Star formation is the first step on the cosmological road to life as we know it, but understanding the process of star formation is incredibly difficult. The process takes millions of years, so we can only learn so much from scouring the heavens, and simulating it requires hugely complex replicas. That’s where STARFORGE comes in handy. This new simulation is , and it’s accurate enough that it could help scientists understand the nuances of star birth and distribution. , which stands for “STAR FORmation in Gaseous Environments,” comes from a group of scientists from institutions like Caltech, Northwestern, and the University of Toronto.
Tardigrades are legendarily tough. The microscopic animals, also colloquially referred to as “water bears,” can survive extremes of pressure, radiation, temperature, and dehydration. They’re capable of surviving in environments where these extremes are presented simultaneously, including outer space. This makes them useful for testing certain theories regarding the origin of life on Earth. One of the most significant scientific questions our species has yet to answer is whether Earth is unique, which is to say: Has life arisen elsewhere in the solar system/galaxy/universe other than here? If life existed on Venus or Mars prior to those planets becoming uninhabitable, there’s a chance that an impact event could have carried life from one world to another.
When the PS5 and Xbox Series S|X were first unveiled, it was difficult to tell what the real-world differences between the platforms would be. In the seven months since launch, we’ve seen the PS5 generally offer faster performance, though it also offers a smaller amount of baseline storage (~804 GB usable versus 667GB). Recent , however, suggest the PS5 really can compensate for its smaller storage pool in some cases. Subnautica, which runs 14GB on the standard PS4 Pro, is a reported 3.5GB on the PS4 Pro. Control, a AAA title that debuted a bit under two years ago, is 42 percent smaller on the PlayStation 5 (25GB) compared with the Xbox Series X (42GB).
The semiconductor shortage affecting much of the world’s chip production is still worsening, in at least some markets. The average lead time for chip deliveries increased to 17 weeks in April, up from 16 weeks in March. Just before the beginning of the pandemic began, average lead time was running around 12 weeks. “All major product categories up considerably,” Susquehanna analyst Chris Rolland wrote in a recent investment note. “These were some of the largest increases since we started tracking the data.” Bloomberg notes that Susquehanna referred to this as a “danger zone” for chips as the risk of buyers engaging in behavior that magnifies the impact of the crisis increases.
It’s hard to think of something more Earth-shaking for the auto industry than the introduction of the first electric Ford F-Series, the best-selling US passenger vehicle for the past several decades. But this is the moment we find ourselves at today. Ford has unveiled the zero-emissions F-150 Lightning, Dearborn’s first all-electric pickup and one of the first full-size pickups running on batteries to reach the US market, after Tesla, GMC, and Rivian. (It draws its name from the faster Lightning versions of the gas-powered F-150 from a few decades ago.) The new F-150 Lightning looks like a slightly sleeker version of a normal full-size pickup, as opposed to some polygons that escaped from a It only comes as a four-door SuperCrew with a 5.5-foot bed.
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If you first hopped on the internet in the 90s, chances are that Internet Explorer was your first browser. Microsoft did everything it could to make sure that was the case, which got it in hot water with regulators. It didn’t even do Microsoft any good over the long haul. Internet Explorer fell behind more capable browsers like Chrome and Firefox ages ago, and Microsoft is . Microsoft released Internet Explorer in 1995, and it was the company’s primary internet product all the way through the launch of Edge in 2015. That was only six years ago, but that’s an eternity on the internet.
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Nvidia announced this week that it’s bringing DLSS to eight new games, including three titles specifically supported in VR mode. No Man’s Sky, Wrench, and Into the Radius will now support DLSS in VR. Nvidia predicts significant performance uplifts as a result: Image by Nvidia DLSS stands for Deep Learning Super Sampling. It’s an upscaling technique that runs on the Nvidia GPU in real-time, allowing for higher detail levels at faster frame rates. DLSS 1.0 was rough in some titles, but DLSS 2.0 has been much better received. That’s particularly important for VR because it’s clear the headset manufacturers aren’t going to help much by lowering prices.
