Month: March 2020
Online tutoring marketplace Preply banks $10M to fuel growth in North America, Europe
Online learning looks likely to be a key beneficiary of the social distancing and quarantine measures that are being applied around the world as countries grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic. In turn, this looks set to buoy some relative veterans of the space. To wit: Preply, a 2013-founded tutoring marketplace,…
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Linux 5.6 is out with USB4 and GeForce RTX GPU support, plus much more
A new Linux Kernel version 5.6 has been officially released with some important changes including the addition of support for USB4, and GeForce RTX 2000 series graphics cards with the Nouveau driver. Yes, Turing GPU support has arrived with the open source Nouveau driver, along with the proprietary firmware images,…
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Beware – this ‘virus infection’ email is sending you malware
While the world grapples with the coronavirus pandemic, hackers are reportedly using infection-related emails as a hook for a new phishing campaign. A coronavirus-themed attack is looking to steal personal information from victims, including cryptocurrency wallets, web browser details for login credentials, IP addresses and more. Discovered by BleepingComputer, the…
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Microsoft wants to use your brain to mine for cryptocurrency
A recent patent application appears to suggest that Microsoft is working on a proof-of-work algorithm that uses brain waves (and other biometric data) to mine for cryptocurrency. In the patent, titled “Cryptocurrency system using data on body activity”, Microsoft proposes using a sensor on the user’s body that will transmit…
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Facebook invests $100M in journalism as COVID-19 makes it more vital than ever
Facebook has pledged to invest $100 million in the news industry at a time when the ongoing coronavirus pandemic means that accurate reporting is more important than ever. $25 million will be provided in grant funding for local news through the Facebook Journalism Project, while the remaining $75 million will…
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Ancient AMD GPUs destroy Nvidia’s when it comes to Doom Eternal
Doom Eternal benchmarking has again underlined that AMD’s old graphics cards really do age like a fine wine when compared to Nvidia’s GPUs from the same time. A YouTube video from Hardware Unboxed measured the performance of old (and somewhat newer) GPUs in a modern shooter, going back to Nvidia’s…
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