INSCMagazine: Get Social! Once a bastion for luxury real estate and high-net-worth individuals, Portugal is currently at a crossroads. With the imminent ending of Portugal’s Non-Habitual Resident (NHR) tax program, luxury real estate and the Portuguese economy as a whole are bracing for change. NHR opponents believe ending the program will improve the economy, but … [Read more…]
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang reveals secret AI strategy: “We have been quietly investing in AI,” he announces at the conference – Developpez.com
Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of Nvidia, reveals at a SIGGRAPH conference in Los Angeles that the strategic decision to invest heavily in artificial intelligence (AI) in 2018 was crucial to the company’s future. By focusing on AI-based image processing, including ray tracing and DLSS, Nvidia has redefined its hardware and helped shape the industry. … [Read more…]
For Hyperloop One – Electrek, the game is over
Hyperloop One, the futuristic transportation company (in case you forgot) that promised to carry passengers and cargo from city to city in vacuum-sealed tubes at jet speeds, is officially over — but this time it’s real. The vaunted, long-struggling company will officially close its doors on December 31, according to Bloomberg. It was all a … [Read more…]
New draft regulations targeting in-game spending are costing China's tech giants billions
Florence Lo/Portal In this illustration image, a Tencent Games app logo is seen on a mobile phone. Portal/Florence Lo/Illustration Hong Kong CNN – Shares of several Chinese tech giants slumped in Hong Kong on Friday, shedding billions from their total value, after Beijing unveiled a series of new regulations to curb online spending in the … [Read more…]
Clever tips for great photos – L'Écho de Maskinongé
The Christmas holidays are synonymous with magical moments: what better way to immortalize them than to photograph them? -To achieve results that meet your expectations, follow these smart tips! Pay attention to the details: Twinkling lights, festive decorations, and happy faces are all little elements that can make your photos magical. Make the most of … [Read more…]
Sony backs down on Discovery content on PlayStation – Journal du geek
A few days ago we learned very bad news about certain dematerialized content on PlayStation consoles. Users noted with bitterness that by the end of the month, all Discovery productions, including those for which players had paid, would soon disappear from the platform. Remember that the players then received an email in which we could … [Read more…]
Asian markets were mixed ahead of the Christmas weekend; Tencent and NetEase crash in Hong Kong –
2 hours ago Inflation rate in Malaysia reaches lowest level since February 2021 Malaysia’s inflation rate fell to 1.5% in November, compared to 1.8% in October, reaching its lowest level since February 2021. November’s reading was also below the 1.7% expected in a Portal poll of economists. On a monthly basis, inflation remained flat in … [Read more…]
Unusual: Discovery of a new substance even harder than diamond? – Tameteo.com
Because of its structure, diamond is considered the strongest substance in the world, but carbon nitrides could come close or even surpass it. Tristan Bergen 12/22/2023 10:00 4 min Recently, scientists at the University of Edinburgh announced that they believe they have created carbon nitrides in the laboratory, a material that could do this They … [Read more…]
Stocks and US Futures Fall Ahead of Inflation Gauge: Markets Wrap
(Bloomberg) — European stocks and U.S. futures fell ahead of the release of a U.S. inflation indicator that could influence the Federal Reserve’s policy outlook. Most read by Bloomberg Technology stocks led to a decline in the Stoxx Europe 600 index. Prosus NV slumped as much as 15% after China announced new restrictions on online … [Read more…]
Christmas: 3 games to (re)discover during the end-of-year holidays – L'Éclaireur Fnac
As Christmas approaches, L’Éclaireur offers you a selection of three video game titles to catch up on and get in the mood. 1 Kingdom Hearts 2 and its Christmas town Disney and Christmas have been inextricably linked since the Walt Disney Christmas Show in the 1950s, so it’s no surprise that a game related to … [Read more…]