CCP Games has rebranded its upcoming blockchain game as Eve Frontier, which will be built within the Ethereum ecosystem. The game is an on-chain space simulation where players can mold and expand their own universe, collaborating with others or facing certain doom. Eve Frontier features multiple crypto tokens, including EVE Token, a utility token that … Read more
Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Alphabet Inc. and Google, has come a long way from his humble beginnings in Madurai, Tamil Nadu. After completing his education in metallurgical engineering at IIT Kharagpur and furthering it with advanced degrees from Stanford University and Wharton School, Pichai joined Google in 2004. He played a key role in … Read more
China’s largest electric vehicle (EV) maker, BYD, is moving forward with its plans to open a new plant in Turkey, despite warnings from the Chinese government about the risks of investing overseas. The company had signed a deal for the new EV plant in Turkey two months ago and has not changed its plans. The … Read more
Google Chrome has introduced a solution to the problem of annoying website notifications. The browser now allows users to easily unsubscribe from notifications directly in the notification itself. This feature is initially available on Pixel devices, but will be rolled out to other Android devices soon. When you receive a notification from a website, you’ll … Read more
Fortinet has admitted that an unauthorized individual accessed cloud-hosted files containing data related to a small number of its customers. The security giant emphasized that the incident was limited and did not impact its operations, products, or services. According to Fortinet’s blog post, the miscreant gained access to a limited number of files stored on … Read more
A former Google advertising executive, Eisar Lipkovitz, testified in the US antitrust case against Google, providing insight into the company’s internal politics and potential monopoly on digital ads. Lipkovitz, a former vice president of engineering at Google, shared his experiences with the Department of Justice, alleging that Google’s ad business is a monopoly. He described … Read more
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has issued a warning for a significant geomagnetic solar storm expected to impact Earth from September 12 to 14, 2024. The storm is classified as G3 or greater on the NOAA space weather scale, indicating moderate to strong effects. A geomagnetic storm occurs when solar activity disturbs the … Read more
Researchers at Princeton University have developed a groundbreaking tool that allows them to physically move DNA strands around, enabling a new level of study on gene expression. This innovative approach uses light to bend DNA strands, allowing scientists to manipulate the structure of chromosomes and assess how this affects gene expression. The team discovered that … Read more
Nvidia’s next-gen Blackwell graphics cards are generating buzz again, with rumors swirling around the performance and power usage of the upcoming RTX 5080. According to Kopite7kimi, a well-known leaker on X, the RTX 5080 is expected to be 10% faster than the current flagship RTX 4090 in rasterization. However, this impressive performance boost may come … Read more
AMD has introduced Variable Graphics Memory (VGM), a feature that allows users to dynamically allocate up to 75% of their system memory as dedicated video RAM. This is achieved by tapping a button in AMD’s desktop Adrenalin app, making it easy to reroute power without diving into the BIOS. Currently available for AMD AI “Strix … Read more