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Gaming

A pair of Gigabyte PSUs appear prone to catastrophic failure | PC Gamer

Gigabyte’s GP-P750GM and GP-P850GM power supplies are said to be at high risk of major malfunction or failure, according to multiple reports. These power supplies have even gone out with a boom in some circumstances. Aristeidis Bitziopoulos, a well-known PSU reviewer, first mentioned the problem in his TechPowerUp review in late 2020. He concludes in this assessment that “this one, in contrast to the Aorus PSU series, which was shockingly decent, is a letdown…. To begin with, my sample perished during the overpower analysis, which is a huge disappointment. The major switching FETs blew up spectacularly.” 

Source: https://www.pcgamer.com/a-pair-of-gigabyte-psus-appear-prone-to-catastrophic-failure/ 

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Drones

AFRL’s drone swarm killer THOR will welcome new drone hammer | Inceptive Mind

The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Directed Energy Directorate is searching for partners to help design a new system to counter electronic weapon systems in order to battle the ever-increasing danger of antagonistic drone activities. The Tactical High-Power Operational Responder (THOR), according to the program manager, was a huge success. It was, however, just a demonstration of the technology and idea of employing high-powered microwave weaponry to protect one’s own assets. Now is the time to combine the most advanced technology solutions with the demonstrator’s experience to create an even better combat system capable of defeating current and future threats.   

Source: https://www.inceptivemind.com/afrl-thor-mjolnir-microwave-weapon-system/20486/

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Artificial Intelligence

In a world first, South Africa grants a patent to an artificial intelligence system | Quartz Africa

A recently developed South African invention for a “food container built on fractal geometry” appears to be quite commonplace at first sight. Interlocking food containers that are simple for robots to grab and pile are the subject of the invention. The invention, upon further study, is far from ordinary. That’s because the creator is an artificial intelligence (AI) system named DABUS, not a human. Stephen Thaler, a pioneer in the field of AI and programming, designed DABUS (which stands for “device for the autonomous bootstrapping of unified sentience”). The system produces new technologies by simulating human brainstorming. DABUS is a sort of AI that is sometimes referred to as “creativity machines” because of their ability to function independently and in complicated ways. 

Source:  https://qz.com/africa/2044477/south-africa-grants-patent-to-an-ai-system-known-as-dabus/