Month: August 2020
Go read this oral history of The Simpsons’ iconic ‘Steamed Hams’ sketch
In 1996, a 2.5-minute short sandwiched between a bunch of other shorts premiered in an episode of The Simpsons. No one thought much of it at the time, but over the last couple decades, “Chalmers vs. Skinner” — rebranded to “Steamed Hams” — would go on to become one of…
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EA Play hits Steam on August 31st
After a delay, EA Play, the subscription service formerly known as EA Access, will be available on Steam starting August 31st. The platform allows you to play Electronic Arts' back catalog of titles as much as you want and check out its newest games… Source
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Facebook blocks users from linking to new Plandemic hoax video
Social media sites are trying to stop the spread of Plandemic: Indoctornation, a follow-up to the Plandemic conspiracy video about the novel coronavirus. As NBC News reporter Brandy Zadrozny noted, Facebook blocks users from reposting a link to the new video, which was uploaded to an external site earlier today.…
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Deezer now has an analytics app for podcasters
Streaming service Deezer has launched a dedicated analytics app for podcast creators, joining other podcasting platforms already offering analytics like Google Podcasts and Stitcher. Deezer is now the only streaming service to offer podcast insights… Source
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AWS Graviton2 brings ‘major performance leap’ to Amazon EKS ARM Neoverse N1
Amazon’s cloud computing arm AWS has announced that its fully managed Kubernetes service Amazon EKS is now generally available on its Graviton2 processor. The Graviton2 is an Arm chip designed by AWS and its Annapurna Labs unit which provides a number of improvements over its predecessor including two times faster…
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USPS will stop removing mail-sorting machines until after the election
The United States Postal Service today suspended measures that caused mail-delivery delays across the country in recent weeks, including an initiative designed to remove hundreds of mail-sorting machines from active rotation. There are no public plan… Source
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