Month: March 2021
Samsung and Marvell develop new chip for 5G networks Samsung and Marvell partnership
Samsung Electronics has announced that it has developed, in partnership with US chip designer Marvell Technology, a new System-on-a-Chip (SoC) that can improve the performance of 5G networks. The new 5G chip is expected to be of big help to Samsung’s ‘Massive MIMO stations’ and other advance radios. Massive MIMO…
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Sony’s next batch of free PS4 and PS5 games is now available
Sony’s “Play at Home” initiative continues with a huge stack of excellent games, including Astro Bot Rescue Mission and Subnautica, that are free to own for a limited time. No PlayStation Plus membership is required, meaning you can keep these games forever. From now through April 22nd at 11:59PM PT,…
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The black-and-white Snyder Cut is definitely black-and-white and definitely still 4:3
Well, that didn’t take long. Zack Snyder’s Justice League: Justice is Gray, the black and white version of the film that hews closer to the director’s ideal vision for his superhero epic, is out today on HBO Max. Justice is Gray’s release was first teased last week. Outside of the…
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Halo Infinite’s developers smashed a piano to record sounds for the game
Halo Infinite developer 343 Industries smashed a piano into pieces to record sound effects, the studio revealed in a new blog detailing many aspects of the game’s audio production. I really recommend watching the video of the piano-smashing at the top of this post. It’s quite satisfying. But 343’s audio…
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BBG Ventures just closed on $50 million to fund more women-led startups
BBG Ventures, a now eight-year-old, New York-based seed- and early-stage venture firm that only backs founding teams which feature at least one woman, just locked down $50 million in capital for its third fund, a major leap over its first two funds, both sized at $10 million. One determining factor…
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Daily Crunch: Zuckerberg defends Facebook over role in Capitol attack
Tech executives face Congress, Spotify gets a redesign and Snapchat is developing a new Remix feature. This is your Daily Crunch for March 25, 2021. The big story: Zuckerberg defends Facebook over role in Capitol attack Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter’s Jack Dorsey and Google’s Sundar Pichai appeared at a hearing…
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