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Extra.ie
a day ago
- Extra.ie
Three-day reptile terror for town turns out to be child's toy
What appeared to be a crocodile lurking near the river of a quiet Italian town turned out to be nothing more than an inflatable child's toy, leaving locals slightly embarrassed after a three-day panic. Authorities in Ladispoli, near Rome, sprang into action after reports of a crocodile floating in the Sanguinara River. Police and animal control officers even deployed drones in an effort to track the supposed reptile. Photos and videos quickly circulated on social media and in local chat groups, showing what many assumed was a real croc. However, no one seemed to notice the toy was always in the exact same position – and never actually moved. Pic: ladispoli_official/Instagram The mystery was solved when one local woman revealed to media that the croc was in fact 'a toy we leave here for other children to play with.' She also said that a 'large dinosaur' toy had previously been left in the same area. Despite the innocent explanation, local officials were far from amused and are now considering legal action for 'causing alarm' — though it remains unclear who they plan to hold responsible. Earlier this week, Mayor Alessandro Grando had issued a public warning urging residents to be cautious. In a follow-up post shared on Facebook, he admitted the whole thing had been a 'false alarm'. 'After the necessary checks that have been carried out, we can finally confirm that there are no dangerous reptiles in the Sanguinara River,' Mr Grando wrote. 'Although it was an unlikely circumstance, the competent authorities carried out all necessary checks to exclude any potential risk to the public. 'Following investigations, the following emerged: a citizen of Ladispoli declared that she had placed a toy in the playground adjacent to the waterway, matching the photos that have been circulating in recent days, which someone had deliberately placed in the river, causing the chaos that ensued. 'This is reckless behavior that we will pursue with a complaint against unknown persons for causing alarm. 'With this communication, we can finally put this matter to rest, reassuring everyone that there is no risk and that it was just a joke in terrible taste. 'We thank the police, volunteers, and all citizens for their cooperation and patience.'
Metro
a day ago
- Metro
Crocodile that terrorised town for three days turned out to be an inflatable toy
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video An Italian town has been left red-faced after a crocodile floating in its river turned out to be an inflatable toy. Police and animal control officers brought in drones to track down the reptile as it floated in the Sanguinara river near Ladispoli. Pictures and videos of the toy were shared around the town and on social media, although nobody seemed to pick up on the fact that the croc was always in an identical pose and never seen moving. The search went on for about three days – until the crocodile was finally revealed to simply be an inflatable toy. One woman who spoke to local media said the crocodile was a 'toy we leave here for other children to play with', adding a 'large dinosaur' toy had also been left in the same area. Now the town's authorities are threatening legal action for 'causing alarm' – but it's not known who they will direct the complaint against. Earlier this week the town's mayor, Alessandro Grando, issued a press release warning residents to be careful. In an updated statement shared on Facebook last night he admitted the incident had been a 'false alarm'. Mr Grando said: 'After the necessary checks that have been carried out, we can finally confirm that there are no dangerous reptiles in the Sanguinara River. 'Although it was an unlikely circumstance, the competent authorities carried out all necessary checks to exclude any potential risk to the public. More Trending 'Following investigations, the following emerged: a citizen of Ladispoli declared that she had placed a toy in the playground adjacent to the waterway, matching the photos that have been circulating in recent days, which someone had deliberately placed in the river, causing the chaos that ensued. 'This is reckless behavior that we will pursue with a complaint against unknown persons for causing alarm. 'With this communication, we can finally put this matter to rest, reassuring everyone that there is no risk and that it was just a joke in terrible taste. 'We thank the police, volunteers, and all citizens for their cooperation and patience.' Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@ For more stories like this, check our news page. MORE: Sister of Sicilian mafia's 'last godfather' freed from prison MORE: Girl, 3, unaware 7ft constrictor snake was slithering in her bedroom while she played MORE: World's best pizza chef reveals 'horrendous' ingredient he'll never use
Yahoo
12-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
You can buy this AMD rig with 7 water-cooled Nvidia RTX 5090 GPUs and receive it in a week but it will cost $102,000
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. At least two workstation specialists have put supercharged PCs with Nvidia RTX 5090 GPUs on sale over the past few days. The most impressive of them all is the Bizon ZX5500 which packs up to seven (yes, seven) water-cooled 32GB RTX 5090 GPUs in a tall tower casing. This is the best GPU ever built and buying it through system builders seems to be the only way to avoid months-long wait. While BizonTech's solution will probably feature in our best workstation guide, it is not as expansive as Comino's Grando server, which has eight RTX 5090 GPUs, but the latter has yet to get a launch date (I contacted Comino for more details). The ZX5500 doesn't come cheap at just under $102,000 with the GPUs accounting the lion share (more than 83%) of the total cost. That's almost 3x the price of MIFCOM's Big Boss which has seven liquid-cooled RTX 4090 GPUs. A beefier 6Kw power supply unit plus and the cards cost an extra $85,000 compared to the same system with a pair of RTX 5080 (with 16GB VRAM each). As a reminder, the suggested retail price of the RTX 5090 is 'just' $2000. The ZX5500 can be updated to a 96-core ThreadRipper Pro CPU with 1TB of DDR5 RAM, almost 1PB of PCIe 4.0 SSDs (15 x 61.44TB SSD) and seven liquid-cooled Nvidia H200 AI GPU; such a configuration pushes the price above half a million US Dollars. Bizontech is a niche boutique vendor that specializes in servers, workstations and clusters for AI, deep learning and HPC. The RTX 5090 is sold out pretty much everywhere and it seems that Nvidia is prioritizing business and creative outlets like Bizontech, Puget Systems and Punch Technology, with workstations seemingly ready to be shipped within days rather than week. Jon Bach, President, Puget Systems told me, 'Supply for the 5090 (and the 5080) is very limited, and we expect that to be the case for at least through March. Puget Systems has a good number of cards in hand at the moment because of our OEM relationships, but we appear to be somewhat unusual in that respect. Overall, we are filling orders, but expect our lead times to be affected until supply improves." The creative crowd will love the RTX 5090 as it obliterates absolutely everything in its path but at a price. Puget Systems and Storagereview benchmarked it across a wide range of AI and creative tests and found that it performed significantly better than previous generations (and AMD's finest cards) albeit with a much higher power station. TechRadar's John Loeffler published a review of the RTX 5090 recently, calling it the supercar of graphics cards and asking whether it was simply too powerful, suggesting that it is an absolute glutton for wattage. He continues, 'It's overkill, especially if you only want it for gaming, since monitors that can truly handle the frames this GPU can put out are likely years away.' This, of course, will be irrelevant to Nvidia's plans to launch an even more powerful version of the RTX 5090, one with a rumored 96GB GDDR7 memory which will replace the RTX 6000 ADA in due time. If this card follows the same inflationary trajectory as its consumer version then I won't be surprised if its ticket price reaches $15,000, making it the most expensive graphics card of all time. Exclusive: Nvidia's fastest AI chip ever is finally available for preorder First Nvidia GH200 Grace Hopper desktop supercomputer now on sale How to choose the right server for small businesses
