Month: July 2022

Nash, which aggregates delivery providers for businesses, has raised a $20M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz, bringing its total raised to $27.8M (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Nash, which aggregates delivery providers for businesses, has raised a $20M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz, bringing its total raised to $27.8M  —  The pandemic normalized delivery in the U.S. But even before the health crises struck, delivery sales at restaurants alone were increasing …

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How to change your profile banner on Discord

When you click on somebody’s username on Discord, you can view a number of details about them. If you’re clicking on them from within a server, you can see their various roles, as well as their status and About Me section. Additionally, you can check out their profile picture and banner. Profile banner customization is

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Kaspersky researchers have unpacked a malicious UEFI-based rootkit used in the wild since 2016 which can survive an OS reinstall and a hard drive replacement (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica)

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: Kaspersky researchers have unpacked a malicious UEFI-based rootkit used in the wild since 2016 which can survive an OS reinstall and a hard drive replacement  —  Turns out they’re not all that rare.  We just don’t know how to find them.  —  Researchers have unpacked a major cybersecurity find …

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Omnidirectional Walker With Wheeled Feet

[James Bruton] is on a quest to explore all the weird and wonderful methods of robot locomotion, and in his latest project created an omnidirectional walker that can move in any direction instantaneously. The walker actually makes use of three independent four-legged Strider mechanisms, connected in a triangle at 120deg. Wheels are attached to the

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How to rotate a video in VLC Media Player

Did you know you can rotate videos in VLC Media Player while playing them? You may be surprised by what you can do with videos in VLC. Videos can be rotated clockwise by set or specific degrees. Besides rotating, VLC can flip videos horizontally and vertically. You can even transpose or anti-transpose, which flips and

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Microsoft’s Q4 Surface revenue increased 10% YoY, driven by commercial PC sales, as Windows OEM revenue declined 2% YoY due to PC production shutdowns in China (Daniel Rubino/Windows Central)

Daniel Rubino / Windows Central: Microsoft’s Q4 Surface revenue increased 10% YoY, driven by commercial PC sales, as Windows OEM revenue declined 2% YoY due to PC production shutdowns in China  —  Production shutdowns hampered commercial PC sales, but Microsoft’s Surface met expectations due to enterprise purchases.

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Microsoft reports Q4 gaming revenue down 7% YoY to $259M, impacted by an 11% YoY revenue drop for Xbox hardware and a 6% YoY drop for Xbox content and services (Tom Ivan/Video Games Chronicle)

Tom Ivan / Video Games Chronicle: Microsoft reports Q4 gaming revenue down 7% YoY to $259M, impacted by an 11% YoY revenue drop for Xbox hardware and a 6% YoY drop for Xbox content and services  —  MICROSOFT’S GAMING BUSINESS HAD ITS SECOND-BEST FOURTH QUARTER ON RECORD  —  The Xbox division reportedly generated record …

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