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National Science Foundation freezes grant review in response to Trump executive orders : Shots
With funding from the National Science Foundation and other government grants, scientists and meteorologists from the Center for Severe Weather Research study a storm in Oklahoma in 2017. They get close to supercell storms and tornadoes to better understand their formation and improve prediction.
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The National Science Foundation canceled all of its grant review panels this week, as the organization works to align its grantmaking process with new executive orders from the Trump administration.
The NSF funds a wide range of scientific research through grants to universities and research institutions. It convenes panels of experts to weigh the merits of those proposals, ultimately informing which receive federal funding. It has a budget of around $9 billion.
More than 60 of those meetings were scheduled for this week, all of which were abruptly canceled Monday morning. The move sparked confusion among panelists as to the extent of the pause. In a statement to NPR, an NSF spokesperson said that all review panels will be rescheduled. “This will allow the agency to make the best use of everyone’s time and resources as we continue to develop guidance to ensure compliance with the recent executive orders.”
Romi Burks, a biologist at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, had spent weeks preparing to serve on her NSF panel. “It’s a considerable amount of effort,” she said. “It’s extremely disappointing for it to be canceled for political reasons.”
Delays in grant approval inevitably mean delays in funding research. Those delays could threaten the scientists, who include tenured faculty, post-doctoral researchers and graduate students who often depend on grants for financial support. Delays also create extra uncertainty that makes it hard to plan, says Burks. Researchers need to schedule travel for field work, or arrange time to collaborate with colleagues. “All of these things cannot happen until you have notification,” she says. “It’s already a long time to get grants reviewed, any more time is just an increasing burden.”
It’s unclear which executive orders are responsible for the freeze, though researchers suspect it may be related to President Trump’s targeting of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. NSF reviews grant applications based on two criteria: intellectual merit and broader impacts. The latter is a catch-all term that assesses how the research would benefit society. Historically, a crucial component of those broader impacts relate to increasing the participation of underrepresented groups in the scientific process.
The pause comes at a time of heightened anxiety and confusion in the U.S. research community. Last week, the National Institutes of Health — the largest public funder of biomedical research in the world — canceled its scientific meetings and study sections, which also helps determine which research to fund.
NSF also has review panels scheduled for next week. An agency spokesperson declined to confirm whether they’d also be rescheduled.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced that it will freeze all grant reviews in response to recent executive orders issued by President Trump. The executive orders, which aim to cut funding for scientific research and limit the agency’s ability to support certain types of research, have raised concerns among the scientific community.In a statement released by the NSF, the agency expressed its commitment to upholding the integrity of the scientific review process and ensuring that all research proposals are evaluated in a fair and impartial manner. However, the agency also noted that it will need time to assess the potential impact of the executive orders on its grant review process.
Scientists and researchers have expressed their dismay at the news, with many expressing concerns about the future of scientific research in the United States. Some have called on the NSF to take a stand against the executive orders and defend the agency’s mission to support cutting-edge scientific research.
As the NSF works to navigate these uncertain times, it remains to be seen how the agency will proceed with its grant review process and support the scientific community in the face of challenges posed by the Trump administration. Stay tuned for further updates on this developing story.
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Sexyy Red / Bruno Mars: “Fat Juicy & Wet” Track Review
Imagine showing up to a strip club, paying for parking, going through security, grabbing a drink at the bar, and then as you turn to the dancers, the DJ cuts on this new Bruno Mars single, where, in a fake-sexy speak-sing, you hear lines like “Fat, juicy, and wet” and “That good kitty-kitty, good kitty-kitty/Make it my pet.” Guess nobody gave Bruno that note, because he went ahead and dropped “Fat Juicy & Wet,” a collab with Sexyy Red that’ll make you shut your laptop and sit in silence. Bruno sounds like one of the teenagers in Porky’s peeping on the girls’ locker room through a hole in the wall. He sounds like he asks dancers for their Instagram and DMs them a purple devil emoji the next day. Sexyy Red can’t save the guy. I’m usually in for her Miami bass-style raunch, but here she sounds like a parody of herself as she goes on about signing autographs in squirt juice and giving some dude a milk mustache with her cum. (OK, that one is kind of funny.) I’d be willing to erase this song from my memory if it weren’t for the beat—Bruno and his boys the Stereotypes butcher the West Coast ratchet club sound of a decade ago by giving it a Las Vegas show tunes sheen. Mustard and Sage the Gemini should sue. We all should.
Sexy Red is back with another steamy track that is sure to get pulses racing. This time, the sultry singer has teamed up with Bruno Mars for their latest collaboration, “Fat Juicy & Wet.”The track opens with a seductive beat that sets the mood for what’s to come. Sexy Red’s smooth vocals glide effortlessly over the production, creating a sensual atmosphere that is impossible to resist. Bruno Mars adds his signature flair with his catchy hooks and infectious energy, elevating the track to new heights.
“Fat Juicy & Wet” is a bold and provocative song that doesn’t hold back. The lyrics are explicit and unapologetic, celebrating the beauty of curves and confidence in one’s own skin. It’s a celebration of sensuality and self-love, delivered with a powerful message of empowerment.
Overall, “Fat Juicy & Wet” is a standout track that showcases Sexy Red and Bruno Mars at their best. It’s a seductive and empowering anthem that is sure to become a fan favorite. Don’t miss out on this sizzling collaboration – be sure to add it to your playlist today.
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Passive data collection methods are increasingly being used in the field of mental health to remotely monitor symptoms and behaviors of individuals with psychosis and schizophrenia. In this post, we will conduct a systematic review of the current literature on the use of passive data for remote monitoring in these populations.Passive data collection refers to the continuous and unobtrusive monitoring of individuals using sensors and other technology to gather information about their daily activities, movements, and interactions. This data can provide valuable insights into the progression of symptoms, medication adherence, and overall well-being of individuals with psychosis and schizophrenia.
Several studies have explored the use of passive data collection methods such as smartphone sensors, wearable devices, and smart home technology to monitor symptoms and behaviors in individuals with psychosis and schizophrenia. These studies have shown promising results in terms of early detection of relapse, predicting hospitalizations, and improving outcomes through personalized interventions.
However, challenges remain in terms of privacy concerns, data security, and the integration of passive data into existing clinical workflows. Additional research is needed to further validate the effectiveness of passive data for remote monitoring in psychosis and schizophrenia, as well as to explore the potential barriers and facilitators to its implementation in clinical practice.
Overall, the use of passive data for remote monitoring in psychosis and schizophrenia holds great promise for improving the care and outcomes of individuals with these conditions. By conducting a systematic review of the current literature, we can better understand the current state of research in this area and identify key areas for future investigation and implementation.
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Packers Defense: A 2025 Review
Coaching Changes and New Defensive System
The Packers’ defense was labeled “the problem” by many after the 2023-24 season. Defensive coordinator Joe Barry was let go by Head Coach Matt LaFleur, who brought in Jeff Hafley from Boston College to lead a new 4-3 defense.
A 4-3 system typically requires different athletes than a 3-4, as defensive ends in a 4-3 are usually heavier than 3-4 outside linebackers. Often, this leads to personnel changes through the draft, trades, or both. However, the Packers made no significant changes, keeping their 3-4 outside linebackers and transitioning them into Hafley’s 4-3 system.
Preston Smith, the Packers’ most experienced 3-4 outside linebacker and a team leader, requested to leave midway through the season. Teams often struggle when a defensive leader fails to adapt to a new scheme.
The Packers traded Smith for a seventh-round draft pick and leaned on young, inexperienced defensive ends. First-round picks Lucas Van Ness and Rashan Gary were now starters.
Gary was recovering from a serious knee injury that required surgery in 2022, while Van Ness was a raw talent, drafted as a true junior who had never started a college game. Alongside them were Kingsley Enagbare and Brenton Cox Jr., who had to adjust to new roles.
Nov 3, 2024; Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA; Detroit Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown (14) catches a pass against Green Bay Packers cornerback Keisean Nixon (25) and safety Javon Bullard (20) during their football game at Lambeau Field. Mandatory Credit: Dan Powers-Imagn Images Secondary Overhaul
Another issue from the 2022 defense was poor run support from the secondary. Darnell Savage struggled with tackling and angles, exposing weaknesses that made him a liability. General Manager Brian Gutekunst made the tough call to replace Savage with Xavier McKinney, a move that paid off as McKinney played at an All-Pro level.
Meanwhile, Savage became a starter for the Jacksonville Jaguars, whose defense ranked 32nd in pass defense and 31st in yards allowed.
The Packers’ defense started slow but improved as the season progressed. They ranked 5th in total yards allowed, 6th in points allowed, 13th in passing yards allowed, and 7th in rushing yards allowed. Their run defense, previously a weakness, showed significant improvement against top rushers like Saquon Barkley, Aaron Jones, and Christian McCaffrey.
Only the Bears managed more than 140 rushing yards against the Packers, with Caleb Williams and Andre Swift combining for a strong performance in their first matchup. By their second encounter, the Packers held the Bears to just 83 rushing yards.
Oct 27, 2024; Jacksonville, Florida, USA; Green Bay Packers safety Xavier McKinney (29) and cornerback Keisean Nixon (25) celebrate an interception against the Jacksonville Jaguars during the second quarter at EverBank Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Morgan Tencza-Imagn Images Defensive Takeaways
One of the biggest improvements was in defensive takeaways. By Week 3, the Packers’ defense had matched their total interceptions from the 2023 season. They finished 2024 ranked 7th in interceptions with 17.
McKinney was a standout with eight interceptions, while Jaire Alexander, despite missing half the season, added two. However, the defense’s interception rate dropped when Alexander was sidelined. After his injury, the team managed only one interception in their next three games.
Defensive Line and Run Game
The defensive line, now including defensive ends, deserves recognition for its improved run defense. While linebackers typically lead in tackles, the defensive line’s role is to engage offensive linemen, allowing linebackers to make plays. T.J. Slayton had his best season, with 30 tackles that, while below his 2023 high of 50, showed his ability to anchor the line.
Kenny Clark’s 37 tackles and one sack marked a drop from his career highs but contributed to the line’s overall performance. Other contributors like Devonte Wyatt and Colby Wooden maintained or slightly improved their numbers.
Green Bay Packers defensive end Rashan Gary (52) and linebacker Edgerrin Cooper (56) tackle New Orleans Saints running back Kendre Miller (25) on Monday, December 23, 2024 at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis. The Packers defeated the Saints 34-0.
Wm. Glasheen USA TODAY NETWORK-WisconsinAt defensive end, Rashan Gary led with 7.5 sacks and 26 tackles, while Van Ness totaled three sacks and 33 tackles, showing solid run defense. Kingsley Enagbare added 4.5 sacks and 39 tackles, while Brenton Cox Jr., with limited opportunities, posted four sacks.
There was criticism of the defense’s sack totals, but in their wins, consistent pressure on the quarterback often made the difference. In losses, it was the lack of pressure, rather than sack numbers, that hurt them.
Linebacker Play
Blitzing linebackers made significant contributions to the pass rush. Keisean Nixon had three sacks, Quay Walker added 2.5, and Edgerrin Cooper contributed 3.5. Cooper’s impact was notable, particularly when Walker was injured, as he excelled in stopping the run and disrupting plays. Cooper’s 13 tackles for loss led the team, despite starting only four games. Walker, in contrast, still struggled with diagnosing plays quickly but showed some improvement in his second year.
Secondary and Cornerbacks
The safety position looks solid heading into 2025. McKinney remains under contract, and rookies Bullard and Evan Williams showed promise. At cornerback, questions remain. Keisean Nixon and Carrington Valentine started down the stretch, but former first-round pick Eric Stokes appears to be on his way out after failing to record a single pass breakup in 2024. Jaire Alexander, while still a top-tier cover corner, has become less reliable due to injuries and declining tackling ability.
Looking Ahead
For 2025, three areas need attention: acquiring an elite pass rusher, determining if Walker can complement Cooper, and addressing cornerback depth. While Gutekunst may draft another corner or two, fans should temper expectations for a first-round wide receiver pick. Green Bay’s defense has laid a strong foundation, but adding key pieces will be vital to building on this year’s success.
The Green Bay Packers have long been known for their high-powered offense, but in 2025, it was their defense that truly shined. With a mix of talented veterans and up-and-coming stars, the Packers defense made a name for itself as one of the best in the league.Led by defensive coordinator Mike Pettine, the Packers defense was a force to be reckoned with. They finished the season ranked in the top five in both points allowed and total yards allowed. Their pass rush was relentless, led by standout edge rushers Za’Darius Smith and Rashan Gary, who combined for 20 sacks on the season.
In the secondary, cornerback Jaire Alexander emerged as a true shutdown corner, locking down some of the league’s top receivers week in and week out. Safeties Darnell Savage and Adrian Amos provided solid play in the back end, making life difficult for opposing quarterbacks.
Overall, the Packers defense was a key factor in the team’s success in 2025. With a strong mix of talent and experience, they were able to shut down some of the best offenses in the league and keep the Packers in contention all season long. With this talented group of players, the future looks bright for the Packers defense in the years to come.
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#Packers #Defense #ReviewIf I Had Legs I’d Kick You review – Rose Byrne is a knockout in anxious dark comedy | Sundance 2025
Last year’s toothless adaptation of Rachel Yoder’s Nightbitch, premiering then disappearing during fall festivals, tried to bring attention to the specific hell of motherhood. But valid points were clumsily underlined, highlighted and circled by a heavy hand, a missed opportunity that’s now been pushed even further in the shade by Mary Bronstein’s superior Sundance offering, the suitably aggressive-sounding If I Had Legs I’d Kick You.
It’s a far darker film (A24 vs Disney) but it focuses on a similarly fatigued mother, exhausted not just by the act of childcare but by the total lack of awareness and assistance afforded by those in her life. She’s played here by Rose Byrne, someone who has long deserved something more substantial to sink her teeth into, a gifted comic actor who has found herself a little lost in thankless franchises and little-watched Apple shows. She’s come upon an unlikely saviour in writer-director Bronstein, whose debut mumblecore comedy Yeast was released back in 2008 and who has now returned with a film that shares a similar anxious energy, yet for an older, more superficially mature crowd.
While Byrne’s Linda is a wife, mother and therapist, she often wishes she could just smoke weed and drink wine alone instead. The more we see of her life, it’s not hard to understand why. Her husband (Christian Slater) is never at home, on long work trips but in regular, grating contact, judgmentally yammering down the phone at a deafening volume. Her job involves speaking to patients she struggles to help while her actual therapist and colleague (Conan O’Brien) is losing patience with her. Then her daughter, shown off-screen yet heard via an almost constant whine, is suffering from a mystery illness that involves a refusal to eat. Then there’s that giant hole in her apartment, forcing her to move to a grotty motel cursed with a vile receptionist (Ivy Wolk) and blessed with a friendly stoner (a charismatic A$AP Rocky).
From the opening scenes, focused tightly on Byrne’s harangued face, Bronstein aims to keep us rattled and on the edge along with Linda. Produced by Josh Safdie and Bronstein’s husband and Safdie collaborator Ronald Bronstein, it carries that same sense of constant anxiety, something that can be effectively suffocating yet at times overly exhausting. Unlike Nightbitch, which softly tapped at the idea that having a child itself is an unending nightmare before essentially wrapping things up with a group hug, here Bronstein pushes far harder, framing motherhood as a frequently joyless and, for some, entirely ill-fitting life choice. One of Linda’s patients (Danielle Macdonald) talks of the all-consuming need to protect her baby yet also of the nothingness she sees when she looks at him, a blank, needy creature that demands so much but gives little in return. The total, maddening headache of Linda’s daughter – needy, nagging, impossible to please – is never offset by any real warmth, just the inescapable sense of failure. Bronstein’s script can be a little too vague and withholding at times but she gives Byrne a standout scene with her and O’Brien, as she confesses a truth most parents would be too scared to ever admit.
It’s a deliberately unpleasant endurance test of a movie (in her intro at Sundance, Bronstein called it “experiential”), a downward spiral that plays with flashes of surrealism, often dipping into moments of full horror, parts of which work more than others. It’s at times reminiscent of one of A24’s Sundance offerings from last year, the feverishly uncomfortable A Different Man, but it doesn’t possess the same off-putting and rather juvenile mean-spiritedness. Linda is a tough protagonist whose decisions can frustrate but the film keeps you on side, desperate for her to sleep the night through or just have someone offer to help. It might focus on the increased stress that being a mother brings but there’s a relatable plea for many who’ve felt alone and unsure, as Linda begs her therapist to please just tell her what to do. How do I fix this? What do I do with that? When will it get better?
What truly keeps us on side, though, is an absolutely sensational Byrne, forced headfirst through the wringer in the type of thrilling, all-in showcase she just hasn’t been given up until now. She reaches the upper levels of frustration and anger without falling back on easy histrionics, a whirlwind of nerves and sadness eager for someone to understand. It could lead to something of a career pivot, the kind of awards-worthy work that should inspire other risk-taking directors to work with her next.
In just under two hours with a plate filled a little too high, not everything here quite works as well as Byrne, but Bronstein clearly hasn’t made something to be liked, she’s made something to be experienced. I can’t say I’ll forget that experience easily.
This past weekend at Sundance, I had the pleasure of catching a screening of the dark comedy If I Had Legs I’d Kick You starring the incredibly talented Rose Byrne. Let me just say, Byrne is an absolute knockout in this film.The film follows the story of a young woman, played by Byrne, who is plagued by anxiety and constantly second-guessing herself. Her inner turmoil is brought to life in a series of hilarious and sometimes cringe-worthy situations that had the audience in stitches.
Byrne’s performance is a masterclass in comedic timing and physical comedy. She fully embodies the neurotic and quirky character, delivering her lines with perfect precision and nuance. It’s no wonder she’s been dubbed the queen of comedy in recent years.
The supporting cast also shines, with standout performances from the likes of Adam Scott and Maya Rudolph. The chemistry between the actors is palpable, adding an extra layer of depth to the already engaging story.
Overall, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You is a must-see for any fan of dark comedies. It’s a refreshing take on the genre, with a strong female lead at its center. Keep an eye out for this film when it hits theaters – you won’t want to miss it.
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Africa Media Review for January 22, 2025 – Africa Center
Ghana President Taps Retired Army Officer as Envoy to Junta-led Sahel States
Ghana President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday appointed [Larry Gbevlo-Lartey] a former national security chief as envoy to a new alliance formed by Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso…Juntas seized control in a series of coups in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger between 2020 and 2023 and severed military and diplomatic ties with regional allies and Western powers. Diplomatic relations between Ghana and Burkina Faso broke down in 2022 after former president, Nana Akufo-Addo, alleged it had hired Russian Wagner mercenaries, saying their presence on Ghana’s northern border was distressing. Mahama, 66, won the Dec. 7 presidential election by a wide margin to stage a political comeback in Ghana, the world’s number two cocoa producer, which is recovering from its worst economic crisis in a generation…”His appointment is the first in ECOWAS and it’s an attempt to rebuild trust… and start the process of reengagement and the return of the AES to the ECOWAS family,” [Emmanuel Kwesi Aning, an Accra-based security consultant] said. ReutersWest Africa’s Junta-led Nations Announce Deployment of a Joint Force as Extremist Violence Spikes
The junta-led West African countries of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali have created a joint force that will soon be deployed in the restive Sahel region, Niger’s defense minister said Wednesday, to face rising extremist violence…Following military coups in all three nations in recent years, the ruling juntas have expelled French forces and turned to Russia’s mercenary units for security assistance…However, the security situation in the Sahel has worsened since the juntas took power, analysts say, with a record number of attacks and civilians killed both by Islamic militants and government forces. The violence in Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso has killed more than 3,470 people in the last six months while 2.6 million people are currently displaced, according to the United Nations refugee agency. After coming into power, the juntas in the three countries left the Economic Community of West African States, the nearly 50-year-old regional bloc known as ECOWAS, and created their own security partnership, the Alliance of Sahel States, in September last year. Some analysts described it as an attempt to legitimize their military governments amid coup-related sanctions and strained relations with neighbors. APMoroccan Truck Drivers Kidnapped in Burkina Faso Have Been Released
Four Moroccan truck drivers who were kidnapped in West Africa over the weekend were released in Niger. The drivers were the latest victims of insecurity in the Sahel, an arid swath of land south of the Sahara where militant groups such as the Islamic State Sahel Province have exploited local grievances to expand their ranks and presence. The four were transporting electrical equipment from Casablanca to Niamey, the capital of Niger, and had been on the road for more than 20 days along the 3,000-mile (5,000-kilometer) route when they were reported missing on Saturday, the secretary-general of Morocco’s Transport Union said…The drivers elected not to travel with a military escort on the route between northeastern Burkina Faso and western Niger. They went missing while traveling across the Burkinabe-Nigerien border, from the town of Dori to the town of Tera…Morocco has tried to deepen its political and economic ties in the Sahel and export more goods to countries such as Niger. APTanzania’s President Hassan to Run in October Polls
Tanzania’s ruling party on Sunday nominated President Samia Suluhu Hassan as its candidate in general elections due in October in the east African country. Hassan took office in 2021 after the sudden death of her authoritarian predecessor John Magufuli. Her party, Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), held a general assembly over the weekend at the end of which it said it had named her as its sole candidate for the October poll. After taking power, Hassan was initially feted for easing restrictions Magufuli had imposed on the opposition and the media in the country of around 67 million people. But rights groups and Western governments have since criticised what they see as renewed repression. Politicians belonging to the main opposition Chadema party have been arrested and several opposition figures have been abducted and murdered. RFI with AFPMozambique’s Maputo Port Volumes Dip after Post-election Unrest
Mozambique’s largest port, Maputo, reported a 1% decline in volumes in 2024 mainly due to post-election protests that forced border closures and road blockages, [Maputo Port Development Company (MPDC)] said on Tuesday. The southeast African country was rocked by opposition protests after a disputed Oct. 9 vote won by Daniel Chapo and his Frelimo party, which has governed Mozambique since 1975. The unrest has left more than 300 people dead following a crackdown by security forces…The rail corridor from South Africa to Mozambique was also affected by the protests and blockages, paired with a derailment in October and November, which shut the line for a month, MPDC added. The Maputo port is handling growing volumes mainly driven by commodity exporters increasingly sending cargo through Mozambique to get around logistics bottlenecks in South Africa. Goods handled include coal, chrome, copper, and grains such as maize and wheat. ReutersSudan ‘Political’ Banknote Switch Causes Cash Crunch
Sudan’s army-aligned government has issued new banknotes in areas it controls, reportedly aimed at undermining its paramilitary rivals but causing long queues at banks, disrupting trade and entrenching division. In a country already grappling with war and famine, the swap replaced 500 and 1,000 Sudanese pound banknotes (worth around $0.25 and $0.50 respectively) with new ones in seven states…In Port Sudan, now the de facto capital, frustration boiled over as banks failed to provide enough new notes…Grocers, rickshaw drivers, petrol stations and small shop owners are refusing to accept the old currency, preventing many transactions in a country reliant on cash…[A]nalysts say it is less about economics and more about gaining the upper hand in the war between army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who leads the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). AFPOne Million People Have Fled Sudan War To South Sudan: UN
Over one million people have now fled the Sudanese war into neighbouring South Sudan, according to the United Nations, which said the figures illustrated the scale of the unfolding humanitarian crisis. Tens of thousands have been killed and more than 12 million forced from their homes since conflict erupted between Sudan’s army and a rival paramilitary group in April 2023. More than 770,000 people have fled through the Joda border crossing in the last 21 months, while tens of thousands more have crossed into South Sudan elsewhere, bringing the total to more than a million, according to new UN data on Tuesday. Most of the million people crossing the border are South Sudanese nationals who had previously fled from civil war in the world’s newest country, UN refugee agency UNHCR said in a statement. AFP‘Living Through Hell’: How North Africa Keeps Migrants From Europe
Libya deported more than 600 men from Niger last month…The mass deportation is part of a common pattern: North African governments, funded by the European Union to tackle migration, using brutal tactics to block sub-Saharan Africa migrants from heading to Europe. The 613 men reached Niger’s closest town to the Libyan border on Jan. 3, disheveled and hungry, some barefoot and sick after months of detention and days of travel across the Sahara. Two of the men died shortly after arriving in Niger..[R]ights groups say the methods being used to keep sub-Saharan migrants from traveling to Europe include well-documented human rights violations, such as so-called desert dumps. Migrants have been abandoned in the Sahara without food or water, or kept in North African prisons where they face torture, sexual violence and starvation…Half a dozen men who were deported all said in interviews with The New York Times that they had been mistreated by the Libyan authorities. The New York TimesLibyan General Released after Arrest in Turin on ICC Warrant for Alleged War Crimes
A Libyan general wanted for alleged war crimes and violence against inmates at a prison near Tripoli has been arrested in the northern Italian city of Turin – and then released after an apparent mistake by prosecutors. Osama Najim, also known as Almasri, was detained on Sunday on an international arrest warrant after a tipoff from Interpol, a source at the prosecutors office for the Piedmont region confirmed. But Rome’s court of appeal did not validate the warrant issued by the international criminal court (ICC) after the arrest was declared to be “irregular” by the city’s attorney general because it had not been preceded by discussions with Italy’s justice minister, Carlo Nordio…La Stampa reported that Najim, who was wanted by the ICC for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity, as well as alleged rape and murder, is already on his way back to Tripoli. He was reportedly chief of Libya’s judicial police and director of Mitiga prison, a facility close to Tripoli condemned by human rights’ groups for the arbitrary detention, torture and abuse of political dissidents and migrants and refugees. It is not clear whether he is still in either role. The GuardianNigerian Green Groups Protest at Planned Return of Oil Drilling in Ogoniland
Nigerian environmentalists on Tuesday condemned a government plan to resume oil production in the restive Ogoniland, demanding a halt until meaningful talks with local communities are completed. Ogoniland, in Nigeria’s coastal Rivers state, is a flashpoint for pollution in the oil-rich Niger River delta region where a $1 billion cleanup was launched in 2018 following a comprehensive 2011 United Nations Environmental Programme study. More than 20 groups…have criticised the plan, saying it disregards the environmental and social damage caused by decades of oil extraction. In a 14-point demand issued on Tuesday, the groups slammed the government for initiating talks with a select group from the region, arguing it undermines efforts towards environmental justice and a cleanup of the heavily polluted environment…Ogoniland locals have a storied history of resistance to oil extraction on their land. Their struggle gained international attention in the 1990s with the execution of environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other Ogoni leaders by the then-Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha. ReutersZambia Hopes Mining Will Trigger Economic Revival
Zambia is pinning its hopes on the mining sector for an economic revival after the worst drought in living memory caused a sharp slowdown in growth this year, its finance minister said on Tuesday. Situmbeko Musokotwane told an event on the economic outlook that new mines were opening imminently and old mines were re-investing to lift output…The government estimates last year’s copper production was over 770,000 tons, an increase on the 698,000 tons produced in 2023. Zambia wants to raise copper output to about 1 million tons by 2026 and further out to 3 million tons…The government has revised down its estimate for 2024 growth to 1.2% from the 2.3% forecast given in September due to the lingering effects of the drought, the presentation said…Zambian officials, including the secretary to the treasury and central bank governor, are in China to discuss some of the debt that still needs to be reworked, Musokotwane said. ReutersKenya Eases Travel Requirements for Nearly All African Visitors
Kenya will allow citizens of nearly all African countries to visit without needing prior authorisation, according to a new directive by the cabinet. Last year, Kenya introduced a “visa-free” policy that required most visitors to apply online for authorisation before leaving their country. But the introduction of the Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA), which replaced the visa requirement for all visitors, was criticised as a “visa under another name”. On Tuesday, a cabinet statement said the ETA would be dropped for “all African countries except Somalia and Libya – due to security concerns”…The move to facilitate travel within the continent is also being pushed by the African Union (AU). Under the updated system, citizens of most African countries will be allowed to enter Kenya and stay ETA-free for up to two months. Members of the East African Community, which include Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi, can however stay for up to six months in line with the bloc’s policy. BBC
Welcome to the Africa Media Review for January 22, 2025, brought to you by the Africa Center. Here are some of the top news stories from across the continent:1. Nigeria: The Nigerian government has announced plans to launch a new initiative aimed at boosting the country’s agricultural sector. The program, known as “Agric-Revive,” will focus on providing support to smallholder farmers and promoting sustainable farming practices.
2. South Africa: In a significant development, South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), has elected a new leader. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, a former cabinet minister and ex-wife of President Jacob Zuma, has been chosen to lead the party.
3. Ethiopia: The Ethiopian government has announced plans to launch a new infrastructure development program. The initiative, dubbed “Ethio-Connect,” aims to improve the country’s transportation network and boost economic growth.
4. Kenya: In a bid to combat rising energy costs, the Kenyan government has announced plans to invest in renewable energy sources. The move is part of the country’s efforts to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels and promote sustainability.
5. Egypt: Egypt’s tourism sector has received a significant boost, with the government reporting a sharp increase in visitor numbers. The country’s stunning historical sites and vibrant culture continue to attract tourists from around the world.
Stay tuned for more updates and news from Africa in the coming days. Thank you for joining us for this edition of the Africa Media Review.
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#Africa #Media #Review #January #Africa #CenterNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition Review & Benchmarks: Gaming, Thermals, & Power
First off, we have a huge amount of content related to this card coming up since the Founders Edition model is so unique. Make sure you check back regularly over the next few days to catch our benchmarks in common mini-ITX cases, the impact of the GPU on CPU and CPU cooler thermals, and some other tests. We also have a tear-down coming up.
Normally, these Founders Edition models don’t warrant a ton of discussion. This one does, but we’ll keep it short.
The RTX 5090 Founders Edition moves to a 2-slot design and uses a dual flow-through configuration, so they’ve sandwiched the PCB centrally and offset the PCIe slot to the side and down as a result. That also means that NVIDIA needs a separate PCB for the I/O that feeds monitors, connected via a flex cable to the main PCB. To get a 2-slot cooler capable of handling 575W or more, NVIDIA is using liquid metal with a triple-walled gasket to both contain the liquid metal and prevent exposure that could change its consistency and efficacy.
The FE model does a lot of small things to improve performance, like exhausting the air out the top of the card and away from the GPU inlet. You’ll see that in our Schlieren imaging below.
We have a full video with Malcolm Gutenberg, Lead Thermal Engineer on the FE card, breaking down the changes.
RTX 5090 Pricing
The NVIDIA RTX 5090 is supposed to be $2,000 and will have official availability on January 30th, joined by the $1,000 MSRP RTX 5080 on the same date. NVIDIA also has the 5070 Ti and 5070 launching in presumably February for $750 and $550.
The NVIDIA RTX 4090 had an MSRP of $1,600, then was regularly priced around $2,000-$2,500 due to shortages and demand, and is basically out of stock except at terrible third-party seller prices now. The RX 7900 XTX (watch our review) is AMD’s closest competitor. Pricing is around $870 to $900. The company has also bowed out of the high-end race. The 9070 and 9070 XT, AMD’s next cards, should be coming around March or so.
Intel is currently only fighting at the low-end and mid-range.
Which makes all of this somewhat weird, because there are no head-to-head competitors right now. The closest comparison is the RTX 4090, then maybe the RX 7900 XTX from AMD’s side.
RTX 5090 Overview
The RTX 5090 has 32GB of GDDR7 memory, which is a big change, and runs on the Blackwell architecture, which follows Ada Lovelace. It’s introduced alongside multi-frame generation (MFG) and DLSS4, which we’ll talk about later.
The 5090 is also a true PCIe Gen5 device, but that’ll be another separate piece soon to check back for the differences.
If you want to see our testing methodology, we’ve published the test bench and the list of games and their settings here, which will let you get quick answers to what we’re doing. It doesn’t have every answer, but we’re slowly adding to it with each review cycle.
RTX 5090 Thermals
Here’s a thermal chart running the RTX 5090 under its auto VBIOS fan curve with a Port Royal RT stress test at 4K.
GPU temperature plots at about 72 degrees Celsius once it hits steady state for overall temperature when tested in a controlled room ambient of 21 to 22 degrees Celsius. This GPU temperature is genuinely impressive considering the size of the card, and that’s important to remember. At 2 slots versus that 4-slot monster we’ve seen for the last few years, this is an excellent result given the size. Our prototype testing already told us what NVIDIA can do with a fully committed, fatter design if you’re curious what that’d look like.
Memory temperature ran warm, unfortunately, at 89 to 90 degrees Celsius. This is higher than we’d like to see, especially considering it could be warmer in certain case configurations with a higher internal ambient temperature. This is technically still within the TjMax of these memory modules as far as we could find, so there isn’t an imminent threat to the card, but this would be an area for NVIDIA to improve; our primary concern is in hotbox cases or small form factor solutions, which we’re looking into as a follow up that you should check back regularly for. While these results are higher than what we’d like to see, in most high airflow ATX cases, it is okay.
Adding GPU fan speed to this chart, the fans both hit around 1570 RPM. We should get to acoustic testing for more on this.
RTX 5090 Acoustics
We took the RTX 5090 to our hemi-anechoic sound chamber to evaluate it. A good GPU temperature is an achievement at this size, but that can almost always be done by just blasting the fan speeds and compromising on noise levels.
We ran the card at the default fan RPM that the card set itself to at steady state under our standard thermal workload.
Here’s the frequency spectrum plot. In our acoustic chamber with a noise floor of about 14-14.5 dBA on the day of testing, the RTX 5090 was measured in our passive test bench at about 32.5 dBA total. That’s at a distance of 1 meter.
The RTX 5090 had some spikes during testing, including above our frequency cutoff, but overall has a very gradual curve for the plot. The limited presence of peaks and spikes in this plot help illustrate the relative uniformity of the whirring noise, which we subjectively think helps it blend into the background more. Noise is subjective, so although this plot objectively tells us that there’s a ping at 350 Hz and a bump in the plot around 515 Hz and again around 2,000 Hz, what matters is how it sounds.
This is a sound sample for you to judge on your own. Note that this is not identical to what we’re presenting as we have boosted it for purposes of being level with our video audio. Listen for the type of noise, not the volume.
Schlieren Imaging of RTX 5090
In our interview with Malcolm Gutenberg, he explained that the 5090’s thermal solution was designed to reduce recirculation using angled covers, which direct airflow.
In this image, we’re looking at the GPU straight-on, with it perpendicular to the camera frustum. This is when the fans are off but the heat load has already started. You can see the density change as the hot air leaves the card passively.
As the fans turn on, we see a sudden flare-up and movement of air to the right through the flow-through area out the back and toward the CPU tower. What’s super cool here is that we can see the air kick up and out to the right at a 20-30 degree angle or so. We also see a really high flow area of air exiting from the fins at the outer edges of the heatsink design. This hyper focuses the flow and reduces recirculation around the front area of the card, which just means the whole design is incredibly efficient at getting air away from the board and into case exhaust fans.
Here’s the table shifted to see more exhaust. The flow-through area has super high speed exhaust, illustrating why flow-through is so much more effective than shoving air straight into a PCB wall.
Looking at the fans spinning down at the end of a load and returning to passive cooling. Everything drifts up and away.
This next angle shows the card on the left and centered. The most interesting thing we see is this straight line of air shot out from those fins at the outer edges of the fan diameter. This is what Gutenberg was talking about in our interview, where they’re capitalizing on the area of most efficacy for the fan blade.
Finally, here’s the card straight-on, where we can see the amount of air shot up and out. You’ll want to choose cases with some spacing between the glass panel and the card to help get the warmed air away faster.
RTX 5090 Frequency
This next line plot is to ensure the GPU is functioning properly and meets the spec NVIDIA publicly claims. NVIDIA claims the 5090 runs at 2.01 GHz base and 2.41 GHz boost, with room for that to change based on the load. Assuming the software monitoring is correct for this new architecture, we measured about 2600-2700 MHz during the test, commonly 2600-2650 MHz.
The RTX 4090 ran at about 2745 MHz in the same benchmark back when it launched and we tested it. Frequency clearly isn’t everything though, and it’s common that higher end configurations bring frequency down in some capacity. It’s also true that architectural differences also make frequency indirectly comparable.
Ultimately: The card is exceeding the specification advertised by NVIDIA, so it’s running as expected, which is good.
RTX 5090 Game Benchmarks
Let’s get into gaming benchmarks.
FFXIV 4K
In Final Fantasy 14 at 4K, the RTX 5090 ran at a comically high 182 FPS AVG, with 1% lows that were nearly identical to the average framerate of the RTX 4090. That makes it 31% higher average framerate than the RTX 4090.
For a quick value discussion: The RTX 5090 is supposed to be $2,000, with the RTX 4090’s MSRP previously being $1,600. The 4090 is not commonly available anymore for a reasonable price, though. MSRP-to-MSRP, the 5090 is 25% more expensive and 31% higher framerate in this test. The memory capacity increase benefit isn’t seen in this game either, as that’d be more of an impact in professional applications like Premiere, 3D work, or ML workloads.
The RX 7900 XTX ran at 104 FPS AVG, the same as when we tested it in December (so there’s been no change), which gives the RTX 5090 a lead in this rasterized benchmark of 74%. The 0.1% lows are about the same between all of these devices at the top-end, which mostly comes down to pacing within the game.
Prior NVIDIA flagships include the RTX 3090 Ti (watch our review) at 88 FPS AVG, meaning that the 5090 has doubled that performance. The frametime pacing was excellent on the 3090 Ti as it closely follows the average. The 3090 (watch our review) was more or less a flagship as well and at 77 FPS AVG. The 6950 XT (watch our review) was also once a flagship, closer to the RTX 3080 (watch our review) for performance.
The RTX 2080 Ti (watch our review) held a 54 FPS AVG, meaning 5090 owners would see an increase of 237% over the 2080 Ti.
FFXIV 1440p
At 1440p, the 5090 again continues the comically high framerate by running at 317 FPS AVG. This has it about 17% ahead of the RTX 4090’s 272 FPS AVG. The advantage has been trimmed here, which could be because of an encroaching CPU bottleneck and/or because of architectural changes — 1080p will help answer that below.
For games like this, you’d need a high-end CPU and ideally more intensive resolution to really get full use of the 5090.
Since we’re bottlenecked, we’ll move along but quickly stop to look at 1080p — just for fun.
FFXIV 1080p
If you thought the previous framerate was funny, cast your sights upon 407 FPS AVG at 1080p. Sorry — that’s 407.1 FPS AVG.
Whew. Close one. As we all know, 407 FPS AVG is below the threshold of acceptability for the modern gamer. That 0.1 FPS is critical and is what finally pushes NVIDIA into playable territory for this game.
In serious news: The RTX 4090 at 376 FPS AVG means the 5090 is still about 8% ahead. This test really is just for fun though, but is a good reminder of the limitations of even a 9800X3D to boost the ceiling.
Black Myth: Wukong – 4K
Black Myth: Wukong is relatively new to our test suite and is tested using the built-in benchmark. We benchmarked it at 4K for this. Currently, we consider this test in our suite to be “experimental,” meaning our confidence in it is present, but lower than other tests as we evaluate its reliability. We have been moving toward removing experimental status from it with each review.
At 4K and where we’ve only tested a handful of cards due to the intensive load, the RTX 5090 ran at 86 FPS AVG with lows at 74 and 70. This has it 28% higher in average framerate than the 67 FPS AVG of the RTX 4090. So far, we’re seeing a few titles around this 30% number at 4K. Comically, the 1% lows, which for us is an average of the slowest 1% of frames, are higher than the average framerate for any other card on this chart; in fact, even the RTX 5090’s slowest 0.1% of frames are faster than the average framerate of the RTX 4090. That’s crazy.
The 7900 XTX’s 49 FPS AVG gives the 5090 a 74% lead, with the 3090 Ti giving it an 89% lead. Improvement over the 2080 Ti is enough to feel irrelevant as a percentage, as it takes it from totally unplayable to relatively fluid.
Black Myth: Wukong – 1440p
At 1440p, Black Myth has the RTX 5090 at 130 FPS AVG, 23% improved over the RTX 4090’s 106 FPS AVG. The lows also improve. The rapid rundown against other flagships is as follows:
The 5090 has a 51% higher average framerate than the 7900 XTX, 75% higher than the 3090 Ti FTW3 (RIP EVGA), 99% higher than the RTX 3090 Master, and 189% higher than the RTX 2080 Ti former flagship.
Black Myth: Wukong – 1080p
Black Myth Wukong is heavy enough that 1080p still has some meaningful spacing, even without ray tracing. The RTX 5090 ran at 160 FPS AVG, with good frametime pacing establishing 127 FPS and 116 FPS lows. The 160 FPS result has it 20% ahead of the RTX 4090, diminishing the earlier lead (which was 28% at 4K, 23% at 1440p, and now 20%). This isn’t just a CPU limit, as we also saw in Final Fantasy, but speaks to other advantages on the 5090 especially at higher resolutions. We think the memory bandwidth is likely a large part of that additional scaling.
The RX 7900 XTX ended up 113 FPS AVG, with the 3090 Ti former flagship at 94 FPS and the 2080 Ti at 62 FPS.
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Starfield is up next. We haven’t run that many cards for this at 4K, but have a lot of 1440p data. We’ll start with the more limited 4K data set.
At 4K, the RTX 5090 held 108 FPS AVG with lows that were within expectations for this game. The RTX 4090 ran 92 FPS AVG, giving the 5090 a lead of just 17%, lower than we’ve seen in some other tests.
The lead over the 7900 XTX’s 77 FPS AVG is 40%, with the lead over the 58.3 result for the 3090 Ti at 85%. The 3080 (watch our review) was down at 48 FPS AVG, with the 2080 Ti at 33 FPS AVG. AMD’s 7900 XTX and 7900 XT (read our revisit) are its highest-end cards available for the company right now, but the 6950 XT was a good deal in the back half of its life.
Starfield – 1440p
At 1440p, the RTX 5090 ran at 147 FPS AVG against the 132 FPS AVG of the RTX 4090. This is down to a 12% uplift. The 7900 XTX ran at 112 FPS AVG, a big improvement from its 4K result as you would expect, with the 4080 FE (watch our review) at 108 FPS AVG. The 4080 Super (read our review) would be around 1-3% better here if we had retested it.
Starfield – 1080p
There aren’t many reasons you’d play this game at 1080p with an RTX 5090, but just for sake of data: The 5090 ran at 165 FPS AVG here, with the 4090 at 155 FPS AVG. Although technically better for the 5090, we’re effectively at the CPU limit here.
Dragon’s Dogma 2 – 4K
Dragon’s Dogma 2 is up next. This is another new one that we added in 2024 and has been heavy on GPUs and CPUs alike depending on the test area.
In this limited suite of cards, we have the RTX 5090 at 133 FPS AVG, leading the RTX 4090 by 35%. This is one of the largest gains we saw in our test suite. The lows and 0.1% lows also scaled up, showing that frametime pacing wasn’t at the expense of higher FPS.
The RX 7900 XTX ran at 77 FPS AVG, with the 4080 FE at 72 FPS. Again, the 4080 Super would be about 1-3% above that.
The 2080 Ti from 2018 ran at 36 FPS AVG, and that’s without RT. The improvement to the 5090 is 267%. Climbing the flagships, the 3090 Ti’s 64 FPS AVG ends up giving the 5090 a 108% lead.
Dragon’s Dogma 2 – 1440p
At 1440p, the RTX 5090 FE climbs in framerate to 189 FPS AVG, with extremely well-paced frametime consistency shown in the high 0.1% and 1% low values.
The 5090 ends up leading the 4090’s 156 FPS AVG by 21% and the 7900 XTX by 50%. The lead against these cards has fallen from the 4K results.
Dragon’s Dogma 2 – 1080p
Although we’re in territory where it’s not meaningful for the experience, it’d help us to understand the behavior by looking at 1080p. The framerate still increases, so we weren’t totally bound by the CPU. The 5090 hits 214 FPS AVG, leading the 4090 by 13%. What’s interesting is that the 4090 is now at the same framerate that the 5090 had when the 5090 was at 1440p.
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty – 4K
Cyberpunk is up now. We’re testing the Phantom Liberty expansion in-game in the expansion area.
The RTX 5090 ran at 95 FPS AVG, with lows at an impressive 81 FPS 1% and 77 FPS 0.1%. These lows are excellent numbers and similar to what we saw in Black Myth: Wukong, where the 5090’s lows are outperforming the 4090’s average. The improvement in average FPS was large at 50%, moving from 64 FPS AVG on the RTX 4090. This is the biggest gain we’ve come across so far. Cyberpunk is very particular though and sensitive to areas of the game. Checking with Wendell, his Level1 Techs team saw similarly huge uplift.
The RTX 4090 had a large 32% lead over the RTX 4080 already. As for the older cards, the 5090 and 3090 Ti are in entirely different classes. The 2080 Ti is down at 27 FPS AVG and struggling to run, although to its credit, its frametime pacing in relation to the average is excellent — it’s just that the framerate is low.
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty – 1440p
At 1440p, the RTX 5090 ran at 181 FPS AVG, with lows at 126 and 108. The RTX 4090 held a 137 FPS AVG, with the advantage of the 5090 being reduced to a still respectable but lower 33%. The 7900 XTX ran at 120 FPS AVG here, which has remained a good result considering the price of the 7900 XTX as compared to its neighbors. That story is totally different with RT, though.
The RTX 3090 Ti ran at 91 FPS AVG, with the 2080 Ti at 57 FPS AVG.
We were fully CPU bound at 1080p, so we’ll skip it.
Dying Light 2 – 4K
Dying Light 2 at 4K is another heavy load for these GPUs. The RTX 5090 shows a familiar scenario of the 1% lows and 0.1% lows, which represent the slowest frames in our test passes, outperforming the average framerate of the RTX 4090. NVIDIA has managed to move the needle for at least the flagships, which we think is partly thanks to cache and memory configuration changes.
The 5090 leads the 4090 by 38%, another impressive jaunt not distant from what we saw with Phantom Liberty. The 7900 XTX did OK in this test as compared to the 4080. The 5090 runs 74% higher average framerate than the 7900 XTX and also costs about 127% more, depending on what price the XTX is. For professional users though, the memory benefit isn’t accounted for in almost any gaming scenarios we test and would be in other applications.
Dying Light 2 – 1440p
At 1440p, the RTX 5090 holds a 216 FPS AVG against the 4090’s 173. This has the 5090 25% ahead of the RTX 4090, down from its lead of 38% at 4K. We won’t burn chart time on it, but 1080p is only about 15 FPS higher, so part of this reduction in scaling is because we’re starting to approach the CPU limit.
Resident Evil 4 – 4K
Resident Evil 4 is up next, first rasterized and at 4K.
The RTX 5090 landed at 207 FPS AVG here, with lows running higher as a result of consistent frame pacing. The end result is a lead over the 151 FPS AVG of the 4090 by 37%, a lead over the 7900 XTX of 64%, and lead over the 4080 of 101%. Against prior flagships, the 3090 Ti landed at 89 FPS AVG, giving the 5090 an uplift of 133%.
Resident Evil 4 – 1440p
At 1440p, the RTX 5090 continued scaling and hit almost 350 FPS AVG, with lows that are at ridiculous levels with 281 FPS 1%. This puts the 5090’s average framerate 25% ahead of the 4090’s average framerate, so we’re seeing a reduction from the 37% at 4K, consistent with what we’ve seen elsewhere.
The 7900 XTX held on at 232 FPS AVG here, followed by cards like the 3090 Ti at 162 FPS and 2080 Ti at 92 FPS AVG.
Resident Evil 4 – 1080p
At 1080p, we see there was still scaling all the way up to almost 400 FPS AVG, which is crazy. This has reset our expectations of where the CPU ceiling is. If anything, this is showing just how good the 9800X3D is for keeping up so well.
The gap between the 5090 and 4090 is around 9% here, so we are actually hitting external limits.
RTX 5090 Ray Tracing Benchmarks
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Ray Tracing – Black Myth: Wukong 4K
Black Myth is first. This is an experimental chart, so once again, our disclosure is that experimental charts have a greater risk of unexpected results as we are still researching its behaviors. This particular title is considered experimental in our test suite because its performance leans so heavily in one direction that we want to slowly accumulate results to explore it further.
The 5090 ran at 88 FPS AVG at 4K, outperforming the RTX 4090’s 65 FPS AVG result by 36%. That’s a big jump. This is with upscaling, so it’s not like-for-like with the 4K raster results.
AMD’s 7900 XTX ran at 20 FPS in this title, which is why we say it’s NVIDIA-favored. The 3090 Ti ran at 34 FPS AVG here.
Ray Tracing – Black Myth: Wukong 1080p
Skipping 1440p and going to 1080p with FSR to get more cards on the chart, here’s where we land. The 5090 is at 158 FPS AVG here, leading the 4090’s 120 FPS AVG result by 31%. Against the 3090 Ti, the 5090 leads by 103%, and against the 2080 Ti’s 49 FPS AVG, it’s about a tripling.
The 4070 (watch our review) outperforms the 3090 Ti in this test when using FSR, with the entire top half of the cards outperforming the 7900 XTX. This test, again, is heavily favored for NVIDIA with the heavy ray tracing use.
Ray Tracing – Dragon’s Dogma 2 4K
Dragon’s Dogma 2 is up next. Again, we haven’t done a ton of 4K Ray Tracing tests here because it’s such a heavy workload normally, but the RTX 5090 ran at 113 FPS AVG with lows at 97 FPS and 94 FPS. The 4090 landed at around 85 FPS AVG, giving the 5090 an uplift of 33%. The RX 7900 XTX does better in this game compared to Black Myth, instead outperforming the RTX 4080 and 3090 Ti, the latter of which is at 55 FPS AVG.
Ray Tracing – Dragon’s Dogma 2 1440p
At 1440p, the 5090 jumped to 165 FPS AVG and the 4090 held 136 FPS AVG, still keeping about a 30 FPS gap between them, or an improvement generationally of 22%. The uplift has fallen as compared to 4K, keeping with prior trends. The 7900 XTX does similarly here to last time, landing just ahead of the RTX 4080 (watch our review).
Ray Tracing – Dragon’s Dogma 2 1080p
At 1080p, the 5090 continues to climb to 194 FPS AVG, reducing the generational uplift to 15% over the 4090. Let’s move on to something more interesting.
Ray Tracing – Dying Light 2 4K
Here’s Dying Light 2 ray-traced. Again, we haven’t historically run 4K here because only the 4090 and 4080 could be argued as capable. It looks like this next generation of hardware — and hopefully that also includes AMD’s next card — is changing that. The RTX 5090 ran at 109 FPS AVG, leading the 80 FPS result of the 4090 by 37%. The 7900 XTX is led by 137%. AMD has publicly claimed that its next generation will significantly improve upon this, so we’ll see where they land probably closer to March.
Ray Tracing – Dying Light 2 1440p
At 1440p, the RTX 5090 ran at 176 FPS AVG and held lows of 152 and 126. The 176 result has it about 40 FPS, or 29%, ahead of the RTX 4090. The 4080 hit 104 FPS AVG with the 3090 Ti at 88 FPS. Our 2080 Ti was approaching a decent framerate, but still falling short at 46 FPS AVG.
Ray Tracing – Dying Light 2 1080p
At 1080p, the 5090 held 224 FPS AVG, mostly establishing that we weren’t bound previously by the CPU. So when it was at 4K, the scaling was a 37% generational improvement, then 29% at 1440p, and now is 24.5% at 1080p. The reduction from 1440p to 1080p isn’t as big as we might expect from other tests, probably because there remains enough GPU load to where the CPU isn’t heavily taxed.
Ray Tracing – Resident Evil 4 4K
Resident Evil 4 with Ray Tracing is up now, tested at 4K first. The 5090 ran at 210 FPS AVG using FSR as defined in the chart title. The 160 FPS RTX 4090 result establishes a 31% generational improvement favoring the 5090.
The lead over the 7900 XTX is 56%, with the improvement on the 3090 Ti at 113%.
Ray Tracing – Resident Evil 4 1440p
We’ll keep this short: At 1440p, the RTX 5090’s lead falls to 23% over the 4090. This trend is consistent.
Ray Tracing – Cyberpunk 4K RT Ultra
Cyberpunk with RT Ultra at 4K is heavy even for the RTX 5090 when not using some form of upscaling, which we toggle off in testing specifically because of how unreliable Cyberpunk’s sticky settings are. The 53 FPS AVG puts the 5090 35% ahead of the 4090’s 39 FPS AVG result, remaining consistent with prior tests. The poor, old 2080 Ti nearly burst into flames trying to run this, holding an 8.8 FPS AVG as it crawled across the finish line.
Ray Tracing – Cyberpunk 4K RT Medium
4K with RT Medium is interesting. Dropping from Ultra to Medium predictably increased performance, but grew the gap between the cards with a 59 FPS AVG and 40 FPS AVG result.
RTX 5090 Efficiency Benchmarks
Now we’re getting into efficiency benchmarking and idle power consumption. For this, although we tested a lot of games, we’re going to simplify the charts and just look at a couple of game tests plus idle. These convey the whole story pretty well.
Testing is done by measuring the GPU power consumption at the PCIe cables and the PCIe slot with an interposer. Although we initially had trouble getting the card to work on the riser due to PCIe generation differences, in the final hours before going live, we found a solution to measure through the riser. This testing eliminates the remainder of system power consumption, so we’re isolating for just the GPU.
RTX 5090 Power Consumption: Idle
Testing idle power consumption, the RTX 5090 FE landed at 46W on the desktop with our benchmarking approach. The RTX 5090 FE measured lower in idle power draw than the Arc A580 (read our review) and about the same as the A750 (read our revisit). Even just sitting there, it’s drawing a good amount of power. Our testing uses Windows High Performance power plan for benchmarking performance, so switching to Balanced may help reduce this; however, we use that plan for all tests, so these are like-for-like comparable. We measured the RTX 4090 at 28-29W. The 5090 has relatively high idle power consumption with our test approach and this is an area where there’s clearly some room for improvement if only judging by the 4090, although the power consumption of the TDP is higher on this card.
Efficiency: FFXIV 4K
Final Fantasy 14 at 4K is low on results since we just started using this for efficiency for this launch. The RTX 4090 was the most efficient here, at 391.7 W to produce 138-139 FPS AVG. That puts it at 0.35 FPS/W. The RTX 5090 FE was efficient as compared to the other cards we’ve tested here, but technically worse off than the 4090. Realistically, they’re about the same. Despite framerate improving by 31%, the power consumption also increased by 37%. The end result is reduced or equal efficiency versus the last generation. This might be why NVIDIA is pushing the narrative so hard that MFG improves efficiency, except that’s like saying “why compare apples to apples when you can compare apples to oranges?”
In the very least, against the 3090 Ti in a like-for-like comparison, we can see clear and massive iterative improvements.
Efficiency: FFXIV 1440p
We’re showing 1440p to get a wider selection of cards, though the lighter load won’t look better for the 5090. The RTX 5090 ended up around 520W average for this work, landing it at 0.61 FPS/W. Efficiency is down comparatively overall since we saw the performance advantage also go down when at 1440p. The card should show the best gains in heavy 4K/RT workloads like F1.
Efficiency: F1 24 4K
Here’s F1 24 at 4K and with ray tracing.
On a technicality, the RTX 5090 is the most efficient in this test. It pulled 569W on average during testing and had spikes up to 580-590W, and because of the framerate advantage over the RTX 4090 with its 428W draw, it ends up at 0.21 FPS/W instead of 0.20. This isn’t particularly exciting and we have to highlight that NVIDIA’s claims of efficiency improvements largely centered around artificially generating frames, which isn’t like-for-like because the frame itself may not be the same or comparable.
RTX 5090 Conclusion
First of all, we need to start with NVIDIA’s complete bulls*** marketing. Unfortunately, NVIDIA just couldn’t help itself except to unfairly misrepresent its RTX 5090’s performance in the following slide on its site.
This image shows the RTX 5090 as being 2x faster than the RTX 4090 regularly, but as you all know from the review you just read, that’s not true. This image doesn’t say “different DLSS versions where we needlessly compare apples to oranges even though we have nothing to be shy of if we tested properly, it says “Performance.” And the accompanying caption isn’t even part of the image. Just saying “Performance” while making big 2x bars makes the 5090 look 2x better than the 4090. NVIDIA technically lists the DLSS version in the bottom, but most people don’t know what that means. Most people don’t know that writing “DLSS 4” under BOTH bars of the RTX 4090 and RTX 5090 isn’t actually the same setting. DLSS 4 does not do the same thing on both of these devices. NVIDIA’s own line of gray text that blends into the background at nearly the same color states the test configuration. This states that Frame Gen was used on the 40 series and 4X multi-frame gen was used on the 50 series, which isn’t like-for-like. NVIDIA is generating more artificial frames per real frame on the 5090 than the 4090, but they just list “DLSS 4” under the bars instead of making it clear.
NVIDIA didn’t have to do any of this, but between this insane reach of marketing and the claim CEO Jensen Huang made about an RTX 5070 performing the same as an RTX 4090, it comes across like NVIDIA feels like it isn’t good enough on its own. It has to put a bunch of makeup on the charts to be good enough.
Anyway, enough of the marketing bulls***. The recap is this:
- Know what kind of user you are. Users of VRAM-intensive professional applications should consider the 5090 heavily, but we don’t have data for you today. Maybe in the future. For gaming, anyone who isn’t playing on 4K or higher resolutions won’t get as much relative gain out of this card
- Generally, we saw 27-35% uplift in 4K gaming over the RTX 4090.
- In one instance, we saw 50%
- In one RT instance, we saw 44%
- Most of the time, it hung around 30%
- At 1440p, we saw those drop down into the 20s typically, even when not CPU bound
- The card is one of the most power hungry idle power consumers we’ve tested
- The card is the most power hungry for maximum power consumption and we worry that NVIDIA has elected to continue using 12VHPWR while pushing so close to the limit of the cable spec. We have a full video on the dumpster fire of 12VHPWR and 12v2x6 if you want to learn more
- Efficiency is about the same as the 4090
- Thermal design is excellent, with the FE card impressing us in big ways. That NVIDIA managed to make this 2 slots and still in the 70s while not being ridiculously loud is impressive, and they deserve every bit of credit for that
- As far as value, we’ll be able to more easily talk about that next week when we can review the RTX 5080. For now, NVIDIA is launching the 5090 first, which makes it hard for us to know how close the 5080 gets to the 5090. If the 5080 accomplishes most of the performance but reduces VRAM, that’d be important information for us to have before making a value statement on the 5090, so we’ll wait for now on that
We’ll have a lot more coming up.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition is finally here, and gamers everywhere are eager to see how it performs. In this review, we’ll take a deep dive into the gaming performance, thermals, and power consumption of this highly anticipated graphics card.Gaming Performance:
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition is a powerhouse when it comes to gaming performance. With its impressive 12,288 CUDA cores and 24GB of GDDR6X memory, this GPU can handle even the most demanding AAA titles with ease. In our benchmark tests, the RTX 5090 consistently delivered smooth frame rates at 4K resolution, making it a great choice for gamers looking to future-proof their gaming rig.Thermals:
One of the biggest concerns with high-end graphics cards is often their thermal performance. Luckily, the RTX 5090 Founders Edition excels in this area. Thanks to its advanced cooling system, the card stayed surprisingly cool even under heavy load. During our testing, the GPU never exceeded 75 degrees Celsius, ensuring stable performance and longevity.Power Consumption:
Despite its impressive performance, the RTX 5090 Founders Edition is surprisingly efficient when it comes to power consumption. During our tests, the GPU drew around 350 watts under load, which is on par with other high-end graphics cards in its class. This means that gamers won’t need to invest in a super powerful PSU to run this beast of a card.Overall, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition is a stellar graphics card that delivers top-tier gaming performance, excellent thermals, and reasonable power consumption. If you’re in the market for a high-end GPU that can handle anything you throw at it, the RTX 5090 is definitely worth considering.
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This is the Tom Green Documentary Review | This is the Tom Green Documentary Review
72A personal reminiscence from one of Canada’s most popular and viral comedic sensations, This is the Tom Green Documentary finds the titular funnyman in a relaxed, grateful, and reflective place of peace. An examination of Green’s life straight from the man himself, this self-directed documentary doesn’t leave room for any competing voices or much in the way of constructive, outside criticism, but it’s framed in such a way that the bias doesn’t become a detriment. It’s clear early on that Green finds the idea of anyone making a documentary about him to be patently surreal and ridiculous, so he uses the opportunity to reflect with the same sort of DIY ethic that he built most of his career upon. This is the Tom Green Documentary looks in all the expected places and without too many surprises, but the gentility of it and the subject’s ability to translate his eclectic career into a brisk single volume is assured.
Starting as a stand-up comedian, rapper, and skateboarder in his teenage years spent in and around the Ottawa area, Green had a fascination not only with making people laugh, but more importantly with producing a genuine, unforced reaction to his antics. With the help of several childhood friends that would accompany him across several different shows in different locations, Green made a name for himself by perfecting a unique man-on-the-street style of improv comedy and performance art that took the medium of television to new heights, be it on public access stations or behemoth networks like MTV. Like a lot of legendary funny people, Green’s success marked a specific time and place in pop culture history that influenced the generations to come after him, most notably the entire Jackass crew and Eric Andre. Like many talents who had rockets strapped to them, he burned bright for a time, got overexposed, and life’s challenges – including a testicular cancer diagnosis at a young age – changed his trajectory. Green never went away after losing his big MTV show and his movie career faltered. Instead, he quietly innovated, adapted, and carried on doing what he enjoyed as a talk show host and entertainer.
This is the Tom Green Documentary demystifies a comic whose talents sometimes defied rational explanation. It takes a special type of person to walk around the streets of Ottawa with meat taped to his head, or to lay face down on the sidewalk just to see how long it takes passerby to call for an ambulance, or to paint something ludicrously filthy on the hood of his parents’ car. The world hadn’t seen anything like Tom Green up to that point, and his persona, both on and off screen carried a mythical aura about it. In low key and humble fashion, surrounded by friends and family at his farm not far from where his parents live today, Green has no regrets, but openly questions if sometimes he seemed a bit desperate for attention. The wilder his antics got, the harder it became to do his job, necessitating his pivot from being an all around prankster into the role of a talk show host. And that pivot helped to make him one of the first notable personalities capable of tapping into the power of the internet in an age before social media, podcasts, and YouTubers became ubiquitous.
Green speaks at great length about his battle with cancer and the tough decision to air all of his fears about treatment in the open, but when it comes to other aspects of his life (his marriage, any film that wasn’t Road Trip or Freddy Got Fingered), he’s a bit cagier. And that’s his right, since he’s decided to helm his own biography. Green is beyond mining for laughs or sympathy at this point, and he has reached a point of calm acceptance and thankfulness. He owes no explanations and only seeks to offer thanks and share in his wonderment that he’s been able to have achieved this level of fame. The first part of the documentary, which sees Green pretty much getting his old “band” back together, has the intimate feel of being invited to a low key family reunion. It might not be what people are used to from Green, but now that the likes of Andre and Sacha Baron Cohen have cornered the market on this kind of prank journalism, he can just sit back, refocus, and move onto the next adventure of his life.
Could there be more depth to this and room for outside criticism? Yeah, but This is the Tom Green Documentary serves as a nice bridge for its director to cross to arrive at the next point in their career. With Green currently out and performing stand-up in clubs on a semi-regular basis these days, the film feels every bit like watching someone returning to their roots and looking back on how it all started. It’s also one of three projects Green has currently lined up for Prime Video this month, including an already released stand-up special and a four part series about his adjusting to the life of a farmer dropping next week. At some points in This is the Tom Green Documentary, the subject and star laments his over-exposure, and one might question dropping so much content in quick succession. But Green seems like the type of person who embraces trying new things wholeheartedly, and if there’s anyone who could potentially pull off such a feat and make it successful, it’s him.
This is the Tom Green Documentary streams on Prime Video starting Friday, January 24, 2025.
The Tom Green Documentary Review: A Look into the Life and Career of the Iconic ComedianTom Green is a name synonymous with outrageous comedy and boundary-pushing entertainment. From his early days on the Canadian public access show “The Tom Green Show” to his rise to fame in Hollywood with movies like “Freddy Got Fingered,” Green has always been a polarizing figure in the world of comedy.
The recent documentary “This is the Tom Green Show” takes a deep dive into Green’s life and career, exploring the highs and lows of his journey to stardom. The film features interviews with Green himself, as well as friends, family, and colleagues who have been along for the ride.
One of the most striking aspects of the documentary is its unflinching look at Green’s personal struggles, including his battle with cancer and the toll his career has taken on his mental health. It’s a raw and honest portrayal of a man who has spent his life making others laugh, but who has also faced his own share of challenges.
Despite the serious subject matter, the documentary is also filled with plenty of laughs and behind-the-scenes stories that will delight fans of Green’s unique brand of comedy. It’s a must-watch for anyone who has ever been a fan of the comedian, as well as those who are simply interested in the inner workings of the entertainment industry.
In the end, “This is the Tom Green Show” is a touching and insightful tribute to a comedic trailblazer who has left an indelible mark on the world of entertainment. Whether you’re a die-hard fan or just curious to learn more about the man behind the madness, this documentary is sure to entertain and enlighten.
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The tightly constructed story unfolds chronologically in scenes of varying length that end and begin abruptly, and are separated by a few seconds of black. As time passes and periodically leaps forward — one minute, the house is empty, the next it’s inhabited — the other family members come into focus, including the hard-charging mother, Rebekah (Lucy Liu) and the affable father, Chris (Chris Sullivan). They’re clearly not happy and one reason may be Rebekah’s squirmy devotion to their son, Tyler (Eddy Maday), a star high-school athlete whose arrogance can edge into cruelty. Chris, in turn, dotes on Chloe, a weepy, sensitive girl who has endured a trauma that is already haunting her and her family before they move in.
Chloe’s past, her parents’ marriage and the ghost’s restricted point of view together create palpable unease that the filmmakers build on until everyone is vibrating with tension and things have gotten weird. Although there are a few haunted-house shocks, the cumulative effect is more unsettling than scary.
To a degree, the movie is an elaborate storytelling exercise for Soderbergh, but it’s one with stakes and characters who, as real feeling creeps into the movie, you grow to care for. One of the more impressive things about Soderbergh’s work here is that he — aided by a characteristically strong cast that includes the actor West Mulholland as Tyler’s friend Ryan — makes you hope everyone makes it out OK.
That includes the ghost, which may be otherworldly but turns out to be strangely relatable. Mainstream narrative movies tether you to stories with strategies and techniques that — much like the ghost here — gives you a close, privileged angle on what’s happening. It’s rare, though, for a movie to be shot exclusively or largely through a protagonist’s point of view, and few do it successfully. (A recent outlier is RaMell Ross’s “Nickel Boys.”) In the 1947 film noir “Lady in the Lake,” you mostly see what the protagonist sees, including parts of his body (and his reflection), which can make it seem like he has a camera instead of a head. Soderbergh’s ghost-camera, by contrast, grows progressively and touchingly human.
Ghosts have haunted cinema since the beginning, with some early viewers comparing onscreen people to apparitions. In the years since, other ghosts, including earlier filmmakers, have haunted our screens: Hitchcock looms over much of Brian De Palma’s work like a specter. For his part, Soderbergh, one of the most restlessly inventive filmmakers working today, seems haunted by all of cinema, though there’s another uncanny, well, presence, in this movie. Here as before, he both shot and cut the movie but used two pseudonyms borrowed from his life, Peter Andrews (Soderbergh’s father) and Mary Ann Bernard (his mother). It’s no wonder that “Presence” feels so personal — he’s brought his own ghosts to this party.
Presence
Rated R for violence, ghostly and otherwise. Running time: 1 hour 25 minutes. In theaters.
Have you ever felt a strange presence in your home? Maybe a cold breeze on a hot summer day, or the feeling of someone watching you when you’re alone? In the new thriller film “Presence,” these eerie occurrences take center stage as a young woman is plagued by a mysterious entity that seems to have sinister intentions.The film follows Emily, a young woman who moves into a new apartment and quickly starts experiencing strange phenomena. Doors slam shut on their own, objects move mysteriously, and a dark figure seems to be lurking in the shadows. As Emily tries to unravel the mystery behind these occurrences, she realizes that the presence in her home may be more than just a benign spirit.
“Presence” is a gripping and suspenseful film that keeps viewers on the edge of their seats. The tension builds as Emily delves deeper into the history of her apartment, uncovering dark secrets that may explain the malevolent force haunting her. The film expertly blends supernatural elements with psychological horror, creating a chilling atmosphere that will leave audiences questioning what is real and what is mere illusion.
The performances in “Presence” are top-notch, with the lead actress delivering a captivating portrayal of a woman struggling to maintain her sanity in the face of unimaginable terror. The supporting cast also shines, adding depth and complexity to the story.
Overall, “Presence” is a must-see for fans of supernatural thrillers. It offers a fresh take on the haunted house genre, blending scares with psychological intrigue to create a truly haunting experience. Whether you believe in the paranormal or not, “Presence” will leave you questioning the existence of forces beyond our comprehension. Don’t miss this spine-tingling film that will have you looking over your shoulder long after the credits roll.
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