Something to look forward to: The first trailer for Bill & Ted Face the Music is out today courtesy of Orion Pictures and it could be just the sort of zany distraction we need heading into the summer. Fingers crossed that it'll actually make it into theaters as planned.

Reprising their roles as Bill S. Preston, Esq. and Ted “Theodore” Logan, Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves are met by a visitor from the future and told that they must create a song to “reunite the world and save

What just happened? Researchers at MIT have developed a new type of memristor that is more reliable than existing designs by borrowing principles from metallurgy, the branch of science involving the physical and chemical behavior of metallic elements.

As MIT News explains , existing memristor designs involve a positive and negative electrode separated by a “switching medium” between them. When voltage is applied to one of the electrodes, ions flow through the medium via a conduction channel to the other electrode.

This works relatively well with a large conduction channel, said

One of the most obvious impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic is how reliant we have all become on connectivity, particularly wireless connectivity. For most of us, the combination of a fast broadband connection along with a solid Wi-Fi wireless network inside our home has literally made the difference between being able to work, attend classes, and enjoy entertainment on a consistent, reliable basis or not being able to do so.

As a result, there’s significantly more attention being placed on connectivity overall these days,

Something to look forward to: Good news for fans of the Far Cry series: the next game in the long-running franchise will reportedly be announced next month at the Ubisoft Forward event. It’s also reported that Far Cry 6, assuming that’s its name, will leave the North American location seen in the last two titles and return to a more familiar, exotic setting.

The claim comes from Gamereactor.dk , which writes that the game will be unveiled at the Ubisoft show. We heard last

Recap: Early Macintosh computers were powered by Motorola processors but in the mid-90s, Apple switched over to PowerPC. Roughly a decade later, Apple again changed its tune, opting to outfit its computers with hardware from Intel.

Apple may be weeks away from publicly revealing plans to outfit its Mac computers with ARM-based processors.

Sources familiar with the matter tell Bloomberg that Apple could make

Why it matters: Nothing is off-limits to scammers, even taking advantage of the Covid-19 pandemic. According to a recent report, cybercriminals are using fake CVs and medical-leave forms to spread banking Trojans and information-stealing malware.

The temporary closure of businesses has seen more than 40 million Americans file for first-time unemployment benefits since March, and although the unemployment rate is now falling from its peak, it remains at 13.3 percent.

Researchers at Check Point have found that

In brief: AMD and Nvidia have been tech rivals for a long time, so this might come as a surprise: team red has just revealed more specifications of Nvidia’s Ampere-based DGX A100 AI system.

Last month, Nvidia finally revealed its Ampere GPU architecture in the form of its A100 GPUs. Based on the 7nm process and designed for cloud computing, AI, and scientific number crunching, they boast 54 billion transistors, 6,912 CUDA cores,

Recap: The Last of Us dropped on PlayStation 3 in mid-2013 to critical acclaim. The action-adventure game, played via third-person perspective, has been described as a “brutal, heartbreaking journey” of survival for its two main characters. It arrived on the PlayStation 4 the following summer and is arguably one of the best games in Sony’s stable of exclusives.

HBO’s adaptation of The Last of Us will serve as a reunion of sorts for Chernobyl alumni. Johan Renck