Forward-looking: A Finnish startup has secured $7.6 million Euro ($8.2 million) in seed funding to scale up its unique sand battery technology. The money will be used to grow the company’s sales and R&D teams, and help advance the tech’s capabilities. But what exactly is a sand battery, anyway? A sand battery uses sand or […]
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Why it matters: Anyone following the video game industry probably knows that live-service games like Fortnite and Grand Theft Auto Online have been the most popular trend among big publishers in recent years. However, a new market report paints a stark picture of how much a familiar set of live-service titles currently dominates playtime. According
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In brief: A 7.4-magnitude earthquake that struck Taiwan on Wednesday morning (8 pm Tuesday Eastern Time) has claimed nine lives as of writing, injured hundreds others, and threatens to disrupt the tech supply chain. According to NBC News, the quake hit roughly 11 miles south-southwest of Hualien at a depth of about 21 miles, and
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Today’s mission is to work out how suitable the Ryzen 5 5600 is to use with a modern high-end GPU, such as the GeForce RTX 4080. Can the Ryzen 5 7600 with the RTX 4070 Ti deliver better performance, and how much faster is the 7800X3D? While all those data points may seem somewhat random,
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Why it matters: Apple just released a new Vision Pro feature called “Spatial Personas.” Personas are visual representations of users (avatars) and have been available since the headset launched on February 2. So technically, the feature is just an upgrade to the existing tech, but a significant one. Personas are avatars that look like their
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What just happened? Space agencies constantly monitor and often direct debris entering the Earth’s atmosphere, usually determining the risk of damage to be minimal. Most material burns up in the atmosphere, and what does reach the surface usually lands in the ocean. However, that wasn’t the case for one Florida resident. A strange, cylindrical object
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Key combo: Microsoft is set to introduce an official Copilot key for upcoming AI PC products. Delving into its functionality, the new key operates similarly to a keyboard combination from the 80s. Microsoft describes the Copilot key for Windows 11 PCs as a means to “empower” users and enable them to easily embrace the upcoming
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A hot potato: Should incarcerated individuals be allowed to use social media? The US federal prison system has proposed a change in its rules that would see prisoners who use these platforms punished. Even directing others to establish and use social media accounts on their behalf would be prohibited in some cases. Civil liberties advocates
The big picture: When a determined hardware enthusiast puts their mind to something, the results are often worth admiring. Such is the case with a recent mini-ITX laptop build that looks like it could have been pulled directly from a retro alternate reality. APU_enthusiast shared the completed build on the SFF Network. It’s based on
The final frontier: William Shatner quite literally has a lifetime of experiences under his belt. The 93-year-old Canadian actor is best known for his role as James T. Kirk in the Star Trek universe, but he is also an avid traveler. In 2021, he became the oldest person to reach space. Later this year, he’ll
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