Month: April 2021
Signal is testing a payments feature that lets you send cryptocurrency to friends
Signal announced on Tuesday it’s now testing a new peer-to-peer payments system in the beta version of its apps. Appropriately called Signal Payments, the new feature right now supports only one protocol: the MobileCoin wallet and its companion cryptocurrency MOB. MobileCoin has a close relationship with Signal co-founder and CEO…
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One of Nvidia’s best features for RTX GPUs now works with GTX graphics cards Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 Super
Editor’s Note: Nvidia officially announced support of Nvidia Broadcast on GTX cards back in September 2020, in this Nvidia blog post. Nvidia’s RTX Voice feature, its nifty noise canceling tech, is now officially supported by GTX graphics cards, in a move recently – and silently (oh, the irony) – brought…
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Apple launches an app for testing devices that work with ‘Find My’
Apple has launched a new app, Find My Certification Asst., designed for use by MFi (Made for iPhone) Licensees, who need to test their accessories’ interoperability with Apple’s Find My network. The network helps users find lost Apple devices — like iPhones, AirPods, and Mac computers, among other things —…
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Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti could be the next GPU to make an unexpected comeback Nvidia
Nvidia could be planning to resurrect the GTX 1080 Ti in a bid to help battle the ongoing GPU shortage. That’s according to tipster Harukaze5719, who spotted a post on Korean hardware forum Quasarzone which suggests that the four-year-old Pascal graphics card could be about to make an unexpected comeback.…
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Jimmy Fallon will play Among Us with streamers and the cast of Stranger Things in Twitch debut
Jimmy Fallon is making his Twitch debut on Tuesday evening in what promises to be some hilarious rounds of Among Us with a star-studded group. Fallon will be joined by The Roots’ Questlove, Tariq Trotter, and Kirk Douglas; Stranger Things stars Noah Schnapp (who plays Will Byers) and Gaten Matarazzo…
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Your Local Police Department Might Have Used This Facial Recognition Tool To Surveil You. Find Out Here.
Clearview AI has created a powerful facial recognition tool and marketed it to police departments and government agencies. The company has never disclosed the entities that have used its facial recognition software, but a confidential source provided BuzzFeed News with data that appeared to be a list of agencies and…
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