Month: April 2022
Jack Dorsey is not a CEO, he’s the Block Head
Jack Dorsey’s new title at Block is not CEO, but Block Head. No, this is not a very belated April Fools’ joke. The company filed an 8-K with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announcing the change — and of course, the new title came into effect on 4/20.…
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Yup, it’s going to be called the Pixel Watch
After years of speculation, we finally know what Google’s first in-house smartwatch will be called. Surprising absolutely no one, a new trademark filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office reveals it is… Pixel Watch. The filing (via 9to5 Google) is about as barebones as it gets. The description says…
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Can’t get a Ryzen 7 5800X3D? The Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition has you covered
Audio player loading… You can now get the new AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D processor with your new Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R14 gaming PC, bringing AMD 3D V-Cache to the brand’s flagship gaming PC. The Aurora Ryzen Edition can be outfitted with the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D, which AMD calls…
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Are your Steam Deck fans too loud? iFixit is working on an upgrade
Audio player loading… After a groundswell of complaints from customers and reviewers alike, it looks like there might be a fix coming for the ridiculously loud fans on the Steam Deck, courtesy of iFixit. Since its launch in late February, some Steam Deck owners have complained about the high-pitched whirring…
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21 Raven Software QA employees will be allowed to have a union election
Twenty-one Raven Software QA employees have until May 20th to submit their ballots in a historic video game industry union vote. Today the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decreed that voting for the union would commence and that the voting unit would be composed of those 21 employees, against Activision…
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Twitter bans ‘misleading’ ads about climate change
Twitter levied a new ban today on “misleading” advertisements “that contradict the scientific consensus on climate change.” “We believe that climate denialism shouldn’t be monetized on Twitter, and that misrepresentative ads shouldn’t detract from important conversations about the climate crisis,” the company said in a blog post today. “Misrepresentative ads…
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