Enlarge / The Nvidia RTX 4090 founders edition. If you can’t tell, those lines are drawn on, though the heft of this $1,599 product might convince you that they’re a reflection of real-world motion blur upon opening this massive box. (credit: Sam Machkovech) The Nvidia RTX 4090 makes me laugh. Part of that is due…
Monthly Archives: October 2022
File this under ‘better late than never,’ but I have a few thank yous to share. Some would argue that it’s too late, but I don’t believe so. Very young me didn’t have access to many books. Our family didn’t have much extra money to spend on books, and with one car which my father…
This year was huge for the crypto developer space even though the digital asset market continues to wallow in a downturn, according to a new report by web3 developer platform Alchemy. Although the crypto market capitalization is down about 58% year to date, web3 developers are pouring into the space. The report found that developer…
Linux creator Linus Torvalds’ latest update, which details some key information for the first release candidate of version 6.1, has some underlying messages and pleas to the project’s developers. He opens by saying that “we ‘only’ have 11.5k non-merge commits during this merge window, compared to 13.5k last time around”, which is “not exactly tiny,…
US President Joe Biden. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images Biden officially launched the application site for student-loan forgiveness on Monday. This means the applications will now be processed following a beta testing period. But GOP lawsuits could still pose a challenge to this relief. Student-loan borrowers can now officially apply for President Joe Biden’s one-time…
Mark Mobius is a veteran emerging markets investor. South China Morning Post/Getty Images Interest rates could hit 9% as part of the Federal Reserve’s efforts to bring down inflation, Mark Mobius told Bloomberg TV. if inflation is 8%, “the playbook says you’ve got to raise rates higher than inflation,” he said. Investors are pricing in…
Bo Hines, a 27-year-old Republican candidate for the US House of Representatives. Allison Joyce/Getty Images Bo Hines, a congressional candidate from North Carolina, twice claimed that he and his wife “can’t afford to give up a month’s salary.” The Republican reports no salary on his most recently reported personal finance disclosure. A trust fund is…
Suriyapong Thongsawang The Sakhalin-1 project saw production tumble after Exxon refused to accept local insurance for tankers, sourced told Reuters. Western firms stopped insuring tankers operated by state-run Sovcomflot after Russia invaded Ukraine. The EU’s next round of sanctions against Moscow will include a broader ban on Russian oil tanker insurance, among other energy-related services. …
VSCO doesn’t notify users of screenshots. Yuttana Hongtansawat/Shutterstock VSCO does not notify you if someone takes a screenshot of your photos or profile. VSCO is like many photo-sharing apps in that it does not notify users about screenshots. A few more privacy-minded apps like BeReal, Snapchat, and Instagram notify users about certain screenshots. VSCO isn’t…
Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images US stocks soared on Monday in a relief rally as investors await a slew of high-profile earnings reports. The Dow jumped 550 points, and the Nasdaq Composite rose more than 3%. Goldman Sachs warned stocks are still to expensive, even after a 25% drop in the S&P 500 this year….