The Tesla Model 3 first entered “production,” if that’s what you wanted to call it back then, almost two years ago in 2017. But it’s been impossible to actually buy the long-promised, $35,000 base model of the car that so many were hoping for to help them enter the electric future. Until now.
Source: Gizmodo – The ,000 Tesla Model 3 Is Here At Last
In a sort of surprise event (CEO Elon Musk tweeted it out two days ago), Tesla announced the $35,000 Standard Range Model 3 is available for order. The automaker has been working diligently to streamline its production line and lower unit costs of th…
Source: Engadget – Tesla launches orders for the ,000 Model 3
Gamers Nexus created a demonstration that illustrates the positives and negatives of RTX usage by utilizing the DXR implementation in Unreal Engine. They create environments using traditional graphics techniques that fake RTX global illumination and then recreate them using the accuracy of real-time ray tracing. Viewers can visually see the ups and downs of using DXR as noise rises and performance declines. This is the first video of a series that will delve into the topic.
Today’s content fakes global illumination to illustrate the ups and downs of using RTX. The upside is obvious — it’s easier, allows better dynamic movement of objects while retaining GI, and is theoretically more accurate. The downside is performance, clearly, and noise. Our 100% ray-traced… “game” provides some early demos of DXR’s implementation into Unreal Engine, which is presently (at writing) on its third preview build of the DXR implementation. Epic Games still has a lot of work to do on this front, but we can take an advance look at RTX shadows, reflections, global illumination, and more.
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Source: [H]ardOCP – Mimicking RTX Global Illumination with Traditional Graphics Techniques
The urge to be perfect can prevent you from taking action. You don’t share creative projects that aren’t 100% ready, or you’re afraid to ask someone out if you’re not sure it’s exactly right—so you just … don’t. If you’re feeling stymied by this need to never screw up, try making a mistake on purpose.
Source: LifeHacker – To Defeat Perfectionism, Make Mistakes on Purpose
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YouTube will now take stronger action to prevent predatory comments posted on videos of children. According to a blog post, YouTube will suspend comments on videos that feature minors that “could be at risk of attracting predatory behavior.” This measure is designed to prevent predatory commenters from gathering in the comments section of such videos.
While the word “all” isn’t used to describe the to-be-comment-free videos, YouTube explains that only a “small number” of creators will be able to keep their comment sections enabled on videos that include kids.
“These channels will be required to actively moderate their comments, beyond just using our moderation tools, and demonstrate a low risk of predatory behavior,” YouTube’s blog post says. “We will work with them directly, and our goal is to grow this number over time as our ability to catch violative comments continues to improve.”
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Source: Ars Technica – YouTube will disable comments on most videos of kids because of pedophiles
A new Dark Phoenix trailer dropped in the dead of night this week and gave us another look at how Sophie Turner’s Jean Grey will transform into her darkest, most cosmically-empowered self on the big screen for the second time in the character’s cinematic history. But a fan also spotted something peculiar…
Source: io9 – From a Certain Angle, It Looks Like the Dark Phoenix Trailer Takes a Subtle Jab at the Marvel Cinematic Universe
You’ve probably seen it. That image—a creepy, what-the-hell-is-that lady-bird figure with bulging eyes and a chilling grin. Its name: “Momo.”
Source: LifeHacker – How to Keep Your Kid Safe on YouTube
Google’s .dev domain is open to anyone today, less than two weeks after Google announced the new domain ending. The company envisions .dev as a dedicated space for developers and technology — a way to showcase tools, programming languages, blogs and…
Source: Engadget – Google’s new .dev domain opens to all
This is the Thor’s Hammer Mjolnir Toilet Paper Holder created by 3D Visuals & Design Co. and available on Amazon. The entirely too expensive toilet paper holder costs $50 and sits on the back of your toilet tank (or any other flat surface). You can see in the picture what this one reads, but there’s another product photo below that just reads ‘WHOEVER SITS HERE AND HOLDS THIS HAMMER SHALL POSSESS THE POWER OF THOR“, so I’m not entirely sure which one you’re getting if you actually buy one, since there’s no option. I guess it’s purchase at your own risk. Alternatively, just don’t buy one and do what I do and leave an empty toilet paper roll on the back of the tank like a normal person whose girlfriend hates coming over.
Keep going for the other shot.
Source: Geekologie – A Back Of The Toilet Thor’s Hammer Toilet Paper Holder
What’s worse than waiting for an Amazon package? Finding out it will arrive sometime between tomorrow and a week from now, with no guarantee.
Source: LifeHacker – How to Schedule an Exact Delivery Day for Your Amazon Packages
Spoilers are plentiful in the latest trailer for the fifth installment of the blockbuster video game series; Devil May Cry. Devil May Cry 5 will see Nero, Dante and V team up to face unbelievable challenges. Watch the video to see some of the heroes and villians that make a return in this must see reveal. Devil May Cry 5 launches worldwide on Xbox One, PS4 and PC on March 8th.
The Devil May Cry series boasts over 16 million sales worldwide. The first game in this popular series to make its debut in the current generation, bringing stylish mayhem against fiendish foes at the hands of Devil Hunters with demon blood in their veins. The world as we know it is falling apart and it’s up to Nero, Dante and V to team up and face the ultimate challenge in #DMC5.
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Source: [H]ardOCP – Here Is the Devil May Cry 5 – Final Trailer
It started as The Walking Dead. Later, we learned to Fear the Walking Dead. And now The Walking Dead will rise again.
Source: io9 – A Third Walking Dead Show Is Rising From the Grave
As fans of loot shooters find themselves wondering which one to play, here’s a reminder that Destiny 2 is as good as it’s ever been, and it’s only getting better.
Source: Kotaku – Destiny 2 Gets Another Injection Of Cool New Stuff
Tickling can be a fun way to bond with a kid—all that giggling and squealing is downright precious. If the kid likes it, that is. And surely they like it, right? After all, they’re laughing.
Source: LifeHacker – Don’t Tickle Kids Without Their Permission
It’s embarrassing, so few employees tend to report it, but a type of phishing attack known as sextortion is becoming increasingly common at workplaces, according to one security company’s recent analysis. To get the attention of users, many of these threatening messages are initially disguised as legitimate security…
Source: Gizmodo – The Vilest Phishing Method, Sextortion, Often Snares Victims Using Fake Security Alerts
U.S. companies installed more robots last year than ever before, as cheaper and more flexible machines put them within reach of businesses of all sizes and in more corners of the economy beyond their traditional foothold in car plants. From a report: Shipments hit 28,478, nearly 16 percent more than in 2017, according to data seen by Reuters that was set for release on Thursday by the Association for Advancing Automation, an industry group based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Shipments increased in every sector the group tracks, except automotive, where carmakers cut back after finishing a major round of tooling up for new truck models.
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Source: Slashdot – US Companies Put Record Number of Robots To Work in 2018
Just months after discovering FarOut, the most distant known object in the Solar System, the same team of astronomers has detected the faint—but not yet confirmed—glimmerings of an object even farther away. Dubbed FarFarOut, the extreme dwarf planet is 13 billion miles away—a distance so far it takes nearly 20 hours…
Source: Gizmodo – Extreme Dwarf Planet FarFarOut Could Be the Most Distant Known Object in the Solar System
Russia is planning to disconnect itself from the global internet in a test sometime between now and April. The country says it is implementing an internal internet (intranet) and an internet “kill switch” to protect itself against cyberwar. The quest…
Source: Engadget – Russia is going to test an internet ‘kill switch’ and its citizens will suffer
Apple has been working on technology for autonomous automobiles for several years now. Early on, rumors suggested that Apple would launch its own car, but those plans were rumored to have changed in 2016 when it turned its focus to autonomous auto software. A more recent report has claimed that an Apple car would launch by 2023. Whatever Apple
Source: Hot Hardware – Apple Lays Off 190 Workers In Autonomous Auto Division
This is a video of a waterfall caused by heavy rains cascading down some stairs at the Culinary Institute of America in St Helena, California. I felt like the only thing missing from the video were some salmon trying to jump up those stairs to throw a spawning orgy at the top and then die. “Is that how you want to go, GW?” What do you mean? “Like at an orgy.” Don’t be ridiculous, I have a reputation to uphold, I can’t be dying at some kink-fueled orgy. “Just checking.” I’m kidding, obviously I’m 110% fine with that. But I want my obituary to read, ‘He died happy — so lost in a mountain of flesh he couldn’t even tell which way was up.’
Keep going for the video, which is way too much walking to the waterfall stairs and not enough of the waterfall stairs. Honestly, the gif is really all you need to see.
Source: Geekologie – A Beautiful Waterfall Cascading Down An Outdoor Stairway
