Month: December 2024

Der Bau des Atomreaktors Flamanville 3 dauerte viel länger als geplant und wurde viel teurer. (Atomkraft, Strom)

TOKYO—Racing is hard. It's hard on the teams, it's hard on the owner's bank account, it's hard on the cars, and it's especially hard on the drivers. Driving at the edge for a few hours in a vehicle cockpit that's only slightly wider than your frame can take a toll.

The A2RL (Abu Dhabi Autonomous Racing League) removes one of those elements from its vehicles but, in doing so, creates a whole new list of complexities. Say goodbye to the human driver and hello to 95 kilograms of computers and a whole suite of sensors. That setup was poised to be part of a demonstration "race" against former F1 driver Daniil Kvyat at Suzuka Circuit in Japan during the Super Formula season finale.

But again, racing is hard, and replacing humans doesn't change that. The people who run and participate in A2RL are aware of this, and while many organizations have made it a sport of overselling AI, A2RL is up-front about the limitations of the current state of the technology. One example of the technology's current shortcomings: The vehicles can't swerve back and forth to warm up the tires.

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When we introduced last year's annual list of the best games in this space, we focused on how COVID delays led to a 2023 packed with excellent big-name blockbusters and intriguing indies that seemed to come out of nowhere. The resulting flood of great titles made it difficult to winnow the year's best down to our traditional list of 20 titles.

In 2024 we had something close to the opposite problem. While there were definitely a few standout titles that were easy to include on this year's list (Balatro, UFO 50, and Astro Bot likely chief among them), rounding out the list to a full 20 proved more challenging than it has in perhaps any other year during my tenure at Ars Technica (way back in 2012!). The games that ended up on this year's list are all strong recommendations, for sure. But many of them might have had more trouble making a Top 20 list in a packed year like 2023.

We'll have to wait to see if the release calendar seesaws back to a quality-packed one in 2025, but the forecast for big games like Civilization 7, Avowed, Doom: The Dark Ages, Grand Theft Auto 6, and many, many more has us thinking that it might. In the meantime, here are our picks for the 20 best games that came out in 2024, in alphabetical order.

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Eine Harvard-Studie zeigt, wie Unternehmen ihre Entwickler gezielt für Open-Source-Projekte freistellen und damit das Ökosystem stärken. (Open Source, Studien)

Saab hat die nächste Generation seiner Kampfflugzeuge vorgestellt, darunter ein bemanntes Fluggerät sowie darauf basierende Überschall- und Unterschall-Drohnen. (Militär, General Electric)

Weil auf der Sonde wieder einmal ein Problem auftrat, konnten Amateurastronomen aus den Niederlanden lauschen. (Weltall, Nasa)

Damit ein neuronales Netzwerk aus einer Textbeschreibung ein plausibles Video macht, muss es verstehen, wie unsere Welt funktioniert. Wir erklären, wie es das schafft. Ein Deep Dive von Tim Elsner (KI, Maschinelles Lernen)

Damit ein neuronales Netzwerk aus einer Textbeschreibung ein plausibles Video macht, muss es verstehen, wie unsere Welt funktioniert. Wir erklären, wie es das schafft. Ein Deep Dive von Tim Elsner (KI, Maschinelles Lernen)

Wir beleuchten den Rachefeldzug von Sony gegen Nintendo, der uns 1994 eine neue Konsole bescherte. Von Martin Wolf (golem retro_, Sony)

Nur noch bis Dienstag (24.12.): Diese zwei 30-stündigen Wissenspakete vermitteln im E-Learning-Format alles Wissenswerte zu IT-Sicherheit inklusive Ethical Hacking sowie Linux-Administration mit LFCS-Vorbereitung. (Golem Karrierewelt, Microsoft)