Month: September 2020
Facebook Has Removed Fake Accounts From A Washington PR Firm And Russian Trolls
For the first time, Facebook has removed fake accounts, groups, and Instagram profiles run by a US-based PR firm, the company said in a new report. Facebook also removed fake accounts run from Russia that aimed to influence politics around the world — including the United States presidential election —…
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DARPA’s hypersonic weapons move closer to free-flight testing
According to DARPA, it’s on track to perform “free-flight testing” for two variants of the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) later this year. Travelling at speeds of Mach 5 and above, they could be capable of reaching anywhere on the glo… Source
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It looks like the Nvidia RTX 3080 might actually be that fast null
At today’s Nvidia GeForce Special Event, Nvidia made some pretty bold claims about the upcoming RTX 3080, even going so far as to claim it would be up to twice as fast. Well, it looks like that might actually be true. It looks like Digital Foundry got their hands on…
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Apple and Google expand Covid-19 exposure notifications Covid-19 Notifications
Apple and Google have added a new capability to their Covid-19 contact tracing tools which will help public health authorities (PHAs) track and alert users about coronavirus infections without having to create an app to do so. The tech giants’ new Exposure Notifications Express capability will provide a simpler deployment…
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AT&T reportedly backs away from selling Warner Bros. Interactive
For the time being, AT&T has reportedly decided against selling its Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment gaming division to another company. According to Bloomberg, the telecom concluded the unit was too valuable to ditch, even if a sale would… Source
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Acer Predator Orion gaming PCs among first to support Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 null
Acer announced that its Predator Orion desktops will support Nvidia Geforce RTX 30 Series GPUs, bringing the most advanced GPUs to date to Acer’s line of gaming PCs. The new Nvidia Ampere GPUs announced on September 1 – the GeForce RTX 3070, GeForce RTX 3080, and GeForce RTX 3090 –…
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