Month: November 2020
Hollywood turned its nose up at horror — now streamers are racing for the next big scare
Despite a long history of horror movies succeeding at the box office, Jason Blum struggled to get his movies into the theater. Conventionally wisdom relegated to a few times a year, mostly around Halloween. Horror movies didn’t have the prestige of dramas, or the universal appeal of blockbuster superhero movies,…
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AWS unveils new Nvidia-powered GPU cloud instances AWS
AWS has announced the launch of its next-generation GPU-equipped instances. The P4d instances arrive nearly a decade after AWS first launched its Cluster GPU instances, which were launched in late 2010, and promise better performance at a lower cost. “Today I would like to tell you about the new GPU-equipped…
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Python finally topples Java as the world’s second-most popular programming language Glasses in front of computer screen
Demand for Python continues to grow and now for the first time ever, it has managed to overtake Java to become the second-most popular programming language in Tiobe’s latest index. The TIOBE Programming Community index is updated once a month and serves as an indicator of the popularity of programming…
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New Steam feature makes it easier for developers to let players test games
Valve is adding a feature to Steam to let developers invite people to test their games right from the Steam client without needing a beta key. The new feature, called Steam Playtest, will let interested testers click a button in a game’s listing on the Steam store to request access…
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Denmark will cull entire mink population after COVID-19 outbreaks
Denmark plans to cull up to 17 million mink, the country’s entire population, after reports that the animals could pass a coronavirus mutation to humans. The announcement came from Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen at a press conference, and there are currently no published scientific reports on the mutation or its…
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GameStop made a TikTok contest for employees where the prize is more hours to work
GameStop holds an annual conference for its employees, and this year’s event includes a rather unnerving TikTok challenge: make the best dance video, and your store can win the privilege of letting employees work for extra hours during Black Friday. The contest, spotted by TheGamer, has since been pulled from…
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