In 2019, Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, and Google were collectively granted ~27,000 H-1B visas, over 30% of total visas available to private companies — Five tech companies use nearly 30,000 H1-B visas, while over 50% of graduate STEM degrees are earned by international students
We already know that HP is gearing up to launch the new Omen and Pavillion series of gaming laptops in India on the 21st of July. We have now learned from industry sources of specifics about the products that are launching in a few days. The first is that all of the laptops that will be announced will utilize GDDR6 memory-based GPUs, even the low-end ones and the second one relates to the processor portfolio. We have it on good authority that one of the SKUs being launched will be powered by the AMD Ryzen 7 4000-series processor.
The HP Omen and Pavilion series of gaming laptops were announced last month and was seen as a major refresh in terms of design. On the hardware front, the laptops are now powered by Intel’s 10th generation Core-processors, with the choice of GPUs going all the way up to the Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super with Max-Q design. On the AMD side of things, you can configure the Omen 15 with up to an AMD Ryzen 7 4800H octa-core processor, but the GPU is limited to just the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660Ti. Given that HP is going to announce the Ryzen 7 variant of the OMEN 15 on July 21, we can expect that particular SKU to include the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660Ti. Currently, the Asus TUF Gaming A15 series is the only gaming laptop to be avaialble with Ryzen 4000 series processors in India.
Other information that’s leaked so far around the July 21 announcement confirmation that the company will also be bringing the Pavilion series of gaming machines to the country, along with the fact that the starting price of the new gaming lineup is expected to be Rs 70,000. The Pavilion 16 does not come in a Ryzen variant, so games who want the 16-inch display, will have to make do with Intel chips.
HP is set to announce the new laptops alongside a number of gaming peripherals on the 21st of July.
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Earlier this week, network-storage vendor iXsystems announced the release of TrueNAS 12.0-BETA1, which will replace FreeNAS later in 2020. The major offering of the new TrueNAS Core—like FreeNAS before it—is a simplified, graphically managed way to expose the features and benefits of the ZFS filesystem to end users. In the most basic environments, this might amount to little more than a Web front-end to ZFS itself, along with the Samba open-source implementation of Microsoft's SMB network file-sharing protocol.
Although this might be sufficient for the majority of users, it only scratches the surface of what TrueNAS Core is capable of. For instance, more advanced storage users may choose to share files via NFS or iSCSI in addition to or in place of SMB. Additional services can be installed via plug-ins utilizing FreeBSD's jail (containerization) facility, and the system can even run guest operating systems by way of FreeBSD's BHyve virtualization system—all managed via Web interface alone.
TrueNAS Core will be what FreeNAS is now—the free, community version of iXsystems' NAS (Network Attached Storage) distribution. End users—and system administrators who aren't looking for paid support—can download FreeNAS or TrueNAS Core ISOs directly from iX, burn them to a bootable optical disc or thumbdrive, and install them on generic x86 hardware like any other operating system.
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Even though we did a lot of arguing about Netflix’s new action movie “The Old Guard,” we’re mostly in agreement: The movie is both reasonably entertaining and astonishingly stupid.
We didn’t take issue with the basic concept, which sees Charlize Theron leading a small group of immortal mercenaries. But the plotting feels arbitrary and lazy (yes, even by the standard of Hollywood action), with lots of clunky, on-the-nose dialogue — all the more disappointing since the screenplay was adapted by acclaimed comics writer Greg Rucka from the graphic novel he created with artist Leandro Fernández.
The debate, then, was whether “The Old Guard” remained delightful despite its dopiness, or whether the film’s virtues — Theron’s charisma and her commitment to the kinetic action scenes — only made it passably entertaining.
In addition to our review, the latest episode of the Original Content podcast also includes discussions of NBCUniversal’s newly-launched streaming service Peacock, Ted Sarandos’ appointment as co-CEO of Netflix, as well as mini-reviews of “Palm Springs” on Hulu and “Greyhound” on Apple TV+.
You can listen to our review in the player below, subscribe using Apple Podcasts or find us in your podcast player of choice. If you like the show, please let us know by leaving a review on Apple. You can also follow us on Twitter or send us feedback directly. (Or suggest shows and movies for us to review!)
If you’d like to skip ahead, here’s how the episode breaks down:
0:00 Intro
0:34 Peacock launch discussion
2:21 Ted Sarandos discussion
13:25 “Palm Springs” mini-review
18:20 “Greyhound” mini-review
26:44 “The Old Guard” trailer
43:01 “The Old Guard” spoiler discussion
Retail stores, which were closing due to declining foot traffic even before the pandemic, are now increasingly being turned into online fulfillment centers — As the demand for in-person shopping diminishes, landlords, startups and retailers are converting abandoned stores into online fulfillment centers
Profile of Child Rescue Coalition, whose tech is used in 96 countries including the US to help police triage child porn cases, as experts raise privacy concerns — BOCA RATON, Fla. — In December 2016, law enforcement agents seized computers and hard drives from the home of Tay Christopher Cooper …
Reliance Jio is laying a strong foundation to become a “Super Operator”, applying a WeChat-like “super-app” approach to its mobile telecom network in India — In the world's second largest mobile market, Reliance Jio, India's leading Communication Service Provider …
A look at startups that provide end-of-life services, from estate planning to online forums for grieving virtually, amid a surge in interest during the pandemic — The coronavirus pandemic has drawn new business to start-ups that provide end-of-life services, from estate planning to a final tweet.
Critics contend that predictive policing algorithms need to be dismantled due to biased training data, even as advocates say that algorithms can be made fair — Lack of transparency and biased training data mean these tools are not fit for purpose. If we can't fix them, we should ditch them.
Netflix has announced the release date for their much-anticipated psychological thriller, The Devil All The Time. The film is set to premiere on the streaming service globally on 16 September 2020 and features a starry lineup.
Mark your calendars for Tom Holland Bill Skarsgard Riley Keough Jason Clarke Sebastian Stan Robert Pattinson Haley Bennett Mia Wasikowska Eliza Scanlen Harry Melling Pokey LaFarge in THE DEVIL ALL THE TIME, from director Antonio Campos, coming to Netflix globally 16 September pic.twitter.com/ZQm35ilMyf
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The news comes via a tweet, where Netflix announced the release date and a complete list of the cast members. The star-studded cast features an ensemble of familiar names including Tom Holland, Bill Skarsgård, Robert Pattinson, Mia Wasikowska, Sebastian Stan, Riley Keough, Jason Clarke, Haley Bennett, Eliza Scanlen, Harry Melling and Pokey Lafarge. Directed by Antonio Campos, The Devil All The Time is a Southern Gothic psychological thriller based on the bestselling book of the same name by Donald Ray Pollock. Set in 1960s Ohio, the film follows a non-linear story of compelling and deranged characters who suffer from the psychological damages of World War II.
After his web-slinging escapades in Marvel’s Spider-Man films, Tom Holland will be leading the cast as Alvin Russell, a troubled Christian orphan, in this gruesome and grotesque narrative. Produced by Jake Gyllenhaal, the twisted anecdote will feature a serial-killing couple, a spider eating preacher and a lecherous pastor who preys on young congregants. As of now, Netflix has not updated the release date on their official page. But it should be resolved as soon as possible.
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CampusLogic, whose SaaS tech is helping simplify student financial aid processes at 750+ colleges and universities, receives $120M investment from Dragoneer — CampusLogic's new $120 million growth investment will help the education technology company expand its student financial success platform.
CloudMinds CEO, a Chinese engineer who started the cloud-based robotics company in SV, says he will not consider US listing after sanctions hurt the business — CloudMinds lost almost 75 per cent of orders in the US and cut 80 per cent of its US workforce after Washington imposed sanctions …
New York Times : Sources: the US State Department ordered embassies to push back against foreign influence campaigns, as officials worry ...
