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Ikea’s Sonos-powered picture frame speaker is on its website right now

Confirming what The Verge reported back in April, Ikea tonight listed a new Symonisk “picture frame with Wi-Fi speaker” product on its website. The device, which is listed for $199, has not yet been announced — but it’s one of two new collaborations between Ikea and Sonos set for release in the near future. According… Read more

‘Disaster Girl’ has sold her popular meme as an NFT for $500,000

Another internet meme has sold for big bucks online: Zoë Roth, best known as “Disaster Girl” for the popular image macro taken by her father in 2005 of her smirking at the camera while a house burns down in the background, has sold the original copy of the meme as an NFT for 180 Ether,… Read more

23 of the best vocal tracks to test your system

The vocal: often the official moment that gets a gig under way, the determiner of the direction your eyebrows go when first listening to a new artist. The vocal has enabled ‘one-man bands’ to play to rooms of thousands of people with only a guitar in their hand or a piano at their fingertips. The… Read more

Linux Foundation Bans University After It Intentionally Submitted Buggy Patches

Home News (Image credit: Shutterstock) The University of Minnesota isn’t making any friends in the Linux community. Phoronix reported that Greg Kroah-Hartman, the Fellow at the Linux Foundation responsible for stable releases of the Linux kernel, has banned the University from contributing to that kernel after two students purposely added faulty code to it. The… Read more

Could a ‘Crypto Climate Accord’ erase cryptocurrencies’ carbon footprint?

A newly announced “Crypto Climate Accord” aims to erase cryptocurrencies’ legacy of climate pollution. That’s a tall order considering the enormous amounts of energy that the most popular cryptocurrencies — bitcoin and Ethereum — consume. The loose goals laid out in the plan so far face potentially insurmountable challenges. The “accord” is led by the… Read more

Seagate: 100TB HDDs Due in 2030, Multi-Actuator Drives to Become Common

Home News Seagate is on track to deliver ~50TB hard disk drives by 2026, ~100TB HDDs by 2030, and 120TB+ units early next decade, according to the company’s recently revealed product and technology roadmaps. To hit capacity targets, Seagate will have to adopt new magnetic recording technologies. To ensure the high performance of its future… Read more

Members of the Bundestag demand: British government must protect Assange

Before the court ruling on the US extradition request of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, several members of the Bundestag have called on the British government to intervene if the worst comes to the worst. “Should the extradition be legally decided, we call on the British government to protect against persecution of unwelcome journalists, not to… Read more

AMD Radeon Pro W5500 Professional Graphics Card Review

James Morris 15 mins ago Component, Design & Create, Featured Tech Reviews, Graphics, Professional, Reviews, Workstation AMD has been providing stiff competition for Intel in the workstation CPU market, with the Ryzen and Ryzen Threadripper now delivering a lot more performance for the money for professional content creators. But the company’s pro-grade graphics haven’t been… Read more

As Disney Plus turns one, the House of Mouse’s earnings reiterate how crucial streaming is

Disney is still facing unprecedented challenges in a number of its biggest divisions, including theme parks, but its fourth quarter earnings report highlights an area that hasn’t stopped growing: streaming. On the whole, Disney’s Q4 revenue was better than expected, earning $14.7 billion as opposed to the $14.2 billion expected. A big chunk of that… Read more

MSI Optix MAG322CQR 31.5in 165Hz Curved Monitor Review

James Morris 6 hours ago Featured Tech Reviews, Monitors, Peripheral, Reviews Going for a curved monitor used to mean compromising on other areas, especially for gaming. Refresh rates in particular were generally lower. But now curved gaming screens with no deficiencies are arriving, and the latest contender from MSI is the Optix MAG322CQR. With a… Read more

5G, Lean processes and industry 4.0: the smart factory according to Michele Bonfiglioli and Umberto Mirani

“Lean Digital, the Italian way to the 5G factory “is a book written by Umberto Mirani and Michele Bonfiglioli that illustrates how to combine the Lean organizational model with the technologies of the 4.0 factory to boost productivity by Alberto Falchi published on 04 November 2020 , at 14: 31 in the Innovation channel 5G… Read more