Software snag silences Science Guy’s solar sail spacecraft

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The new solar sail demonstration vehicle, LightSail-A, has lost communication with Earth due to a software glitch. Engineers have not been able to reset the device, but are hoping a cosmic ray will hit the craft, rebooting the electronics.

AMD updates Catalyst beta drivers, reportedly prepping new ‘Fury’ brand to take on GTX Titan

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AMD has released a new set of drivers for Radeon cards and may be considering a new high-end brand for its GPUs. Will the Radeon Fury soon debut against the Titan X?

Popular Chrome VPN extension Hola at center of massive botnet attack

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Popular VPN browser extension Hola has a feature users might not know about. Not only does it sell your bandwidth to third parties, that bandwidth can be hijacked and used to attack others.

Microsoft’s new rendering research could bring better visuals to Xbox One, mobile devices

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Microsoft has released a new paper that illustrates how the cloud offload rendering platform it talked about for Xbox One could actually be deployed in reality. Could we see a shipping solution use this tech during the Xbox One’s lifetime?

Microsoft releases Windows 10 Build 10122 — and it’s a giant mess

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At best, Build 10122 is a late beta that needs to be finalized in the next two to three months if Windows 10 will be released by the end of this summer. It’s not looking good.