Yikes! A ladybug swarm was detected by weather radar over Southern California. When National Weather Service radar picked up a giant blob moving swiftly over southwestern San Bernardino County, east of Los Angeles, around 8 p.m., forecasters at the agency’s San Diego office called spotters on the ground, who told them it was an enormous…
Month: June 2019
How do robocallers have our numbers?
USA Today has posted a story about 5 ways to avoid being put on robocall lists. The good news is that there are ways to avoid robocall companies from getting your number. Although these steps cannot guarantee you will not receive robocalls – any phone number can be randomly generated and called using robocall technology…
World’s largest airplane for rocket launches may be grounded
Doh! The world’s largest airplane may be grounded after just one flight. Stratolaunch Systems Corporation, the space company founded by late billionaire and Microsoft Corp co-founder Paul Allen, is closing operations, cutting short ambitious plans to challenge traditional aerospace companies in a new “space race,” four people familiar with the matter said on Friday. For…
Microsoft introduces Variable Refresh Rate
With Windows Version 1903, Microsoft has added a new toggle in Graphics Settings for variable refresh rate. Variable refresh rate (VRR) is similar to NVIDIA’s G-SYNC and VESA DisplayPort Adaptive-Sync. This new OS support is only to augment these experiences and does not replace them. You should continue to use G-SYNC / Adaptive-Sync normally. This…
Quake II RTX Available On Windows and Linux June 6th
Here’s a surprise for an oldie, but goody…Quake II RTX is coming out. Now, we can confirm that Quake II RTX will be released on June 6th, 2019. If you have a GeForce RTX graphics card, or other capable hardware, you can experience the first 3 levels of the game for free, fully remastered with path-traced…