Why GeForce Now’s Surprise CyberPunk 2077 News Is Such a Big Deal
Cyberpunk 2077 will be available at launch on the GeForce Now cloud gaming service. Nvidia will offer an RTX-enabled and fully optimized experience from day one. GeForce Now is a force to be reckoned with in the cloud gaming landscape despite last week’s Activision Blizzard library blunder. Nvidia announced today that CD Projekt Red’s upcoming…
Virgin Galactic’s Surge Exposes Everything Wrong with the Stock Market
Virgin Galactic is now worth $6.7 billion, despite reporting just $3 million in revenue last year. The space tourism stock is worth $1 billion more than Macy’s, which isn’t sexy – but is profitable. This disparity exposes everything wrong with the stock market. Think Tesla’s bewildering rally is the best evidence that the stock market…
Uber Risks Becoming Another WeWork Disaster Unless It Abandons Reckless Strategy
Uber is aiming to register a profit before the end of fiscal 2020. The ride-hailing firm’s growth-at-all-costs strategy has been the key driver of losses. If it needs a lesson on the deficiencies of the strategy, the ride-hailing service only needs to look at WeWork. The tech sector has become famous for adopting the growth-at-all-costs…
Dow & Gold Rally in Unison as Fear Mixes with Euphoria on Wall Street
Stock market euphoria returned on Wednesday as the Dow Jones, Nasdaq, and S&P 500 pushed back towards record highs. This confidence in risk assets belies demand for safe-havens as the price of gold continues to surge. Concerns about risk-taking and the impact of the coronavirus are potential causes for the jump in XAU/USD. The Dow…
Gold’s Epic Rally Clears the Way for an Even More Insane Milestone
Gold came within $5 of a new seven-year high, gaining 0.7% on the day. Bullion is rallying on renewed haven demand as investors assess the economic blow back of coronavirus. Citigroup is calling for $2,000/oz. gold in the next 12 to 24 months. The price of gold was approaching seven-year highs on Wednesday, as investors…
Oracle Employees Need to Shut Up About Larry Ellison’s Trump Fundraiser
Oracle employees are protesting Larry Ellison for holding a Donald Trump fundraiser on his private property. Tech employees haven’t shied away from political activism, even against their employers. That doesn’t make their protests any less hypocritical. We’d already seen it at Google, Amazon, and Microsoft. Now it’s happening at Oracle. A petition drafted by angry…
Metro Exodus Steam Launch Unaffected by Epic Store Exclusivity Fiasco
Embracer Group reports that the Metro Exodus Steam launch has been “great.” The first-person shooter was embroiled in a heated controversy due to publisher Deep Silver’s decision to shift to an Epic Store exclusivity deal shortly before release. Steam reviews have spawned an odd Google glitch that highlights ongoing feelings of resentment from portions of…
PS5 Will Dominate VR With New Patented Controllers
Sony recently patented a controller design that looks like it might be the new controller for the PSVR 2 system. If this patent is for the PS5 it could indicate that Sony plans on chasing VR hard in the next generation. These new controllers will bring the PS5 in-line with PC VR hardware. Virtual reality…
NASA reveals stunning photo of Earth from four billion miles away: ‘That’s home. That’s...
It's the 30th anniversary of the "Pale Blue Dot" image, and NASA commemorated the incredible feat with a release of the remastered, iconic image.Taken by NASA's Voyager probe, the rest of the planets can't really be seen, but Earth appears as a tiny blue pixel in the universe, suspended in a sunbeam.Two of the imaging…
German Man Finds Rock From Early Solar System in His Front Yard – Gizmodo
The surface of the Flensburg meteoritePhoto: WWU - Markus PatzekScientists have released their initial analysis of a meteorite that fell over Europe last September. They report that the rock, the remnant of a daytime bolide that impacted Earth with an energy of 0.48 kilotons of TNT (around this much), is a carbonaceous chondrite—the kind of…
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China’s Communist Party is Getting Nervous About Coronavirus Reporting
The Chinese government has expelled three Wall Street Journal reporters over an op-ed published by the outlet. The Wall Street Journal has been instrumental in exposing China’s underreporting of the coronavirus outbreak. China may be trying to suppress information about the outbreak by intimidating journalists. The Chinese Communist Party has expelled several journalists for daring…
Andrew Yang Signs on to Be CNN’s Don Lemon for Smart People
Andrew Yang just signed on to CNN as a political commentator. He follows in the footsteps of many flunked presidential candidates. CNN finally has a Don Lemon for smart people. Presidential aspirant Andrew Yang threw in the towel after the New Hampshire primary. He conceded that as “the math guy” in the race, he had…
Why GeForce Now’s Surprise CyberPunk 2077 News Is Such a Big Deal
Cyberpunk 2077 will be available at launch on the GeForce Now cloud gaming service. Nvidia will offer an RTX-enabled and fully optimized experience from day one. GeForce Now is a force to be reckoned with in the cloud gaming landscape despite last week’s Activision Blizzard library blunder. Nvidia announced today that CD Projekt Red’s upcoming…
