Best Throwback to Ancient Mesopotamia: We weren’t able to touch much of anything for CES this year, but we can almost feel this laptop from MSI just by looking at it. The MSI GE76 Raider Dragon Edition Tiamat (yes that’s the real name) features an engraved, stone-like design on its lid, with a dragon and circular patterns that might not be accurate to Mesopotamian stonework, but are certainly cool if you’re in the mood. Sure, the device features Nvidia’s new GeForce RTX 3000 graphics cards, and high-end 10th gen Intel processors, but props to MSI for looking back to 3100 BC for laptop names. The company says it chose the name for the “supreme power” that Tiamat the goddess and Tiamat the laptop represent, and it’s hard not to agree with the decision. —Ian Carlos Campbell … [Read more...] about The Verge Awards at CES 2021: can’t touch this
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Newsroom Staff Revolts Become Common In The News Media’s War Against Intellectual Diversity
Aja Romano, a culture staff writer at Vox, expressed her anger over the letter and wrote that it was “a dehumanizing transphobic whisper network masquerading as reasoned intellectual debate.” Meanwhile, others at Vox publicly backed Yglesias, with Vox’s senior correspondent German Lopez noting that “the reaction to the letter is literally proving the point of the letter.” … [Read more...] about Newsroom Staff Revolts Become Common In The News Media’s War Against Intellectual Diversity
Cyberpunk 2077 full development reportedly didn’t start until 2016
According to Bloomberg, CD Projekt Red was still focused on The Witcher 3 when Cyberpunk was announced in 2012. Company executives apparently believed they could replicate the success it had with that game in developing Cyberpunk. And in a detail that didn’t make the final edit of the Bloomberg story, Schreier tweeted that the game had changed significantly since it was first announced; up until 2016, he says, it was a third-person game. … [Read more...] about Cyberpunk 2077 full development reportedly didn’t start until 2016
‘I’m fully powered by caffeine, endorphins and adrenaline’: Rebekah Vardy prepares for her skating debut on Dancing On Ice… after blasting footballers for flouting lockdown
West Ham said they were 'disappointed' to learn of Lanzini's actions: 'The Club has set the highest possible standards with its protocols and measures relating to COVID-19 so we are disappointed to learn of Manuel Lanzini's actions. The matter has been dealt with internally and Manuel has been strongly reminded of his responsibilities.' … [Read more...] about ‘I’m fully powered by caffeine, endorphins and adrenaline’: Rebekah Vardy prepares for her skating debut on Dancing On Ice… after blasting footballers for flouting lockdown
VIETNAM NEWS JANUARY 17
He also asked Binh Phuoc to pay greater attention to links in development, regional connectivity, and infrastructure connectivity. As an important part of the new economic corridor, lying in the middle of the southeast and Central Highlands regions and with Thailand and Cambodia as neighbours, Binh Phuoc should turn its Hoa Lu border gate into a connection point for international tourism routes. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM NEWS JANUARY 17