Month: October 2021
PS5 games will never launch on PC the same day, says former CEO
PlayStation has been tentatively dipping its toes into PC gaming for the past few years now by releasing several Steam ports of its best games, and according to former CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment Shawn Layden, more support is coming. However, he also warns we shouldn’t hold our breath for…
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Google will give you free Stadia hardware if you buy a game
Google is giving away a free Stadia Premiere Edition kit if you purchase a regular Stadia game. This hardware bundle includes a Chromecast Ultra and Stadia controller, and you’ll need to buy a full price game ($59.99 or above) to qualify for the offer. Google’s free offer will run until…
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What is data poisoning and how do we stop it?
The latest trend in businesses is the adoption of machine learning models to bolster AI systems. However, as this process gets more and more automated, this naturally puts them at greater risk of new emerging threats to the function and integrity of AI, including data poisoning. About the author Spiros…
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What is BGP, and how might it have helped kick Facebook off the internet?
On Monday, Facebook was completely knocked offline, taking Instagram and WhatsApp (not to mention a few other websites) down with it. Many have been quick to say that the incident had to do with BGP, or Border Gateway Protocol, citing sources from inside Facebook, traffic analysis, and the gut instinct…
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Facebook has finally given a reason for the six-hour outage Monday
Facebook said in a blog post Monday night that the six-hour outage that took it offline along with Instagram, Messenger, Whatsapp, and OculusVR was the result of a configuration change to its routers — not of a hack or attempt to get at user data. The explanation doesn’t give much…
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Twitter, Is It Down, and tons of other sites were struggling due to the Facebook outage
When something like Facebook drops off the internet, there are massive knock-on effects. For example, a website that’s meant to tell you if services are down, called Is It Down Right Now, struggled mightily under the load of people trying to see Instagram’s status. Cloudflare, a company that runs a…
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