Month: April 2023
Florida Mayhem won the first Overwatch League pro-am tournament, but the amateurs were the bigger winners
Yesterday, the first round of Overwatch League play in 2023 concluded with the league’s first-ever pro-am tournament. Seven amateur teams from the North American and EMEA regions qualified for the right to play against the professional Overwatch teams of the west. Most Contenders teams are sorely under-resourced. They’re usually made…
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Bitcoin’s insatiable appetite for energy is driving up pollution and costs for Americans, report finds
Bitcoin mines in the US have had a tremendous impact on power grids, a New York Times investigation reveals. The mines — which are giant data farms — use vastly more electricity than the communities surrounding them, driving up pollution from coal and gas power plants. The crypto mines also…
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Public charge stations are a danger to your security
Smartphone batteries are bigger than ever but we spend enough time on any of them that the opportunity for a quick charge-up is something we rarely pass by. But maybe we should, at least when it comes to public charge stations. According to the FBI, they’re just plain dangerous. It’s…
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A shocking number of phone calls are just spam
A shocking number of phone calls are just spam that cost both businesses and consumers time and money, new research has claimed. A report from spam call blocker company, Hiya analyzing more than 243 billion phone calls that were taken in 2022 by thousands of consumers and companies, found that…
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The end is nigh for gas-powered cars
On Wednesday, the Environmental Protection Agency plans to announce tough new tailpipe emission standards designed to effectively force the auto industry to phase out the sale of gas-powered cars. It’s an ambitious — and risky — move by the Biden administration to cement its climate goals by boosting the sale…
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Netflix is making a Stranger Things animated series
Stranger Things is getting an animated spinoff. On Monday, Netflix announced that the show’s creators, Matt and Ross Duffer, are working on an animated Stranger Things series that will air on the streaming service. Netflix didn’t share much about the show — it didn’t even reveal any art — and…
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