Month: July 2023
NASA+ is the space agency’s very own streaming platform
NASA is launching its very own streaming platform called NASA+ sometime this summer. While the space agency already livestreams launches and other events on its website, NASA+ will feature not just live broadcasts, but also collections of original video series. A handful of the first shows on the platform will even be new titles launching with the service, and what’s even better is that it will be free and will not be interrupting shows with ads. In other words, it’s where you should go if you want to binge watch NASA and space content. The streaming service will be available through the agency’s iOS and Android apps on mobile devices. You’ll also be able to access it on desktop and mobile browsers, as well as stream shows on demand through media players, such as Roku, Apple TV and Fire TV. Marc Etkind from NASA’s Office of Communications said:”We’re putting space on demand and at your fingertips with NASA’s new streaming platform. Transforming our digital presence will help us better tell the stories of how NASA explores the unknown in air and space, inspires through discovery, and innovates for the benefit of humanity.”In addition to introducing its own streaming service, NASA is also giving its whole digital presence an overhaul. It’s currently working on a new web (and app) experience that can better consolidate information about its missions, research projects and updates about the Artemis program, among other things. NASA has numerous websites for different programs and divisions, but the new experience will include content from several of them. It will also feature integrated navigation and search function for easier access to information across NASA websites. You can visit the beta version of the upgraded web experience right now, but take note that the agency plans to connect more libraries and websites to it even after it’s been fully launched. This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/nasa-is-the-space-agencys-very-own-streaming-platform-063042960.html?src=rss
NASA is launching its very own streaming platform called NASA+ sometime this summer. While the space agency already livestreams launches and other events on its website, NASA+ will feature not just live broadcasts, but also collections of original video series. A handful of the first shows on the platform will even be new titles launching with the service, and what’s even better is that it will be free and will not be interrupting shows with ads. In other words, it’s where you should go if you want to binge watch NASA and space content.
The streaming service will be available through the agency’s iOS and Android apps on mobile devices. You’ll also be able to access it on desktop and mobile browsers, as well as stream shows on demand through media players, such as Roku, Apple TV and Fire TV.
Marc Etkind from NASA’s Office of Communications said:
“We’re putting space on demand and at your fingertips with NASA’s new streaming platform. Transforming our digital presence will help us better tell the stories of how NASA explores the unknown in air and space, inspires through discovery, and innovates for the benefit of humanity.”
In addition to introducing its own streaming service, NASA is also giving its whole digital presence an overhaul. It’s currently working on a new web (and app) experience that can better consolidate information about its missions, research projects and updates about the Artemis program, among other things. NASA has numerous websites for different programs and divisions, but the new experience will include content from several of them. It will also feature integrated navigation and search function for easier access to information across NASA websites. You can visit the beta version of the upgraded web experience right now, but take note that the agency plans to connect more libraries and websites to it even after it’s been fully launched.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/nasa-is-the-space-agencys-very-own-streaming-platform-063042960.html?src=rss
European startups: I think we’re going to need a better battery
Next year, a Dutch company will put a new kind of battery in a drone and — if all goes according to plan — that drone will fly for 50% longer than it could with a standard lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery. Flight times of nearly an hour, say, rather than 34 minutes. The souped-up drone won’t be any heavier than before and the new battery will actually be smaller than the old one, despite offering more juice. Fixed wing and multi-rotor drones are just the beginning. LeydenJar is also targeting electric vehicles and Tim Aanhane, the company’s business developer, estimates that…This story continues at The Next Web
Next year, a Dutch company will put a new kind of battery in a drone and — if all goes according to plan — that drone will fly for 50% longer than it could with a standard lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery. Flight times of nearly an hour, say, rather than 34 minutes. The souped-up drone won’t be any heavier than before and the new battery will actually be smaller than the old one, despite offering more juice. Fixed wing and multi-rotor drones are just the beginning. LeydenJar is also targeting electric vehicles and Tim Aanhane, the company’s business developer, estimates that…
This story continues at The Next Web
England vs. Denmark: How to Watch FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 Game Live From Anywhere – CNET
It’s a tough test for the Lionesses as they take on the Danes in this Group D clash in Sydney.
It’s a tough test for the Lionesses as they take on the Danes in this Group D clash in Sydney.
Nicki Minaj will be a playable character in Call of Duty
Call of Duty Season 5 will feature Nicki Minaj as the first ever female celebrity “Operator” playable character, Activision announced. She’ll appear in Warzone and Modern Warfare 2 as part of CoD’s “50 Years of Hip Hop Celebration,” along with Snoop Dogg and 21 Savage. Other celebrities including Lionel Messi, Kevin Durant and Snoop Dogg (multiple times now) have appeared in CoD in the past. Minaj, however is “Call of Duty’s first-ever self-named female Operator,” the developer noted. “Playtime is over; this is not ‘Chill Nicki’; this is Red Ruby Da Sleeze,” it added, referencing Minaj’s track and video released earlier this year. Minaj will appear and have her own storefront later in Season 5, with items for sale likely including the hot pink rifle pictured above. Minaj’s appearance was previewed last year in a YouTube video called Squad Up, which also featured Lil Baby, Bukayo Saka, and Pete Davidson — though there’s no word if those people will also appear in CoD at some point. The Season 5 website also shows information on the 9mm ISO sub machine, the AN-94 assault rifle and other weapons. CoD also previewed multiplayer additions like new maps for Livestock and Petrov Oil Rig. Meanwhile, Warzone 2.0 adds new locations like Verdansk Stadium. Season 5 will also include a reveal of the upcoming Call of Duty 2023 (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3) — in Warzone. Season 05 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II and Call of Duty: Warzone are set to launch on August 2 at 9 AM PT across all platforms.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/nicki-minaj-will-be-a-playable-character-in-call-of-duty-051544179.html?src=rss
Call of Duty Season 5 will feature Nicki Minaj as the first ever female celebrity “Operator” playable character, Activision announced. She’ll appear in Warzone and Modern Warfare 2 as part of CoD’s “50 Years of Hip Hop Celebration,” along with Snoop Dogg and 21 Savage.
Other celebrities including Lionel Messi, Kevin Durant and Snoop Dogg (multiple times now) have appeared in CoD in the past. Minaj, however is “Call of Duty’s first-ever self-named female Operator,” the developer noted. “Playtime is over; this is not ‘Chill Nicki’; this is Red Ruby Da Sleeze,” it added, referencing Minaj’s track and video released earlier this year.
Minaj will appear and have her own storefront later in Season 5, with items for sale likely including the hot pink rifle pictured above. Minaj’s appearance was previewed last year in a YouTube video called Squad Up, which also featured Lil Baby, Bukayo Saka, and Pete Davidson — though there’s no word if those people will also appear in CoD at some point.
The Season 5 website also shows information on the 9mm ISO sub machine, the AN-94 assault rifle and other weapons. CoD also previewed multiplayer additions like new maps for Livestock and Petrov Oil Rig. Meanwhile, Warzone 2.0 adds new locations like Verdansk Stadium. Season 5 will also include a reveal of the upcoming Call of Duty 2023 (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3) — in Warzone. Season 05 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II and Call of Duty: Warzone are set to launch on August 2 at 9 AM PT across all platforms.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/nicki-minaj-will-be-a-playable-character-in-call-of-duty-051544179.html?src=rss
Nvidia Blackwell: news, rumors, and everything we know
Nvidia Blackwell is starting to make the rounds in the rumor mill, hinting that Team Green is hard at work on its next GPU architecture. Here’s everything we know so far.
News about Nvidia Blackwell is starting to make its way into the online rumor mills, suggesting that Nvidia’s next-gen successor to Nvidia Lovelace is in the works. With the current generation of graphics cards and workstation GPUs more or less wrapped up for Nvidia, all the talk appears to be around what’s going to come next for the world’s biggest GPU maker.
Given its dominance in the AI hardware marketplace and the consumer graphics sector, the Nvidia Blackwell architecture is likely to straddle the line between the Nvidia 5000-series GPUs that will power the next generation of the best graphics cards and powerful workstation hardware that sits in AI data centers.
How much Nvidia is able to prioritize the new consumer graphics card generation remains to be seen, especially as demand for AI chips like Hopper and its next-gen successor are sure to be very high.
Still, there’s no reason to count out Nvidia’s 5000-series cards just yet; but, given the mixed bag that this generation of graphics cards provided, Nvidia definitely has its hands full as it tries to balance the demands of gamers, creators, and industrial players like Google, OpenAI, and many more.
Nvidia Blackwell: Cut to the chase
What is it? Nvidia’s rumored next generation of GPU architectureHow much does it cost? Unknown at this time, but will scale from lowly budget graphics cards to data-center AI hardware.When can I get it? The earliest we expect to see Nvidia Blackwell would be late 2024 or early 2025
Nvidia Blackwell: Latest news
The Nvidia RTX 5090 is rumored to be nearly twice as fast as RTX 4090, so we should just call it the Titan RTX at this pointNvidia 5000 series GPUs might use multi-chiplet design—and it could help get Nvidia back on the performance trackNvidia could be up to something odd with next-gen Blackwell GPUs – and AMD might take advantage
Nvidia’s RTX 5000 GPUs are a confusing proposition for gamers like me
Nvidia Blackwell: Release date
The only thing we can say right now about Nvidia Blackwell is that it appears set for release in 2025, at least according to Nvidia’s own roadmap. What we can’t say for sure is whether that means its data center products or its consumer products, both of which will use the same architecture, similar to how Nvidia Lovelace and Nvidia Ampere were done.
Nvidia Blackwell: Specs
We know next to nothing about what kind of architecture Nvidia Blackwell will present, including which process node it will use, who will fabricate the chips using the architecture, or what innovations Nvidia might roll out with it.
We do expect to see more mature ray tracing and tensor cores, and it’s almost guaranteed that Nvidia will focus on the latter rather than the former, considering it’s the tensor cores that are powering Nvidia’s current dominance of AI workloads.
We have gotten hints that Nvidia Blackwell will use, at least in part, a multi-chiplet module design, which would be a first for Nvidia. The rumor mill doesn’t specify if both commercial and consumer Blackwell GPUs will use MCMs, but it’s an exciting prospect nonetheless and means that Nvidia is catching up with AMD and Intel who have already adopted the design paradigm in their own processors.
There have been some rumors around the specific GPUs that will actually run Nvidia Blackwell architecture. The consumer GPU variants designations appear to be as follows:
GB202: likely in the Nvidia RTX 5090 and Nvidia RTX 5090 TiGB203: likely in the Nvidia RTX 5080 and Nvidia RTX 5080 Ti, though possibly in the Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti as well.GB205: Likely in the Nvidia RTX 5070 and RTX 5060 Ti, and possibly in the Nvidia RTX 5070 TiGB206: Likely in the Nvidia RTX 5060 and possibly the Nvidia RTX 5060 TiGB207: Likely reserved for the Nvidia RTX 5050 and Nvidia RTX 5050 Ti.
We’ve also seen some purported specs for an RTX 5090 from a fairly reliable leaker on the Chinese-language Chiphell forum. According to a now-deleted post, the RTX 5090 will boast some impressive spec upgrades over the RTX 4090:
If these specs pan out, this should give the RTX 5090 an absolutely massive gen-on-gen boost, with the same post that detailed the specs claiming that the RTX 5090’s performance was 1.7 times faster than the RTX 4090, which is downright gobsmacking.
Nvidia Blackwell: What to expect
Obviously, being so far out from a release, it’s hard to say what we should expect from the new architecture. The only thing that’s certain is that there will be more developments, leaks, and rumors as we get closer to the release, so be sure to stay tuned to TechRadar for all the latest on Nvidia’s next-gen graphics architecture.