Why does Unix have its own concept of time? What is the epoch and what’s the Y2038 problem? Unix time is a means of representing a specific date and time, used by Linux, macOS, and many other interoperable systems. It’s so widespread, that you’re probably using it without being aware of it. Once you understand
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The US. Federal Trade Commission has opened an in-depth probe into Nvidia’s agreement to acquire Arm, Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing a source. The FTC has sent information demands to third parties, according to Bloomberg. The FTC and Nvidia did not respond to requests for comment outside regular working hours. Nvidia struck a deal with
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Games The Shop Valentine’s Sale is now on and brings huge discounts to over 200 games for PC. The sale has offers across Steam, Epic Games, Bethesda Launcher, Rockstar Games Launcher, and Ubisoft Connect titles. Games The Shop Valentine’s Sale will end on February 21, however, not all games will be available at discounted prices
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Do you still have nightmares of the Spanish textbooks and poorly-taught French classes you received at school? Fear not. Thanks to the internet, learning a new language these days can be both fun and accessible. Social media, in particular, has helped to connect millions of language learners across the world. Whether you’re learning something popular
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Indian Space Research Organisation and location and navigation technology solutions provider MapmyIndia announced an initiative to partner together to offer India’s best, and fully indigenous, mapping portal, and geospatial services. It combines the power of MapmyIndia’s digital maps and technologies with ISRO’s catalogue of satellite imagery and earth observation data, according to MapmyIndia’s CEO and
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How can you live stream the India versus England Test match? Read on to find out. India and England will continue to vie for the Anthony de Mello Trophy as their four-match Test series continues in the southeastern city of Chennai, before moving to the newly-revamped largest cricket stadium in the world up northwest in
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U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm has told regulators across the globe that it opposes Nvidia’s $40 billion acquisition of chip design company ARM. As the two firms near a deal, it has come under increasing scrutiny. Qualcomm, for example, has registered objections to the Federal Trade Commission, the European Commission, and similar agencies in the U.K. and
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Jack Black has joined the Borderlands movie cast as the robot Claptrap, Lionsgate has announced, alongside the previously announced casting of Cate Blanchett as the legendary thief Lilith, Kevin Hart as the skilled soldier Roland, and Jamie Lee Curtis as an archaeologist called Tannis. Unlike the other three, Black will have a voice-only role (just
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Zynga on Wednesday forecast annual net bookings above Wall Street estimates, betting on the launch of its upcoming FarmVille game and strong in-game spending in its existing titles such as Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells. The company’s shares rose nearly 3 percent in extended trading. Zynga said it expects full-year net bookings – an indicator
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Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella said social-media services like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube need clearer laws and rules to govern whether controversial accounts, like former US President Donald Trump’s, have a place on their services, rather than being asked to make free-speech decisions themselves. “Unilateral action by individual companies in democracies like ours is
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Global notebook shipments grew 54 percent year-over-year in the fourth quarter of 2020, according to a market research firm report. The growth came on the back of increased adoption of remote working and e-learning across major markets worldwide fuelled by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the report. It said that gaming and remote work drove
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