Image: The Pokmon CompanyUpdate [Mon 6th Jan 2025, 5:40pm]:Well, that initial limited range of plushies was short-lived! The Pokmon Center has just been graced with an entire 'Year of Eevee' page, collecting together all of the available Eevee-themed merch and teasing a lot more to come.First up in the list of goodies to celebrate the 'Year of Eevee' is a range of 'Evolving Personalities' figures, each modelled after one of the Eeveelutions. The 'Splashes with Vaporeon', 'Skillful Strategy with Jolteon', and 'Satisfied Snooze with Flareon' models are the only ones we have seen so far (this trio will be the first to release), but we can expect to see another six variants launch over the course of the year.Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube790kWatch on YouTube The page also teases the arrival of a new 'Cosy Plush', which will see Eevee and Pikachu immortalised in cuddly fleece material. There's no release date for these just yet, but gosh, do they look soft.Image: The Pokmon CompanyImage: The Pokmon CompanyAccording to the page's official blurb, it seems that The Year of Eevee will be all about merch (much as we anticipated earlier today), with The Pokmon Center teasing "a year of Eevee products" covering everything from "plush to apparel, Pokmon TCG to figures":Do you love Eevee? So do we! So here is our gift to you a year of Eevee products!With tonnes of exclusive products to come in 2025 theres really an evolution for everyone! From plush to apparel, Pokmon TCG to figures, you wont be short on Eevee merch this year.Mark this page as your go-to destination for Eevee announcements, teasers, and more.Eevee fans might want to keep an eye on their bank balances over the next 12 months!Original Story: 11 years ago, we had The Year of Luigi. Last year, we got The Year of Shadow. In 2025, it seems that Pokmon is finally getting its time to shine. Welcome to The Year of Eevee.Okay, this might just be a marketing slogan to sell some merch, but as Serebii's Joe Merrick flagged on BlueSky, The Pokmon Center website currently is boasting an all-new "Year of Eevee" banner complete with a swanky logo. That has to mean something, right?For the time being, this banner only leads you to the site's collection of Eevee plushies, but it's only January! Who knows what the rest of the year might bring??Pokmon Center has just updated and it seems that 2025 is the "Year of Eevee", even with its own logo. Presumably this is just a merch celebration.With Prismatic Evolutions releases covering all year, it makes sense.You guys won't jump to crazy conclusions, right? Joe Merrick (@joemerrick.bsky.social) 2025-01-06T10:31:10.529ZWe know that Pokmon Legends: Z-A is due out at some point in 2025, so what else might The Year of Eevee entail? A new Eeveelution? A Pokmon: Let's Go, Eevee! remake? A fresh 'Detective Eevee' IP? We're trying to remain optimistic here and not give in to the assumption that it's just a plushie restock (while very much accepting that it's probably just going to be a plushie restock). Come on, TPC, surprise us! 2024 marked a year-long celebrationWhat do you hope to see from "The Year of Eevee"? Let us know in the comments.[source pokemoncenter.com, via bsky.app]See AlsoShare:03 Jim came to Nintendo Life in 2022 and, despite his insistence that The Minish Cap is the best Zelda game and his unwavering love for the Star Wars prequels (yes, really), he has continued to write news and features on the site ever since. Hold on there, you need to login to post a comment...Related ArticlesBest Of 2024: The Company You Can Pay To X-Ray Unopened Pokmon Card Packs Speaks Out"The technology is not going away, and people know what it can do"Pokmon TCG Pocket: Mew EX Deck GuideMew EX is here to keep the meta in checkPokmon Unite Adds Another Pokmon To The Roster This MonthGalarian Rapidash arrivesPokmon TCG Pocket: Tier List & Best DecksNow including Mythical Island

Flying Flea is the latest electric two-wheeler manufacturer to embrace the connected vehicle trend. At CES 2025, Flying Flea shared plans to integrate some of Qualcomms Snapdragon products into its upcoming line of motorcycles, bringing connected capabilities like voice assistance, smartphone-enabled keys, and customizable ride modes.Indian motorcycle manufacturer Royal Enfield introduced the Flying Flea brand in November 2024, and although it hasnt started shipping vehicles yet, its already one of several e-motorcycle brands that is delivering the types of connected features that are already common in cars. Connected services are fundamentally transforming the two-wheeler and micromobility markets, providing riders with real-time diagnostics, advanced navigation, and personalized ride settings all of which enhance the safety and convenience of their journey, Nimish Shrivastava, senior director of product management at Qualcomm, said in a statement.Verge Motorcycles, a Finnish e-motorcycle startup that is demoing its bikes at CES 2025, has also embraced intelligent and connected features, like different ride modes, over-the-air updates, a touchscreen interface to access vehicle diagnostics and info, GPS capabilities, and Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity.Other high-tech two-wheeler brands to hit the streets lately include Damon Motorcycles, Harley-Davidsons LiveWire, and Zero Motorcycles.Flying Flea expects to drop its first vehicles in early 2026: the classically styled FF-C6 and the scrambler-like FF-S6. The brands future lineup will integrate Qualcomms Snapdragon QWM2290 system-on-a-chip (SoC) and Car-to-Cloud platform.Qualcomm launched its QWM2290 SoC in 2023 specifically for two-wheelers. SoCs connect multiple functions in a single chip, like infotainment, driver assistance, and navigation systems. Qualcomm has said this particular SoC can give riders alerts for low battery with recommendations for nearby charging stations, real-time navigation, safety features like alerts if a rider goes above the speed limit, and vehicle monitoring.In the case of Flying Flea, the SoC powers the vehicles core vehicle control unit that runs Flying Fleas operating system. This enables the rider to manage the vehicle and ride experience through a display cluster on the bike.Combined with Qualcomms Snapdragon Car-to-Cloud platform, Flying Flea vehicles promise to maintain communication between the rider and the machine both on and off the motorcycle with 4G, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi connectivity. This manifests as a voice assist button, preset ride modes that the rider can customize based on needs and terrain, and the ability to use a mobile phone as a smart key to unlock and start the motorcycle, according to the company.

In BriefPosted:12:02 PM PST January 6, 2025Image Credits:Chip Somodevilla / Getty ImagesCISA says no indication of wider government hack beyond TreasuryThe U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency(CISA) said in a brief statement Monday that there is no indication that any other U.S. federal agency was hacked during a recent cyberattack at the U.S. Treasury Department in December.The Treasury confirmed the breach on December 30, attributing the intrusion to China government-backed hackers, telling senior U.S. lawmakers in a letter that the hackers had remote access to Treasury employee workstations and access to unclassified documents. The letter said the hackers obtained a private key from one of its technology vendors, BeyondTrust, which the department uses for remote technical support. Its not yet clear how the BeyondTrust key was stolen. The Washington Post reported last week that the hackers specifically targeted the Treasurys global sanctions office.A spokesperson for the Chinese government in Washington, D.C., previously denied the allegations.In its statement Monday, CISA said it continues to monitor the situation and coordinate with relevant federal authorities to ensure a comprehensive response following the Treasury cyberattack.Topics

At CES 2025 in Las Vegas, AMD unveiled a slew of new chips destined for devices ranging from desktops to gaming handhelds.AMD is riding high coming into this years CES. The company commanded a 28.7% share of the desktop CPU segment in Q3 2024, up 9.6 percentage points compared to the same quarter the year prior. In mobile, AMD held 22.3% of the chip market as of last Q3, a 2.8-percentage-point uptick from the previous fiscal period. The company isnt resting on its laurels, though. AMDs 2025 strategy is aggressive and multi-pronged and it begins with the Ryzen 9 9950X3D. Aimed at gamers and creators, the 9950X3D has 16 cores based on AMDs Zen 5 architecture clocked up to 5.7GHz. According to the companys benchmarks, the 9950X3D is 8% faster on average in popular games like Hogwarts Legacy and Starfield versus AMDs 7950X3D.Image Credits:AMDThe 9950X3D, along with the Ryzen 9 9900X3D, a lower-tier processor with 12 cores clocked up to 5.5GHz, will ship sometime in Q1 2025, AMD said.To complement the Ryzen 9 9950X3D and 9900X3D, AMD also announced a new Fire Range lineup of chips targeting midrange laptops and ultraportables. Set to launch in the first half of 2025, the series which includes the Ryzen 9 9850HX, 9955HX, and 9955HX3D offers 12 to 16 cores clocked at between 5.2GHz and 5.4GHz at the maximum.Notably, the Fire Range chips draw around ~54 W of power less than half the wattage requirement of the 9950X3D (170 W).AI PC chipsTo power the next generation of Copilot+ PCs laptops and compact desktops with AI-accelerated Windows 11 features AMD is launching new and refreshed processor series: the Ryzen AI 300 series and Ryzen AI Max series.All chips in the series have a dedicated neural processing unit (NPU) to accelerate certain AI workloads, like running a text-summarizing language model or Windows 11s AI-powered image editor.Ryzen 300 series chips, which will come to market in Q1/Q2 2025, pack between 6 and 8 cores clocked at up to 5GHz, and deliver 24-plus-hour battery life in the best-case scenario (e.g. light work only). Theres four SKUs: Ryzen AI 7 350, Ryzen AI 5 340, Ryzen AI 7 Pro 350, and Ryzen AI 5 Pro 340. Image Credits:AMDAs for Ryzen AI Max, its AMDs flagship offering for Copilot+ PCs, with between 6 and 16 cores clocked at up to 5.1GHz, paired with built-in graphics and a new memory interface. AMDs claiming that Ryzen AI Max chips can achieve leading 3D rendering and AI application performance. SKUs in the series which include the Ryzen AI Max+ 395, Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395, Ryzen AI Max 390, Ryzen AI Max Pro 390, Ryzen AI Max 385, Ryzen AI Max Pro 385, and Ryzen AI Max Pro 380 are set to launch beginning Q1/Q2. Targeting more budget-friendly, mainstream devices, AMD also debuted the new Ryzen 200 series of chips. The processors most of which sport NPUs have between 6 and 8 cores clocked up to 5.2GHz, and are scheduled to launch in Q2 2025.Handheld processorsHandheld PCs like Valves Steam Deck continue to be a major growth area for AMD. To that end, the chipmaker announced new processors in its Ryzen Z2 series, which is meant for lightweight and gaming-focused form factors. Theres the Ryzen Z2 Go, which has four cores clocked up to 4.3GHz and 12 graphics cores, and the Ryzen Z2 Extreme, which has eight cores clocked up to 5.0Ghz and 16 graphics cores. They join the eight-core Ryzen Z2, whose cores top out at 5.1GHz and which packs 12 graphics cores. All three Ryzen Z2 SKUs will be available Q1 2025. Graphics cardsLastly, AMD revealed its next set of discrete, desktop-bound GPUs: the Radeon RX 9070 XT and Radeon RX 9070. Theyre based on the companys RDNA 4 architecture, a 4nm architecture that the company says features improved ray tracing performance, better media encoding quality, and improved AI acceleration.RX 9070 XT and RX 9070 cards will be available from manufacturers including Acer, Asus, Gigabyte, and XFX in Q1 2025.Image Credits:AMDAMD highlighted its FidelityFX Super Resolution 4.0 upscaling technology, which it says was developed for RDNA 4 hardware. Super Resolution 4.0 leverages AI algorithms to upscale game content to up to 4K resolution with minimal latency, AMD says. In a related development, AMD Adrenalin, AMDs software that lets users manage and tune their AMD hardware, including Radeon graphics cards, has new AI features. Adrenalin can now generate images using a built-in image generation model, leverage a local language model to summarize files like PDFs, and answer AMD-related questions via an AI-powered chatbot interface. LIVE1 minute agoFrom the Storyline: Live Updates CES 2025: Nvidia, Samsung, Sony, Toyota reveals, plus moreCES 2025, the annual consumer tech conference held in Las Vegas, is upon us and this is where youTopicsAI, amd, CES, chips, Gaming, GPUS, Hardware, Processors

I will take about a week of my free time to work on a winter spell. This is my first RTVFX Sketch so I dont have big expectations for this, I will just try to have some fun with it. Heres a quick description of the spell:You cast a skillshot-based projectile. After hitting a target, the projectile will bounce towards the two nearest enemies in a small radius. If one or more enemies are hit, they will be marked for 23 seconds, and this abilitys cooldown will be reset. If the enemies are hit by this ability again while marked, the mark will pop to deal extra damage (and the projectile will bounce again).The spell has no name yet, and maybe never will, but Id like to think of something. For the theme, I want to explore using some aurora-esque elements as the main body of the spell, along with the obvious snow/ice to support it and make it feel more wintery. Hope this explanation makes sense, and I will update this post as I make some progress on it!

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Firehawk CEO Will Edwards is building his company on the idea that 3D-printed propellant, pictured, can replace traditional rocket systems.FirehawkA venture fund that works with President-elect Donald Trumps son, Donald Trump Jr, is leading a $60 million series C investment in rocket motors and propellant startup Firehawk Aerospace, Forbes has learned.Its the first defense tech investment for 1789 Capital, which funds companies aligned with a conservative world view. The firm invested $15 million in the deal, which is expected to close this month with additional checks from Draper Associates, Boka Capital and others. The company declined to share the valuation, though a person close to the deal said it was valued at more than $200 million.Dallas-based Firehawk says it has developed a safer, more stable rocket fuel using 3D printers and a hybrid engine to burn it, with the goal of replenishing a depleting U.S. arsenal. And its had early success securing contracts with the Pentagon and defense contractors. There's a missile shortage in the United States, said Omeed Malik, 1789s president. This is part of a defense tech investment that enhances the security and competitiveness of the United States.The investment comes amid a growing wave of interest in new companies promising to restore Americas defense industrial base to its former glory. Startups like Palantir and Anduril have become behemoths by securing billions in government contracts selling military software and weapons. With obvious ties to the incoming Trump administration, 1789 is positioned to help push Firehawks government business.The firm, which has raised more than $150 million for its first fund, is among a growing coterie of "anti-woke" investors whose investment thesis explicitly rejects progressive ideals like DEI and environmental, social and governance principles, known as ESG. Led by Malik and Chris Buskirk, who launched the Trump-donor group Rockbridge Network, it backs companies like Rumble and Substack it hopes will build a new parallel economy of conservative alternatives to what it says are liberal institutions. Another Firehawk investor, Point Bridge Capital, is best known for launching a MAGA ETF that it says it only invests in companies that align with your Republican political beliefs.My big investors in later stage happen to be politically outspoken, Firehawk CEO Will Edwards told Forbes. But, he added, we do have investors on the cap table who are pretty far lefttheres no motive beyond doing whats best for our country, and our company.Firehawk's hybrid engine, pictured at the company's test site at Midland, Texas, is powered by solid-state fuel it produces with 3D-printers.FirehawkEdwards, a Forbes 30 Under 30 alum who previously started a now shuttered HR software startup called MetKnow, founded Firehawk in 2019 with family friend and scientist Ronald Jones to build cheaper, solid-state fuel burning rocket motors. At the time, they had trouble raising capital due to investor reluctance to back a defense startup working with the U.S. military. I was called a murderer, Edwards recalled. Now theyve changed their tune.Firehawks key innovation is 3D-printed solid rocket propellant that is cheaper and faster to make than traditional fuel. Rocket engine fuel used for missiles and space rockets alike is currently made using a process known as casting and curing, which can take as long as two months to produce; the method is currently used by defense primes like Northrup Grumman and L3 Harris. In its pitch deck, Firehawk claims that its fuel can be made within hours using an off-the-shelf 3D printer. And it can be made almost anywhere that can accommodate a 20 by 40 foot shipping container including the battlefield.After completing initial rocket tests overseen by NASA, Firehawk raised $18 million in a series B led by Star Castle VC in 2022. The company announced in November that it had secured its own 30-square mile launch range in West Texas to serve as a testing range for contracts with the United States government, and other partners.Edwards told Forbes the company generated mid-seven figures in revenue in 2024, and had mid-eight figures committed in secured deals, including a trial contract with the Army Applications Laboratory in January to develop new rocket engines for heavy weapons like the GMLRS rocket artillery and infantry weapons like the Javelin anti-tank and anti-aircraft Stinger missiles.The company, which has partnered with Raytheon, has also run trials with the Air Force Research Laboratory and NASA. Either Firehawk is going to be the company that makes 3D printing solid propellant the industry standard, Edwards said, or we're going to shut our doors.MORE FROM FORBES