From The Verge: Despite eagerly participating in a platform vs. platform war of escalating financial incentives to attract creators, one area where critics have said Facebook / Meta / Instagram is lacking is in the ability to provide basic support for those online stars. Whether that’s through...

From PC Mag: As Intel prepares to launch the company’s Arc PC graphics cards, the company has released a new teaser video that demonstrates their gaming capabilities.

Intel dropped the 30-second teaser during last night’s The Game Awards event. The video shows the Arc GPU’s running several games...

From ComputerWorld: The Tuesday outage at an Amazon Web Services data center affected services from several collaboration software vendors, highlighting how reliant companies have become on cloud providers for a variety of workplace tools.

Asana, Smartsheet, Trello, and Slack — all of which host...

From Patriot Press Release: VIPER is excited to announce the availability of the new VIPER VENOM RGB and non-RGB DDR5 high-performance DRAM modules which will be available in Q1 2022. The VIPER VENOM DDR5 memory modules provide enhanced speeds ranging from 4800MHz to 6200MHz with kit capacities of...

From Thermaltake Press Release: Thermaltake is elated to announce the launch of TOUGHRAM XG RGB – White DDR4 Memory, a new edition of the high-end TOUGHRAM XG RGB series. The new white series comes with frequencies up to 3600 MHz, 4000 MHz, 4400 MHz and 4600 MHz and capacities up to 16GB (8GB x2)...

From ARCTIC Press Release: ARCTIC is launching the P12 PWM PST A-RGB 0dB white case fan today. In light of the continuing demand for white cooling products, the cooling specialist is adding this semi-passive 120 mm fan with digitally addressable LEDs and impressive performance and appearance to its...

From The Verge: In a bold bid to turn digital crooks away from a life of crime, Microsoft is offering a 50 percent discount on its Office suite to some people using pirated versions. Ghacks reports that a new message in the Office ribbon bar is appearing on pirated Office apps, tempting people with...

From PC Mag: PowerColor is a name we've associated with graphics cards for the past 24 years, but the Taiwanese company is branching out to offer a mechanical gaming keyboard.

A partnership with Ducky, a well-known professional keyboard manufacturer also based in Taiwan, has resulted in the special...

From CNET: Google plans to deploy an additional cash bonus of $1,600, or its equivalent to employees worldwide, according to a Reuters report published Thursday, as a support measure for its global workforce amid the coronavirus pandemic.

All employees, including interns and members of Google's...

From The Verge: Sonos announced plans today to make its speakers and other products last longer and use less energy. It’s part of the company’s larger plan to make itself more sustainable, with a focus on minimizing e-waste and the pollution that drives climate change.

A big part of Sonos’ new...