Tag: still

26 SEP

20-year-old Linux workaround is still slowing down AMD systems

Enlarge / A second-generation Epyc server chip from AMD, one that may have been running 2002-era Linux code slowing it down. (credit: Getty Images) AMD has come a long way since 2002, but the Linux kernel still treats modern Threadrippers like Athlon-era systems—at least in one potentially lag-inducing respect. AMD engineer Prateek Nayak recently submitted […]

25 SEP

Lawsuit filed after FBI agents raided 1,400 deposit boxes at a US Private Vaults branch claims owners’ items have still not been returned

FBI agents raided the Beverly Hills branch of US Private Vaults in March 2021. Mandel Ngan/Getty Images Deposit box holders whose property was seized by the FBI in a March 2021 raid are suing the bureau. The agency raided US Private Vaults and seized the contents of 1,400 safety deposit boxes. A lawyer involved in […]

20 SEP

20 Years Later, Secretary Is Still The Best Kinky Romance Of The 2000s

Hollywood has never had a healthy relationship with sex. Torn between leering salaciousness and code-mandated puritanism, the end results on-screen have often been messy, thematically conflicted, and deeply unsexy. Much has been made about the state of on-screen sensuality in 2022 and the blockbuster age, where ultra-muscular and fit bodies are fetishized yet entirely divorced […]

13 SEP

As summer turns to fall, ULA still waiting for its BE-4 rocket engines

Enlarge / Photograph of BE-4 “flight engine no. 2” on Blue Origin’s test stand in Texas, as shared on Twitter by ULA chief executive Tory Bruno on August 26, 2022. (credit: Tory Bruno/Twitter) Blue Origin shipped the first “flight” version of its BE-4 rocket engine to Texas for acceptance testing six weeks ago. These tests, […]

09 SEP

Apple pulled out of Russia in March, but Russians can still buy the new iPhone 14 — here’s how

An Apple reseller in Russia in 2021. Dimitar Dilkoff/AF/Getty Images Russian mobile network MTS has started taking preorders for the new iPhone 14. This is even though Apple exited Russia and halted product sales following the invasion of Ukraine. Russia's trade minister said consumers would still be able to buy iPhone 14 via parallel imports. […]

05 SEP

I’m still worried about Diablo IV’s cosmetic-only microtransactions

Enlarge / Get your premium currency ready. (credit: Blizzard) A couple of weeks ago, Blizzard published a long-awaited update about its upcoming action role-playing game Diablo IV. The post shared some new information about how seasons will work and explained how the company plans to shake up the metagame by continuously releasing new content. But […]

04 FEB

The Challenge Recap: This Game Is (Still) Ugly — Plus, Who Earned the Last Gold Skull for the Guys?

RELATED STORIES Apparently some of The Challenge‘s rookies didn’t get the memo: This game is ugly. On Wednesday’s episode, Olympian Lolo Jones got into a heated exchange following the daily challenge, while Amber M. grew suspicious of one of her closest allies, Amber B. Why is everyone so shocked when their competition turns shady? (Beats […]

31 JAN

SNL Video: John Krasinski Is Tom Brady, Cecily Strong Is Marjorie Taylor Greene in ‘What Still Works?’ Cold Open

RELATED STORIES Is America broken beyond repair? That was the question on Kate McKinnon’s mind in Saturday Night Live‘s first sketch of 2021. “Hello and welcome to What Still Works, where we look at every part of society and wonder ‘What still works?’ It’s a new year and we have a new president, so some […]