Month: August 2022
This obscure startup wants to kill Blu-ray, tape with ‘cheap’ 1TB optical disc
Audio player loading… Folio Photonics has announced new advances in the field of material science it says will pave the way for ultra high-capacity, low-cost optical disc cartridges. The data storage company claims to have developed the first “economically-viable, enterprise-scale optical storage discs with dynamic multi-layer write/read capabilities”, delivering a…
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Hey esports fans, the Samsung Odyssey OLED G8 is the monitor you’ll want to buy
Audio player loading… Samsung is stepping into new territory as it has revealed its very first OLED gaming monitor. the aptly named Odyssey OLED G8 and it’s packed to the gills with features. The most notable aspect of the G8 (opens in new tab) is its blazing fast response rate,…
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Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s biggest bet
Mark Zuckerberg is betting his company’s future on the metaverse — a virtual space in which people interact with each other using avatars and developing AR / VR technology — investing tens of billions of dollars in an attempt to build the platforms and hardware that capture a new generation…
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Samsung’s first OLED gaming monitor doesn’t need a PC or console attached
Samsung has announced its first OLED gaming monitor, the 34-inch Odyssey OLED G8. It’s also one of the company’s first gaming monitors we’ve seen that includes Samsung’s Gaming Hub, which lets people stream games from services like Nvidia’s GeForce Now, Google Stadia, or Xbox Game Pass without the need for…
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Chinese tech giant buys Detroit: Become Human developer Quantic Dream
Quantic Dream, the game developers behind titles like Detroit: Become Human and Heavy Rain, has been acquired by the Chinese technology giant NetEase (via CNBC). In a blog post, the French game studio announced that it will continue to operate independently despite joining the company. While Quantic Dream has just…
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Etsy sellers are starting a ‘union’ to fight policies they say hurt merchants
When a group of Etsy sellers announced in March that they would temporarily shut down their shops to protest changes on the platform, organizers made a promise: the strike was just the first step. Now, following the week-long strike and small concessions by Etsy, organizers have formed the Indie Sellers…
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