Microsoft’s new tool for gaming developers looks to usher in a new era of fast-loading PC games. The DirectStorage I/O system first appeared in Microsoft’s Xbox Series X and S game consoles via Microsoft’s custom NVMe SSD, which helps deliver “blazing-fast multiple gigabytes per second” from the SSD to the Xbox’s AMD-made integrated GPU for…
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Apple’s M1 Ultra Shows the Future of Computer Chips
Apple’s new paralleling chip architecture may have addressed some of the inefficiencies of multiple chips. Apple’s UltraFusion, the name of its packaging technology, uses a narrow silicon slice called an interposer that resides beneath the two M1 Max chips, linking them with 10,000 wires that can carry 2.5 terabytes of data per second over a…
Quantum gravity sensors
And another sci-fi sounding term – sounds like something from Star Trek. Maybe the folks on Oak Island can use this technology in their search for treasure. Quantum gravity sensors, used to detect the impact of gravity on different features of the Earth, can be used to detect pockets of ground water or tunnels in…
Web3 is on its way — here’s the looming threat it poses
Here’s a take on Web 3.0 from a financial standpoint. consumers, more and more frustrated by big tech firms profiting off their data and undermining their privacy, will increasingly opt to pull their information into the blockchain. Web3 offers people the ability to use decentralized apps that are easy to customize and device-agnostic — therefore…
Travel to another galaxy with this vibrant 3D map of the cosmos
An European radio telescope has “painted” a picture of the radio night sky—and you can explore highlights of this cosmic map for yourself. A team of scientists working on the LOw Frequency ARray (LOFAR) radio telescope in Europe published an overview of a new, freely available data package that covers 27 percent of the Northern…
First-ever scan of a dying human brain reveals life may actually ‘flash before your eyes’
There might be truth to that old adage… During the 30 seconds before and after the man’s heart stopped, his brain waves were remarkably similar to those seen during dreaming, memory recall and meditation, suggesting that people may actually see their life “flash before their eyes” when they die. For more, check out this Live…
Vatican astronomers discovers mysterious new object in our solar system
The ‘trans-Neptunian object’ takes nearly 300 years to travel around our Sun. Much like Pluto, the first trans-Neptunian object discovered, 2021 XD7 has a strange orbit that is considerably more tilted than the movements of Earth, Mars, and other planets. The closest it gets to the Sun is still 30 times further than our own…
Scientists discovered a new type of thermonuclear explosion that may never be seen again
It might be another 1,000 years to see anything else like it. Astronomers studying a dead star on the edge of the Milky Way may have found evidence of a type of thermonuclear explosion that’s never been seen before — and which may never be seen again. Dubbed a “hyperburst,” this gargantuan explosion appears to…
Basics of Building an Interstellar Light Sail
For centuries, people have dreamed of being driven at speed across the vast oceans of space by winds of light. Making a sail that can withstand the hazards that threaten spacecraft on such a long journey is going to require some clever solutions; maybe the kind of solutions proposed in two studies published recently in…
Scientists may have found a planet that could sustain life
Always fun to contemplate life on other worlds. Researchers said they may have found a planet that could sustain life since it exists within its star’s “habitable zone,” a term that refers to the space that often indicates conditions will be right for life. For more, check out this Deseret News story.