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Scientists from NASA’s OSIRIS-REX have discovered that the heat from the Sun cracked the rocks on Bennu in just 10,000 to 100,000 years, showing that surface regeneration occurs much more quickly on asteroids than on Earth. The researchers examined rock cracks on the asteroid Bennu using high-resolution photos taken by the spacecraft OSIRIS-REX to arrive at its conclusions (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer). With the aid of this knowledge, scientists will be able to predict the time it takes boulders on asteroids like Bennu to fragment into smaller pieces, some of which may eject into space while others may remain on the asteroid’s surface....

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — NASA will provide live coverage of the 2021 U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame induction ceremony at 11 a.m. EST on Saturday, Nov. 13. The agency’s Deputy Administrator, Pam Melroy, is among the inductees, and the event also features remarks by NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. The ceremony will take place at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction in Florida, and will air live on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website....

According to recent reports, Netflix has cancelled Resident Evil after its first season. The first season premiered in the OTT platform with eight episodes on July 14. The series levitated to the Top 10 rankings in a fast pace. However, soon after it fell off the pedestal after moderate reaction from the audience and critics. Netflix’s Resident Evil presented an original story, which was set in the Resident Evil Universe. The alternate timeline featured the Umbrella Corporation founding the New Raccoon City....

Hitting shelves this Fall, Back 4 Blood is shaping up to be the long-requested sequel to Left 4 Dead that fans have been anticipating for years, pitting four players against hordes of undead foes. Although the game will be coming to PlayStation and Xbox – and will even be available on Game Pass the day it launches – it seems one of the best ways to enjoy the new shooter will be on PC, with Turtle Rock Studios releasing a new trailer all about the port....

Piranha Games CEO Russ Bullock appeared in Podcast episode 230 of the YouTube channel NoGutsNoGalaxy, where he quietly announced that a new standalone MechWarrior game is in development and will be announced later this year. Everyone knows we have DLC 4 coming out for MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries, and there is another MechWarrior game in development at Piranha; I’ll just say that. It’s not MechWarrior Online 2, it’s more in line with MechWarrior 5, but it’ll be a standalone product....

Nintendo has revealed the next event available for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. To celebrate today’s release of Metroid Dread arriving on Nintendo Switch, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is celebrating its launch with a new event. While Super Smash Bros. Ultimate recently had its massive final character reveal, Sora from Kingdom Hearts, Nintendo announced three different Spirits will be showing up periodically on the Spirit Board throughout the new event, making this the first chance to get them....

Nier: Automata’s fifth anniversary is fast approaching and anyone hoping that publisher Square Enix and/or director Yoko Taro would have something to say about it is going to be quite happy. The game’s official Twitter account has not only acknowledged the anniversary but has also announced a special livestream for the occasion. It appears to be Japanese only unfortunately, with it airing via Nico Nico, but diehard fans will no doubt want to check it out regardless, or at least pay attention to what could possibly be shown during it....

It finally happened: Night School Studio, the independent game developer known for the Oxenfree series, is the first studio to be acquired by Netflix. Mike Verdu, Vice President of Game Development at Netflix, said these are just the early stages of creating a ‘great gaming experience’ for the service’s subscribers. Netflix announced earlier this year that gaming content would be added as a ‘freebie’ within the next year. Less than a week later, the company clarified the games would be geared toward mobile devices at first....

No Man’s Sky. One of the only games where it’s possible to say the words “Games as a service works”. It isn’t a game that has constantly milked its audience. If you bought it upon release, as I did, then from a game that almost undeniably disappointed you, now you have a game that has undergone a major transformation, not unlike that of a caterpillar to a butterfly. This has been very visible with expansions like No Man’s Sky: Origins and many earlier updates....

The NOKIA X30 5G phone is sold in the European markets. And now, it is also available in markets such as Australia. The brand decided to make it a sweet deal for prospective buyers. Only the Blue model of the NOKIA X30 5G is available in the Australian market. You can also get a free NOKIA portable wireless speaker with the phone. Other pricing as well as availability details have been shared by NOKIA in the global markets....

There’s even more evidence now that the NVIDIA 16-Pin 12VHPWR cable issues are due to user error instead of a major design defect. As discovered by GamersNexus, we are now in the fourth week since the first issues appeared and more details pop up to tell what’s causing these cables to melt. NVIDIA 16-Pin 12VHPWR Cable Problems Once Again Suggested To Be User-Error, Users Mount Up More Pressure on Green Team There are three main topics to cover in this post, first and foremost are the new discoveries made by GamersNexus which once again point out two potential reasons why this issue is being caused....

Last month, NVIDIA launched the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti with GDDR6X memory and RTX 3060 with 8 GB memory as new inclusions into the complete NVIDIA RTX 30 series GPUs. However, according to insiders, NVIDIA has contacted AIC partners to replace the GDDR6 variants of the RTX 3060 Ti once the stock has been depleted. NVIDIA contacts board partners to sell through RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6 GPUs to make room for GDDR6X variants Pricing for the change in graphics card models will remain the same, which is sold for around $419....

NVIDIA is now rumored to launch not one but two variants of its GeForce RTX 4080 graphics card with 16 GB & 12 GB memory capacities. The latest rumor comes from MEGAsizeGPU who stated the two graphics cards in his previous leak and it looks like Kopite7kimi does seem to believe that NVIDIA launching two RTX 4080 variants might be possible. NVIDIA Rumored To Launch GeForce RTX 4080 In 16 GB & 12 GB Flavors At The Same Time Following yesterday’s rumor, it was stated that NVIDIA was working on two NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 graphics cards....

The third installment of the video game series based on Dmitry Glukhovsky’s novels, 4A Game’s Metro Exodus released in 2019 and earned numerous award nominations and predominantly positive reviews, despite the PC version being an Epic Games Store exclusive for a year. Now that the game is available on every platform, it’s time for some Metro Exodus next-gen upgrades. The PC version of the Metro Exodus: Enhanced Edition released on May 18, and the PS5 and Xbox Series upgrades will arrive on June 18....

Over the last decade, Minecraft has been one of the most consistently successful IPs in modern gaming history. With the Mojang-made sandbox title reaching 600 million active players late last year, its enormous success will go down in video game history. Much of this popularity stems from the game’s near-endless creativity, and the community that strives to keep building for it. Now, someone has come along to not only build something impressive, but something which can trick people into thinking it’s something else....

Being hailed by many gamers as the pinnacle of sandbox/survival games, Minecraft has been a long-running titan of the gaming industry. Whether Minecraft’s success is due to its amazing cooperative experience, the ability to be as creative as one wants, or some combination of the two is anyone’s guess, but regardless, the game has stood the test of time as well as evolved over the years. Minecraft also had the distinct advantage of becoming popular while social media became mainstream, allowing not only for more marketing but also allowed players to share their servers and creations instantly....

SYDNEY, Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Appian (NASDAQ: APPN) announced today that MinterEllison, one of Australia’s largest law firms, has automated its business process management system on the Appian Low-Code Platform. MinterEllison, which has 3,000+ partners and staff servicing government, private and public clients, forecasts that the new system will save the firm 42,000 billable hours in 2023. “Our old business process management system was ten years old and had reached end-of-life,” explained MinterEllison Chief Digital Officer, Gary Adler....

Misc. A Tiny Tale is a platforming game about tiny robots and their quest for acceptance, while gathering golden cogs and helping all sorts of other robots along the way. There is a lot to do in Misc., and the game is designed to allow players to choose how they want to progress by providing a general direction, even though the path to get there is not necessarily linear. Game Rant spoke to the founder of Tinyware Games, Michael Pearce, about what it meant to develop Misc....

Even in games with lots of statistical data like MLB The Show 21, opinion is a large factor when determining the best strategies. The “best” pitching staff might strike out a lot of players but allow more home runs than average. Meanwhile, the “worst” pitching staff might have a high opponent batting average but allow very few walks. Everyone will have a preference. So any guide to the best batting stance will have to accommodate personal taste....

With the announcement of Windows 11, Microsoft is making a big change to the requirements to evaluate the compatibility of PCs running AMD and Intel CPUs. This requirements comes down to the TPM (Trusted Platform Module) support and there’s been a lot of confusion going around but that needs to be sorted out. Most Intel & AMD PCs Are Ready For Windows 11 OS, Don’t Worry Much About Microsoft’s TPM Restrictions The Trusted Platform Module or TPM is a security check which has been made a necessity to be enabled for the latest version of Windows 11....