‘Genshin Impact’ Fecund Blessing locations: Where to find them for the Ballad and Brews event
It’s Weinlesefest, a fall-time festival not unlike Oktoberfest in Genshin Impact. This festival, which happens to coincide with the Genshin Impact anniversary, stars the Traveler taking on festival chores and helping Razor find out the truth about his parents. Fecund Blessings is just one of the many mini-games designed to pad players’ pockets out with Mora and resources in time for the gacha RPG’s birthday bash. However, not all of us have the time to complete the scavenger hunt on our own. Som
Experimental therapy may mimic a key metabolic effect of exercise — mouse study
Based on the data, exercise is as close to a miracle drug as humans have got. It boosts brain health, mood, metabolism, muscle strength, and longevity.Still, some people miss out on these life-changing benefits due to physical limitations, while others struggle to make time to hit the gym.What if there was a pill that induced the positive metabolic effects of exercise — no weight training, sweat sessions, or HIIT workouts involved?That’s the pipe dream scientist Yong Xu and his colleagues have b
Citroën's new concept EV uses cardboard for parts — and it's brilliant
Forget metal, recycled cardboard is where it’s at. Citroën showed off its Oli EV concept that will be built with a hood, roof, and bed panels made from cardboard. These recycled honeycomb cardboard parts can support your weight and are even stronger than metal, according to Citroën.Citroën is going full minimalist with this conceptual EV, only including the essentials of what you need in a car. The Oli is expected to weigh around 1,000 kilograms with lightweight seats made from recyclable materi
'Rings of Power' Season 2's release date may be even worse than you thought
Grab some Lembas bread and a flagon of ale, it’s going to be a long wait for The Rings of Power Season 2. The Lord of the Rings prequel series still has two episodes left in its inaugural season, but in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, showrunners Patrick McKay and J.D. Payne reveal when you can expect the Rings of Power Season 2 to debut.Here’s what you need to know, along with a few other wild details from the article.When will Rings of Power Season 2 be released?It’s too soon to say
How Elon Musk plans to use Twitter for creating an 'everything app'
Elon Musk has had a change of heart and decided to buy Twitter after all. This time, however, there’s with one major plot twist: a plan to use Twitter as a means to launch a nebulous “everything app” called “X.” Musk is scheduled to see Twitter in court on October 17 after trying to back out of buying the social media company for $44 billion — the legal battle has centered on the debate of how many spam bots were on the platform. Musk has since changed his mind, and is now expected to go through
'Genshin Impact' endgame won't improve, devs promise — and that's okay
Genshin Impact has a nonexistent endgame right now. If you wrap up all the story quests, hangout events, and permanent challenges, then your schedule starts to feel ... empty. Complete Daily Commissions and Battle Pass Challenges to grind for gems and call it a day. Maybe roll through this cycle of the Spiral Abyss if you haven’t already, and that’s it. Longtime players, especially those at Adventure Rank 55 or higher, have complained about this lack of endgame content for months, but never had
Waiting for Raspberry Pi: Eben Upton talks supply constraints and demand shock
Hardware hobbyists wanting to get their hands on some juicy single-board Raspberry Pi kit to power low-cost electronics projects have been having a frustrating time for more than a year now, as pandemic-triggered global supply chain disruption continues squeezing reseller inventory.
Go try and buy Pi and you can’t miss how official reseller websites everywhere — such as Pimoroni and SB Components in Europe or AdaFruit in the U.S. — are peppered with ‘Out of Stock’ notifications.
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Overwatch 2 launch marred by ongoing DDoS attacks
One of the biggest games of the year is off to a rocky start, to say the least. Overwatch 2 — the follow-up to 2016’s colorful multiplayer shooter — is cut from the same cloth, extending the life of Blizzard’s mega hit without reinventing the wheel outright.
But ever since Overwatch 2 went live on Tuesday, it’s been beset by problems, including a DDoS attack that cratered launch-day play. “Unfortunately we are experiencing a mass DDoS attack on our servers,” Blizzard Entertainment President Mik
Peacock grows its paid subscriber base to 15 million after pulling back shows from Hulu
NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell revealed in a CNBC interview that Peacock added more than 2 million paid subscribers in the third quarter, bringing the total to over 15 million. The recent growth shows the streaming service is recovering from its slowdown at the end of the second quarter when Peacock stalled at 13 million paid subs.
Shell claimed the boost in subs stemmed from a strong content lineup, including NBC next-day episodes that Peacock reclaimed from Hulu.
“It’s really driven by the conten
Is it time for Elon Musk to find a Tim Cook for Tesla?
Elon Musk has his fingers in a lot of pies. He’s CEO of automaker Tesla and rocket company SpaceX. He also founded tunnel construction firm the Boring Company and co-founded Neuralink, a brain implant startup. Now it looks like Musk will spearhead the effort to take Twitter private and potentially roll it into an “everything app” he calls X.
If that sounds like a lot, well, it is. Many observers have wondered whether Musk should step down from one or more of his leadership positions, particularl
Is it time for Elon Musk to find a Tim Cook for Tesla?
Elon Musk has his fingers in a lot of pies. He’s CEO of automaker Tesla and rocket company SpaceX. He also founded tunnel construction firm the Boring Company and co-founded Neuralink, a brain implant startup. Now it looks like Musk will spearhead the effort to take Twitter private and potentially roll it into an “everything app” he calls X.
If that sounds like a lot, well, it is. Many observers have wondered whether Musk should step down from one or more of his leadership positions, particularl
Engage with AT&T, Polygon & more at TechCrunch Disrupt
A world-class tech conference like TechCrunch Disrupt — coming to you live and in person in San Francisco on October 18-20 — doesn’t just happen. It’s an all-hands-on-deck situation, and we want to direct your attention to an essential group of deck hands — our partners.
Building a startup is no easy task — not exactly a newsflash, we know. One of the things our partners do best is provide their expertise and educational resources. They present sessions on a range of topics that help new founder
Grubhub and Gopuff team up for grocery and alcohol delivery
Grubhub and Gopuff are partnering to provide fast delivery of grocery items, alcohol and essential items. The new partnership will see the Chicago-based food delivery platform tap into Gopuff’s warehouses to deliver a wider selection of convenience items to its customers, while also opening up a new channel for Gopuff to reach more customers.
The companies are piloting the partnership this week in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia and Austin. In the coming weeks, hundred
7 investors discuss how agtech can solve agriculture’s biggest problems
Climate change and geopolitical instability are wreaking havoc on agriculture. To gauge how VCs are responding to these issues, we spoke with seven investors.
For starters, rising greenhouse gas emissions are driving punishing droughts and storms, which are harming crops, exacerbating food insecurity and threatening countless livelihoods. At the same time, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is rattling the world’s grain supply, driving up costs and further aggravating supply chains.
Even as these and
Google answers Meta’s video-generating AI with its own, dubbed Imagen Video
Not to be outdone by Meta’s Make-A-Video, Google today detailed its work on Imagen Video, an AI system that can generate video clips given a text prompt (e.g., “a teddy bear washing dishes”). While the results aren’t perfect — the looping clips the system generates tend to have artifacts and noise — Google claims that Imagen Video is a step toward a system with a “high degree of controllability” and world knowledge, including the ability to generate footage in a range of artistic styles.
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Twitter v. Musk judge says the trial is still on
In a new letter filed with Delaware’s Court of Chancery, Judge Kathaleen McCormick says it’s still game on — for now at least.
In the letter, sent a day after news broke that Elon Musk would seek to seal the deal with Twitter under the original terms, Judge McCormick is weighing in with an important observation: the trial will still move forward unless either party does something to formally change that.
“The parties have not filed a stipulation to stay this action, nor has any party moved for
Startups and VCs are increasingly embracing the federal government. Here’s why
On paper, the federal government looks like an ideal customer for an enterprise startup: Its seemingly endless budget doesn’t fluctuate with market conditions and it’s always in the market for new tech. But it’s a slog to break into, and for a long time, startups and VCs didn’t seem to want to associate with it. That’s rapidly changing.
Over the last few years, and especially the most recent one, interest in working with and taking money from the U.S. government has exploded in the venture ecosy
Magnetic fields of 30 to 100 kG in the cores of red giant stars
<div><p>Nature, Published online: 05 October 2022; <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05176-0">doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05176-0</a></p>Magnetic fields of 30 to 100 kilogauss are measured in the cores of three giant red stars observed with the Kepler satellite.</div>
<i>Scleromochlus</i> and the early evolution of Pterosauromorpha
<div><p>Nature, Published online: 05 October 2022; <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05284-x">doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05284-x</a></p>Using microcomputed tomographic scans, whole-skeletal reconstruction of the tiny Scleromochlus taylori from the early Late Triassic of Scotland reveals new anatomical details, identifying it as a cousin of pterosaurs.</div>
Author Correction: Glypican-1 identifies cancer exosomes and detects early pancreatic cancer
<div><p>Nature, Published online: 05 October 2022; <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05062-9">doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05062-9</a></p>Author Correction: Glypican-1 identifies cancer exosomes and detects early pancreatic cancer</div>