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How Microsoft could bring disc-based Xbox games to disc-free Xbox Series S

Patent application shows secondary device authenticating discs for digital download.

Xbox Series S, as placed next to an Xbox Series X.

While Microsoft's Xbox Series S gives a lot of gaming horsepower for its price, one thing it doesn't provide is a disc drive to access any of the physical Xbox games you might own. Microsoft seems interested in working around this problem, though, as the company has applied for a patent that can provide "software ownership validation of optical discs using [a] secondary device."

That mouthful of a title describes a patent application Microsoft first filed back in November of 2000 but which was published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office just last week (as noticed by Game Rant). And while it doesn't appear that the patent has been granted yet, the application provides more evidence that Microsoft is trying to find a way to bring games trapped on legacy discs into gaming's increasingly disc-free future.

A number of technical options

When it comes to the technical details of how this validation process would work, the patent application is so vague as to be practically useless. The only constant across its examples is that there are two separate devices, at least one of which has a disc drive that can read "an optical disc comprising the electronic content" and "validate the user's ownership of the electronic content" (e.g., an Xbox 360, Xbox One, or Xbox Series X).

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Glasfaser: Der Elefant Telekom “hat tanzen gelernt”

Ein ehemaliger hoher Telekom-Manager spricht über die neue Dynamik am Markt und die weiterhin bestehenden Hürden beim FTTH-Ausbau. (Anga Com, Telekom)

Anzeige: Bildbearbeitung mit Adobe Photoshop

Das Standardprogramm für digitale Bildbearbeitung: Adobe Photoshop. Kurse der Golem Karrierewelt ebnen die Hürden im Umgang mit der komplexen Software. (Golem Akademie, Adobe)

Plants will grow in lunar regolith, but they don’t like it

Even the healthiest-looking plants faced stress from unusual minerals present.

Image of plants grown in a plastic sample dish

As anyone who has read or watched The Expanse or The Martian knows, growing plants in space has some big advantages. Plants can contribute to the maintenance of a healthy atmosphere, as they recycle water and provide some variety to diets. While they can be grown hydroponically, the process requires a significant amount of water, which might be in short supply. So for missions that will land on a body like the Moon or Mars, growing plants in the local soil might be a better solution.

But local soils on these bodies don't look like the ones we find on Earth, which have a complicated mix of minerals, organic compounds, and microbial life. Can plants adjust to these differences? A group of researchers at the University of Florida—Anna-Lisa Paul, Stephen Elardo, and Robert Ferl—decided to find out, and they used some incredibly rare material: lunar soil returned by the Apollo missions.

In the mix

The lunar soil exists in a form called regolith, which is basically loose, dusty material created by the constant bombardment of lunar rocks by micrometeorites. When the first samples were returned during the Apollo era, studies of the interactions of this regolith with living things focused on the fear of pathogens that could pose a danger to life on Earth. As a result, plants and seeds were briefly exposed to lunar soil and then tested to see if this exposure altered their growth. There were no attempts to grow anything in the soil.

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Google I/O, Ryzen & Displayport 2.0: Google gibt Ausblick auf Pixel 7 und neues Pixel-Tablet

Was am 12. Mai 2022 neben den großen Meldungen sonst noch passiert ist, in aller Kürze. (Kurznews, Smartphone)

HP ZBook Studio and ZBook Fury G9 mobile workstations pack desktop-class power into compact designs

HP’s latest mobile workstations have the power you’d expect from a desktop replacement, with the new HP ZBook Fury G9 sporting a 55-watt Intel Alder Lake-HX processor, support for NVIDIA or AMD discrete graphics, and up to 128GB of DDR5 memory. Measuring 1.1 inches thick and weighing 5.4 pounds or more, it’s not the most portable […]

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HP’s latest mobile workstations have the power you’d expect from a desktop replacement, with the new HP ZBook Fury G9 sporting a 55-watt Intel Alder Lake-HX processor, support for NVIDIA or AMD discrete graphics, and up to 128GB of DDR5 memory. Measuring 1.1 inches thick and weighing 5.4 pounds or more, it’s not the most portable notebook around, but with a 95 Wh battery the 16 inch notebook is a lot easier to take on the go than a true desktop.

If you’re willing to sacrifice a little horsepower for improved portability, the new ZBook Studio G9 also has a 16 inch display, but this model starts at 3.8 pounds and features a 45-watt Intel Alder Lake-H processor and support for up to 64GB of RAM and NVIDIA RTX A5500 or GeForce RTX 3080 Ti graphics.

Both laptops are expected to hit the streets in June, 2020. Here’s an overview of some key specs for the latest members of the HP ZBook Studio family:

	ZBook Studio G9	ZBook Fury G9
Display	16 inches 3840 x 2400 120 Hz IPS 3840 x 2400 OLED touchscreen 1920 x 1200 pixel IPS	16 inches 3840 x 2400 pixel 120 Hz IPS LCD touchscreen 3840 x 2400 pixel IPS non-touch 1920 x 1200 pixel IPS LCD
Processor	Intel Core i9-12900HK Intel Core i7-12700H	Intel Alder Lake-HX Core i5, Core i7, or Core i9 options
Graphics	NVIDIA RTX A5500 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Intel Iris Xe	NVIDIA RTX A5500 AMD Radeon Pro Intel UHD
RAM	Up to 64GB DDR5-4800	Up to 128GB DDR5-4800 4 SODIMM slots
Storage	Up to 4TB PCIe Gen 4	Up to 4TB PCIe Gen 4
Ports	2 x Thunderbolt 4 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A 1 x3.5mm audio 1 x power	2 x Thunderbolt 4 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A 1 x HDMI 2.1 1 x Mini DisplayPort 2.0 1 x 3.5mm audio
Wireless	WiFi 6E Bluetooth 5.2	WiFi 6E Bluetooth 5.2 4G LTE & 5G options
Camera	5MP IR	720P IR
Audio	Quad speakers 2 microphones 3.5mm audio jack	Stereo speakers 2 microphones 3.5mm audio jack
Battery	86 Wh	95 Wh
Dimensions	356 x 242 x 19mm 14″ x 9.5″ x 0.75″	363 x 251 x 29mm 14.3″ x 9.9″ x 1.1″
Starting Weight	1.73 kg 3.81 pounds	2.44 kg 5.4 pounds