Month: September 2020
The Aorus 15P is a light gaming laptop designed for esports pros
Gigabyte has announced the Aorus 15P, a portable laptop tailored to professional gaming. It’s available now on Gigabyte’s online store, starting at $1,599.99. The company says it worked with esports teams, including G2 Esports, to design the new laptop. It weighs 4.4 pounds (2kg) — which is portable so far…
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T-Mobile’s LG Velvet has a different processor inside, and it’s an interesting choice
We weren’t huge fans of the LG Velvet, the design-first, specs-second flagship smartphone the company released this summer. The sleek phone felt stuttery in our review. But what if I told you the T-Mobile variant comes with a different chip? Today, T-Mobile announced it’s brought an LG Velvet to the…
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How Facebook Failed Kenosha
Despite Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s previous statements that the company had removed a militia event where people discussed gathering in Kenosha, Wisconsin, to shoot and kill protesters, the company never took any such action, BuzzFeed News has learned. The event was taken down by the militia group itself after two…
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Star Trek cast members will reunite Sept. 8th for a free 24-hour virtual celebration
On September 8th, CBS All Access is holding an all-day streaming event to commemorate the 54th anniversary of the premiere of the original Star Trek television show. I’ll admit I skimmed the email announcement until I found what I was looking for: yes, Patrick Stewart aka Captain Jean-Luc Picard will…
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Alphabet’s Loon balloons are helping scientists study gravity waves
In between beaming internet to people in developing countries and sometimes passing for UFOs, Alphabet's Loon balloons have been busy helping scientists study how our planet works. A team led by Stanford professor Aditi Sheshadri recently published a… Source
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OVHcloud unveils new Hosted Private Cloud range Google cloud services
Canada-based OVHcloud has announced the launch of its new Premier hosting private cloud product line designed for large organizations looking for performance, security and isolation for their data. The web hosting company was also recently named a “strong performer” in Forrester’s recently published “Hosted Private Cloud North America 2020 Wave”…
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