Month: April 2020

Sony says major The Last of Us Part 2 leak didn’t come from employee [Updated]

No spoilers here, but details about character relationships, fates are out there.

  • Stay six feet away, Ellie

Update (May 1): In a follow-up statement provided to Ars, a Sony Interactive Entertainment rep said the company had "identified the primary individuals responsible for the unauthorized release of TLOU2 assets. They are not affiliated with Naughty Dog or SIE. We are unable to comment further because the information is subject to an ongoing investigation. We’re looking forward to when The Last of Us Part II will be in your hands and can’t wait for you to enjoy the full experience on June 19."

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Insektensterben

Zerstörung von Lebensräumen, Pestizide und Lichtverschmutzung. Neoniconitoide bleiben ein globales Problem

Zerstörung von Lebensräumen, Pestizide und Lichtverschmutzung. Neoniconitoide bleiben ein globales Problem

Android: Xiaomi präsentiert MIUI 12

Xiaomis neuer Android-Fork MIUI 12 bietet komplett neu gestaltete Systemanimationen und clevere Sicherheitsfunktionen. (Xiaomi, Smartphone)

Xiaomis neuer Android-Fork MIUI 12 bietet komplett neu gestaltete Systemanimationen und clevere Sicherheitsfunktionen. (Xiaomi, Smartphone)

Starship chilled. Starship pressurized. And for the first time, it didn’t explode

Now the company will mount a single engine to the Starship prototype.

Here is Starship Mk 1 as revealed on September 28, 2019.

Enlarge / Here is Starship Mk 1 as revealed on September 28, 2019. (credit: Trevor Mahlmann for Ars)

Late on Sunday night, SpaceX completed a critical cryogenic test of a Starship prototype at its launch site in South Texas. The successful test, during which chilled nitrogen was loaded into pressurized fuel tanks, was reported on Twitter by SpaceX founder Elon Musk.

The vehicle, dubbed SN4—which stands for Serial Number 4—was pressurized to 4.9 bar, or 4.9 times the atmospheric pressure at the surface of the Earth. This pressure is not as high as Starship's fuel tanks and plumbing system are designed to withstand, but it is enough for a basic flight.

This marks an important moment in the Starship program. Since November 2019, the company has lost three full-scale Starship prototypes during cryogenic and pressure tests. The most recent failure came on April 3. This is the first time a vehicle has survived pressure testing to advance to further work. Such tests are designed to ensure the integrity of a rocket's fueling system prior to lighting an engine.

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