Month: December 2021
Realme’s latest flagship phone apparently feels like paper
It was only a matter of time before someone other than Fairphone delivered a sustainability-themed smartphone (which is a good thing, of course). Realme, the sister brand of Oppo and OnePlus, announced that its upcoming flagship GT 2 Pro features an eco-friendly bio-polymer material on its back cover — apparently…
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AWS is down yet again, taking Slack, Hulu and other major services with it
Refresh 2021-12-22T14:10:44.916Z Bad news, GIF fans – image-sharing service Imgur is also down. Here’s a screen-capture of the Imgur homepage right now: (Image credit: Imgur) 2021-12-22T14:04:57.587Z Word from Asana suggests its collaboration platform was also caught up in the outage, but only briefly. “This incident has now been resolved, and…
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Some Dell PCs and laptops reportedly fail to boot after BIOS update
Audio player loading… Some unlucky Dell PC owners have apparently run into trouble with a fresh BIOS update issued by the manufacturer which has caused some nasty boot failures in some reported cases. Both desktop PCs and Dell laptops are affected, and that includes Dell’s Latitude 5320 and 5520 notebooks,…
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Xbox Series X restock is now live at Game and Currys
We thought we’d seen the last of them before Christmas, but there’s been a last-minute Xbox Series X restock at both Game and Currys in the UK. A considerable number of bundles are available to order at Game from £449.99. The console by itself may show as out of stock,…
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Elon Musk: metaverse isn’t ‘compelling’ and Web3 ‘more marketing than reality’
The metaverse and Web3 are two trends supposedly set to revolutionize the digital world. But the richest man IRL, Elon Musk, is not keen on either. In a recent interview, the SpaceX and Tesla CEO said he couldn’t see a compelling use-case for the VR-driven metaverse, and derided Web3 —…
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The Morning After: Ubisoft’s NFT struggles
It’s nice when there’s balance in the blockchain force. Following the recent boom in NFT success stories (and millions being made), we have the other side of the coin. Ubisoft’s attempts to sell NFTs tied to its Ghost Recon gaming series haven’t gone well. The games company launched its own…
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