AMD has been pushing Intel on the CPU high-end with new, more budget-minded offerings like the 32-core Ryzen Threadripper, and now it’s doing the same to NVIDIA. Just ahead of Siggraph 2018, AMD launched the Radeon Pro WX 8200, a card aimed not at gamers but workstation-using content creators. With 8GB of ECC RAM, the […]
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Twitch nixes Communities, adds tags to improve content discovery
Video game streaming service Twitch launched Communities in February of last year. These were ostensibly hub page for specific games or topics that members could create to help people find content. Now the company will shut these pages down mid-September in favor of a new tagging system. Twitch will also add 10 new categories for […]
Spotify removes some Alex Jones podcast episodes for “hate content”
Enlarge / Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. (credit: Sean P. Anderson / Wikimedia Commons) Spotify has removed episodes of InfoWars host Alex Jones’ podcast from its streaming service, according to multiple reports. The music streaming company deleted an unspecified number of The Alex Jones Show episodes for violating its hate content policy. “We take reports of […]
Sky TV reveals new content arriving THIS MONTH and it's good news if you own a 4K telly
Sky is boosting its 4K content with a host of new shows and movies launching on the Sky Q platform this month. The satellite TV firm had been promising a big 4K Ultra HD push and now it seems more pin-sharp content is on its way. 4K offers four times the resolution of standard HD […]
Facebook pulls back the curtain on its content moderators
When someone reports an offensive post on Facebook (or asks for a review on a message caught by its automatic filters, where does it go? Part of the the process is, as it always has been, powered by humans, with thousands of content reviewers around the world. Last year Facebook said it would expand the […]
YouTube comes down on Alex Jones for hate speech, child endangerment content
Enlarge / Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. (credit: Sean P. Anderson / Wikimedia Commons) YouTube issued a strike to the channel of radio host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones this week after some of his videos were found to have violated YouTube community guidelines. According to a report by The Verge, YouTube removed four videos from […]
Sweetening the Pony Pot: Price, Content Tweaks Coming to 2019 Chevrolet Camaro
We told you the other day how Ford’s Mustang reigns supreme in the domestic pony car crowd, at least in terms of volume, with Dodge’s Challenger serving as a delightfully archaic and stable-selling runner-up. That leaves Chevrolet to figure out how best to get buyers excited about its own entry. Depending on trim, there’s a […]
Verizon names tech chief CEO, prioritizes 5G network over content
(Reuters) — Verizon named Chief Technology Officer Hans Vestberg as its new CEO on Friday, surprising analysts and signaling the largest U.S. wireless company’s priority is building the next-generation 5G network, not expanding further into media content. Vestberg, 52, joined Verizon a year ago after being fired as chief executive at co…Read More
We’re experimenting with Twitch content to catch up on zillions of video games
Ars Frontlog, episode 001. FF to roughly 7:00 for gameplay. Ars Technica’s gaming trust has always strived to recommend the best in clever and killer video games. But a rising trend has made that mission more difficult: a seemingly endless fountain of content. This statement of fact is by no means a complaint. There are […]
New Fortnite skins arrive in Battle Royale, with more Season 4 content on the way
A new Fortnite skins update has been released to the item shop today, with more coming soon. Epic Games announced the news by posting an image of the Rapscallion Outfit and Jailbird Gear on Twitter. The new skin costs 1,200 V-Bucks to purchase from the item shop, while the Starry Flight art piece glider retails […]
