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DISA Global Solutions, a U.S.-based provider of employee screening services, has said it suffered a data breach that affects more than 3.3 million people.DISA, which provides services like drug and alcohol testing and background checks to more than 55,000 enterprises and a third of Fortune 500 companies, confirmed the data breach in a filing with Maines attorney general on Monday.DISA said it discovered it had been the victim of a cyber incident that impacted a limited portion of its network on April 22, 2024. An internal investigation determined that a hacker had infiltrated the companys network on February 9, 2024, where they went unnoticed for over two months. In a letter sent to those affected by the data breach, which includes individuals who underwent employee screening tests, DISA said the attacker procured some information from its systems.In a separate filing with the Massachusetts attorney general, DISA confirmed the stolen information included individuals Social Security numbers, financial account information including credit card numbers, and government-issued identification documents. This filing confirmed that more than 360,000 Massachusetts residents were affected by the breach.However, in its data breach notification letter, DISA said it could not definitively conclude the specific data procured, suggesting the company does not have the technical means, such as logs, to detect exactly what internal data was accessed or exfiltrated.According to its website, DISA collects a wide range of personal and sensitive information, including details about an applicants work history, educational background, criminal records, and credit history.Its not yet known who was behind the cyberattack or how the organization was compromised. Its also unclear why it has taken DISA so long to notify affected individuals about the breach.DISA did not immediately respond to TechCrunchs questions.Topics

Private equity firm Thoma Bravo has closed its inaugural European fund at 1.8 billion ($1.9 billion), through which it plans to take equity stakes in mid-sized software companies across the continent.Europe has no shortage of homegrown venture capital (VC) funds the likes of Atomico and Cherry Ventures have closed early and growth-stage funds in recent months but North American investment firms have been slowly retreating from Europe. Storied Silicon Valley VC firm Andreessen Horowitz recently shuttered its U.K. office, while Omers Ventures and Coatue have also closed offices in the region over the past 18 months.This leaves a hole that bargain-seeking private equity firms can fill.Thoma Bravo launched its London office in 2023 (its first hub outside the U.S.), formalizing a regional presence that started back in 2011 when it acquired French software firm InfoVista. Since then, the Chicago-headquartered firm says it has invested around 14 billion across 16 deals in Europe. It was also behind some of the biggest take-private deals of 2024, including that of U.K. cybersecurity company Darktrace, which Thoma Bravo acquired in a deal valued at $5.3 billion.The closing of our first Europe Fund represents a significant opportunity to deepen our presence in the region, Thoma Bravo partner and European lead Irina Hemmers said in a statement. Europe is digitizing rapidly, and leading software companies are increasingly looking for dedicated support and investment to accelerate their growth strategies.

Californian sports equipment brand Cobra Golf has launched its new range of 3D printed King Tour Irons. Fabricated using Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS) additive manufacturing, the new golf clubs feature a 3D printed lattice structure that reportedly reduces weight by 33%.Made from 316 stainless steel, the blades have been designed to combine a high degree of forgiveness with the sleek look and soft feel of a professional players iron. As with Cobra Golfs previous 3D printed LIMIT3D clubs, its new Irons seek to unlock high-level performance for all players, from Tour pros to mid- and high-handicap golfers.Mike Yagley, Vice President of Innovation & AI at Cobra Golf, called LIMIT3D the first commercially available 3D printed clubs, adding they sold out so quickly we had to make more. According to Yagley, the new Tour irons offer the same premium construction, performance, and feel, but will now be available as a standard COBRA model.Available for pre-sale now, the 3D printed golf wedges will be released at retail from March 21, 2025. Prices for the standard 4-PW set (right-hand and left-hand) start at 2,199. Each club features KBS $-Taper 110 steel shafts and Lamkin Crossline grips as the default setup. According to Cobra, limited quantities are available while stocks last. A 3-iron, Gap Wedge, and custom shafts and grips can also be ordered via the companys online store.Cobra Golfs new 3DP Tour Iron. Image via Cobra Golf.Cobra Golf introduces new 3D printed ironsThe new range of King Tour Irons builds on Cobra Golfs existing additive manufacturing experience. Ryan Roach, the companys Director of Innovation, previously told 3D Printing Industry We have a long history with additive. He explained that the Puma subsidiary first adopted additive manufacturing to accelerate its development process.Cobra soon shifted to end-use production to fabricate specialist clubs for its partner players. This includes 6-time PGA Tour winner Rickie Fowler, who leveraged a unique 3D printed putter featuring enhanced roll consistency and put distance. According to Roach, these limited runs validated the value of 3D printing, paving the way for increased use in the commercial market.In 2020, Cobra introduced the 3D printed KING Supersport-35 putter. This club, produced in collaboration with HP and Parmatech, features a fully-3D printed metal body with a weight-optimized internal lattice structure. HP Metal Jet 3D printers were used to manufacture the putters due to their high production speeds and design adaptability. Cobra prototyped 35 designs in just eight months. The following year, the company launched a full line of KING 3D printed multi-material putters.Last year, Cobras LIMIT3D launch represented a big deal in golf, according to Roach, with some players considering it the biggest innovation in irons for 10 years. 3D printing the clubs reportedly allowed Cobra to unlock designs that arent possible with casting and forging to make the club look and feel better, Roach added.Close-up of Cobra Golfs 3D printed Tour Iron. Image via Cobra GolfThe latest product line seeks to continue this innovation. Though similar in size to Cobras conventionally forged King Tour irons, the new 3D printed clubs are longer and more forgiving. This level of performance is reportedly unlocked by their complex internal lattice, which can only be produced via additive manufacturing. The structure, also found in the LIMIT3D clubs, was designed using nTops engineering software.The New York City-based design specialists platform was much more efficient than Cobras previous software. It allowed the company to more quickly iterate and determine the best lattice for our product, explained Roach. According to Cobra, this complex internal lattice reduces weight, allowing designers to reposition up to 100g of tungsten lower in the clubheads heel and toe area. This, in turn, lowers the center of gravity and increases the moment of inertia (MOI), translating to improved forgiveness and consistency.The 3D printed Tour Irons internal lattice structure. Image via Cobra Golf.3D printed sporting goodsCobra Golfs continued adoption of additive manufacturing reflects the growing market for 3D printed sporting goods. This trend is clear within the golfing sector, where Cobra is not the only brand leveraging metal 3D printing.Last year, the Japanese lifestyle golf brand Designer launched a range of titanium 3D printed golf club heads. Fabricated using FS200M metal LPBF 3D printers from Farsoon Technologies, the clubs offer added strength while being lightweight. According to Farsoon, the novel head design and self-supported internal structures offer top-of-the-line performance for players seeking greater distance, accuracy, and stability. The company claims that its 3D printers also reduced cost per part by 70% from design to production compared to conventional manufacturing processes.Away from golf, US sports equipment manufacturer Wilson Sporting Goods Co. made headlines last year with the commercial launch of its 3D printed airless basketball. Co-developed with 3D design specialists General Lattice, 3D printer manufacturer EOS, and post-processing company DyeMansion, the basketball is fully functional and meets NBA ball regulations. It features a 3D printed lattice structure, eliminating air-retention challenges within traditional ball manufacturing.Who won the 2024 3D Printing Industry Awards?Subscribe to the 3D Printing Industry newsletter to keep up with the latest 3D printing news.You can also follow us on LinkedIn, and subscribe to the 3D Printing Industry Youtube channel to access more exclusive content.Featured image shows Cobra Golfs new 3D printed Tour Iron. Image via Cobra Golf.

On 20 February, every cyber threat intelligence researcher on the planet discovered a new goldmine - a document of almost 50MB size presented as the history of internal exchanges at the Black Basta ransomware group.The cross-referencing of the victims of cyber attacks mentioned in this file with known victims and, in some cases, their accounts, has confirmed the authenticity of the document. But there's more.According to the authors of the leak - which had been waiting to be discovered since 11 February - behind the pseudonym GG is Tramp, one of the leaders of the group, known under this pseudonym since the implosion of Conti in early 2022, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Some of the exchanges on the Matrix instance from which the leak originated refer to Tox conversations which show that Tramp also uses the pseudonym AA.The financial flows confirm this. On 10 April 2023, Tramp made a payment to ugway at the address 1FomikeVrYqivPbQoGYTRNor1mzSPPbbWZ (transaction 11824680b6f06876eb33560354b877801579be9a2ac1d4264e085254cdf76a4d).The address from which the bitcoins in question originated was fed with funds, some of which were used to feed an address known to be linked to Tramp: 16oosqZ7b9vSdiZ8QbWPCoxRkQwQ3T43Bi. It was used from 29 September 2022 to 29 May 2024, with 347 transactions totalling almost 704 bitcoins received over the period.The same link applies to a payment made by Tramp to tinker at 1FPutCyL6s6uqQVW4eTCoaVQjrFX3bFhde (transaction f11e1af8ea6352b62a50c6611fc0944cbf0fa1d4bf5bbfc22a3f02017f475f25) on 12 February 2024.Among those involved in Black Basta's activities, one deserves particular attention - an individual using the pseudonym ssd. On 10 November 2023, Tramp asked for an account to be created for him on the group's Matrix instance. Ssd logged on straight away. He soon became heavily involved - there were 1,640 messages from him in December 2023.Although he mainly speaks Russian, his messages are sometimes interpreted by translation software as being in Bulgarian or Slovakian.On Tox, ssd also uses the pseudonym DD. It is with this that he contacts usernameyy around 7 December 2023. Usernamejj seems to know him and introduces him as a "". In fact, his activities seem to be more related to making up malicious code to avoid detection.But ssd won't be with the group for long - the last message dates from 17 February 2024. After that, radio silence - at least on the Matrix instance of the group.This is because ssd and Tramp already knew each other, potentially for a long time, according to logs provided by an anonymous source on 30 December. These show regular private exchanges on Tox. The earliest available date goes back to the end of October 2022, the most recent to the end of February 2023.In it, Tramp mentions a certain closeness to Royal (now BlackSuit), whose ransomware for ESXi he says he helped develop, or at least the automation of its deployment. He also says that - not necessarily surprisingly - he knows 90% of Conti.On 12 November 2022, Tramp stated that he regularly "supplied" Russian intelligence services, explicitly mentioning the FSB and the GRU, and that he worked a "desk job" with fixed hours.In their private exchanges, Tramp and ssd talk in particular about a victim claimed under the Black Basta brand at the beginning of November 2022 - Mitcon Consultancy & Engineering Services. A month later, it was also claimed on the BianLian website. This was not the only victim claimed by Black Basta that the two of them discussed privately, without it being developed in the exchanges that have now been disclosed.After his disappearance from the Matrix instance of Black Basta, ssd seems to have made a comeback, or at least tried to reconnect with Tramp, indirectly.Nickolas appears to have had contact with ssd at the beginning of May 2024 and tries to talk to Tramp about it. He presents him as a big talker who has managed to maintain a particularly high standard of living.Nickolas suggests that ssd managed to make large sums of money by redirecting users to fake online banking sites in order to recover their login details and session tokens. The leaked exchanges do not provide any details of what happened next.Tramp's financial situation is enviable. Tracking the financial flows linked to his activities reveals, for example, a bitcoin address holding more than 20 bitcoins - worth $2m at the time of writing - 1BhUkxYoZuK5v6u83TgGaFyoJitBw3JapY. This address was fed again on 28 January. It has been in active use since September 2017. But it was also Tramp who controlled the more than 2,000 bitcoins that came from Conti consolidated on 17 January 2023 at the address bc1q77q346n52l0sj46dxfr9sh8xz6nv9uxakexmgq.But all may not be rosy. The authors of the recent disclosure have associated a name with the Tramp pseudonym: Oleg Nefedov - this name also appears in the columns of the Armenian media site 168.am.According to sources, Oleg Nefedov was arrested in Armenia on 21 June. The local courts were due to rule on his fate within 72 hours. However, failing to meet this deadline, he was released. The judge responsible for this situation has been sanctioned.Nefodov is reportedly wanted by US authorities for his involvement in multibillion-dollar fraudulent transactions. To date, no indictment against him has been made public by the US Department of Justice.An analysis of the activity associated with the pseudonym GG in exchanges on the Matrix instance of Black Basta shows a total absence of activity from 21 June 2024 to 2 July inclusive.Black Basta: tools developed to analyse the leakOn 20 February, just after the website Prodaft reported that internal exchanges with the Black Basta ransomware gang had been leaked, Computer Weeklys French sister site, LeMagIT, obtained the corresponding file and shared it privately with a select group of cyber threat intelligence analysts.The file in question is a poorly formed JSON, with no inverted commas or commas between the objects. LeMagIT developed an initial Python script to clean it up so that it could ingest the data and process the messages individually. This was just the first in a series of tools - still evolving to this day - dedicated to analysing this leak and its contents.The conversations reported in this data took place in several virtual chat rooms - around a hundred - and involved several players. Around 50 pseudonyms are used, but they do not necessarily correspond to as many individuals.To carry out more granular examination, LeMagIT developed a Python script splitting the exchanges by virtual lounge and another by pseudonym.To this were added scripts designed to extract bitcoin addresses together with the pseudonyms of the individuals mentioning them and the corresponding date, so they could be contextualised by establishing who controlled each address, and who controlled each address from which the funds had been paid.For his part, researcher Thomas Roccia has developed and published a Python notebook based on Marimo, producing indicators relating to the level of activity of Black Basta as a whole, according to the group's internal exchanges.Based on this work, LeMagIT developed a script to track the activity of each member of the Black Basta group over the period covered by the leak producing, for each member, a count of the messages sent month by month, a list of the virtual chat rooms in which they participated, and the first and last date of visible activity.These elements are designed to track the comings and goings of the individuals involved, and determine their periods of relative inactivity. They also make it possible to find a way through the mass of messages more quickly, to investigate specifically each of the individuals involved in the group's activities.

A paper published by Microsoft, which demonstrates a radical new approach that promises to accelerate the path towards commercially viable quantum computing systems, shows the extent of industry innovation. Almost every week sees new research, which moves the dial closer to commercial reality.But quantum computing is still a nascent technology, and some industry watchers predict challenges ahead as technology innovators try to capitalise on being first to market while major pieces of the quantum computing ecosystem are still not complete.The Microsoft paper discusses the development of a quantum chip based on topological qubits. According to Microsoft researchers, the approach would offer more stable qubits, requiring less error correction than what is currently being developed.Companies that can bring quantum computer systems to market can capitalise on the pent-up demand from early adopters, who have bought into the idea that such systems will solve computational problems that are impossible to solve any other way. There is a growing number of application areas, such as in material science and the simulation of wet chemistry experiments at a quantum level that could lead to the development of new catalysts for industrial processes.But this arms race to produce enough qubits to make a commercially useful system needs to be balanced with industry-wide collaboration.In a separate report, Tess Skyrme, principal technology analyst at IDTechEx, noted that quantum computing companies are beginning to shift away from collaborating as they gear up to differentiate the quantum computing products under development.For many years, the quantum computing market has been able to profess the benefits of collaboration and see success for one company as good for the industry as a whole rather than a competitive disadvantage, she said.However, according to Skyrme, while many companies continue to celebrate the success of others in the quantum ecosystem, conversations with experts and business leaders in these companies often lead to them identifying the shortcomings in rival technologies. Similarly, modality sub-sectors are also quick to criticise one another.She said: Companies, to an extent, face a conundrum whereby governments are looking to foster ecosystems and local collaborations but private funding wants confidence in a differentiated value proposition to others in the field.Nevertheless, there are plenty of missing pieces that are essential for quantum computing to become commercially viable.Jenni Strabley, vice-president and general manager of compute products at Quantinuum, said: Partnerships are key to building a complete quantum stack and unlocking transformative possibilities. We appreciate the highly innovative work led by groups in the UK, a global hub of quantum innovation that were proud to be a part of.One of the new collaborative efforts is being led by Nu Quantum, which has launched the Quantum Datacenter Alliance (QDA). This aims to bring together companies representing different layers of the quantum computing stack that are willing to share ideas on datacentre-scale quantum computers.By collecting complementary perspectives from across the ecosystem, the QDA aims to deliver an open community to discuss the opportunities and challenges on the road to building large, scalable and robust quantum computing services.Simon Phillips, chief technology officer (CTO) at Oxford Quantum Circuits, said: For quantum computing to truly begin unlocking transformative business value, it cannot work in isolation continuing to utilise the infrastructure of datacentres will be critical in shaping the future of the quantum industry.Yuval Boger, chief commercial officer at QuEra, said: By combining expertise across the quantum stack, the QDA will help drive the innovations needed for datacentre-scale solutions and accelerate the path to meaningful quantum advantage.According to Bill Gartner, senior vice-president and general manager of Cisco Optical Systems and Optics, quantum networking will act as a catalyst for distributed quantum computing. He noted that this aligns closely with Ciscos strategic objectives of creating flexible, high-performance, energy-efficient network solutions.We are confident that collaborating in the development of this ground-breaking technology can expedite its market entry and unlock transformative business value, Gartner added.Companies that have signed up to the QDA include Cisco; NTT Data; superconductor quantum company OQC; QphoX, which is developing quantum interfaces to enable networked quantum computation; Quantinuum, which specialises in trapped ion quantum computing; and QuEra, which is developing neutral-atom quantum computing.Carmen Palacios-Berraquero, CEO of Nu Quantum, said: The interactions we have had with other members have been incredibly enlightening and underline the importance of cross-industry discussion to accelerate the maturity of the quantum computing industry.Read more about quantum computingMicrosoft overcomes quantum barrier with new particle: It has taken 20 years of development, but researchers now have a device that can scale to millions of qubits without errors rising exponentially.Quantum datacentre deployments how they are supporting evolving compute projects: Quantum datacentre deployments are emerging worldwide, so what are they and where are the benefits?

The crescent moon appears above the southern Iraqi city of Basra on the first day of the Islamic ... [+] holy month of Ramadan on March 23, 2023. (Photo by Hussein Faleh / AFP) (Photo by HUSSEIN FALEH/AFP via Getty Images)AFP via Getty ImagesThe Islamic holy month of Ramadan and Easter in the Christian calendar are just two major religious festivals determined by the moon.The first one is Ramadan, which will begin this weekend though the exact time is still unknown. Easter comes in April this year. However, a "blood moon" total lunar eclipse and a solar eclipse will occur between the two occasions.Here's how the moon determines Ramadan and Easter.When Is Ramadan In 2025?Ramadan a month traditionally associated with dawn-to-sunset fasting will begin on the evenings of Friday, Feb. 28, Saturday, March 1, 2025, or even (possibly) Sunday, March 2, 2025. Why the mystery? The beginning (and end) of each month of the Islamic calendar is determined by the sighting of the crescent moon right after the new moon. Ramadan is the ninth month.With a new moon (when the moon is between the Earth and the sun, so lost in its glare) occurring on Thursday, Feb. 27, a crescent moon will appear very low and very slim in the western sky just after sunset on Friday, and slightly higher and brighter on Saturday and Sunday. This event is known as the Ramadan Moon.When Is Ramadan In 2026?Since the Islamic calendar follows a 354-day lunar year (12 orbits of Earth by the moon), each month lasts 29.5 days and the dates shift about 11 days earlier each year in the Gregorian calendar. So Ramadan will next begin on Feb. 17 or Feb. 18, 2026.This pattern is familiar to astronomers since all moon-related events do so. For example, full moons occur 11 days earlier each year. It's the same with eclipses (there was one last April 8, 2024, in North America; this year's is on March 29).When Is The Blood Moon Total Lunar Eclipse And The Solar Eclipse?The total lunar eclipse on March 13-14, 2025, and the partial solar eclipse on March 29, 2025, are unrelated to Ramadan. However, their timings coincide. While the total lunar eclipse best seen in North and South America will occur halfway through Ramadan, the solar eclipse will effectively end Ramadan.Visible at sunrise in eastern parts of North America as an eclipsed sunrise and in mid-morning across Europe, about 94% of the sun will blocked by the moon close to its maximum in Canada.When Will Ramadan 2025 End?Since a solar eclipse by definition occurs at new moon, observers will be outside looking west just after sunset on Sunday, March 30 and Monday, March 31, 2025, looking for the new moon. It's known as the Shawwal Moon. Its sighting will signal the end of Ramadan and the beginning of Eid al-Fitr, a holiday that marks the end of Ramadan.When Is Easter Sunday 2025?The moons phases also play a role in Western Christianity, with the date of the first full moon following the spring equinox vitally important in determining the date of Easter.In Western Christianity, Easter Sunday occurs on the first Sunday following the first full moon on or after the spring equinox. Since the equinox is on March 21, the next full moon is the Pink Moon on April 13, with Easter therefore observed on the following Sunday. The moon that determines Easter is called the Paschal Moon. Western Christianity's Easter 2026 will occur on April 5, 2026.Wishing you clear skies and wide eyes.

A new study suggests that Marss red colour is better matched by iron oxides containing water, known ... [+] as ferrihydrite.ESA & MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/RSSD/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA, 2007Everyone knows Mars is the red planet, but a new study is reshaping scientists understanding of why the planet has its distinctive hue and it could also reveal a wetter, potentially habitable Martian past.Why Mars Is The Red PlanetMarss surface is covered in a fine layer of iron oxide dust, which has been spread across the planet by wind over billions of years. However, whether that rust was initially produced in dry or wet conditions was unclear.Using data from spacecraft at Mars and laboratory work, the study discovered that the planet's red color comes from ferrihydrite, a water-rich iron oxide. Although it's long been known this red color is due to rusted iron minerals in the dust, it was previously thought to be caused by hematite, an iron oxide mineral that's the main component of iron ore, which was believed to have formed on a dry planet.The discovery brings planetary scientists one step closer to uncovering the planets watery past and the possibility that it once supported life.Ferrihydrite On MarsThis discovery of the exact chemistry of Martian rust changes that theory. Ferrihydrite typically forms in water, so it must have formed when Mars still had water on its surface."The major implication is that because ferrihydrite could only have formed when water was still present on the surface, Mars rusted earlier than we previously thought," said Adomas Valantinas, a postdoc at Brown University in the US, formerly at the University of Bern in Switzerland where he started his work, lead author on a paper published this week in Nature Communications. "Moreover, the ferrihydrite remains stable under present-day conditions on Mars.The Red Planet Mars got its iconic colour from a combination of rusting and erosion over its ... [+] 4.6-billion-year history.ESAWhat It Means For MarsThe researchers found that ferrihydrite mixed with basalt, a volcanic rock, best fits the minerals seen by spacecraft on Mars. Mars is still the Red Planet," said Valantinas. Its just that our understanding of why Mars is red has been transformed.This finding challenges previous assumptions that Marss surface has been dry for billions of years. Instead, it suggests that water played a role in the planets rusting process much earlier than expected.The research team used a combination of data from multiple Mars missions, including the European Space Agencys Trace Gas Orbiter and Mars Express, as well as NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.We eagerly await the results from upcoming missions like ESAs Rosalind Franklin rover and the NASA-ESA Mars Sample Return, said Colin Wilson, project scientist on ESAs TGO and Mars Express missions. Once we get Martian dust samples into the lab, well be able to measure exactly how much ferrihydrite is present and what that means for Marss history.Wishing you clear skies and wide eyes.

Something to look forward to: Andor, the best Star Wars TV show ever and one of the best shows of any genre is coming back for a second season on April 22, 2025. To build excitement for the gang's return, the first trailer has just dropped. The multi award-winning Andor has rightly been hailed as standing head and shoulders above the other Star Wars universe TV projects. Even those who know nothing about or dislike the franchise George Lucas created are enjoying the show's brilliant writing, story, and characters.The first season of Andor was set across a single year, often with big time jumps between episodes. Season 2 has an interesting premise: it is set over four years, with one year taking place across every three episodes and Disney will be releasing three episodes every week. This time period will lead up to the events of the Rogue One movie.Andor season 2 sees Diego Luna's Cassian Andor return along with favorites such as Stellan Skarsgard's Luthen Rael, Genevieve O'Reilly's Mon Mothma, and Forest Whitaker's Saw Gerrera.As shown in the trailer, Rogue One's Orson Krennic, played by Ben Mendelsohn, is joining the show as he oversees the construction of the Death Star. Another Rogue One character making an appearance in Andor is K-2SO, the sardonic droid voiced by Alan Tudyk.According to the official synopsis, season 2 follows the story of Cassian Andor and the emerging rebel alliance over the climactic years that lead to the discovery of the Death Star.Disney could use another Star Wars hit right now. The Acolyte was hated by viewers, though critics were more forgiving, and was canceled after just one season. And while Skeleton Crew has a high critic and audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes, its two-episode debut attracted the lowest number of viewer minutes for any Star Wars premier on Disney+, meaning a second season seems unlikely. // Related StoriesIn other Rogue One news, there was a story last year about Disney facing a lawsuit over the 2016 movie using CGI to bring horror legend Peter Cushing back to virtual life as Grand Moff Tarkin.

AMD is keeping its Zen 3 architecture alive with six newly spotted processors aimed at budget-conscious buyers. The Ryzen 3 5305G, Ryzen 3 5305GE, Ryzen 5 5605G, Ryzen 5 5605GE, Ryzen 7 5705G, and Ryzen 7 5705GE have appeared in AMDs official documentation, as first highlighted in a Reddit post. These additions to the Ryzen 5000G lineup signal AMDs intent to provide affordable yet capable CPUs for entry-level systems, keeping older but still relevant technology in circulation.As the name suggests, these new CPUs are just refreshed versions of the existing Ryzen 3 5300, Ryzen 5 5600 and the Ryzen 7 5700. The G variants of these processors come with integrated Radeon Vega graphics, making them ideal for users who dont need a discrete GPU. Meanwhile, the GE models are lower-power alternatives with reduced TDP of 35W, making them perfect for compact or energy-efficient systems such as small form-factor PCs or media centers. The Ryzen 7 5705G, the most powerful of the bunch, is expected to feature eight Zen 3 cores with a boost clock of up to 4.6GHz. The Ryzen 5 5605G will offer six cores, while the Ryzen 3 5305G will feature four, targeting mainstream workloads and office productivity tasks.u/yeathemen on RedditBy refreshing its Ryzen 5000G lineup, AMD is giving budget PC builders and system integrators access to affordable processors with solid performance. These chips will primarily cater to users looking for a balance between efficiency and power, making them great for home offices, budget workstations, and media center PCs. With built-in graphics and lower power consumption, they also offer an attractive alternative for those seeking a cost-effective, all-in-one CPU solution without the need for additional GPU expenses.Recommended VideosAMDs ongoing support for the AM4 socket allows users with first-generation Ryzen processors all the way back from 2017, to upgrade to a modern CPU without changing their motherboard.Get your weekly teardown of the tech behind PC gaming While AMD has yet to officially announce specifications, availability, and pricing, this long-term compatibility can also be a bit confusing for budget PC buyers unfamiliar with Ryzens various generations. As pointed out by Toms Hardware, many expect that a processor released in the current year will feature the latest technology, even if its not the most powerful. Naturally, even those on a tight budget want assurance that their system will remain upgradeable for years to come.Editors Recommendations