A stainless steel breakthrough could slash the cost of green hydrogen production
The material, known as SS-H2, is designed to remain stable where conventional stainless steel fails. The work, published in Materials Today, builds on Huang's long-running Super Steel research program, which has previously produced ultra-strong alloys and antimicrobial stainless steel.
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AMD's 8GB Radeon RX 9050 desktop card could arrive soon to challenge Nvidia's RTX 5050
According to VideoCardz's report, the Radeon RX 9050 will be a lower-clocked Navi 44 model positioned below the Radeon RX 9060 series in AMD's product stack.
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Gamers Are Wrong About 1440p vs 1080p CPU Benchmarking
Here We Go Again, or: Why GPU Bottlenecks Hide True CPU Performance.
Gamers keep demanding 1440p CPU benchmarks, but higher resolutions often hide the very performance differences CPU testing is supposed to reveal . Here's why 1080p still matters most.
The fight to stop publishers from bricking your games and shutting down servers just got a powerful new enemy
The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) has come out against California bill AB 1921, a state bill that would compel developers to offer remedies before deactivating servers for online games. Stop Killing Games has been fighting this battle for the last couple of years and was quick to condemn the ESA's position.
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Steam Machine may launch soon as reservation system and four retail packages surface
Hints about the new reservation system were found in the latest Steam update files released last week. Redditor Pepeizq, who spotted the reservation system code, also found references to at least four Steam Machine packages and two Steam Frame packages. The code also mentioned the existing Steam Controller and Steam...
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UK firefighters respond to a lithium-ion battery fire every five hours, new data reveals
Electric bikes were responsible for nearly a third of all calls – 520, to be exact – in the UK last year. Unsurprisingly, retrofitted models were involved in more incidents compared to those that shipped with batteries from the factory. For comparison, there were only 149 calls for ebike fires in 2022.
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NASA's next Mars helicopters tested beyond the speed of sound
NASA has successfully tested an improved flight system designed for Mars' hostile environment. The new technology can be accelerated beyond the speed of sound (Mach 1), the space agency said, and is expected to significantly enhance the operational capabilities of future exploration missions on the Red Planet.
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Winhanced aims to make Windows gaming PCs feel more like a console
Winhanced gives Windows gaming PCs a cleaner, more console-like experience by combining launchers, controller navigation, and system tools into one streamlined interface. Originally built for handhelds, it's also gaining traction on desktop and living room setups as an alternative to juggling Steam Big Picture, Xbox, and multiple launchers.
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Newly disclosed "Dirty Frag" vulnerability left Linux exposed for nearly a decade
Hyunwoo Kim, also known as "V4bel," recently disclosed "Dirty Frag," a dangerous security vulnerability that provides local attackers with root access on Linux-based systems. All major – and likely many minor – Linux distributions are affected by the issue, which currently can only be mitigated because no patch is available...
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Forza Horizon 6 has leaked online a week before launch after developer uploaded it to Steam without encryption
According to VGC, it is believed that a developer uploaded a copy of the game to Steam's backend over the weekend but did so without any encryption. This allowed a third party to intercept the files and subsequently crack the game, leading to the current situation.
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