Earlier in the year, fighting game tournament EVO, game engine maker Epic Games, and platform holder Sony all confirmed that they’re collaborating on an issue regarding input latency with the Unreal Engine on the PS5. It’s all been a bit awkward for PlayStation: while it’s marketing its PS5 console as an esports machine, it’s often posted the worst response times in competitive fighting games.
Well, the good news is that early analysis of Unreal Engine fighter MultiVersus is extremely positive. The native PS5 version has the fastest response time at 1080p across all consoles, suggesting that the aforementioned trio may have happened upon a fix. In fact, at just 31.47 milliseconds, the PS5’s response time is around about two frames – minuscule stuff.
Now this is important because professional players rely on rapid response times, and as Sony is a co-owner of the EVO championships, it ultimately wants players to be competing on its consoles. We’ll obviously need to await further analysis and more examples to declare this issue officially “fixed” – but these are reassuring results, without a doubt.
Multiple people said they had been told the documentary was focused on Trump’s legacy and would be a flattering portrayal.
But 17 months later, that filmmaker, Alex Holder, has been subpoenaed by the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, Capitol Hill insurrection, and turned over hours of his footage. That has made some in the former President’s orbit nervous, they told CNN, mainly because several don’t recall the full extent of their comments.
An attorney for Holder denies that the Trumps were granted editorial control over the final product.
”The Trumps did not request, and were not granted, any editorial control over the series. To the contrary, Alex Holder said at the outset that he would have full editorial control. The Trumps also did not request any contractual right of control, or even review, so there is none,” Russell Smith said in a statement provided to CNN.
Holder’s “Unprecedented” three-part docuseries about the 2020 election will be released on Discovery Plus, which is owned by CNN’s parent company, later this summer. The documentary includes never-before-seen footage of the Trump family on the campaign trail and their reactions to the outcome of the election.
The then-President’s children sat for multiple interviews with the British filmmaker, who was there in the final weeks of Trump’s time in office. Ivanka Trump did three interviews, her husband, Jared Kushner, was interviewed twice and Eric Trump was interviewed twice, Holder told CNN. Donald Trump Jr. was interviewed once for an hour, but an attempt at a second interview with him did not come to fruition.
Several of the interviews, including with Ivanka Trump, were conducted after Trump had lost the election but as he was still contesting it. Most of Ivanka Trump’s interview focused on her relationship with her father, in addition to a public comment about the ongoing legal challenges over the election. Trump Jr. sat down with Holder about three weeks before the election, another source said.
Now there is some concern among certain figures about what was said on camera given hours of footage have been turned over. One former aide downplayed the likelihood anything relevant to the committee was said.
A person familiar with the matter said the interviews were orchestrated by Jason Greenblatt, Trump’s Middle East peace envoy who left the administration in 2019 but remained in close touch with top officials. Greenblatt has not responded to CNN’s request for comment.
Holder sat for a deposition with the committee Thursday morning behind closed doors.
NASA is asking the public to comment on an environmental assessment for its Mars sample return effort.
The project, a collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA), aims to bring to Earth samples gathered by the Perseverance Mars rover, perhaps as early as 2033. Once they’re here, scientists in labs around the world will scrutinize them for signs of Mars life and clues about the Red Planet’s evolutionary history.
Comments are due May 16 either online or by mail. The agency also plans to hold two virtual public meetings at this link. The meetings will be Wednesday (May 4) at 3 p.m. EDT (1900 GMT) and Thursday (May 5) at 8 p.m. EDT (0000 GMT on Friday, May 6).
“The public meetings will include briefings about the status of the National Environmental Policy Act process for the proposed program, as well as its purpose and scientific goals,” NASA said in an April 29 statement.
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Artist’s conception for a proposed NASA Sample Retrieval Lander that would carry a small rocket, called the Mars Ascent Vehicle, to the surface of the Red Planet. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech)
“Meetings will also cover why the Utah Test and Training Range operated by the U.S. Air Force is the proposed landing site for the samples, and what planners are doing to ensure safe and secure return of the samples — a topic known as backward planetary protection,” the agency added.
Public comments will be considered during development of the Mars sample return draft environmental impact statement, which will also be released for public comment in 2022 if the schedule holds, NASA officials said.
The request for public input comes after some changes to the sample return campaign that were announced a few weeks ago.
In March, NASA determined it would be preferable to develop a second lander due to the mass requirements of the mission. That second lander will carry the “fetch rover” from ESA, while the first one will tote the NASA-developed Mars ascent vehicle (MAV).
The mission calls for the fetch rover to retrieve Perseverance’s cached samples, which the rover is collecting on the floor of Mars’ Jezero Crater, and then place them in the MAV. The MAV will launch the samples to Mars orbit, where an ESA-provided Earth-return orbiter will snag them and bring them to our planet.
Adding a second lander to the process pushes the proposed launch date by two years to 2028, with the samples’ arrival on Earth delayed to 2033 from 2031.
NASA officials said that the revised plan “is consistent with the Mars Sample Return Independent Review Board’s (IRB) finding that a dual-lander architecture may improve the probability of mission success.”
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Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton, Alpine F1’s Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon leave a meeting after practice ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Saudi Arabia. Safety concerns rose after a missile attack just 7 miles from the circuit in Jeddah.
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Formula One’s drivers are preparing to ask for more input over where the sport races in future.
A number of drivers did not want to continue with the Saudi Arabian GP race weekend after Friday’s missile attack just seven miles from the Jeddah circuit.
The incident is said to have accelerated a desire from the drivers to discuss having more influence on the sport’s policy.
As Sky Sports News reported on Monday, the drivers are set for meetings with F1 bosses following the events of the weekend.
On the agenda will be the militant attack on the nearby Aramco oil facility.
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F1 will also present more details of the security measures which helped safeguard the Grand Prix, though the future of the event itself is not thought to be in doubt despite some drivers’ misgivings.
Why do drivers want more input on races?
F1 decides on the calendar and seek to be open and collaborative with their various stakeholders, including all 10 teams.
A number of drivers feel they are playing an ever more prominent role as the face of the sport and carrying the brand’s messaging to the public.
Drivers have recently had to answer awkward questions about Saudi Arabia’s human rights record and the cancellation of the Russian Grand Prix following their invasion of Ukraine.
On influencing these big issues, Lewis Hamilton said in Jeddah: “We don’t decide where we go [to race]. I think we do have an opportunity to try — we are duty bound to try — and do what we can while we’re here.”
F1 has made greater driver engagement with the audience an integral part of its plans in the post-Bernie Ecclestone era.
Via digital and social media, fan interaction has been developed significantly in the last five years.
F1 intend to make a full assessment of what happened in Jeddah which will be shared with all stakeholders, including the drivers.
Meetings are expected to take place before the next Grand Prix in Melbourne Australia on April 10.
DENVER — Fernando Tatis Jr., Aaron Judge, Nolan Arenado and the rest of the MLB All-Stars certainly got needled over their new threads.
As the American League was rolling toward a 5-2 win in their all-blue ensemble Tuesday night at Coors Field, fans on social media were having a field day, taking swings at uniforms that certainly weren’t in vogue.
They weren’t the only ones, either.
“We can do better. We can do better, man,” Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson said. “We need the players’ input next time.”
The AL sported outfits that reminded some of jumpsuits or pajamas. The NL version wasn’t much better — an all-white production that had many commenting they looked, well, bland.
No classic birds-on-a-bat design for the St. Louis Cardinals, no sweet script for the Los Angeles Dodgers. No brown pinstripes on the shirts for the San Diego Padres, no recognizable “NY” logo displayed prominently on the hat for the Yankees.
“MLB should just let the players wear their own uniforms instead of these slow pitch softball ones,” Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Brett Anderson posted on Twitter.
Tatis, one of the flashiest players in the majors, tried to make his own improvements. The Padres shortstop accessorized with pink shoes and a matching sleeve on his arm.
All-Star Game MVP Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was able to stand out, too — for his bat, not his attire, thanks to a 468-foot homer into the thin Rocky Mountain air.
All eyes were on Shohei Ohtani, dull uniform or not. He was the main attraction as he became the first All-Star to be picked as a pitcher and a position player.
What the All-Stars were wearing, however, didn’t exactly draw All-Star reviews.
This bordered more on fashion faux pas than trendy. In fact, the only thing trending was all the criticism.
Rather than familiar logos and names, there were three-letter abbreviations on the jerseys for what team they represented.
Bring back the rainbow of colors, many said, and let players wear their own club’s uniforms. That was a big part of the game’s charm, they maintained.
Or next time, maybe even ask for fashion tips from the players.
“I’m a big fan of each team wearing their own,” White Sox closer Liam Hendriks said after earning the save as the AL won its eighth straight All-Star Game. “Don’t get me wrong, I love the uniformity, I don’t mind the little stars on the back, but for me, this year specifically, it would have been nice.”
Major League Baseball has a billion-dollar contract with Nike, whose swoosh was displayed prominently on the right side of the uniform just below the collar.
“I don’t like blue pants. I think it’s interesting,” Hendriks said. “I don’t mind the concept they’re going for, I just feel like they need a little more player input. This year was thrown together so quickly, so hopefully years in the future we can get a little collaboration going.”