AMD will present new Ryzen 8000 mobile processors today as part of the Advance AI event. Materials from the presentation have already appeared on the Internet, so the new products are fully revealed to us.

The new generation is called Hawk Point and, unfortunately, it is almost no different from the Ryzen 7040 line. In fact, models with the corresponding names, for example, Ryzen 7 8840HS and Ryzen 7 7840HS, either differ slightly in frequencies or do not differ at all in basic parameters . There are the same Zen 4 processor cores, the same iGPU based on the RDNA 3 architecture, the same number of cores, cache memory, and so on.

In fact, the only update worth mentioning is the new Ryzen AI core for working with artificial intelligence. If the Ryzen 7000 has such a unit with a performance of 10 TOPS, then the Ryzen 8000 has 16 TOPS. The increase is very large, but the problem is that so far there is absolutely no place to use it.

Thus, the transition from Ryzen 7000U/H/HS to Ryzen 8000U/H/HS can be called one of the most minor and insignificant in all recent years from AMD.

It remains to be added that laptops with new APUs will hit the market in the next quarter.

Microsoft has decided to slightly extend the life of the Windows 10 operating system for corporate and ordinary users. Although the end of support date for the OS will not change, Microsoft just announced that it will offer extended security updates for Windows 10 after October 14, 2025.

This will allow those who are unable to upgrade to Windows 11 or purchase a new device running Windows 11 to continue using the operating system safely.

The Extended Security Updates program requires a one-year subscription with an option to renew for three years. It is worth keeping in mind that the program only covers critical security updates and will not bring new features. Prices have not yet been announced.

Unlike the Windows 7 program, Microsoft is offering the Windows 10 Extended Security Updates program for regular consumers, not just businesses, companies, and organizations.

25 years ago, on December 6, 1998, the crew of the STS-88 mission of the space shuttle Endeavor carried out the historic connection of two elements of the orbital station – Unity and Zarya. Thus began the work of the International Space Station, a key facility in space exploration and exploration.

Today, over 25 years, many achievements have been accumulated thanks to the ISS. The station hosted 273 astronauts from 21 countries, representing various national agencies and organizations. They continued a tradition of explorers and pioneers, conducting scientific research only possible on the ISS, testing technologies and developing skills to operate in a gravity-free environment.

More than 3,300 scientific projects have been successfully implemented on the ISS. Their results not only represent a valuable contribution to the understanding of space and its influence on humans, but also have practical value for life on Earth. Many of these studies have applications in medicine, ecology, materials science and other fields, and also become the basis for future commercial projects in low Earth orbit and further exploration of the solar system.

In honor of the ISS’s 25th anniversary, NASA is organizing a special broadcast during which the Expedition 70 crew will interact with agency representatives. This will allow you to plunge into the atmosphere of work on the space station and see how astronauts live and work in zero gravity conditions. The broadcast will be available on the NASA+ streaming service, NASA Television, the NASA app, YouTube and the agency’s website.

The ISS is not only a space station, but also a symbol of cooperation between different countries. This is an example of a global enterprise that unites people of different nationalities in the common goal of space exploration. Traveling to Mars, returning to the Moon, creating promising technologies – all this will be based on the experience gained on the ISS.