I’m Glad Discord Isn’t Being Acquired
Dear Discord: Please go public and stay independent instead of being acquired. Love, Brad. I’ve become a huge Discord fan and user of the past year. I’ve got many daily reference points from products that I use for real-time communication.....»»
HP Chromebook x2 review: Filling an 11-inch niche
Chrome OS in a sensible form factor. Enlarge / HP Chromebook x2 11-inch two-in-one. For tech enthusiasts, Chromebooks can be an acquired taste. Advanced users don’t need a stripped-down operating system, and the low comput.....»»
GitHub Fixes a Private-Package-Names Leak and Serious Authorization Bug
In 2020 Microsoft's GitHub acquired NPM (makers of the default package manager for Node.js). The company's web page boasts that npm "is a critical part of the JavaScript community and helps support one of the largest developer ecosystems in the world.....»»
Discord is Quietly Building an App Empire of Bots
Discord has been quietly building its own app platform based on bots over the past few years. More than 30 percent of Discord servers now use bots, and 430,000 of them are used every week across Discord by its 150 million monthly active users. Now th.....»»
Yen Sun to expand production capacity in Taiwan
Yen Sun Technology has acquired a land site of 10,140 square meters in southern Taiwan for setting up its headquarters, R&D center and additional production capacity for high-end cooling fans and thermal modules, with construction to be completed in.....»»
Google Chrome 96 Breaks Twitter, Discord, Video Rendering and More
Google Chrome 96 Breaks Twitter, Discord, Video Rendering and More.....»»
Phil Spencer implies The Elder Scrolls 6 will be exclusive to Xbox and PC
When Bethesda was first acquired by Microsoft, virtually anyone who didn't own an Xbox or PC grew concerned. Would all future Bethesda titles be exclusives moving forward? Phil Spencer's reassurances at the time weren't very, well, reassuring. All he.....»»
OlliOlli Developer Roll7 Has Been Acquired By Take-Two
Take-Two has acquired OlliOlli developer Roll7, who will operate under the Private Division label. The post OlliOlli Developer Roll7 Has Been Acquired By Take-Two appeared first on PlayStation Universe. Take-Two has announced that it has snappe.....»»
OlliOlli Studio Roll7 Bought By Private Division
Private Division, the publishing subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive, has acquired Olli Olli series developer Roll7.Private Division, the publishing subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive, has acquired OlliOlli series developer Roll7.As reported by MCV UK.....»»
Malaria: New knowledge about naturally acquired immunity may improve vaccines
When you have become immune to malaria after having contracted the disease, it seems that the body uses a more efficient protection than if you have been vaccinated against the deadly disease. The researchers believe the new findings may be used to i.....»»
New study finds evidence of COVID antibodies in breast milk of vaccinated mothers
Researchers found that two groups of mothers -- those who had disease-acquired immunity and those with vaccine-immunity -- had high levels of antibodies in their breast milk, and these antibodies provided neutralization against SARS-CoV-2......»»
Xbox is giving away 75 days of Crunchyroll Premium to Game Pass Ultimate subscribers
Microsoft has been quite generous with the perks available through Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. Besides in-game items for Black Desert, Apex Legends, Back 4 Blood and other games, it has also offered subscribers three-month memberships of Discord Nitro a.....»»
Battlefield 2042 won’t have in-game voice chat until after launch
Battlefield 2042 will not receive in-game voice chat at launch, so players will have to stick to Discord for a bit......»»
Discord Pushes Pause on Exploring Crypto and NFTs Amidst User Backlash
Discord founder and CEO Jason Citron sought to reassure users Wednesday that the company doesn't have impending plans to shift its business toward NFTs. From a report: In a tweet earlier this week, Citron shared an image of crypto wallet MetaMask int.....»»
Discord CEO backs away from hinted NFT integration after backlash
Many users react harshly to what some see as a coming crypto-fueled revolution. Enlarge Discord's CEO is publicly backing away from hints that the gaming-focused social networking company was seeking to integrate non-fungible.....»»
NASA’s stalwart Mars helicopter is back and better than ever
Cumulatively, Ingenuity has now flown more than 3 km across the surface of Mars. NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter acquired this image using its navigation camera during its thin-atmosphere flight this week. (credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech).....»»
Lithia sells 2 dealerships in New York
Lithia Motors has now sold four dealerships this year that were part of the Carbone Auto Group, which it acquired in 2016......»»
New study shows environmental and social factors contribute to higher rates of pneumonia in children
A new study demonstrates that children who are exposed to a certain type of environmental air pollution are more likely to contract community acquired pneumonia, or CAP, and to be hospitalized for longer periods of time. Social factors, including rac.....»»
Intel Core i9-12900K spotted with unique retail packaging
Reddit user Seby9123 posted the the photos of the Core i9-12900K in the Intel subreddit, claiming to have acquired two of them for $610 (pre-tax) each, which would compare favorably to AMD's competing Ryzen 9 5950X, which is $725. The user claims to.....»»
Messaging Apps: Encrypted or not? WhatsApp, iMessage, Discord, Zoom, etc.
Using end-to-end encrypted messaging services can make this data inaccessible to third parties and protection from bad actors. So the question is, which popular messaging apps use end-to-end encryption?.....»»
Facebook fined $70 million by UK regulators for not cooperating on Giphy acquisition investigation
Facebook acquired Giphy over a year ago for an undisclosed sum, but some reports claim the deal was valued at around $400 million. Soon after the takeover, the UK antitrust watchdog opened an investigation concerning the merger due to how it could af.....»»