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PS5 emulation has hit another impressive milestone. A Discord user named RSantila reportedly booted Astro Bot on a Windows PC using SharpEmu, an experimental PS5 emulator. This is huge since Astro Bot is a 2024 PS5 exclusive and shows how quickly PS5 emulation is advancing. One interesting detail is that Claude is listed as a contributor to the SharpEmu project on GitHub because people are using it to advance even faster. Apparently the community is contributing more after Sony’s recent announcement about ending physical game distribution in some markets. Don’t expect to play PS5 games on PC anytime soon, though. Booting a game is just the first step.

Meta has found a way to reuse older DDR4 memory in its newest DDR5 servers instead of throwing it away. The company built a custom chip called Vistara that allows older DDR4 memory to work with modern DDR5 servers. The slower DDR4 memory stores data that isn’t needed as often, while the faster DDR5 memory handles tasks that need the best performance. Meta says this lowers costs, reduces electronic waste, and makes better use of existing hardware during the global memory shortage. The technology is only for data centers and AI servers. It is not designed for gaming PCs or consumer computers.

your phone number is personal and sometimes you want to connect without handing it over. that's why we're introducing usernames for WhatsApp. starting this week, you can reserve a username to use later this year when we launch the feature. It takes just a few seconds, make sure you have the latest version of WhatsApp and then go to Settings > Account > Username.