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Monthly Archives: September 2022
Modulous, a U.K. startup that makes it easier for housing developers, architects and construction firms to configure and design modular homes to address the ongoing housing crisis, has raised £10 million ($11.7 million) in a series A round of funding. Founded out of London in 2018, Modulous said that it’s seeking to tackle a global…
Companies (and VCs) spend billions of dollars on cybersecurity, but primarily focus on protecting infrastructure or endpoints. That’s not always the right approach in a world where — thanks to the pandemic — data is increasingly distributed across clouds, software-as-a-service apps, and storage systems. According to one 2021 survey, 61% of security leaders in the…
Gaming isn’t just about skills. It’s also about visuals. It’s about the immersion. It’s about having the right hardware. Indeed, you can have all the skill in the world, but that won’t make up for a slow refresh rate or response time. Or a distracting screen-tear and ghosting. These are all things to keep in…
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 isn’t the only game Monolith Soft worked on this year, as the JRPG developer also provided support on another big Nintendo release. Mainly known for JRPGs like Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Monolith Soft also lent its aid to the Nintendo Switch‘s latest blockbuster, Splatoon 3. This should come as no surprise for longtime…
We’re under a month away from when Meta’s next VR headset is officially set to be revealed to the world, but we might already have a good look at it thanks to a substantial leak. Meta first announced Project Cambria – the codename for its Oculus Quest 2 successor – at Meta Connect 2021 but…
Nvidia could have a couple of new spins on its current-gen graphics cards coming soon enough, going by chatter on the grapevine. Specifically, the belief is that an RTX 3060 with 8GB of VRAM, rather than 12GB, is in the pipeline for the end of October, with the card also having the memory bus purportedly…
Wrecked tanks are seen after Ukrainian army retook the town of Balakliya in the southeastern Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine, on September 11, 2022. Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Ukrainian forces recaptured swaths of territory from Russian control in the Kharkiv region. Russian soldiers tried to flee in any way they could, The Washington Post and…
A file photo of killer whales hunting a seal. iStock / Getty Images Plus A new BBC documentary shows a pod of killer whales hunting a seal using a sophisticated technique. They used “wave crashing,” creating a wave to break up an ice platform and trap the seal on it. The technique is used by…
Ukrainian forces launched a rapid counter-offensive in the north-eastern Kharkiv region last week. Emilio Morenatti/AP Photo European natural gas prices fell over 7% Monday as Ukrainian forces made a rapid advance. The Russian setback raised hopes the conflict will end earlier than seen and ease Europe’s energy crisis. The euro and British pound climbed against…