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Despite a rocky start, ROG Ally turned portable PCs into real competition with Steam Deck

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ROG Ally celebrates its 1-year anniversary today, June 13, 2024. Below, we look back at how it overcame its launch problems to become a viable Steam Deck competitor, and a sign of just how open the portable PC market can be. Considering how much the portable gaming PC market has exploded since Valve launched the … Read more

Rocky, carbon-rich exoplanets are more likely to orbit small stars, James Webb Space Telescope reveals

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A glowing yellow orb in the center of the screen surrounded a disk of gassy material.

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered the richest ‘menu’ of hydrocarbons ever seen in a planet-forming disk. This observation, which involved the protoplanetary disk around a small star, also revealed the first detection of ethane outside the Solar System. The discovery was made when the James Webb Space Telescope’s (JWST) Mid-Infrared Instrument … Read more