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The last couple of years have been nothing if not eventful for Miles Morales. In 2025, Miles was dragged into a violent crossover with Deadpool called Pools of Blood, and then he went on a romp through the new Ultimate Universe in Ultimate Incursion. The effects of that latter storyline are still playing out across the Marvel Universe, but Miles himself has other fish to fry. He's about to star in a relaunched Miles Morales: Spider-Man series from Ultimate Black Panther writer Bryan Edward Hill and Psylocke: Ninja artist Nico Leon.IGN can exclusively debut a new preview of Miles Morales Spider-Man #1, which features the long-awaited return of Miles' classic costume. Check it out in the slideshow gallery below, and read on for a brief interview with Hill about the new series. IGN: How would you describe your connection to Miles Morales? Is he a character you feel a close attachment to? Bryan Edward Hill: I think he's one of the most exciting semi-recent additions because you can really get in on the ground floor with him. IGN: What do you see as being the key differences between Miles and Peter Parker, especially now that Miles has had years to integrate into the classic Marvel Universe and find his place? Hill: He's still from a different generational mindset. I think that's the biggest difference. IGN: The new series deals with a threat from Jefferson’s past returning to threaten the entire Morales family. What inspired you to dig into his past, and how much danger would you say Miles and his family are in now? Hill: I usually like to build off of integral aspects of characters, to keep the stories personal. Danger? Plenty, LOL. Don't live in a comic book. It's bad for your health. IGN: Based on the initial announcement for the series, it seems like you and Nico are really prioritizing new characters in terms of both Miles’ enemies and his circle of allies. Did you see potential here to build and flesh out the book’s supporting cast?Hill: Always potential to do that, but I'm one to replace. I just expand and give the world more narrative pathways and relationships to mine. IGN: Miles is coming off a very pivotal trip to the new Ultimate Universe. How much do the events of Ultimate Spider-Man: Incursion play into your run?Hill: He's been through it. It's there in him, that experience, but we don't naval gaze on the past. IGN: It looks like Miles is back in his classic costume. Were you and Nico eager to return to that look? Hill: Can't beat the classics. Miles Morales: Spider-Man #1 will be released on August 12. You can preorder a copy at your local comic shop.For more, check out our exclusive preview of X-Men: Elsewhen Vol. 1 and learn more about DC's Batman/Superman/Weird Al crossover.Jesse is a mild-mannered staff writer for IGN. Allow him to lend a machete to your intellectual thicket by following @jschedeen on BlueSky.

Huawei claims backup compression ratios reaching an extraordinary 90:1 levelPatented algorithms sit at the centre of Huawei's reduction strategyFour separate reduction stages shrink data before long-term storageHuawei has unveiled a hardware compression card claiming a data reduction ratio reaching as high as 90:1 under suitable workloads.The figure applies specifically to backup data carrying high redundancy, such as daily full virtual machine backups accumulated over time.Huawei says this result sits 20% higher than the leading alternative currently available across the enterprise storage market.A patented algorithm built around a nonlinear transformationThe card forms part of Huawei's all-flash OceanProtect Backup Storage systems, including two newly announced models, the X8100 and X9100.Compression relies on a proprietary algorithm family Huawei calls HZU, described by the company as using a fast nonlinear transformation paired with lightweight context prediction methods.Huawei says this approach outperforms the long-established Lempel-Ziv compression paradigm, boosting the achievable compression ratio by roughly 30% under comparable conditions.The dynamic technique is patented, covering both the deduplication and compression methods used throughout Huawei's wider backup architecture.Selecting the most suitable algorithm depends heavily on the specific backup policy and underlying data types involved in each deployment.Earlier generation OceanProtect systems achieved a comparatively modest 72:1 reduction ratio, meaning the newly announced generation also runs up to 50% faster.Reduction pipeline relies on dense SSD deploymentReduction happens across four distinct stages, beginning with preprocessing designed to clean incoming data before further processing occurs.This is followed by multi-layer, inline, and variable-length deduplication, then HZBC compression, and finally byte-level compaction applied to whatever data remains.The compression card additionally offloads up to 22% of processing demand away from the backup system's main CPU during operation.That offload matters because OceanProtect systems rely on all-flash media rather than cheaper disk-based alternatives for storage.Huawei specifically uses QLC storage media paired with an adaptive SLC zone reserved for frequently accessed hot data.This combination is intended to support faster data recovery once backups eventually need restoring during outages.Since SSD capacity costs considerably more than disk per terabyte, squeezing more effective storage out of the same physical drives directly improves the economics of an all-flash backup system.In that sense, the compression algorithm and the SSD architecture work together, with the algorithm doing the actual reduction and the flash media determining why that reduction pays off.Prospective customers will likely need to test the OceanProtect platform directly against their own backup data sets.Whether customers experience reductions approaching 90:1 will likely depend heavily on datasets, retention policies, and real-world deployment conditions.Via Blocksandfiles

A  60-year-old man in Spain went to the doctor complaining of a headache that he couldn't shake. It had started two weeks prior and was only getting worse. He also said he had noticed subtle changes in his behavior. In a neurological exam, doctors found he had a mild delay in his movements, but no other deficits. His blood work was generally normal except for elevated IgE, a signal of immune responses linked to allergies, autoimmune disease, and parasitic infections. The doctors did a computed tomography (CT) scan of his head and saw much more obvious evidence of a problem: There were multiple lesions distributed throughout his brain accompanied by swelling. In a case report in Emerging Infectious Diseases, the doctors reported working through the possible conditions that could explain all the findings. They noted that the man was not immunocompromised and had never traveled internationally. Their top suspicion was metastatic cancer.Read full article Comments