Month: March 2021
This new startup is weeding out the weed-out classes, instead of students
Five years ago, entrepreneur Dan Sommer bet big on the adult learning space when he was building out Trilogy Education, an online and in-person bootcamp in collaboration with universities to train workforces on the latest tech skills. In 2019, Sommer sold that company for $750 million to 2U in one…
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The OnePlus 9 Pro supports seriously fast 50W wireless charging
It’s not often that the actual spec is better than the rumor, but that’s the case here: the OnePlus 9 Pro supports 50W wireless charging — a little faster than the 45W rumor we reported on earlier this year. We’ve been able to test drive this feature ahead of the…
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Justice League aspect ratio: why the Snyder Cut isn’t in widescreen Zack Snyder's Justice League
If you’ve started watching Zack Snyder’s Justice League on HBO Max, you might’ve been disappointed to learn that the movie is not available in widescreen, and is instead presented in a 4:3 aspect ratio. An explainer card tells you why just as the four-hour Snyder Cut begins: ‘This film is…
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What’s the Best Way to Play Retro Games?
Should you buy a virtual console, find old-school hardware from your childhood, or dip your toes into emulators? We can help. Source
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Conspiracy theorists and white supremacists want to ‘incite fear’ by targeting cell towers
Cellphone towers are being increasingly targeted by conspiracy theorists, neo-Nazis, and white supremacists who wish to “incite fear, disrupt essential services, and cause economic damage,” according to an internal New York Police Department report seen by The Intercept. The report, issued on January 20th by the NYPD Intelligence Bureau, cites…
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IDrive Compute lets developers and enterprises spin up private servers instantly cloud
Cloud computing vendor IDrive has expanded its portfolio of cloud backup and online storage products to now include a VPS hosting solution as well. Dubbed IDrive Compute the new service is designed for hosting high-traffic websites as well as for CPU intensive workloads such as machine learning and data analytics. …
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