Following the commissioning of the world's first horizontal shaft geothermal power plant by Google in November 2023, project contractor Fervo Energy began drilling wells for a utility in Utah. Thanks to new technologies and advanced equipment for oil workers, drilling horizontal shafts has become 70% faster and 50% cheaper, […]
Russian electronics manufacturer Fplus was the first on the market to introduce a consumer laptop with the domestic OSnova operating system. The new product is called Flaptop i5-16512 and is built on a 12th generation Intel Core processor. Image source: FplusSource: 3dnews.ru
Asahi, an open driver for Apple AGX GPUs, provides support for OpenGL 4.6 and OpenGL ES 3.2 for Apple M1 and M2 chips. It is noteworthy that the native graphics drivers for Apple's M1 chips only implement the OpenGL 4.1 specification, and support for OpenGL 4.6 was the first to appear in an open driver. Ready-made driver packages are already included […]
In our home galaxy, a single magnetar has been discovered that emits short radio bursts, the nature of which is still the subject of scientific debate. The relative proximity to us of the magnetar SGR 1935 + 2154 gives scientists hope of unraveling the secrets of these objects, and a step in this direction has already been taken. Artist's rendering of matter ejected from a neutron star (magnetic field lines shown in green). […]
For the first time in history, the ability of surgeons to remotely control a surgical robot in space was tested. Tests were carried out on the ISS. Communication with the station occurs with slight delays, which gives automation a special role. In the future, surgical robots will be able to perform operations independently, without relying on human operators. Image source: University of Nebraska-LincolnSource: 3dnews.ru
Intel is preparing to release a select flagship processor Core i9-14900KS, capable of automatically accelerating to 6,2 GHz. According to leaks, the chip can consume more than 400 watts of power at peak load. The new product is expected to go on sale in March. Image source: VideoCardzSource: 3dnews.ru
The release of the LineageOS 21 mobile platform, based on the Android 14 code base, has been presented. It is noted that the LineageOS 21 branch has reached parity in functionality and stability with branch 20, and is recognized as ready for the formation of the first release. Assemblies have been prepared for 109 device models. LineageOS can also be run in the Android Emulator and Android Studio. Additionally, there is an opportunity [...]
After two years of development, the release of the DOSBox Staging 0.81 project has been published, developing a multi-platform emulator of the MS-DOS environment, written using the SDL library and aimed at running old DOS games on Linux, Windows and macOS. DOSBox Staging is developed by a separate team and is not related to the original DOSBox, which has seen only minor changes in recent years. The code is written in C++ […]
3DNews, together with its partners, has prepared a small list of electronics that can be an excellent addition to the traditional bouquet and valentine that lovers give to their “halves” on Valentine’s Day. Source: 3dnews.ru
Developers from Arrowhead Game Studios have announced their intention to expand the studio's staff in order to make content updates for the successful co-op shooter Helldivers 2 larger. However, PvP mode will “never” appear in the game, and there is a reason for that. Image source: Steam (Aipini)Source: 3dnews.ru
NVIDIA is not the only issuer whose securities have been growing rapidly in recent weeks amid investor enthusiasm caused by the development of artificial intelligence systems. After the New Year holidays in Taiwan, trading resumed in the morning, TSMC stock immediately soared by 9,8%, updating the daily gain record previously set in July 2020. Image source: TSMC Source: 3dnews.ru
The GNU Project has released a new version of the classic text editor ed, which became the first standard text editor for the UNIX OS. The new version is numbered 1.20.1. In the new version: New command line options '+line', '+/RE', and '+?RE', which set the current line to the specified line number or to the first or last line matching the regular expression "RE". File names containing control […]
