Microsoft says it hears the complaints people have about the current state of Windows, and it wants to fix them. One of those fixes is another overhaul for its Windows Insider Program, the public beta system that Microsoft has used since Windows 10 to test and preview upcoming versions of the operating system and new app updates. The company hinted at this in its " commitment to Windows quality " ...
Microsoft says it hears the complaints people have about the current state of Windows, and it wants to fix them. One of those fixes is another overhaul for its Windows Insider Program, the public beta system that Microsoft has used since Windows 10 to test and preview upcoming versions of the operating system and new app updates. The company hinted at this in its " commitment to Windows quality " post last month, and it's announcing details today in another post attributed to Microsoft Principal Group Product Manager Alec Oot. Since its last reorganization in 2023 , the Windows Insider Program has had four testing channels. From least to most stable, these are the Canary channel, the Dev channel, the Beta channel, and the Release Preview channel. Both Canary and Dev are for earlier builds of Windows and new apps, while Beta tends to get things that are closer to finished and much more likely to ship to the general public. The Release Preview channel is a new Windows version's last stop before public release and is usually near-final. Read full article Comments
Hi everyone. Today we’ve got a fun story about one successful indie developer that’s helping out another, but first... This week’s top gaming news: A ton of new indie games were announced this week (huh, guess this newsletter has a theme) The new Mario movie is a big hit , buoying theaters An unexpected partnership Early last year, when game designer Remy Siu began looking for funding on his next ...
Hi everyone. Today we’ve got a fun story about one successful indie developer that’s helping out another, but first... This week’s top gaming news: A ton of new indie games were announced this week (huh, guess this newsletter has a theme) The new Mario movie is a big hit , buoying theaters An unexpected partnership Early last year, when game designer Remy Siu began looking for funding on his next project, potential backers all asked him the same question: “Where’s the demo?” Siu, director of the critically acclaimed narrative game 1000xResist , thought it was a reasonable request. It makes sense for prospective investors to want to see a proof of concept before writing a big check. Even though 1000xResist had sold nearly 100,000 copies at that point (the figure has since grown to around 150,000), Siu and his team weren’t yet established enough to score deals with nothing but ambitious ideas and a slideshow presentation. But developing a demo before signing a deal is a risky endeavor. It means spending a lot of time on something with no guaranteed return. Often, the work used in a demo can’t be used again for the final product. For narrative games like the kind Siu makes, it’s particularly difficult to make a demo that reflects the complete experience. And every month spent on a demo means burning a month worth of salaries. For Siu’s studio, Sunset Visitor, which has around 10 employees, that’d be an expensive proposition during a time when it’s become extraordinarily difficult for developers to find funding . “It’s essentially working on spec,” Siu told me in a recent interview. “And so you have a lot of developers working on spec. Sometimes that doesn’t pan out, and that can lead to lots of studios closing.” Fortunately, Siu had another option. A few months earlier, he had met Abby Howard and Tony Howard-Arias, the married co-founders of a fellow indie studio called Black Tabby Games. Their 2023 horror game Slay the Princess was a smash hit (it has now sold more th...
Microsoft is finally allowing Windows 11 testers to get access to experimental features without having to download a third-party app like ViVeTool . The changes are part of making the Windows Insider Program (WIP) less confusing , with Dev and Canary testing rings simplified into a new Experimental Channel alongside a refresh of the existing Beta Channel. Microsoft has been using a technology call...
Microsoft is finally allowing Windows 11 testers to get access to experimental features without having to download a third-party app like ViVeTool . The changes are part of making the Windows Insider Program (WIP) less confusing , with Dev and Canary testing rings simplified into a new Experimental Channel alongside a refresh of the existing Beta Channel. Microsoft has been using a technology called Controlled Feature Rollout (CFR) for years now, to gradually roll out new features to all Windows 11 users. While this is an industry standard, it's often frustrating to try and get access to experimental Windows 11 features and realize that Micro … Read the full story at The Verge.
Some market watchers may think the luster is off Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) stock. At first glance, that looks to be true. Shares are down and trailing the market this year, and there doesn't seem to be a catalyst in sight. All the good news looks to be in the stock price, with artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure spending plans seemingly having nowhere to go but down. That could be a false narr...
Some market watchers may think the luster is off Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) stock. At first glance, that looks to be true. Shares are down and trailing the market this year, and there doesn't seem to be a catalyst in sight. All the good news looks to be in the stock price, with artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure spending plans seemingly having nowhere to go but down. That could be a false narrative, though. Here's why investors will soon find out if the stock's gains are in the past or shares are about to take the next leg higher. Image source: The Motley Fool. Continue reading
Richard Drury CoreWeave ( CRWV ) is back in the spotlight after announcing a multi-year agreement with Anthropic to lease data center capacity to support the AI lab's growing compute demands for its Claude models, sending CRWV shares up over 12%. Against this backdrop, the following list examines CoreWeave-related ETFs across AI, technology, cybersecurity, and IPO themes, ranked by their one-month...
Richard Drury CoreWeave ( CRWV ) is back in the spotlight after announcing a multi-year agreement with Anthropic to lease data center capacity to support the AI lab's growing compute demands for its Claude models, sending CRWV shares up over 12%. Against this backdrop, the following list examines CoreWeave-related ETFs across AI, technology, cybersecurity, and IPO themes, ranked by their one-month price performance, offering a window into how the broader market is pricing in the CoreWeave growth story beyond the stock itself. The list is topped by iShares Future AI & Tech ETF ( ARTY ), with a one-month performance of 3.84% and a Quant Rating of Buy (3.87). Invesco NASDAQ Next Gen 100 ETF ( QQQJ ) follows with a 2.38% gain and a Buy rating (3.52), while Renaissance IPO ETF ( IPO ) rounds out the positive performers with a modest 0.35% increase, though it carries a Strong Sell rating (1.41). The lower end of the list includes two cybersecurity-focused ETFs that have experienced negative performance over the past month. Evolve Cyber Security Index ETF Unhedged USD ( CYBR.U:CA ) declined 1.09%, while Themes Cybersecurity ETF ( SPAM ) fell 1.36%. Both of these funds are currently not covered by the Quant Rating system. Here is the list: iShares Future AI & Tech ETF ( ARTY ), 1 month performance percentage: 3.84% Invesco NASDAQ Next Gen 100 ETF ( QQQJ ), 1 month performance percentage: 2.38% Renaissance IPO ETF ( IPO ), 1 month performance percentage: 0.35% Evolve Cyber Security Index ETF Unhedged USD ( CYBR.U:CA ), 1 month performance percentage: -1.09% Themes Cybersecurity ETF ( SPAM ), 1 month performance percentage: -1.36% More on ETFs CoreWeave: The Neocloud King Validated By Meta's Billions CoreWeave: Time To Load Up CoreWeave: Slew Of Positive Updates (Rating Upgrade) CoreWeave prices upsized $3.5 billion convertible senior notes offering CoreWeave gains on multi-year data center deal with Anthropic to support Claude AI models
Mixing corn starch and water in appropriate amounts produces a slurry that is liquid when stirred slowly but hardens when you punch it—a substance colorfully dubbed “oobleck.” (The name derives from a 1949 Dr. Seuss children’s book, Bartholomew and the Oobleck .) High-speed imaging and force measurements have revealed another surprising property of oobleck drops hitting a flat surface, according t...
Mixing corn starch and water in appropriate amounts produces a slurry that is liquid when stirred slowly but hardens when you punch it—a substance colorfully dubbed “oobleck.” (The name derives from a 1949 Dr. Seuss children’s book, Bartholomew and the Oobleck .) High-speed imaging and force measurements have revealed another surprising property of oobleck drops hitting a flat surface, according to a new paper published in the journal Physical Review Letters. As previously reported , in an ideal fluid , viscosity largely depends on temperature and pressure: Water will continue to flow regardless of other forces acting on it, such as stirring or mixing. In a non-Newtonian fluid, the viscosity changes in response to an applied strain or shearing force, thereby straddling the boundary between liquid and solid behavior. Stirring a cup of water produces a shearing force, and the water shears to move out of the way. The viscosity remains unchanged. But for non-Newtonian fluids like oobleck, the viscosity changes when a shearing force is applied. Ketchup, for instance, is a shear-thickening non-Newtonian fluid, which is one reason smacking the bottom of the bottle doesn’t make the ketchup come out any faster; the application of force increases the viscosity. Yogurt, gravy, mud, pudding, and thickened pie fillings are other examples. And so is oobleck. Read full article Comments
(RTTNews) - The Switzerland market, which stayed positive right through the session on Friday, ended with just a marginal gain as stocks gave up most of their gains past mid- afternoon.
(RTTNews) - The Switzerland market, which stayed positive right through the session on Friday, ended with just a marginal gain as stocks gave up most of their gains past mid- afternoon.
Yulia Alekseeva, managing vice president of fixed income at MissionSquare, joins Katie Greifeld on "Bloomberg Real Yield." While consumer prices jumped the most since 2022, core inflation - which is closely watched by the Federal Reserve - was relatively tame. Bond yields edged up, but traders kept betting on a rate cut in 2026. (Source: Bloomberg)
Yulia Alekseeva, managing vice president of fixed income at MissionSquare, joins Katie Greifeld on "Bloomberg Real Yield." While consumer prices jumped the most since 2022, core inflation - which is closely watched by the Federal Reserve - was relatively tame. Bond yields edged up, but traders kept betting on a rate cut in 2026. (Source: Bloomberg)
After BWX Technologies had its best day on record, Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest shed shares of the nuclear play across two of its flagship funds. The sale included 2,639 shares by the which is concentrated in so-called disruptive technology and dominated by names such as Crispr Therapeutics and Advanced Micro Devices As of Friday, ARK Innovation held 303,133 BWX shares valued at roughly $69.8 million,...
After BWX Technologies had its best day on record, Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest shed shares of the nuclear play across two of its flagship funds. The sale included 2,639 shares by the which is concentrated in so-called disruptive technology and dominated by names such as Crispr Therapeutics and Advanced Micro Devices As of Friday, ARK Innovation held 303,133 BWX shares valued at roughly $69.8 million, or 1.17% of the portfolio by weight. The second fund to sell was the ARK Autonomous Technology & Robotics ETF which shed 839 shares.