Month: December 2021
Blizzard employee will detail studio’s ‘alcohol-soaked culture’ in press conference
Lisa Bloom, the celebrity lawyer who represented Bill O’Reilley’s, Donald Trump’s, and Bill Cosby’s sexual assault accusers, as well as once advising Harvey Weinstein in his sexual assault case, has announced that she will be holding a press conference on behalf of one of the survivors involved in the numerous…
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5G now means some flights won’t be able to land when pilots can’t see the runway
Verizon and AT&T are hoping new swaths of C-band cellular radio spectrum will help make the 5G hype closer to reality, but the big mid-band 5G rollout may have a side effect. Airplanes rely on radio altimeters to tell how high they are above the ground to safely land when…
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Twitter is testing changes to the way it handles reported tweets
Twitter says it is testing an overhaul to the process for reporting tweets, which it says will ultimately make it easier for users to alert the company to abusive or suspicious behavior. The approach being tested with a small group of users in the US streamlines the current reporting process…
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Twitter might be taking on Slack by introducing business DMs
Twitter has announced that it has acquired the business messaging service Quill in a move that could enable it to take on Slack. After raising around $16m in funding, Quill exited beta earlier this year as an alternative to Slack available on Windows, macOS, Linus, Android and iOS. In a…
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Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker’s early access period didn’t provide much access
On December 3rd, Final Fantasy XIV’s latest expansion launched its early access period, allowing those who preordered the game the opportunity to play Endwalker in advance of its December 7th release date. Or at least that’s how it was supposed to work. For lots of players, the early-access experience was…
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Gigabyte may have confirmed GeForce RTX 3080 12GB and more through EEC filing
It seems a GeForce RTX 3080 12GB and an RTX 3070 Ti 16GB may have been confirmed by Gigabyte, bringing versions of the graphics cards with more VRAM to market. According to a recent SKU list filing to the Eurasian Economic Commission, at least ten GeForce RTX 3080 12GB cards…
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