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Nvidia Asks Retailers to Target Gamers to the Exclusion of Cryptominers
Posted on: 25 Jan 2018
Nvidia wants retailers to sell their GPUs to gamers rather than cryptominers for good reason. Nvidia Corporation invented the GPU, which “creates interactive graphics on laptops, workstations, mobile devices, notebooks, PCs, and more,” according to the company website. Recently, the demand for cryptocurrency has driven cryptominers to tap into graphics processing units to “crunch big volumes of calculations to create or ‘mine’ digital currency like Bitcoin,” The Inquirer reported. This is due to a number of factors, which include increased visibility despite security concerns and high risk associated. Meanwhile, the…
Facebook to Rank News Feed Based on Polls
Posted on: 21 Jan 2018
Facebook will be ranking its News Feed based on outlets that a group of users selected as “trustworthy” with the aim to improve the service. The change is in response to criticism for spreading misinformation. The algorithm that selects news to show on the News Feed will be adjusted to reflect news that users consider trustworthy, informative, and/or relevant to a local community, the company explained in a blog post. “As part of our ongoing quality surveys, we will now ask people whether they’re familiar with a news source and,…
Cape Town to Reach ‘Day Zero’ in April: No More Water
Posted on: 18 Jan 2018
Cape Town, South Africa’s iconic city and major tourist destination, is in dire straights. Residents have 100 days of water supply left. By April 21, the city will run out of water due to the unrelenting drought: Day Zero. Authorities are trying to delay the currently inevitable by urging the public to conserve. City mayor Patricia de Lille tweeted: In an impressive display of PR, the city released a video that detailed what residents can do versus what will happen if they don’t cooperate to the best of their ability…
Samsung Trademarks Metal 12, a New Magnesium Alloy
Posted on: 16 Jan 2018
The constant search for a competitive edge in the technology industry led Samsung to develop and trademark Metal 12, a new magnesium-aluminum alloy. Samsung derived the name from the fact that magnesium is the 12th element in the periodic table– they didn’t invent a new material. With a trademark on the material filed with the European Union Intellectual Property Office, Already used as the main material in Samsung’s Notebook 9 (2018) laptop, the new material will almost definitely be incorporated into the Galaxy S9/S9+ and Galaxy Wear devices, according to…
Millions Worth of Goods Recovered After Unsuccessful Raid on Ritz Hotel
Posted on: 15 Jan 2018
Five thieves attempted to rob the Ritz Wednesday night. They were entirely unsuccessful and botched the operation. They “entered by the service entrance, smashed the jewelry stands, grabbed jewels that were clearly expensive with the help of axes,” said Jean-Michel Huguet of police union Alliance Police Nationale. The robbers also wore gloves and balaclavas, and several of them carried handguns, The Local France reported. As expected, the robbery caused panic at the hotel’s Hemingway Bar. Balaclavas typically signal a reason to panic in such a luxurious environment as the Ritz,…
