The 3.9L naturally aspirated V12 will go from idle to redline in 0.3 seconds. For car nerds of a certain age, few cars compare to the McLaren F1. Back in 1994, the car rewrote the rules, even in the midst of a supercar boom that gave us machines like the Jaguar XJ220 and the Bugatti … Continue reading The greatest V12 ever made? Cosworth builds an engine for Gordon Murray Continue Reading
Current Steam owners unaffected; new players must use Epic Games Store (or consoles). Sometime “this summer,” the popular car-soccer video game Rocket League will become fully free to play on all existing platforms. In order to pull this off, however, the game’s publishers at Epic Games are making a curious change to its PC version: it will be … Continue reading Rocket League’s free-to-play transition is a red card for its Steam listing Continue Reading
We’re not getting any new Ryzen 9 models—but 3, 5, and 7 get integrated GPUs. This morning, AMD announced the next big thing for its Ryzen desktop CPU line—the Ryzen 4000 series, slated to arrive in Q3 2020. Those of you who have been waiting breathlessly for Zen 3 architecture will need to keep waiting—Ryzen 4000 desktop … Continue reading AMD Ryzen 4000 desktop APUs will be here in Q3 2020 Continue Reading
New mines are coming, but the potential for recycling is huge. The transition to electric vehicles and renewable sources of electricity, now gaining serious momentum, is largely about dispensing with fossil fuels. But in order to end our reliance on those substances, we need a growing supply of other materials—things like lithium and rare earth … Continue reading Are we ready to recycle the “rare earths” behind an energy revolution? Continue Reading
The Solar orbiter just produced the closest pictures ever taken of the Sun, revealing our parent star in stunning detail. These are the first images from the Solar Orbiter released to the public. This joint mission from NASA and the ESA launched on February 9 of this year, and it made its first close pass … Continue reading The Solar Orbiter just snapped the closest-ever pictures of the Sun Continue Reading
UK-based regional bus operator Warrington’s Own Buses has installed air-cleaning devices from technology company AirLabs in driver cabins across its entire operational fleet as part of a COVID-19 safety drive. The ‘AirBubbl’ filters more than 95 percent of airborne viruses and contaminated particulate matter and floods the vehicle with over 30,000 liters of clean air every hour. AirLabs, … Continue reading UK buses are getting air purifiers to protect passengers from viruses Continue Reading
The Complete 2020 Cloud Foundation Certification Bundle can get you working as a cloud administrator while helping you pass the key certification exams. In the not too distant future, robots may be restocking the shelves and cleaning the floors of your retail space. They may be handling security in public spaces. And they might be … Continue reading From AWS to Microsoft Azure to Google Cloud, this course bundle explains everything Continue Reading
You get what you pay for Nikon is wasting no time expanding its full-frame mirrorless camera series, which it introduced last year with the launch of the Z6 and the Z7. The company has welcomed a new model to its lineup: the Z5, a budget alternative that should appeal to intermediate photographers seeking an upgrade … Continue reading Nikon’s $1,399 Z5 is an affordable full-frame mirrorless camera — with some compromises Continue Reading
Netflix is testing a new low-cost pricing tier in India as the on-demand video streaming service looks to court more subscribers in Asia’s third-largest economy. The American giant has unveiled a “Mobile+” plan for some new and existing subscribers in India that delivers streaming in high-definition (HD) quality and supports viewing across mobile, tablet, and computer … Continue reading Netflix tests new low-cost subscription plan in India Continue Reading
There are other persistent, grave health crises brewing besides the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic: Antibiotic resistance is one, and the troubling trend is that it’s on the rise, leading to an increase in so-called ‘superbugs’ that are difficult to treat. IBM Research, working in partnership with Singapore’s Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, has developed a synthetic macromolecule polymer … Continue reading IBM Research develops new macromolecule that could counter antibiotic resistance Continue Reading