Month: February 2021
MasterCard says it will support some cryptocurrencies soon Mastercard
US payments giant Mastercard has announced that it will soon start supporting select cryptocurrencies directly on its network to provide customers, merchants and businesses with more choices when it comes to how they use their money. The move comes after more users have begun using credit cards from Mastercard and…
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Facebook Oversight Board says other social networks ‘welcome to join’ if project succeeds
The Facebook Oversight Board has only been operational for a short time, but the nascent project is already looking ahead. In a conversation hosted by the Carnegie Endowment Thursday, Oversight Board co-chair and former Prime Minister of Denmark Helle Thorning-Schmidt painted a more expansive vision for the group that could…
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Nvidia is bringing back old RTX 2060 and GTX 1050 Ti GPUs to deal with global chip shortage
PCWorld has confirmed that Nvidia is planning on releasing stock of GTX 1050 Ti and RTX 2060 GPUs to its board partners in an attempt to deal with the stock shortages and sky-high prices of its newer 30-series cards. At the moment, it’s not just new cards that people are…
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CD Projekt Red hackers reportedly sold the ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ source code
The hackers behind this week's ransomware attack on Cyberpunk 2077 studio CD Projekt Red appear to have found a buyer for the stolen data. They ran an auction on a hacking forum but, as The Verge notes, they shut it down after reportedly accepting an… Source
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Apple launches a new AR experience tied to ‘For All Mankind’
“For All Mankind: Time Capsule” is a new augmented reality app created by Apple to promote the upcoming second season of “For All Mankind,” which premieres on February 19 on Apple TV+. Even for those of you who aren’t fans of the the show — which tells the story of…
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PS5 and Xbox Series X launch sales weren’t as great as they seemed – here’s why PS5 and Xbox Series X
PS5 and Xbox Series X failed to beat the launch sales of their last-gen counterparts, according to data from Ampere Analysis. Its report determined that 4.2 million PS5 consoles were sold since November 12, and just over 2.8 million Xbox Series X|S consoles were sold since Microsoft’s next-gen systems launched…
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