pro 14 will not satisfy users of multiple external monitors
Presentations of new MacBook Pro models always emphasize support for working with multiple external high-resolution monitors. This time, there were such slides, but they did not apply to every model. This year, the MacBook Pro lineup grew, with 14-inch variants in the base models receiving M3 processors and reducing the ... Read more