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“Connection time averaged 3 seconds on WireGuard in our tests, slower than NordVPN’s 2 seconds on the same machine.”
“John Oliver revealed on Sunday’s “Last Week Tonight” that he’ll also be appearing in a week of episodes on the NBC soap “Days of Our Lives.””
“The trust says buildings account for 35% of global energy consumption”
“Oliver will appear in a “significant” three-episode guest role on ABC’s General Hospital, he revealed on Sunday’s episode.”
“set to debut on the streamer July 21.”
“The Xbox Series S used to be like an impulse buy, often available at £199, and now it’s going to cost just shy of £400!”
“A lot of them now are adopting this simulation theory that we're living in a simulation, and this is like serious PhDs.”
“Anime Cons—a website that tracks all anime conventions across the world—lists over 450 events across the U.S. in 2026 alone.”
“the app’s broader user base, which reached 900 million monthly active users at Google I/O last month”
“Grid operators in at least five regions, from Ivano-Frankivsk in the west to Zaporizhzhia on the front line in the south, announced temporary restrictions on energy usage”
“First-time users will need 5 to 10 minutes to understand what everything does.”
“Oliver said he was “filled with scorching-hot jealousy” when he learned that ESPN pundit Stephen A. Smith had made appearances as the character “Brick” on “General Hospital” for the last decade.”
“We've taken weather files from 2070, where arguably things could get even more dramatic, and the school will continue to perform.”
“set to debut on the streamer July 21”
“GameCentral has been delivering unique games news and reviews for over a decade”
“The company committed to spending $200 billion on Google Cloud and chips over five years, according to The Information”
“the grid was already 'operating at the limit of its capabilities'”
“One limitation is the 10 simultaneous connections.”
“I am happy to say that I’ve already taped a week of episodes on ‘Days of Our Lives,’”
“Affinity Water said the timeframe for the work on Church Hill was extended due to "unforeseen engineering challenges encountered on site" and "challenging ground conditions".”
“I’ve pre-ordered the Ultimate Edition and as long as it’s worth the £90”
“Berlin is lining up a €580mn contract for the Munich AI firm.”
“China now treats new proteins the same way it treated solar panels two decades ago, and batteries and electric vehicles (EVs) a decade ago”
“There are currently 126 Secure Core servers across 68 countries, which gives reasonable geographic flexibility.”
“only one scene”
“They said the wider project for the area, which started in February, was due to run until March 2027.”
“I used to collect PS1 games; had about 300”
“Under the contract, Helsing would deliver two experimental uncrewed combat aircraft, two ground control stations and a ground segment. It would also write the operating-system and autonomy software.”
“China dominates the electric car industry, with its brands responsible for more than half of global Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) models and sales.”
“On a Switzerland-to-US Secure Core chain, we recorded a 44% download loss compared to a direct single-hop connection to the same US exit server. Comparable to NordVPN’s Double VPN at around 38% loss in our earlier tests...”
“a two-season-long battle”
“even the Switch is at least 50% digital now, I believe.”
“And it would hand over a government-owned reference architecture for other systems to plug into.”
“Around 15 years ago, the Dutch developed the first lab-grown burger in the world.”
“20,000-plus servers in 148 countries is a fleet that has grown substantially over the past two years and now exceeds NordVPN (around 9,400 servers in 137 countries) and ExpressVPN (around 3,000 servers in 105 countries) in raw count.”
“for a season”
“At least 20 years at this point”
“the three-year window for long-term support releases is too short”
“More than one in four cars sold today are electric.”
“The US alone has over 6,600 servers, which produce better load distribution and more consistent peak‑hour performance than smaller fleets can manage.”
“It is pretty much a straight conversion of a nearly 30-year-old game”
“the current release model gives even-numbered versions three years of free support and odd-numbered versions 18 months”
“The network capacity runs over 23 Gbps across the fleet.”
“it apparently has a budget of $400 million?!”
“when a new LTS release arrives, two of the three years on the previous one have already elapsed”
“Free users are limited to servers in 10 countries and cannot access P2P, Secure Core, or Tor Over VPN servers.”
“the Switch is at least 50% digital now”
“That leaves enterprises roughly one year to complete the upgrade”
“A 51.6% loss to a server that is close is higher than we expected and higher than what NordVPN produced on the same test setup (around 5% to 7% loss to UK servers).”
“had about 300”
“telemetry showed about 50 percent of deployed versions of their software were running on versions Microsoft no longer supports”
“A 6% upload loss to the UK is exceptional.”
“nearly 30-year-old game”
“Oracle provides five years of premier support for Java LTS releases plus additional extended support”
“The UK at 44ms is fine for gaming on European servers.”
“Gears Of War: E-Day is going to be such a flop and yet it apparently has a budget of $400 million”
“Python receives five years of security fixes for every release”
“Japan at 289ms makes gaming impossible on the Asia‑Pacific servers if you’re in Europe or even the USA.”
“he said the reason GTA 6 is digital-only is so they can make more money compared to the disc version.”
“in March, when a Microsoft engineer proposed dropping legacy .NET Framework support from a database library”
“Sustained download rate averaged 37 MB/s with port forwarding, dropping to 33 MB/s without it.”
“Sony and Microsoft must be thanking their lucky stars GTA 6 is out this year”
“Katalyst’s answer is Link, an autonomous spacecraft about the size of a small fridge with a 12-metre solar wingspan”
“Out of 22 connection attempts over the 9 days, 8 connected on the first try, 5 came through after switching protocols or server locations, and the remaining failed or timed out. That’s a first‑attempt success rate of around 36%...”
“I’ve pre-ordered the Ultimate Edition and as long as it’s worth the £90 I’m not fussed if it’s digital, disc or powered by a mouse on a wheel.”
“Taiwan’s Keelung District Prosecutors Office raided Super Micro Computer’s local office on Monday, widening an investigation into the alleged smuggling of Nvidia chips to China through the company’s servers.”
“Surfshark’s NoBorders mode produced a 68% first‑attempt success rate in comparable testing; NordVPN’s obfuscated servers came in above 80%.”
“I didn’t even know there was a digital-only Xbox Series X until I read your news – shows how well it was advertised.”
“The raid also targeted the residences of six individuals and the sites of two other affiliated companies, according to Bloomberg.”
“In the 8 successful sessions, speeds averaged between 6 and 11 Mbps, enough for messaging and basic browsing but not for streaming.”
“They haven’t got the staff to make Destiny 3 now, even if they wanted to”
“Taiwanese data centre operator Chief Telecom and Super Micro distributor Albatron Technology were also searched, according to a person familiar with the investigation cited by Bloomberg.”
“WhatsApp calls connected on 3 of the 8 sessions, with audio quality degraded but functional.”
“BOM went up by ~$200 since I made that post. So a new total of around $960 (£730).”
“Around 50 servers were seized before they could leave the island.”
“In late March, KeplerL2 said that he estimated that PlayStation 6’s BOM (bill of materials, i.e. the raw components needed to make the console) at around $760 (£575).”
“Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang addressed the smuggling problem last week, telling shareholders that data centres built with diverted chips are a dead end because the company will not provide support or repairs.”
“the most significant is that the price of memory and hard drives has sharply increased, as the components are bought up and used for AI data centres instead.”
“Uber calling it an intentionally limited deployment of just over a dozen vehicles”
“the scarcity of memory is not expected to lessen for at least five years, and are unlikely to ever fall back to previous levels.”
“Waymo and Uber ended their robotaxi partnership in Phoenix as both pursue separate autonomous vehicle strategies across dozens of new markets.”
“last week suggested that the PlayStation 6 was still on schedule to release in 2027, despite the fact that Sony has only barely acknowledged it’s currently working on a next gen console.”
“Waymo said the vehicles have already been folded back into its own Phoenix fleet, where they will continue serving riders through its app, including public transit trips with Via and deliveries with DoorDash.”
“It’s why Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft keep increasing the prices of their current generation devices – with Microsoft warning that they will continue to do so.”
“Uber calling it an intentionally limited deployment of just over a dozen vehicles that helped it scale faster in Austin and Atlanta.”
“the scarcity of memory is not expected to lessen for at least five years”
“Waymo is deploying its newest robotaxi, the Zeekr-made Ojai, a purpose-built van that costs roughly 75,000 dollars less per unit to produce than the Jaguar I-PACE it replaces.”
“last week suggested that the PlayStation 6 was still on schedule to release in 2027”
“In the three years since, Waymo has grown its fleet to around 4,000 vehicles and Uber has added dozens of autonomous vehicle partners to its network.”
“Waymo now operates in 11 US metro areas and offers more than 500,000 trips every week, though its rapid growth has come with operational stumbles including recalls and service suspensions in multiple cities.”
“Its broader autonomous strategy now spans far beyond Waymo, with partners including Wayve, Avride, and a recently announced deal for up to 50,000 Rivian-built robotaxis.”
“Cursor launched an iOS mobile app today that lets developers spin up and manage AI coding agents directly from their phone.”
“That update introduced agents capable of working on codebases without constant human supervision, handling tasks like writing tests, fixing bugs, and refactoring code across multiple files. The iOS app takes that autonomy a step further by…”
“Most of my coding now is on my phone”
“The vibe coding movement has already reshaped app development, driving an 84 percent surge in App Store submissions”
“The policy takes effect on July 15.”
“Deezer said in April that 44 percent of all new music uploaded to its platform daily, roughly 75,000 tracks, is fully AI-generated.”
“Spotify updated its own AI policies last September”
“Apple Music introduced transparency tags in March”
“Spotify updated its own AI policies last September to label tracks containing AI-generated elements and filter spam, while still allowing AI tools in the music creation process.”
