Month: March 2023
Lenovo’s new Thinkstation PX workstation has up to 120 CPU cores but misses a crucial feature
Audio player loading… Lenovo has released three new ThinkStation workstations, with the PX being the top-of-the-range model, one that can take two 4th generation Intel Xeon Scalable CPUs (formerly known as Sapphire Rapids). With a pair of $17,000 Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H processors, users can access 120 cores (240 threads)…
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Meta is cutting its Reels Play bonus program on Instagram and Facebook
Short-form video creators on Instagram and Facebook will soon lose one way of making money on the platforms. Meta is ending its Reels Play bonus program, which rewards content creators when they hit certain goals for views on their videos. The change, first reported by Business Insider, will affect creators…
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Reddit is sunsetting its Clubhouse clone
Reddit has announced that it’ll be shutting down Reddit Talk, its live audio conversation feature, on March 21st. In an announcement post, the company says it made the decision because “supporting Talk in the short-term requires significant resourcing – more than we anticipated.” The company will also be shutting down…
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Starbucks sold 2,000 NFTs in 20 minutes — coffee not included
It’s been more than a year since NFT sales peaked — and then collapsed — but that’s not stopping enterprising multi-billion dollar corporations from trying to get in on the action. Starbucks launched its first paid collection of NFTs today, a group of 2,000 digital “stamps,” each priced at $100.…
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This 18-Year-Old College Journalist Could Bring Down Stanford University’s President
The same day as the story’s publication, the university launched an investigation into Tessier-Lavigne’s research and the seven years of alleged scientific misconduct detailed in the Stanford Daily’s story. “It was pretty astonishing,” Stanford Daily editor-in-chief Sam Catania said. “I can’t say I was expecting the board of trustees to…
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Capcom’s dinosaur shooter is coming to Game Pass this summer
Exoprimal, the online multiplayer dinosaur destruction derby game that is, for some reason, not a remake of Dino Crisis, finally has a release date. Capcom announced a slew of other news for the game as a part of its March 2023 presentation. Check out the latest trailer here. Despite looking…
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