Enlarge / AMD’s RX 6500 XT. reader comments 160 with 105 posters participating Share this story AMD will begin selling its latest budget GPU, the Radeon RX 6500 XT, on January 19th. Its retail price is $199. But the ongoing GPU shortage, caused in part by cryptocurrency miners and scalpers who are snapping up every ..
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Enlarge / Sega is thinking long and hard about whether it wants NFTs to become part of its brand image. reader comments 170 with 59 posters participating, including story author Share this story Non-fungible tokens have become the buzziest of concepts among big-budget game publishers these days. While Ubisoft is the only big-name publisher to actually ..
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reader comments 0 with 0 posters participating Share this story If you’ve been too busy playing the best games of 2021 to take part in this year’s Ars Technica Charity Drive sweepstakes, you’re running out of time to donate to a good cause and get a chance to win your share of over $1,600 worth ..
Enlarge / Artist’s impression of the Ramjet propulsion system proposed in 1960 by physicist Robert W. Bussard reader comments 212 with 112 posters participating Share this story In Poul Anderson’s 1970 novel Tau Zero, a starship crew seeks to travel to the star Beta Virginis in hopes of colonizing a new planet. The ship’s mode ..
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Enlarge / A look at a very weird year for a retro-minded game console that may or may not exist by the end of 2022. reader comments 41 with 30 posters participating Share this story Most of Ars’ end-of-2021 gaming coverage focused on the best stuff made during a bizarre year of delays and chip ..
Enlarge / It’s not much to look at, but at least the name is official. reader comments 135 with 73 posters participating, including story author Share this story Sony’s trickle of information about its future in virtual reality continued on Tuesday with the surprise announcement of an unsurprising name: PlayStation VR2. Thankfully, the name comes ..
reader comments 12 with 10 posters participating Share this story [embedded content] Sean Bean is back as Mr. Wilford in the third season of Snowpiercer. We finally have a full trailer for the upcoming third season of Snowpiercer, and the power struggle between Layton (Daveed Diggs) and Mr. Wilford (Sean Bean) is heating up in ..
Enlarge / Royal mummy of Amenhotep I, the second pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, at Cairo Museum, Egypt. reader comments 25 with 19 posters participating Share this story Amenhotep I was an Egyptian pharaoh best known for building numerous temples and inspiring the formation of a funerary cult after his death. His mummy, first discovered ..
