Month: November 2022
The midterms turned politicians into content creators
In the middle of a rally during the final week of his campaign, Josh Shapiro received his first notification to BeReal. The on-the-spot photo app has amassed a huge following amongst young people seeking authenticity over platforms that encourage more polished posts — but it’s an unusual platform for politicians,…
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Your next big Zoom meeting might take place at a cinema
Audio player loading… Zoom and AMC have linked up for a partnership that will turn movie theater locations throughout the United States into video conferencing venues. Users will be able to book their preferred theater online, and will then receive a three-hour block of time to virtually host their event…
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Zoom is adding email and calendar features to take on other workspace platforms
As expected, Zoom is looking to take on the likes of Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace in more areas than group video calls and chats. At its Zoomtopia conference, the company announced a bunch of features that are coming to its platform, including two key ones for productivity: email and…
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Chip giants join together in new aim to cut down semiconductor emissions
Audio player loading… A newly-formed group of leading hardware manufacturers are set to meet to discuss how to reduce emissions across the semiconductor supply chain. Members of the Semiconductor Climate Consortium (SCC), made up of the likes of Intel, Micron, Samsung, SK Hynix, TSMC, AMD, Google, and Microsoft, will hold…
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Nvidia’s canceled RTX 4080 12GB could come back from the dead with a new name
Audio player loading… Last month Nvidia unlaunched the RTX 4080 12GB after no small amount of confusion surrounding the naming and pricing of two GPUs that had completely different specs. Now, well-known leaker @koite7kimi says the 12GB model of the RTX 4080 will return to the market – newly renamed…
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In world-first trial, lab-grown blood was just injected into two people
In a world first, two people were injected with red blood cells grown in a lab as part of a clinical trial, the research team announced this week. It’s a first step toward seeing if lab-grown blood cells are safe and work in the body — which would be a…
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