Sometimes I have really random questions that come across my mind like, “Where did the word 'toilet' come from?” The word urinal is very obvious, but toilets are another story. It turns out the words "toilet" and "toil" share a common ancestor being “toile”, which means cloth in French. This made more sense for toilet paper, so I proceeded to look into the history on the word "toilet". There was an evolution of this word going from cloth to...
From The Verge: The French government has announced it will introduce a minimum charge for book deliveries of €3 (about $2.92) in order to help small booksellers compete with retailing giant Amazon, reports Reuters. The minimum fee will only apply to orders under €35 (about $34.12).
It’s the latest...
From PC Mag: Tesla is recalling more than 1 million vehicles due to a power window defect that "may exert excessive force by pinching" a passenger before retracting, though in this case, a "recall" means fixing the problem via an over-the-air (OTA) software update.
According to the National Highway...
From CNET: The National Football League announced late Thursday that Apple will be the new sponsor of its Super Bowl halftime show, replacing Pepsi in the coveted annual extravaganza that drew more than 100 million viewers earlier this year.
"We are proud to welcome Apple Music to the NFL family as...
From Corsair Press Release: CORSAIR (NASDAQ: CRSR) today announced the wide ranging compatibility of its array of PC components with Nvidia’s newly announced 40-series graphics cards, including the revolutionary RTX 4090. From power supplies able to drive the world’s most powerful gaming systems, to...
From Noctua Press Release: Noctua today confirmed that all its CPU coolers and mounting-kits that support AMD AM4 also support the upcoming AM5 socket, except the NH-L9a-AM4 low-profile cooler and the NM-AM4-L9aL9i mounting-kit. For the latter, Noctua announced the new NM-AM5-L9aL9i kit that will be...
From Turtle Beach Press Release: Turtle Beach Corporation (Nasdaq: HEAR) today revealed the Turtle Beach VelocityOne Rudder Pedals and Turtle Beach VelocityOne™Stand as the newest additions to the brand’s growing lineup of gaming simulation accessories. The VelocityOne Rudder and Stand are designed...
From G.Skill Press Release: G.SKILL International Enterprise Co., Ltd. is excited to announce two new extreme overclocked performance DDR5 memory specifications to its flagship Trident Z5 RGB series: DDR5-6800 CL32-45-45-108 32GB (2x16GB) and DDR5-6400 CL32-39-39-102 64GB (2x32GB). These memory kits...
From The Verge: Pico, the Chinese startup acquired last year by TikTok parent company ByteDance, has a new virtual reality headset on the way. The Pico 4, which will sell starting at €429 (around $425) in several European and Asian countries, is described as a reasonably full-featured but affordable...
From PC Maag: Download speeds for SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet system are seeing a sharp drop for users in the US and Canada, according to Ookla’s Speedtest data.
During Q2—April to June—the median download rate for US-based Starlink users settled in at 62.53Mbps, a decrease from 90.55Mbps...
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