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NVIDIA GPU and AI Used To Decipher Ancient Roman Scrolls
As many of us are aware, graphics cards have expanded in usecases with the growing AI market which NVIDIA is dominating with their H100 GPUs. Most of the usecases are for complex and mostly boring things but something that is a bit interesting is a recent competition to extract readable…
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Android Begins Rolling Out Chrome ‘Delete Last 15 Minutes’ Browser Feature
When it comes to clearing your browser history, there are many instances where users simply want to remove a certain portion of it rather than everything entirely. As such, when Google announced last year that they were looking to introduce a ‘delete last 15 minutes’ feature to Chrome (specifically their…
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Google Adds ’15 Minute’ History Delete to iOS Browser
I daresay that there are more than a few reading this who occasionally (or perhaps often) think it’s probably a good idea to give their browsing history a bit of a purge. This can, however, often be more than a little annoying if you only really need to ‘cover up’…
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Colorful Launches the Worlds First GPU History Museum
Colorful has today announced the launch of the GPU History Museum in partnership with NVIDIA. COLORFUL has recently relocated to Shenzhen New Generation Industrial Park. With that, COLORFUL is proud to announce the launch of the first GPU History Museum in China. The museum will showcase the beginnings of the…
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Verizon Takes Huge Hit as AOL and Yahoo Get Sold!
Although representing one of the key parts of the early history of the internet, it doesn’t exactly take a genius to see that, as companies, both AOL and Yahoo are not the powerhouses they once were. When Verizon purchased both of them around 6 years ago, with the acquisitions totalling…
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Yahoo Answers to Shut Down Permanently!
Launched back in 2005, Yahoo Answers represented the internets first major Q&A forum. Admittedly, most of the time, the questions were pretty bad, and, more often than not, the answers were worse. It was, however, undoubtedly popular in its day, and it surely has to be respected for that if…
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Amiga 3000 Used At Psygnosis Is Up For Sale On eBay
Amiga 3000 For Sale The Amiga 3000 was a relatively popular system in the early 90s. It was, admittedly, a lot more pricey than say, for example, the Amiga 500, but one has turned up on eBay which has more than a little interest in terms of the history of…
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UK National Videogame Museum Opens November 24th
Opening Soon in Sheffield The National Videogame Museum project is opening to the public in very soon. This project was formerly known as the National Video Game arcade. It was trialed in Nottingham to great success receiving 50,000 visitors a year. The people behind it even explain the history in…
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Total War: Rome II ‘Rise of the Republic’ DLC Arrives August 9
Rise of the Republic Campaign Creative Assembly, creators of Total War: Rome II have announced a new campaign DLC for the game. The historical strategy game has been around since September 2013, and this is the 14th campaign pack DLC released. Unlike other campaign pack DLCs however, this one is…
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UK Man Wins Legal Against Google For Right to be Forgotten
Google Lose Major UK Court Battle About the Retention of Search Engine Information Many of us have some part of our past that we would prefer to erase from history. It might be a bad relationship, a questionable hair-cut or even something criminal. The problem is that in the 21st…
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Bayeux Tapestry Meme Maker Is Released Online
Bayeux Tapestry Meme Maker After 950 years, the Bayeux Tapestry is making its first return visit to Britain. The tapestry was created to celebrate the victory of the Norman Conquest, the last time a successful invasion of Britain was made in 1066. Admittedly, this might sound a little out of…
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Chandragupta Maurya Joins Civilization VI Rise and Fall Expansion
Civilization VI is set to release its ‘Rise and Fall’ Expansion pack soon, arriving on February 8th, 2018. Firaxis, the game’s developer has also been teasing new leaders which are joining the roster. So far it includes Genghis Khan, Queen Seondeok of Korea and Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands. However,…
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Man Inspired by ‘Forged in Fire’ Burns Down 28 Properties
Man attempting to create his own ‘Forged in Fire’ burns down 20 houses Most TV shows these days start with the pretty heavy disclaimer ‘don’t try this at home’. A man in New York, however, clear thought he was above such advise. Forged in Fire is a major hit History…
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ATARI Celebrates Pong’s 45th Birthday With New Products
Legendary video game Pong is turning 45 and ATARI is celebrating the event with new products. The game originally came out in 1972. But weirdly enough, it is not actually an original idea. The game was made by Allan Alcorn, under the instruction of ATARI co-founder Nolan Bushnell. This is…
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Europa Universalis IV: Cradle of Civilization Expansion Coming
A new expansion for Europa Universalis IV has been announced called “Cradle of Civilization”. This time, it focuses on Muslim and Persian empires throughout history. It also covers a wide breadth of land. From the deserts of the Middle East, to the East Asian island expansion. Players will be able…
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