Meta plans to slash the amount of water its data centers are using by implementing a system where sites will operate at higher temperatures but lower humidity. Facebook’s parent company said it has been trialing running some sites at 90 degrees Fahrenheit, around 5 degrees above their usual temperatures, as part of wider plans to…
Monthly Archives: November 2022
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Elon Musk. Britta Pedersen-Pool/Getty Images Dogecoin has added $10 billion in market value since Elon Musk completed his purchase of Twitter.Musk tweeted a picture of a Shiba Inu dog wearing a Twitter T-shirt early Tuesday morning.Dogecoin, which counts a Shiba Inu dog as its mascot, has soared more than 100% since Friday. Dogecoin has been…
Insider Events Government is becoming less reflective of the youthful society it represents. In this conversation two descendants of US presidents discuss youth versus experience in politics. Missed this week’s spotlight? Watch below. Watch event here Speakers include Kathleen Kennedy-TownsendRobert F. Kennedy’s Daughter and John F. Kennedy’s niecePatricia TaftWilliam Taft’s great-granddaughterDave LevinthalDeputy Editor, Washington Bureau,…
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham. J. Scott Applewhite/AP The Supreme Court denied Lindsey Graham’s request to block a grand jury subpoena. A Georgia grand jury is investigating alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Graham has been called on to provide testimony. The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham’s bid to avoid testifying…
American rapper and producer Kanye West embraces then-President Donald Trump in the White House’s Oval Office, Washington DC, October 11, 2018. Ron Sachs/Consolidated News Pictures/Getty Images Donald Trump on Tuesday praised Ye for saying “all those great things about me on Tucker Carlson.” He once again failed to condemn the rapper and fashion designer for…
Jason Shames is the founder of Skipper, which recently announced a $5.8 million seed round led by Google’s Gradient Ventures. Courtesy of Jason Shames Jason Shames founded Skipper in 2020 and raised $5.8 million in seed funding this August. He met his lead investor, Google’s Gradient Ventures, through Pear’s demo day. Shames’ strong team and…
Elon Musk. Muhammed Selim Korkutata/Anadolu Only around 15 Twitter employees have access to content moderation tools, Bloomberg reported. Twitter’s Head of Safety and Integrity said the restrictions reduce opportunities for “insider risk.” But workers told Bloomberg it could cause misinformation to surge ahead of the midterm elections. Twitter has cut off hundreds of employees from…
Gaming mice are different — faster, lighter, more responsive than standard mice — which means they’re usually more expensive, too. Right now Amazon has five of the mice that made the cut in our productivity tests at discounts between 24 and 47 percent off. Some of the prices (like that of the Logitech G PRO…
Sony’s revamped PlayStation Plus offering is off to such a slow start, people are leaving the service rather than joining. The new three-tiered offering, which includes hundreds of games and a host of retro classics from the PlayStation catalogue (if you opt for Premium), hasn’t enticed legions of new PS4 and PS5 owners to leap…