CD Projekt Red says Cyberpunk 2077"s stability is now "satisfactory"
To say Cyberpunk 2077's release was not the critical success CD Projekt Red hoped for is an understatement. The bugs, performance issues, and nearly unplayable last-gen console versions came as a huge disappointment to fans expecting one of the best.....»»
Apple rolls out watchOS 10.3 for all Apple Watch owners
After weeks of testing, Apple has officially released the new watchOS 10.3 update to Apple Watch users with stability and performance improvements.Apple Watch owners can download watchOS 10.3Following its progression from the first developer beta rel.....»»
Researchers develop new plant-derived urease inhibitor to improve fertilizer performance
Researchers from the Institute of Applied Ecology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a new plant-based inhibitor that can improve the efficiency and stability of fertilizers. The inhibitor, derived from natural plants, can slow down th.....»»
Study probes unexplored combination of three chemical elements for superconductivity
Skoltech researchers and their colleagues from MIPT and China's Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research have computationally explored the stability of the bizarre compounds of hydrogen, lanthanum, and magnesium that exist at.....»»
Enhanced photoelectrochemical water splitting with a donor-acceptor polyimide
Polyimide (PI) has emerged as a promising organic photocatalyst owing to its distinct advantages of high visible-light response, facile synthesis, molecularly tunable donor-acceptor structure, and excellent physicochemical stability. However, the syn.....»»
Non-sectarian parties improve democracy and social stability, study says
Non-sectarian political parties help to make divided societies more stable and improve the quality of the democratic process, a new study says......»»
AMD’s new CPUs let you play Cyberpunk without a graphics card
AMD has just announced its latest desktop APUs, dubbed the Ryzen 8000G. Are these processors sufficient for gamers?.....»»
Vim 9.1 released: New features and bug fixes
Vim, a highly adaptable text editor, is designed to efficiently create and modify all types of text. It comes included as vi in most UNIX systems and macOS. Renowned for its rock-solid stability, Vim is constantly evolving to improve further, and ver.....»»
Calculating the number of oranges that can be plucked from a fruit stand before it collapses
A small team of physicists and mechanical engineers from Universidad de Antofagasta, Universidad Autónoma de Chile and Universidad de O'Higgins, all in Chile, has found a way to find the stability points of granularly arranged monolayers in a single.....»»
Novel approach uses ionic liquids for diverse aptamer applications
Aptamers, nucleic acids capable of selectively binding to viruses, proteins, ions, small molecules, and various other targets, are garnering attention in drug development as potential antibody substitutes for their thermal and chemical stability as w.....»»
Forget live service. Great DLCs kept us playing old games in 2023
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, God of War Ragnarok: Valhalla, and more showed that games don't need to go full live service to keep players' attention......»»
"The Creator" review: A stunning reminder we need more original sci-fi
While its themes and story beats don't always land, "The Creator" is a masterful, beautifully realized work of science fiction. Cyberpunk cityscapes. Rolling fields tilled by robots. Towering space stations. These are just a sample of the marve.....»»
Scientists create chiral polyoxometalate-based frameworks with enhanced stability and catalytic activity
A team of scientists has created a chiral assembly by blending inorganic polyoxometalates and organic cyclodextrin molecules......»»
Teaching prisoners to start businesses can help them return to society
When people are released from prison back into society, they can find themselves in an unknown world for which they are ill-equipped. They need stability and security to get their lives back on track—yet they often have nowhere to go. They also ten.....»»
Green hydrogen: Improving the stability of iridium catalysts with titanium oxides
Anodes for the electrolytic splitting of water are usually iridium-based materials. In order to increase the stability of the iridium catalyst, a team at HZB and a group at HI-ERN have now produced a so-called material library: a sample in which the.....»»
GM justifies decision to ditch Apple CarPlay due to stability issues
The automaker's decision to ditch phone casting interfaces remains controversial. Enlarge / The 2023 Cadillac Lyriq had an extremely good CarPlay implementation. But that's gone from GM EVs for MY2024 onward. (credit: Jonathan Gi.....»»
Political science meets physical science: The shared concept of stability
In a Perspective, a biophysical chemist, Kenneth J. Breslauer, and his brother, a political scientist, George W. Breslauer, explore the parallelisms between the concept of stability as it is used in their respective fields. The Perspective is publish.....»»
Research progress in thermal expansion characteristics of TATB-based polymer bonded explosives
Under complex temperature variations, the irreversible thermal expansion of polymer-bonded explosives (PBXs) containing 1,3,5-triamino-2,4,6-trinitrobenzene (TATB) leads to diminished shape stability. This, in turn, directly impacts the mechanical pr.....»»
Stable Diffusion XL Turbo can generate AI images as fast as you can type
Even at home, SDXL Turbo can create detailed images with startling speed. Enlarge / Example images generated using Stable Diffusion XL Turbo. (credit: Stable Diffusion XL Turbo / Benj Edwards) On Tuesday, Stability AI la.....»»
Stable Diffusion Turbo XL can generate AI images as fast as you can type
Even at home, SDXL Turbo can create detailed images with startling speed. Enlarge / Example images generated using Stable Diffusion XL Turbo. (credit: Stable Diffusion XL Turbo / Benj Edwards) On Tuesday, Stability AI la.....»»
New “Stable Video Diffusion” AI model can animate any still image
Given GPU and patience, SVD can turn any image into a 2-second video clip. Enlarge / Still examples of images animated using Stable Video Diffusion by Stability AI. (credit: Stability AI) On Tuesday, Stability AI release.....»»