The budget of the most expensive game in the world has exceeded $700 million, but its release date is still unknown

The multiplayer space simulator Star Citizen has set a new record: over ten years of its crowdfunding campaign, Cloud Imperium Games has raised over $700 million for the game’s production. It’s worth noting that the project’s budget is funded by user donations. Interestingly, Star Citizen surpassed the $600 million mark back in August 2023, and…

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“Democracy Prevails”: Sony Agrees to Players’ Demands, Removes Mandatory PSN Requirement in Helldivers 2

For several consecutive days, player outrage has been brewing over the recent update in Helldivers 2. Due to Sony’s directive, the developers of the popular cooperative shooter implemented mandatory linking of PSN accounts in the game. This decision did not sit well with PC gamers, who have already written over 300,000 negative reviews on Steam….

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A new photonic chip processes 100 billion pixels in 6 nanoseconds

Machine vision is a rapidly developing field in robotics, integrating cameras, sensors, and algorithms into systems for capturing and analyzing images. Modern conditions require that collected data be processed as quickly as possible, ideally within the device itself—whether in a smartphone, laptop, or car. For such edge computing needs, specialists from Tsinghua University in China…

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NASA plans to send another probe to the asteroid Didymos to understand where it is currently heading

In October of this year, the European Space Agency (ESA) plans to launch the Hera probe to thoroughly investigate the Didymos and Dimorphos double asteroid system. This mission will follow up on NASA’s experiment, during which the DART probe collided with Dimorphos in 2022. This collision was intended to test whether Earth could be protected…

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Insider: Sony Has Begun Working on the Return of Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield’s Spider-Men

Movie insider Daniel Richtman reports that Sony is planning the return of Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield’s Spider-Men. According to the insider, Sony wants to bring both Spider-Men back to the big screen. These characters will become key heroes in their own universe, separate from the MCU. It’s unclear if this universe will be connected…

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Large-Scale Study Identifies Main Complications Following COVID-19 Vaccines

Researchers analyzed data from 99 million individuals to assess neurological, hematological, and cardiovascular complications after administering different types of vaccines. The study confirmed the risks of certain severe diagnoses, though scientists still describe the negative consequences in absolute terms as low. Scientists from the Global Vaccine Data Network presented the results of the largest study…

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