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Gigabyte AI TOP 100E endurance leaves other consumer SSDs in the dust

The 2 TB AI TOP 100E carries an astronomical terabytes written (TBW) rating of 219,000. For comparison, ordinary consumer drives like Samsung's 990 Pro PCIe 4.0 2 TB drive and Crucial's T500 2 TB are each rated for just 1,200 TBW. Others, like the Corsair MP600 2 TB, are a bit more robust at 3,600 TBW. Read Entire Article from TechSpot https://ift.tt/LGPdYeX via

Nintendo Direct drops first official Metroid Prime 4 trailer fans have been waiting seven years for

Metroid Prime fans said, "About time," when today's Nintendo Direct revealed the first gameplay trailer for Metroid Prime 4: Beyond. Nintendo teased the direct sequel during E3 2017 – 10 years after Metroid Prime 3: Corruption debuted and eight years after the trilogy compilation released. Read Entire Article from TechSpot https://ift.tt/BxZvpU4 via

Google is working on generative AI soundtracks and dialogue for videos

Everyone knows sound is a critical component to most films and videos. After all, even when films were silent, there was still a musical accompanist letting the audience know how to feel. This natural law remains the same for the new crop of generative AI videos, which emerge eerily silent . That's part of why Google has been working on "video-to-audio" technology (V2A) which "makes synchronized audiovisual generation possible." On Monday, Google's AI lab, DeepMind, shared progress on generating such audio including soundtracks and dialogue that automatically match up with AI-generated videos. Google has been hard at work developing multimodal generative AI technology to compete with rivals. OpenAI has its AI video generator Sora (yet to be publicly released) and GPT-4o , which creates AI voice responses. Companies like Meta and Suno have been exploring AI-generated audio and music, but pairing audio with video is relatively new. ElevenLabs has a si

There aren't any standout Walmart+ Week headphone deals so far

Walmart+ Week kicked off June 17, in theory ushering in the summer savings season, but we have yet to see many standout product deals. In years past, this sale served as the counter to Amazon's Prime Day (happening sometime in July this year), bringing deals on a wide array of products, from TVs to robot vacuums and headphones. Instead, day one of the sale started with two deals on random earbud budget brands, along with a few robot vacuum deals, and over 20 deals on WWE figurines. To put it bluntly, the deals we've seen so far aren't worth using your 30-day free trial sign up to look at. If you've been looking for a pair of headphones to buy, this isn't the sale for you. The two earbuds available behind a members-only paywall on day one of Walmart+ Week. Credit: Screenshot / Walmart Credit: Screenshot / Walmart To make matters worse, Walmart+ Week deals are for paying Walmart+ members only — even a trial subscription won't get you access. That

Japan to help IBM build a massive 10,000-qubit quantum computer

IBM will partner with Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) to develop a quantum system equipped with 10,000 qubits, which is 75 times more than the current quantum computers have. Read Entire Article from TechSpot https://ift.tt/BRdaKWL via

Did you catch this prophecy in 'House of the Dragon' Season 2, episode 1?

The ending of House of the Dragon 's Season 2 premiere features one of the most heinous things to ever happen on the series, Game of Thrones included. In a sequence already infamous to readers of George R.R. Martin's Fire & Blood , Daemon Targaryen (Matt Smith) hopes to avenge the death of Rhaenyra's (Emma D'Arcy) son Lucerys (Elliot Grihault) by claiming "a son for a son." He enlists the help of two unlikely assassins: a member of the Gold Cloaks (Sam C. Wilson) and a ratcatcher (Mark Stobbart). We never learn their names, but history will remember them as Blood and Cheese. SEE ALSO: 'House of the Dragon' Season 2 review: A tragedy written in fire and blood Once the pair arrive in the Red Keep, they threaten Queen Helaena (Phia Saban) and force her to point out which of her two infant twins is her son — and the heir to the Iron Throne — Jaehaerys. After some debate over whether Helaena is tricking them, Blood and Cheese behead Jaehaerys

NYT Connections today: See hints and answers for June 17

Connections is the latest New York Times word game that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle , Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle. If you just want to be told today's puzzle, you can jump to the end of this article for June 17's Connections solution. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you. What is Connections ? The NYT 's latest daily word game has become a social media hit. The Times credits associate puzzle editor Wyna Liu with helping to create the new word game and bringing it to the publications' Games section. Connections can be played on both web browsers and mobile devices and require players to group four words that share something in common. Tweet may have been