Let’s say you’re not the person in your social group who can point out the astrophysical errors in the opening shot of the movie Contact. But let’s also say you are someone who can easily spot the Big Dipper on a moonless night. In that case, you’re in the sweet spot to be wondering to…
Monthly Archives: July 2022
WhatsApp is well known for the pace of its updates – users were recently given emoji reactions to play around with, for example – and it looks as though another significant change is in the offing. As spotted by the fine folks at WABetaInfo, the latest beta version of the WhatsApp app for Android features…
Katja Knupper/Die Fotowerft/DeFodi Images via Getty Images The fast-fashion brand is improving its ESG in preparation of a public offering, Bloomberg reports. Shein was valued at $100 billion in April, according to Insider. The company previously sought a public offering in 2022. Fast-fashion brand Shein is once again seeking a public offering in the U.S. …
CD Projekt – the publisher behind studio CD Projekt Red, developer of The Witcher games and, of course, Cyberpunk 2077 – has seen its share value plummet by over 75 per cent. That’s according to Business Insider Poland, which says that the disastrous launch of Cyberpunk 2077 has wiped the value of the then most-valuable…
Back 4 Blood developers turtle Rock Studios has given players a brief look at its upcoming second expansion. Although the team said it would “love” to confirm the release date, it needed “a bit more time” but served up a single new screenshot – you can see it in the embedded tweet below; there’s a…
Dot’s Home won Game of the Year and Best Narrative winner at the 2022 Games for Change Awards at the Games for Change Festival.Read MoreRead More
Zero-knowledge allows individuals to expose information only as it becomes necessary, and only enough information to prove a truth.Read MoreRead More
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge TikTok’s global chief security officer (CSO), Roland Cloutier, is stepping down as the company transitions to using Oracle’s US-based servers to store Americans’ data (via The Wall Street Journal). The company shared an internal memo about the shift in a post on its newsroom, which states Cloutier will…
Enlarge (credit: Ars Technica) It’s the weekend, which means it’s time for another Dealmaster. Our latest roundup of the best tech deals from around the web is headlined by a number of discounts we saw during Amazon’s Prime Day sale that are still available. Google’s Pixel 6 Pro phone, for one, is still down to…
Research in the field of machine learning and AI, now a key technology in practically every industry and company, is far too voluminous for anyone to read it all. This column, Perceptron, aims to collect some of the most relevant recent discoveries and papers — particularly in, but not limited to, artificial intelligence — and…