Minecraft Launcher errors start in two places: theMinecraft installation itselfor otherprograms that are incompatible or interferingwith Minecraft. Once you’ve narrowed down the source of the problem, there are a few different troubleshooting steps to take to fix the issue. Then you can get back togrinding out XPfor your character or building that smooth stone mega base you planned. If it is your first time, you will need to install theJavaRuntimeEnvironmentpackage before you even start anything related to the custom Minecraft launchers....

ThisRaspberry Piproject is as timeless as the movie franchise it’s based on,Back to the Future. The maker behind this movie prop replica is known asTraveling_fred. Using one of our favorite microcontrollers, the Raspberry Pi Pico, they put together a working replica of the dashboard hardware found in Doc Brown’s DeLorean time machine. According to Traveling_fred, the designs for the outer shell and display PCBs are both open source. This makes it easy (or at least easier) to recreate it for yourself at home....

One of AMD’s most popular gaming processors, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D, is seemingly heading towards a shortage, as prices have jumped recently while availability is getting tighter. A quick check on PC Part Picker shows an increasing trend in the 7800X3D’s prices in the past two months in the U.S., with prices on MemoryC starting at around $424 on August 1 and ending at more than $524 today — $100 up and a near 24% jump....

Researchers from Italy and Serbia have built a transistor made from copper (II) and phthalocyanine (CuPc), a famous whitening agent used in toothpaste. These materials can also be used as organic semiconductors. According to the researchers (viaAdvanced Science), aside from being marked safe for human consumption, CuPc remains stable for over a year and could work as an electrolyte-gated transistor operating at less than 1 volt. We also do not need a massive amount of CuPc to build an edible transistor....

Researchers based in Washington and Chicago have developed ArtPrompt, a new way to circumvent the safety measures built intolarge language models(LLMs). According to the research paperArtPrompt: ASCII Art-based Jailbreak Attacks against Aligned LLMs, chatbots such as GPT-3.5,GPT-4, Gemini, Claude, and Llama2 can be induced to respond to queries they are designed to reject using ASCII art prompts generated by their ArtPrompt tool. It is a simple and effective attack, and the paper provides examples of the ArtPrompt-induced chatbots advising on how to build bombs and make counterfeit money....

A new gaming monitor has been launched to appeal to fans of retro aesthetics. The newJAPANNEXT JN-V236G180F-RETROis a 23.6-inch 1080p VA-panel equipped HDMI/DP monitor with up to a 180 Hz refresh rate, plus FreeSync and 120 HzPlayStation 5compatibility. However, the typically modern specs are wrapped up in a 1960s or 70s-era living room TV-style housing, complete with a pair of dials on the sizable right-hand slab of bezel. JAPANNEXT says that its new gaming monitor will scratch the nostalgia itch with its styling and monochrome mode....

If you’re a gamer who likes to take your gaming away from the desktop setup occasionally, this deal provides you with a mobile gaming platform that can still run the latest games, is easily transportable, and has a high-resolution screen and powerful components. You can find this deal at B&H Photo, where the14.5-inch Acer Predator Helios Neo is reduced to $1,249— a $600 reduction from the original $1,849 list price. You might not be able to easily get your hands on a desktop graphics card of any type, but if you’re desperate to upgrade, a gaming laptop is the next best thing....

TheRTX 4080 SuperandRX 7900 XTXfill out the upper echelons of the gaming market, representing two of thebest GPUs for Gamingyou can buy. Nvidia has the even fasterRTX 4090, but there’s no direct AMD competitor for that extremely expensive card. If you don’t have the deepest of pockets and are looking for a high-end GPU with at least a somewhat reasonable price point, the Nvidia RTX 4080 Super and AMD RX 7900 XTX are currently as good as it gets....

Glass substratespromise to offer substantial benefits for multi-chiplet system-in-package (SiP) designs that are expected to become increasingly popular in the coming years. Being one of the world’s largest chipmakers, Samsung cannot omit glass substrates, so it recently assembled a coalition of its own groups to research, develop, and commercialize glass substrates by 2026, reportsSedaily. Samsung has assembled a coalition consisting of its Samsung Electro-Mechanics, Samsung Electronics, and Samsung Display divisions to develop and commercialize glass substrates in the shorted time possible....

Samsung plans to adopt hybrid bonding technology for its HBM4 to reduce thermals and enable an ultra-wide memory interface, the company revealed at the AI Semiconductor Forum held in Seoul, South Korea. By contrast, the company’s rival SK hynix might delay adoption of hybrid bonding technology, reportsEBN. High-bandwidth memory (HBM) stack multiple memory devices on top of a base die. For now, memory dies in HBM stacks are typically joined together using microbumps (that carry data, power, and control signals between stacked dies) and bonding is performed using techniques like mass reflow with molded underfill (MR-MUF) or thermal compression using a non-conductive film (TC-NCF)....

Sandisk has just unveiled its brand newWDBlack NVMe SSD, which it says is the world’s fastest PCIe Gen 5.0 NVMe SSD on the market. TheSandisk WD Black SN8100NVMe SSD promises speeds of up to 14,900MB/s and capacities of up to 8TB for gaming, content creation, and, of course, AI. The company says the PCIe Gen 5.0 SSD is built for hardcore gamers. Not only is it rapid, but Sandisk says the Gen 5....

Sonyis cutting 250 jobs at its recordable media manufacturing plant in northeast Japan, according toThe Mainichi. The established national newspaper says that cuts are due to the reduced demand for optical media, and the continued rise of streaming services. However, a specialist physical media news outlet asserts that pressed disc production will not be impacted by the cuts at Sony, only the manufacturing of recordable media like CD-R, DVD-R, and BD-R....

Supermicro stock tanked 35% today after accounting firm Ernst & Young resigned. The firm’s resignation, which cites unreliable management and possible law violations, comes one month after theDepartment of Justiceinvestigated Supermicro for possible accounting manipulation and export violations. Supermicro’s stock value has been the lowest since January of this year. Ernst & Young’s letter,cited in an SEC filing, reads, “We are resigning due to information that has recently come to our attention which has led us to no longer be able to rely on management’s and the Audit Committee’s representations and to be unwilling to be associated with the financial statements prepared by management, and after concluding we can no longer provide the Audit Services under applicable law or professional obligations....