Month: February 2024
Lego’s next limited-edition sets could include an Elven Castle and this Sushi Restaurant
On Wednesday, Lego sold 30,000 copies of a Lego castle designed by a fan — the Mountain Fortress — earning him half a million dollars for his work. For a while, the company’s website was flattened under the load, and my Verge story about these fan-designed sets was pretty popular,…
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9 Best Valentine’s Day Sex Toy Deals: Suction Toys, Vibrators, and Dildos
Ditch the cards and flowers. Gift yourself or your partner(s) something more buzz-worthy. Source
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Release dates and trailers for the biggest streaming movies and TV shows in 2024
The big-spending golden age of streaming is over, and as 2024 begins, services like Netflix, Disney, and Prime Video are cutting back production, raising prices, and piling on ads. Still, even if there aren’t quite as many new shows and movies to add to your binge-watching menu as the past…
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‘Fall behind its predecessors’: Nvidia’s latest budget AI GPU reportedly reaches China — but faces uphill battle against its own peers and Huawei’s hidden weapon
The US’s trade sanctions have restricted Nvidia from exporting its advanced GPUs like the A100 and H100 to China. As a workaround, Nvidia developed the A800 and H800 GPUs specifically for Chinese clients, but these were also blocked by updated US controls last October, leading to the creation of the…
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The world’s most controversial domain registrar has a new owner — and apparently it is “forging a new path”
Controversial domain registrar Epik has been acquired by Registered Agents Inc. (RAI) to enhance its offerings of services to small businesses and entrepreneurs. However, Epik is widely known for hosting far-right and neo-Nazi websites such as 8chan and self-labelled ‘free-speech’ social network alternative, Parler. A statement released by the company…
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Samsung Galaxy Watch cleared for sleep apnea detection
The FDA has authorized a sleep apnea detection feature for the Samsung Galaxy Watch, clearing the way for a software update to the Samsung Health Monitor app in the third quarter of this year that will enable the feature for US users. South Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety…
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