[ad_1] How much you’ll benefit from the better connection will vary depending on your own access and where you live. Valve’s data suggests that 43 of gamers will see at least some reduction in lag, while 10 percent will see their ping times drop by 40ms or more. The biggest improvements tend to be in […]
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Amazon’s Virginia headquarters clears a key political hurdle
[ad_1] The approval came despite protests from residents and activist groups. They’re concerned that Arlington and Virginia are catering to a wealthy company at the expense of the community, potentially pushing out lower-income people. They’ve also highlighted complaints about Amazon’s pay and working conditions. Amazon and its proponents have argued that the Virginia location will […]
Facebook pulled over 1.5 million videos of New Zealand shooting
[ad_1] The shooter wore a head-mounted camera to livestream the attack, and in his social posts and manifesto suggested that he wanted to stoke tensions that supported his anti-immigrant agenda. There’s been a concern that spreading the video is giving the attacker the exposure he wanted in addition to traumatizing viewers. While the removal rate […]
'Dota 2' app rewards you for predicting pro match winners
[ad_1] Valve doesn't just want you to watch Dota 2 eSports matches — it wants you to have a small stake in them. It just released a Dota Pro Circuit app for Android and iOS that lets you win Shards (the in-game currency for Dota Plus members) by predictin… [ad_2] Source link
Steam mods will filter ‘off-topic review bombs’ from ratings
[ad_1] One of the issues with relying on user reviews to rate content is the possibility that some of those reviews may not be written in entirely good faith. Recently Rotten Tomatoes took new steps to manage the impact of fake reviews submitted for Captain Marvel, while Netflix responded to several instances of “review bombing” […]
Facebook board member met Cambridge Analytica whistleblower in 2016
[ad_1] Andreessen stayed in touch with Wylie up until the story broke in March 2018, according to one of the sources. However, there was supposedly no “follow-up” to put Wylie’s information to work. Andreessen’s venture capital company, Andreessen Horowitz, has declined to answer questions. In a statement, Facebook said it wasn’t aware of the data […]
Epic Games Store plans include cloud saves and achievements
[ad_1] The developer also expects to introduce achievements, gifting, revamped social features and an Android store (it’s not about to change its views on Google Play) in the long run. And in case you’re wondering, Epic hopes to avoid the pitfalls associated with user reviews on other stores. Reviews will be off by default, potentially […]
Microsoft releases Windows Defender extensions for Chrome and Firefox
[ad_1] While the extensions can be downloaded from the browsers’ respective stores, Windows Defender for Chrome and Firefox won’t work without help from Edge. If it determines that the URL is not in the trusted list, it will open the website in an isolated Edge session. However, any link clicked in the isolated session will […]
Beto O’Rourke and Cult of the Dead Cow
[ad_1] Beto O’Rourke’s secret membership in America’s oldest hacking groupJoseph Menn,Reuters Beto O’Rourke: Democratic presidential candidate and… member of a hacking group? Reuters reports the former Texas congressman once belonged to Cult of the Dead Cow, an influential group “jokingly named after an abandoned Texas slaughterhouse.” While there’s no evidence that O’Rourke really got his […]
The birth of the internet and the first telephone call
[ad_1] First successful telephone call (March 10, 1876) Before the internet, we had the telephone. Well, we still do, but let’s be honest, most of us carry our cellphones around because they can get us online anywhere we are. But until the rise of the internet, the telephone was probably the most transformative piece of […]