In 1985, two days shy of his 12th birthday, Roosevelt Montás came from the Dominican Republic to New York.He had, he writes, “a head full of lice, and a belly full of tropical parasites.” And a mind that was kindling, needing a spark to set it aflame.He found the spark […]
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China harvests masses of data on Western targets, documents show
China is turning a major part of its internal Internet-data surveillance network outward, mining Western social media, including Facebook and Twitter, to equip its government agencies, military and police with information on foreign targets, according to a Washington Post review of hundreds of Chinese bidding documents, contracts and company filings. […]
New Year Honours: Isle of Man computer bus pioneer awarded BEM – BBC News
New Year Honours: Isle of Man computer bus pioneer awarded BEM Published 31 December 2021 Image source, IOM GOV Image caption, Alex Townsend taught lessons on the computer bus for 22 years A pioneering teacher who helped tens of thousands of children on the Isle of Man learn computer skills […]
Bought Your Kid a VR Headset for Christmas? You Might End Up Regretting It
Parents who bought their children a virtual reality headset for Christmas could be in for a nasty surprise.Oculus, the VR division of Facebook parent company Meta , likely saw surging sales over the holidays , with its main app taking the top spot in Apple’s App Store on Christmas Day.But […]
How to stream on Twitch from a PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, or Xbox
Have your favorite Twitch gamers inspired you to start a channel of your own? Playing popular games online is a great way to make friends and interact with people who have similar interests, but the tricky part is setting it up for the first time. Difficulty Moderate Duration 30 minutes […]
Gun violence nears 15-year high in L.A. in 2021 – Los Angeles Times
Sean Reynolds almost lost his life over a PlayStation. The 17-year-old high school senior had arranged to sell his gaming console through the app OfferUp, and agreed to meet the buyer — another teenager — near a public housing complex in Watts.He intended to save the cash he earned for […]
Highways Are an Ever-Expanding Museum of American Wars – The Atlantic
I could hardly make out the words on the sign, but I knew what they said. By Hugh Martin Courtesy of Hugh Martin / The Atlantic December 31, 2021, 7 AM ET Share S outh of downtown Columbus, Ohio , lost on the way to a tailgate, I saw the […]
Analogue Pocket: The Retro Game Console Of Your Dreams
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Samsung teases Exynos 2200 with AMD’s RDNA 2 graphics coming January 11th
Samsung has started teasing its next flagship smartphone SoC — expected to be called the Exynos 2200 — ahead of a January 11th announcement with a tantalizing tidbit of information: the new chipset will feature a GPU powered by AMD’s RDNA 2 graphics architecture, better known for powering the next-gen […]