Monthly Archives: October 2022

Nvidia will “unlaunch” the 12GB RTX 4080, says it’s “not named right”

Enlarge Nvidia announced today that it would be “unlaunching” the 12GB version of its upcoming GeForce RTX 4080-series GPU on the basis that “having two GPUs with the 4080 designation is confusing.” The card will not be launching in the originally planned November window, but it will return at some point following a rebranding. “The…

Rivian has fixed a ‘significant majority’ of its recalled vehicles

RJ Scaringe, CEO and founder of electric vehicle maker Rivian, said Wednesday the company has fixed a “significant majority” of the more than 12,000 vehicles that were recalled earlier this month. On the TechCrunch Disrupt stage, Scaringe gave the audience a postmortem on how Rivian solved the issue that caused the company to voluntarily recall…

Netflix results confirm we’re not in 2021 anymore

I don’t know if anyone’s really noticed, but Netflix had a pretty great third quarter, thank you very much. The streaming platform added 2.41 million subscribers when it only expected 1 million. It also beat analysts’ financial expectations, with $7.93 billion in revenue rather than $7.85 billion. Plenty has been written about Netflix’s good results,…

US stocks snap 2-day win streak as investors digest surging bond yields ahead of more high-profile earnings

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., March 5, 2020. Andrew Kelly/Reuters US stocks snapped a two-day win streak on Wednesday despite solid corporate earnings reports.The decline came as bond yields surged, with the 10-year US Treasury yield jumping to its highest level since 2007.Third-quarter…

Walmart CEO says its stores being open on Thanksgiving ‘is a thing of the past’

Walmart. AP Walmart CEO John Furner recently said keeping stores open on Thanksgiving is “a thing of the past.” Some companies, Walmart included, closed stores on Thanksgiving in the past few years because of the pandemic, but others may follow suit well into the future. Between online shopping, deals coming earlier in the year, and…

GOP gubernatorial nominee Doug Mastriano’s new ad uses same stock footage as Russian propaganda

An ad from Republican Doug Mastriano uses stock footage that appears to be from Belarus. Facebook/Doug Mastriano campaign An ad posted by the Doug Mastriano campaign uses footage previously featured in Russian propaganda. The stock footage of two young girls appears to have come from a videographer in Belarus. In July, a Russian embassy used…

How much house can I afford?

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The bizarre saga of Meta, The Wire and their fight over Indian content moderation

When a journalist at The Wire, an independent Indian publication, published a story on October 6th about a meme page’s claim that their Instagram post had been wrongfully removed, it hardly seemed like the kind of story that would draw much attention. The Instagram account, @cringearchivist, was a private account with fewer than 1,000 followers….

ROCCAT Vulcan II Max optical gaming keyboard has Titan II optical mechanical switches

Play competitive games quickly and easily with the ROCCAT Vulcan II Max optical gaming keyboard. Featuring Titanium II optical mechanical switches, you get smooth and instant actuation. This keyboard is ideal for games that demand precision, speed, and rapid presses. What’s more, the switches offer a quiet sound and have a 1.4 mm actuation distance….