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Congressmen ask Biden admin to keep chip design software away from China

Enlarge (credit: China News Service | Getty Images) Don’t let American companies sell semiconductor design software to Chinese firms, two members of Congress are asking the Department of Commerce.  Sen. Tom Cotton (R- Ark.) and Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Tex.) yesterday requested that electronic design automation (EDA) tools be designated as “foundational technologies” by the Department […]

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NPD: PlayStation 5’s first 5 months are best ever for a US console launch

Enlarge / The PS5 is bigger than Xbox Series X in more ways than one (at least, in the United States). (credit: Sam Machkovech) While we’re still waiting on exact sales numbers for last year’s newest video game consoles, select stats have begun to emerge that, at least in the US, give a clear lead […]

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Mercedes goes all out with its new electric luxury sedan, the EQS

Mercedes-Benz’s mighty S-Class sedan is regularly ranked as the world’s best luxury car. Now it has an electric alternative, called the EQS. [credit: Mercedes-EQ ] You can tell there should have been an international auto show this week by the flurry of new car announcements. These announcements have already included new battery electric vehicles from […]

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SARS-CoV-2 variant found in Brazil: More infectious, may limit immunity

Enlarge / COVID-19 has taken a terrible toll on Brazil. (credit: Michael Dantas / Getty Images) Almost from the moment it made the jump to humans, the SARS-CoV-2 virus has been picking up mutations and creating new lineages as it expands into different populations. In practical terms, the vast majority of these mutations makes absolutely […]

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The largest independent self-driving startup is under a lot of pressure

Enlarge / Chris Urmson speaks onstage during the 2019 SXSW Conference on March 9, 2019 in Austin. (credit: Samantha Burkardt/Getty Images for SXSW) Few people have been working on self-driving cars longer than Chris Urmson. Urmson played a key role on Carnegie Mellon’s team in all three of DARPA’s famous Grand Challenges between 2004 and […]

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Review: The Asus ROG G15, a gaming laptop with Ryzen 9 5900HS and RTX 3070

The G15 is reasonably unassuming as gaming laptops go—it doesn’t feel huge or bulky, and there’s a thankful minimum of SuPeR 31337 bling. [credit: Jim Salter ] Recently, we managed to get our hands on an Asus ROG Zephyrus G15 laptop. We had to do it just like anybody else does, by finding one and […]

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Rocket Report: SpaceX to build huge launch tower, Branson sells Virgin stock

Enlarge / New Shepard crew capsule is seen landing in West Texas. (credit: Blue Origin) Welcome to Edition 3.41 of the Rocket Report! As always there is plenty of news in the world of launch, and this week we have several stories about heavy lift vehicles. Perhaps most interesting, SpaceX has received approval from the […]

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Resident Evil 4 VR announced for Oculus Quest 2 as a first-person remake

Enlarge (credit: Capcom) On Thursday, Capcom announced that its megaton horror series Resident Evil will soon return to virtual reality. But instead of adding a VR mode to the upcoming Resident Evil VIII: Village, slated to launch next month, the game maker threw horror fans a curveball. The project, as it turns out, is Resident […]

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99.992% of fully vaccinated people have dodged COVID, CDC data shows

Enlarge / Residents wait in an observation area after receiving Covid-19 vaccines at a vaccination site in Richmond, California on Thursday, April 15, 2021. (credit: Getty | Bloomberg) Cases of COVID-19 are extremely rare among people who are fully vaccinated, according to a new data analysis by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Among […]

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Popular software development tool Docker gets Apple M1 support

Enlarge / Docker running on a Mac. (credit: Docker) Docker, a popular multi-platform application used by software developers, has released a version that runs natively on Apple Silicon hardware, including Macs released with Apple’s custom-designed M1 chip. The M1 chip uses the ARM instruction set and cannot natively run software that was designed to run […]