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Seasonic explained how to properly connect a video card to a power supply using a hair dryer

The well-known manufacturer of power supplies Seasonic recommended its customers to bend the power cables of video cards with 12VHPWR and 12V-2×6 connectors using special technical means, the Wccftech resource noted. The manufacturer's recommendations do not look quite usual - when assembling a computer, you will need a hair dryer. Image source: wccftech.com (created by AI)Source: 3dnews.ru

Hubble examined a galaxy with “forbidden” light

The Hubble Space Telescope presented an image of the distant galaxy MCG-01-24-014, located 275 million light years from Earth. This galaxy is one of the rare Seyfert galaxies with a “mini” quasar at its center. Its tiny central region alone glows like the entire Milky Way. And it is always useful to monitor such processes, because phenomena occur there that cannot be recreated in earthly […]

Apache OpenOffice 4.1.15

On December 22, 2023, a new version of the open source office suite Apache OpenOffice was quietly and quietly released, which is available for Linux, macOS and Windows in 41 languages. Some new features in this version: Basic: fixed error in the help for the len function; Writer: for Chinese, the first line indentation is automatically set to 2 characters; Calc: saving bug fixed […]

LSP Plugins 1.2.14

The LSP Plugins project celebrates its eighth anniversary and releases a new release - 1.2.14! The plugins are designed for audio processing when mixing and mastering audio recordings, in live performances, as well as when organizing broadcasting and podcasts. The package is compatible with LADSPA, LV2, LinuxVST, CLAP formats, and also provides standalone versions with JACK support. In this version: A series of new plugins have been released […]

Stellarium 23.4

On December 23, the latest release of the popular free planetarium Stellarium was released, which visualizes a realistic night sky as if you were looking at it with the naked eye, or through binoculars or a telescope. A total of 91 changes were made between the current and previous versions (433 changes were made in the planetarium during the year), […]

Release of the photo processing program Darktable 4.6

The release of the program for organizing and processing digital photographs Darktable 4.6 has been published, which is timed to coincide with the tenth anniversary of the formation of the first release of the project. Darktable acts as a free alternative to Adobe Lightroom and specializes in non-destructive work with raw images. Darktable provides a large selection of modules for performing all kinds of photo processing operations, allows you to maintain a database of source photos, visually […]

LLVM Project Changes Version Numbering Scheme

The developers of the LLVM project have approved the transition to a new scheme for generating product version numbers. Similar to the GCC and GDB projects, the zero release ("N.0") of each new branch will be used during development, and the first stable version will be numbered "N.1". The change will allow you to separate builds based on the mainline branch from the builds of the branch with final […]

A startup backed by Mercedes-Maybach showed a prototype of a capsule for near-space flights in a hot air balloon.

Almost 200 years ago, Allan Edgar Poe wrote a story about flying to the moon in a hot air balloon. Today we have proven ways to do it differently. But balloons continue to find applications in science and entertainment. NASA is raising telescopes and weather instruments on balloons, and the fashion for space tourism is forcing them to look for an alternative to rocket flights. […]

SpaceX sets a new Falcon 9 reusability record

Increasing the frequency of space flights is impossible without reusable first stages of rockets and even ships. This is one of the most important tasks for laying the space road to the Moon, Mars and beyond. Today, SpaceX took another step in this direction, setting a new record for reusing the first stages of Falcon 9 launch vehicles. The same upper stage […]

Streacom Announces SG10 Cooling Case for Fanless PCs

Streacom has officially introduced the SG10 computer case, which, in the absence of fans, is capable of removing up to 600 W of heat from the processor and video card. The basis of the device was the Calyos NSGS0 project, which was previously noted as an unsuccessful campaign on Kickstarter. The developer had to start looking for a more experienced partner, which was Streacom - the project was completely redesigned, and none of the original components […]