Backblaze is one of the few unlimited backup services standing — in part because of its prowess in securing its own hard drives and building its own cloud services. Today, the company launched version 5.0 of its service and desktop clients. This new version introduces faster backups and restores, as well as improved browsing speed, image previews on the restore page and a new file… Read More
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Snap’s cool factor is wearing off. It needs new ways to entertain teens and score ad dollars. That means challenging some of its deepest-held philosophies about who Snapchat is for and how it works. From changing its feed to seducing influencers to fighting Facebook, here’s what we think Snap needs to do. Read More
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Corsair introduced its fastest solid state disk to date, the Neutron NX500. It slides into one of the open PCI Express slots in your PC. It has a starting price of $320, but the storage speed increase may be worth it.
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More than 5,400 Google employees have weighed in on queries Sundar Pichai should tackle related to controversial diversity memo.
Source: Wired
By projecting loose cultural sentiments onto Waters’s public-facing persona, the internet has occluded the gravity of her work.
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Microsoft’s Surface family suffered a major blow Thursday, as Consumer Reports not only pulled its recommendation for all Surface-branded products, but moves them into the dreaded “not recommended” category.
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Thermaltake’s new Floe Riing RGB all-in-one water cooling loops are so pretty and powerful they ended up in our new Ryzen Threadripper test rig and now you can order one for yourself.
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Get ready for Phase Three of the great streaming-video evolution.
Source: Wired
When it comes to selecting a CPU for your PC, there’s no shortage of chips for you to choose from. With Ryzen, Threadripper and Core i9 CPUs though, the AMD vs Intel argument is muddier than ever.
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The ascendance of the so-called “hard right” in the US and the Trump administration’s work to protect its power means it’s unlikely the movement will be beaten by Democrats or left leaning parties at this point. The power of the hard right in red-states has become institutionalized. So perhaps the answer is, instead, empowering traditional Conservatives who are… Read More
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