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Microsoft’s DirectStorage tech arrives on PC with perplexing, encouraging results

We’ve been waiting for Microsoft’s DirectStorage—the backbone of the Xbox Series X’s ultra-fast storage technology—to come to Windows for years now. After being released to developers last spring, it’s finally here, sinking its deep optimized-storage hooks into Square Enix’s Forspoken, which released this week to middling reviews…and no review copies for PC reviewers. Ominous. So …

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Samsung’s first flat screen mini-LED monitor looks absolutely stunning

Tech / By brbc

Image: Samsung Samsung recently announced the launch of the Odyssey Neo G7, which is a flat mini-LED gaming monitor. If you’re wondering what all the hullaballoo is about, listen up. Mini-LED monitors are a fantastic choice for gaming because there’s hardly any burn-in issues, the image quality is simply superb, and their eye-searing brightness can’t …

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Microsoft DirectStorage slashes the RTX 4090’s speed by 10%

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Microsoft’s long-awaited (perhaps-revolutionary) DirectStorage technology finally arrived on the PC this week in Forspoken. Initial testing reports showed encouraging yet mildly perplexing results, with some sections of the game loading in under two seconds flat and continues from your last save point being virtually instantaneous. Yes please! But it appears there’s a tradeoff: Your in-game …

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MakerDAO Approves Preliminary Proposal To Park $100 Million USDC In Yearn Finance Vault

Finance / By brbc

Summary: The MakerDAO proposal to earn yield from a Yearn Finance vault was backed by the governance community. Yearn Finance’s special investment vehicle or vault has a cap of $100 million. The USD Coin treasury allocation from Dai’s developer will earn a 2% annual yield if approved by an executive vote. The MakerDAO governance community …

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Compensation Sought by FX Traders Worldwide Drops 17% to $12.4M in 2022

Finance / By brbc

The total compensation sought by forex traders from brokerages across the world declined by 17% to $12.4 million last year. However, those that sought reparations from members of the Financial Commission (FinaCom), the world’s first external dispute resolution (EDR) body for the forex industry, jumped 76% to $7.4 million. FinaCom disclosed the figures in its …

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UK Charges Ex-Janus Analyst and 4 Others with £1.5M Insider Dealing

Finance / By brbc

The United Kingdom’s FCA (Financial Conduct Authority) has issued charges for insider dealing. This includes charges against 35-year-old Redinel Korfuzi, a former Analyst at the British-American asset manager Janus Henderson, alongside four others for conspiring to commit insider dealing offences between December 2019 and March 2021. The five individuals appeared before the Westminster Magistrates’ Court …

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FCA Investigates 3 Money Transfer Firms for Possible Unfair Competition

Finance / By brbc

The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA ) has disclosed that it is investigating three money transfer companies in the country for what might be a violation of the country’s Competition Act of 1998. The financial markets regulator disclosed on Wednesday that it has issued a statement of objections to the three businesses. A statement …

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Transportation Department probe will look at whether Southwest overscheduled flights

Travel / By brbc

The Transportation Department is in the initial phases of an investigation into Southwest Airlines’ travel meltdown, and it will look at whether executives overscheduled flights, a spokesperson said. Southwest canceled thousands of flights, slashing around two-thirds of its daily schedule, for days as it struggled to recover from winter weather even as other airlines managed. …

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Accelerating the transition to net-zero travel

Travel / By brbc

The worsening effects of climate change have made decarbonization a top priority for many industries, including global travel and tourism, which accounts for between 8 and 11 percent of the world’s emissions. 1 If nothing is done, the sector’s carbon emissions will only rise as it grows. Travel activity is expected to soar by 85 …

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Westin Hotels & Resorts Launches a Refueled Gear Lending Program

Travel / By brbc

3 minute read Westin Hotels & Resorts January, 25 2023 Westin Hotels & Resorts Launches a Refueled Gear Lending Program Travelers can borrow the latest high-tech recovery and total body strength training equipment to optimize their well-being while staying at any of the brand’s more than 230 properties globally Westin Hotels & Resorts has …

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