Researchers discover that dehydrated mushrooms can function like biological RAM after they’ve been zapped with electricity

Mushrooms are the coolest. Not quite flora, not quite fauna, they are a secret third thing—isn’t that neat? Many types of fungi have also been observed to form symbiotic relationships with the root systems of plants. Sometimes mutualistic, sometimes parasitic, this root-meets-fungus network is called ‘Mycorrhiza’—and a similar web of mycelium may one day come…

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‘This isn’t a one-time effort’: The Sims patch set to fix over 150 of the community’s most reported bugs, from making kids look more like their parents and ensuring nude Sims no longer wear hats

As I have written time and time again at this point, The Sims 4 is a mess. One that only gets more complex with every kit, game pack, and expansion that gets stuffed into its spaghetti code. EA has been making a more concerted effort to address the multitude of bugs and glitches since it…

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Arc Raiders devs stop players spiralling about unfair ‘gear score’ matchmaking by confirming that they ‘focus on maintaining the split between solos and squads’

Most games will go through a couple of growing pains as the community gets last-minute nerves ahead of release. Some may be wondering whether said game is worth the price point, while others may start realising it might not be all there. But for Arc Raiders players, it looks like a big worry was its…

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Out with the old, in with the old: AMD’s still selling Zen 2 and Zen 3+ processors, now under the guise of the Ryzen 10/100 series

It’s said that a good thing never dies. Chip giant AMD certainly thinks so because earlier this month, it stealthily launched two new series of Ryzen processors. Except they’re not exactly new, as the chips are simply old laptop-based ones from 2017 and 2022 that have been given a fresh lick of paint, new names,…

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OG Doom legend John Carmack says his Nvidia DGX Spark box has thermal throttling issues, raising doubts over the viability of Nvidia’s AI APU for laptop PCs

Since its much belated release, Nvidia’s DGX Spark mini AI box has enjoyed a mixed reception. It’s technically interesting, but super expensive and arguably not that powerful, for the money at least. Now no lesser an authority than John Carmack, he of OG Doom fame, reckons the little gold box of AI power has thermal…

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You can snag around $200’s worth of Critical Role’s comic adaptations of its many D&D campaigns for $18, thanks to yet another value-stacked Humble Bundle

Humble Bundle continues to come out of left field with some wild deals that intersect with my very specific interests—just last week, you could sweep up $365 of TTRPG sourcebooks. Now, like a true transmutation wizard, the folks over at Humble have turned $203 of comics into $18. The Critical Role comic collection bundle features…

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