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‘Antiwork’ Reddit forum temporarily shuts down due to ‘brigading’ attack that followed fiery Fox News interview

On Wednesday, popular Reddit forum r/antiwork said it was temporarily shutting down amid a coordinated online attack against the community.    “We’re closed while we deal with the cleanup from ongoing brigading, and will be back soon,” the moderators wrote in a message to the forum. As of midnight Eastern time Thursday, the forum was still offline. On Reddit, ‘brigading’ refers to downvoting comments to censor them on the website, spamming the forum with posts and messages or other abusive behaviors towards a particular subreddit community. The forum’s decision to pull the plug came hours after one of the forum’s moderators Doreen Ford, a 30-year-old dog walker, had a combative interview with Fox News host Jesse Watters. In the interview, Watters said he disagreed with the idea of anti-work, saying it quashed ambition. Recently, the forum has battled criticisms that its anti-work narrative and 1.7 million followers are fueling the U.S.’s labor shortage. “Why do you...

Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket trash is about to hit the moon

Seven years after its initial launch, debris from Elon Musk’s SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket is going to hit the moon. The debris heading for the moon is the four-ton upper stage of a SpaceX rocket launched in February 2015, and is expected to make impact on Mar. 4 at 7:25 ET. Bill Gray, an astronomer who runs Project Pluto, which supplies software to astronomers, first spotted the debris’ trajectory last Friday, writing in a blog post, “it is quite certain it’s going to hit, and it will hit within a few minutes of when it was predicted and probably within a few kilometers.” The trajectory of the debris was later confirmed by Jonathan McDowell, an astrophysicist at the Center for Astrophysics operated by Harvard University and the Smithsonian Institution, on his Twitter account. This is not the first time space debris owned by Elon Musk is orbiting in places it maybe shouldn’t. The Chinese government filed a complaint last month with the UN after two “clo...

Nvidia launches RTX 3050 - here’s where to find stock

 RTX 3050 has launched and is available at all major retailers. We’re not sure as of yet as to how many units are available in both the US and UK, though, it’s looking like it will be just as limited with RTX 3050 stock as the rest of the RTX 30 series. If you’ve had your heart set on the newest Ampere GPU today, then you’ll have to act quickly. Below you can find specific models that are on sale in both countries, but they will not be around for long.  The Newegg Shuffle is currently live featuring partner cards from MSI, Zotac, Asus, and more with RTX 3050 cards starting from $249.99 MSRP, though, you must be signed in to enter. There are many different units available in the shuffle, and if you hold a winning ticket, you’ll be invited to purchase the models that you selected based on what’s available at the time.  In the UK, we’ve found one listing from CCL Online for the Gigabyte RTX 3050 Gaming OC at £399 for a triple-fan model. We’re anticipa...

Nvidia launches RTX 3050 - here’s where to find stock

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(Image credit: Gigabyte / MSI / Nvidia) RTX 3050 has launched and is available at all major retailers. We’re not sure as of yet as to how many units are available in both the US and UK, though, it’s looking like it will be just as limited with RTX 3050 stock as the rest of the RTX 30 series. If you’ve had your heart set on the newest Ampere GPU today, then you’ll have to act quickly. Below you can find specific models that are on sale in both countries, but they will not be around for long.  The Newegg Shuffle is currently live featuring partner cards from MSI, Zotac, Asus, and more with RTX 3050 cards starting from $249.99 MSRP, though, you must be signed in to enter. There are many different units available in the shuffle, and if you hold a winning ticket, you’ll be invited to purchase the models that you selected based on what’s available at the time.  In the UK, we’ve found one listing from CCL Online for the Gigabyte RTX 3050 Gaming OC at £399 for a trip...

Google Killed Slides Companion App for Wear OS

Google has quietly killed the Google Slide app for Wear OS. Launched returned in 2016, the Google Slides companion app served as a far off to your presentation, allowing you to move forward or returned thru slides right from your wrist. But it appears the app is long gone from the Google Play Store. According to 9to5Google (through Android Police), Google Slides has been quietly eliminated from the wearable Play Store’s “Apps to your telephone” segment. Google has a horrific reputation for killing flawlessly functional apps for no obvious purpose, but inside the case of Google Slides, the writing has been at the wall for some time now. As 9to5Google factors out, the app hadn’t received a sizeable replace for years and it was probable constructed the usage of the legacy, non-standalone technique. In addition, there have been additionally reports of the app turning into buggy and crashing continuously on newer Wear OS watches. If you very own a Galaxy Watch 4 or Galaxy Watch 4 Classic, y...

What You Need To Know About Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs)

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Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) seem to have exploded out of the ether this 12 months. From art and tune to tacos and toilet paper, those digital assets are promoting like 17th-century individual Dutch tulips—a few for thousands and thousands of bucks. But are NFTs really worth the cash—or the hype? Some professionals say they’re a bubble poised to pop, like the dotcom craze or Beanie Babies. Others believe NFTs are right here to live, and that they may exchange investing forever. What Is an NFT? An NFT is a virtual asset that represents real-international gadgets like art, tune, in-game items and videos. They are offered and bought on line, regularly with cryptocurrency, and they may be generally encoded with the same underlying software as many cryptos. Although they’ve been round when you consider that 2014, NFTs are gaining notoriety now because they are turning into an more and more popular manner to shop for and promote virtual artwork. A surprising $174 million has been spent on NFTs...

How to play Fortnite on iPhone and iPad

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  Fortnite was pulled from the Apple App Store nearly a 12 months-and-a-1/2 ago and seeing that then, iPhone and iPad users haven’t been able to installation it. Those who had already downloaded it have been additionally left behind after Chapter 2 Season four become released. Android users were able to deploy the Fortnite app onto their cellular gadgets by using sideloading it from the Epic Games App – thereby circumnavigating the Google Play Store – but Apple device proprietors have no such getaround. Until now. A contact-friendly, cellular version of Fortnite is on its way through Nvidia’s GeForce Now cloud gaming carrier. A limited-time closed beta will launch quickly and you could pre-sign in to play it here. Here’s what you’ll need to get it running whilst it arrives. How to play Fortnite via GeForce Now on iOS and iPadOS A touch-pleasant version of Fortnite will release in closed beta shape on GeForce Now quickly. That manner it is going t...

Fortnite for iOS, Android Enters Closed Beta Testing With Touchscreen Support on Nvidia's GeForce Now

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Free and Priority GeForce Now accounts will have an “equal chance” at playing the closed beta for Fortnite. Fortnite is now in a “limited time closed beta” for iOS and Android on GeForce Now Fortnite is one step toward making an unofficial return on iOS, as the popular battle royale recreation enters closed beta checking out on Nvidia’s GeForce Now provider. The recreation streaming provider is trying out the ability to stream a touchscreen-friendly model of Fortnite through Apple’s Safari browser on each iPhone and iPad. The service will permit game enthusiasts on Apple’s smartphones and capsules get admission to to the identify for the first time since it turned into removed from the App Store in 2020. Nvidia and Epic Games are yet to expose when game enthusiasts could be able to circulate Fortnite on iOS devices. Nvidia announced on Thursday that it changed into working with Epic Games to convey Fortnite to GeForce Now, the streaming carrier this is to be had for do...