Month: March 2022
Microsoft wants to make a potentially huge change to JavaScript
Audio player loading… Microsoft has backed a proposal to bring optional and erasable type syntax to JavaScript in an effort to make its TypeScript language both faster and easier to use. In a new blog post, the software giant provided further insight on the proposal and what it aims to…
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Microsoft makes phone calls to Ukraine free on Skype
Audio player loading… Despite the fact that most users have moved onto Microsoft Teams, the software giant has released a new preview version of Skype which is now available to download for Skype Insiders. Skype Insider build 8.82 includes a number of bug fixes and stability improvements as well as…
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OWC CEO Larry O’Connor dishes on award-winning Atlas S Pro SD card
Audio player loading… Join OWC CEO Larry O’Connor and Phil Kurz for a fast-paced Q&A about his company’s new Atlas S Pro SD Card and how it is meeting today’s demanding storage requirements for 4K and 8K video acquisition as well as digital photography. The first SD card for the…
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EU Parliament backs off plans to phase out energy-hungry cryptocurrencies
A de facto ban on Bitcoin and Ether died in the European Union Parliament today. The controversial proposal attempted to clean up pollution from the most energy-inefficient cryptocurrencies. But even though the proposal failed, cryptocurrencies are still likely to face scrutiny from policymakers as the EU tries to tackle twin…
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Gigabyte will spin off its server business
Audio player loading… Gigabyte Technology has revealed its plans to spin off its server business which is part of its network communication business group by the end of this year. As reported by Taiwan’s DigiTimes, the company’s network communication business group is currently valued at around NT$ 834m ($29.95m) and…
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Microsoft releases DirectStorage: ‘a new era of fast load times and detailed worlds in PC games’
18 months ago, Microsoft revealed that one of the most important advancements in its new Xbox Series X console would be coming to PC — the ability to stream tremendous amounts of data from a blazing fast NVMe solid state drive to your GPU, instead of relying on your pesky…
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