Technology
Farewell to 25 Years of red envelopes
September 29th marks a very sad day for the remaining one million loyal Netflix DVD subscribers including myself. Unfortunately, but not surprisingly, the company announced earlier this year to pull the plug and close its DVD rental operations. Needless to say, the DVD rental business for the company had been dwindling down ever since its streaming services became the primary choice for its subscribers all over the world and disrupted the video and movie industry. To give you an idea, Netflix's DVD revenue totaled $60 million for...
The 2023 Game Developer’s Conference
You could feel the sheer excitement in the air surrounding San Francisco's Moscone Center where exhibitor's and attendees convened at the 2023 Game Developer's Conference. It recently happened a few weeks ago from March 20th thru the 24th when the Games Developer's Conference tied its pre-pandemic record of 28,000 attendees in San Francisco that was set in 2019, more than doubling the number of in-person attendees from last year at San Francisco’s Moscone Convention Center. It was all about the return of the "in-person" experience,...
Sony Pictures Classics Releases 30th Anniversary 4K UHD Box Set
I vividly remember the first time becoming totally immersed with an “Arthouse film” It was in 1992, in a little dinky hole-in-the-wall cinema in San Francisco. I sat there completely mesmerized watching, and as far as I can tell, a “near-perfect” movie, as every component of it’s filmmaking was simply superior in every aspect. The movie was “Howards End”. The tiny theater consisted of less than fifty uncomfortable seats, but that didn’t matter much, as I was glued to how the the story moved along with Emma Thompson’s nuanced...
Will Cloud Gaming make Gaming Laptops and PC’s obsolite?
Since the advent of online gaming during the 80's and 90's, you were only considered a serious online gamer, if you had a top-of-the line gaming PC, such as an Alienware that contained the utmost highest performance components, along with the latest graphics card and a ultimate high performance CPU that had an outlandish ton of memory that most people couldn't imagine. Expect to pay at least $3000 for a good entry level Alienware gaming computer. It's just all part of the "game" to stay competitive online. Today, some extreme gamers...
For Bikers Who Want to Be Seen in Style – The MPOWERD Luci Bike Light
Whether you’re a recreational or an avid bicyclist, one of the most crucial items to bring along with you on a medium to long range trip is a good bike light. As the sun sets and it’s just about time to return home after spending a day with friends, you suddenly realize that you may have to ride home in the dark. Visibility and safety becomes the primary concern, especially alongside the fast-paced traffic as you need to see and also be seen. As you start your journey back, you realize your bike lights aren’t as bright as they...
National Association of Broadcasters
- Artificial Intelligence and the Creator Economy Take Center Stage at the 2024 NAB Show
- NAB Statement on the American Privacy Rights Act
- NAB Applauds House Committee Announcement of Bipartisan Legislative Hearing on AM Radio
- 2024 NAB Crystal Radio Award Winners Announced
- NAB Show Announces Winners of 2024 Product of the Year Awards
NVIDIA
- Measuring the GPU Occupancy of Multi-stream Workloads
- New Standard for Speech Recognition and Translation from the NVIDIA NeMo Canary Model
- Turbocharge ASR Accuracy and Speed with NVIDIA NeMo Parakeet-TDT
- Pushing the Boundaries of Speech Recognition with NVIDIA NeMo Parakeet ASR Models
- Advancing Medical Image Decoding with GPU-Accelerated nvImageCodec