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Alleged Surface Studio 2 benchmarks leak, and I sure hope they’re not real

Sep28
by on September 28, 2018 at 12:57 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider


Remember the Surface Studio? It’s arguably the coolest computer Microsoft’s built, but nearly two years after launch, its specs feel stale. In fact, the device already felt pretty under-powered back in 2016 due to its choice of some mobile components and a last-gen graphics card. That’s why it’s pretty disappointing to see supposed benchmarks of its successor aren’t indicating the performance bump we were hoping for. Windows Latest noticed a Surface Studio 2 appeared on Geekbench yesterday, sporting a last-generation i7-7820HQ processor coupled with 32 GB of RAM. The 7820HQ was launched in early 2017. For comparison’s sake, it’s only about…

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‘Devil’s Triangle’ Wikipedia entry edited by anonymous Congressional staffer during Kavanaugh hearing

Sep27
by on September 27, 2018 at 10:20 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider


As Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh met with the Senate Judiciary Committee today, someone was doing a bit of housekeeping behind the scenes on Wikipedia. During the hearing, Kavanaugh faced a series of questions about a number of yearbook entries from 1982, the year he allegedly sexually assaulted and attempted to rape Christine Blasey Ford — the subject of today’s hearings. One of these quotes made mention of “devil’s triangle,” which Kavanaugh stated was a drinking game similar to quarters. For the rest of the world, the definition is far different. A “devil’s triangle” — otherwise known as a devil’s…

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SEC charges Elon Musk with fraud

Sep27
by on September 27, 2018 at 9:20 pm
Posted In: Around the Web


Elon Musk, Tesla‘s controversial CEO, is now being sued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over his tweets last month about taking the company private, which allegedly hurt investors and disrupted the market. In the complaint, the SEC claims Musk made a series of “false and misleading statements” about his idea to take the company private. Here’s the main thrust of the complaint: Musk’s statements, disseminated via Twitter, falsely indicated that, should he so choose, it was virtually certain that he could take Tesla private at a purchase price that reflected a substantial premium over Tesla stock’s then-current share price,that funding…

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Music on the blockchain: eMusic makes a compelling case for token-based listening

Sep27
by on September 27, 2018 at 8:21 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork, Music


Digital music pioneer eMusic recently announced it was pivoting to a blockchain-based royalties management system, ICO and all. The timing of this move looks a bit like a do-or-die situation, but that doesn’t mean it’s a bad idea. It doesn’t mean it’s a good one either. But if you believe in blockchain, it’s hard to deny that eMusic presents an interesting case for decentralized electronic ledgers. Especially if you break the problem it’s facing down to its most basic form: How do you get money out of consumers’ pockets and into artists’ without screwing either over? TNW spoke to eMusic…

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