Build a Rocket Boy plans to release their first game, MindsEye, in about two and a half weeks. The company started under former Grand Theft Auto maker Leslie Benzies. Players need at least Windows 10 or 11, an Intel i5-12400F or AMD Ryzen 5 5600X processor, 16 GB of memory, and an RTX 2060 or Radeon RX 5600 XT graphics card. For better performance, gamers should use an Intel i7-13700K or AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D with an RTX 4070 or Radeon RX 6800 XT. The game requires 70 GB of storage space regardless of setup.
MindsEye runs on Unreal Engine 5 and supports NVIDIA DLSS 4 Multi Frame Generation for RTX 50 graphics cards. RTX 40 users can access Frame Generation features. RTX 30 and 20 owners can use Super Resolution instead. AMD or Intel...
AMD added ROCm support for its new graphics cards at a recent computer show. The company released ROCm 6.4.1 software that works with RX 9070 cards and Strix Halo chips. This software helps regular people use artificial intelligence on their home computers. It aims to compete against NVIDIA's popular CUDA platform. The update marks a shift from professional-only AI to everyday consumer use.
With this update, Strix Halo chips can use their built-in AI parts alongside 40 graphics units and 16 processor cores. RDNA 4 graphics cards can run advanced AI programs like PyTorch and local language models. Users can create images with Stable Diffusion without sending data to internet services. Microsoft recently made Windows Subsystem for Linux...
NVIDIA sticks with TSMC as its main chip maker because no other company can match it. The Taiwan company makes special packaging called CoWoS that puts multiple chips together. This lets NVIDIA create faster computer chips than normal methods allow. Jensen Huang, who runs NVIDIA, told reporters at a Taiwan press event that they have no other options right now. He praised TSMC for being the leader in this important technology.
NVIDIA tried working with Samsung and Intel on similar packaging tech but made no final agreements. These days, NVIDIA orders more chips from TSMC than even Apple does. Their partnership has grown stronger as demand for AI chips has increased. TSMC builds new factories in America, which helps NVIDIA avoid problems...
A SpaceX rocket engine burst into flames during testing in Texas today. Local news cameras caught the massive fireball at the test site. The test may have involved the new Raptor 3 engine, which powers the Starship rocket. SpaceX started shipping these engines to test stands last week for final adjustments before future launches. The Raptor 3 represents the third version of their full-flow staged combustion rocket engines.
Progress on the Starship program has slowed down this quarter, similar to last year. Starship Flight 8 happened in March, about two months after Flight 7. Both flights failed when the upper stage exploded after separating from the Super Heavy booster. SpaceX has not announced when Flight 9 will launch. Coast Guard...
The University of Zimbabwe pays new part-time teachers just two dollars an hour amid staff protests. Full-time professors walked off campus seeking better wages than their current pay, which is below $250 monthly. School officials sent letters offering three-month jobs paid with gold currency despite laws against replacing workers during legal strikes. Teachers called this move shameful exploitation through poverty wages. The university wants classes back starting Wednesday.
The teachers' union plans demonstrations at Freedom Square because they feel disrespected. They say most replacement staff lack proper education credentials for university-level teaching. Student leaders told classmates that everything appears normal again despite...
White South African farmers visited a memorial for attack victims before their president meets with Trump. The US recently granted refugee status to 49 Afrikaners who claimed persecution. Many farmers at a large agricultural fair denied claims of genocide against white people. Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen hopes to present facts during the Washington meeting. He wants to show that no mass land seizures exist.
Black farmer Thobani Ntonga said crime affects everyone regardless of race. Farm attacks happen because rural areas are far from towns with less security. President Ramaphosa visited the fair to connect with farmers confused about the US actions. Small farms face higher crime risks because they lack money for guards...
The United States wants Congo to sign a deal letting Rwanda process minerals from eastern Congo legally. This plan aims to stop the fighting between the Congo forces and the Rwanda-backed rebels, M23. The peace talks cover valuable minerals like tungsten, tantalum, and tin that Congo says Rwanda steals. American officials hope both countries will sign an agreement this summer. They believe making the mineral trade legal might reduce smuggling and violence.
Congo officials want Rwanda soldiers and M23 fighters to leave their land before any mineral deals happen. They insist Rwanda must respect its control over resources found inside Congo's borders. For Rwanda, these talks offer a chance to transform illegal mining into a proper...
Zimbabwe schools have one teacher for every 45 students after the government stopped hiring educators. Education Minister Torerai Moyo told the Senate that this number exceeds recommended standards across all school levels. The education ministry asked officials to approve 8,000 new teaching jobs, but is waiting for a response. Moyo promised lawmakers that the government will start hiring teachers nationwide soon through local offices. Standard ratios should be one teacher for 20 early childhood students, one for 30 primary students, and one for 15 advanced-level students.
The current situation forces teachers to manage more than double the ideal student load. Schools fill positions when teachers die, quit, or move elsewhere. Economic...
A Harare court sentenced Allen Mzamu to three years in prison after he cheated a business owner out of R1 million. The judge gave him a seven-year sentence but reduced part of it under certain conditions. He must pay back R953,925 to Zvataurwa Makoto, who runs Sitaz Health Care. Police found Mzamu because someone told them where he was. They arrested him downtown in January 2020.
Mzamu pretended he sent money to South Africa for Makoto in 2019. Makoto believed him and transferred ZWL1,363,538 to a bank account Mzamu controlled. Mzamu canceled his payment as soon as Makoto paid him. He changed the money into US dollars through several friends. Officers searched his car after they caught him.
Inside his Audi, they discovered a cell...
