It’s finally Friday, folks, and though Mark Zuckerberg’s promising to further ruin your Facebook and Instagram feeds, you can forget that for a minute with a spot of Wordle. If you’re finding today’s a challenge, though, we’ve got your back. All it’ll take is a couple of handy pointers, and you’ll be well on your…
Monthly Archives: July 2022
Jacob Fracker (left) and Thomas Robertson posed by a statute inside the Capitol on January 6, 2021, prosecutors said. US attorney’s office in Washington, DC A former Virginia police officer was convicted in April on six counts related to the Capitol riot. Thomas Robertson wrote a letter to the judge about his state of mind…
Valve’s new rules will prohibit text like this on an image. | Screenshot by Jay Peters / The Verge Valve is making a big change to the way developers can market their games on Steam. Beginning September 1st, graphical assets developers use in their store listings will only be able to include game artwork, the…
Facebook News tab (2019) | Image: Facebook As you’ve probably heard, Facebook and Instagram will lean heavily into AI-curated creator content going forward, and the News Tab project Facebook launched a few years ago doesn’t seem to be a big part of that. As reported by Axios and confirming earlier rumors, Facebook’s parent company Meta…
Enlarge / Burkholderia pseudomallei grown on sheep blood agar for 24 hours. B. pseudomallei is a Gram-negative aerobic bacteria, and it’s the causative agent of melioidosis. (credit: Getty | CDC/Courtesy of Larry Stauffer, Oregon State Public Health Laboratory) For years, health officials in the US noted sporadic, mysterious cases of a foreign bacterial infection, called…
Enlarge (credit: NASAJPL-Caltech) On Wednesday, NASA announced that it had made major changes to its plan for returning samples from the surface of Mars in the early 2030s. Currently being collected by the Perseverance rover, the samples are set to be moved to Earth by a relay of rovers and rockets. Now, inspired by the…
Intel’s latest video showcased one of its Arc Alchemist graphics card, the Arc A750 specifically, in action. The video, as reported by Digital Trends, shows the Intel Arc card running Death Stranding at impressive frame rates between 85 and 100 on the default setting. The graphics card is running with a Core i9-12900K processor and…
So your podcast audience has exploded, but the revenue from those fancy sock ads isn’t exactly covering rent yet. Or maybe you’re tired of social media algorithms hiding your content from even your most dedicated followers. Enter Patreon, a platform that makes it easy for content creators to monetize their online following! With Patreon, users…
Zoox’s director of prediction shares how they are making autonomous vehicles more responsive on the road.Read MoreRead More