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Nintendo’s Switch just outsold the GameCube

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by on October 30, 2018 at 10:08 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, gaming


The growth of the Nintendo Switch has been nothing short of meteoric, easily surpassing those of the disappointing Wii U within months. Now, according to a new report from Nintendo, the Switch’s lifetime sales just surpassed those of the GameCube. The Switch’s lifetime sales, as of this writing, have reached over 22 million units, which surpasses not only the Wii U’s 13.6 million units, but the GameCube’s 21.7 million units. For reference, the next most successful Nintendo console was the Nintendo 64 at 33 million units and the most successful (in non-handhelds) is the Wii at 101 million units. This is…

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Intel’s AI strategy for 2019 goes beyond chips

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by on October 30, 2018 at 7:44 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, artificial intelligence


There’s a lot of people in the machine learning community who’ll tell you that deep learning (DL) is a dead end. Gadi Singer isn’t one of those people. He believes DL is just getting started, in fact he says we’re about to enter the next phase of AI, and deep learning at the edge is a huge part of that. He probably knows what he’s talking about. After all most of the world’s AI compute cycles are run on his company’s architecture. Singer is Intel’s Vice President, Artificial Intelligence Products Group Architecture General Manager. He has the difficult task of…

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D’Angelo slipped a brand new song into Red Dead Redemption 2

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by on October 30, 2018 at 6:11 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, distract, gaming, Music


D’Angelo, the king of neo soul, the artisan of R&Baby making music, has a new song — and it’s tucked away in the Red Dead Redemption 2 soundtrack. You may have heard some buzz about RDR2 — like, how it’s had the biggest opening weekend in entertainment history after grossing $725 million in its first three days. You’ve probably seen the memes popping up for months from fans and celebs alike: The hype is deserved — it’s been in development for eight years, thousands of people worked on it, and, as our own Nino de Vries wrote, “it’s generation-defining, it’s bar-raising” from…

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Everything Apple announced at today’s hardware event

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by on October 30, 2018 at 4:58 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


Apple‘s second hardware event of the year was basically to give some show time to its second string of devices. Most of the announcements we anticipated ahead of time, and it’s a bit of a disappointment we’re not going to get Airpower mats any time soon. But still, Apple delivered on some impressive-looking devices. Here’s everything Apple showed at today’s event. Macbook Air The company opened with an ode to the Mac. CEO Tim Cook revealed it’s reach an active install base of 100 million Mac users, 51 percent of which are new buyers. And, according to him, it’s time…

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Here’s what a cryptocurrency ETF is (you’re welcome)

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by on October 30, 2018 at 4:39 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Welcome to Hard Fork Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice to keep you up to date in the cryptocurrency and blockchain world. If you’re into cryptocurrency trading you might have seen the acronym ETF bandied about from time to time. It’s becoming increasingly common as ETFs seek regulatory approval, but what exactly is an ETF and should you care about them? Before we get into the nitty gritty of what an ETF is, it might help to know that it stands for Exchange Traded Fund – I said it might help. The “fund” bit is important though,…

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