Author: Zach_Wilson
Formula E team caught using RFID scanner that could grab live tire data from other cars
The Stewards were advised by the Technical Delegate that the competitor had installed RFID scanning equipment in the pit lane entry this morning that was able to collect live data from all cars. Firstly, it is forbidden in general for competitors to install or place any equipment in the pit lane. Secondly, the collection of data by this method…
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Escape from Tarkov vows to ban dataminers and anyone else who shares “datamined information”
Escape from Tarkov is cracking down not only on dataminers, but also any “personalities” – which likely means community users and content creators – who publicize them. Developer Battlestate Games posted an “official statement” to its social media channels just ahead of the weekend, confirming it will “start taking action…
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There’s no PS5 edition of Minecraft because Sony wouldn’t send Mojang a dev kit
Xbox boss Phil Spencer says the reason Minecraft has yet to release a native PS5 edition is because Sony was “reluctant” to send the team a PS5 dev kit. Without a dev kit – that is, the specialist equipment given to developers to test their pre-release builds before they’re released…
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Tesla’s NACS plug will be required at EV charging stations in Washington and Texas
Tesla has had a very good month, at least when it comes to its EV charging standard. Washington state wants to require electric car charging companies to use Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) in order to be part of the state’s program to support electric vehicles, according to Reuters.…
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Intel’s most powerful supercomputer is ready to be switched on
Argonne National Laboratory’s most powerful supercomputer is now complete, and together with its creators, Intel, HPE, and the Department of Energy, it hopes to have it online by the end of this year. According to the Lab, “Aurora will be theoretically capable of delivering more than two exaflops of computing…
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Has Xbox really lost the console wars?
The second day of the FTC v. Microsoft hearing was really all about one man: Phil Spencer. The Xbox chief took the stand to discuss Microsoft losing the console wars, Sony’s aggressive and hostile competition, and to paint Xbox in a distant third place where it’s struggling to compete. Spencer also revealed…
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