Concurrent computing

Although Twitch’s new Partner Plus program, which gives streamers an increased share of their subscription revenues, was seen as an olive branch by many in the streaming community, creators should probably take a second look at the company’s sparkling initiative before starting to cheer, industry experts say.How Does Gerard Pique’s New Twitch Indoor Soccer League Work?Last Thursday, Twitch announced that streamers who qualified for its new Partner Plus initiative would get a 70 / 30 split of revenue from subscriptions,…

Image: Disney, Amazon, HBOThere’s always time for more TV, and new data published by Bloomberg earlier this week revealed that we watched a lot of it. A new report helps characterize the blackbox that is streaming shows to audiences—which is especially important in a world where Netflix has a reputation for cancelling your favorite show (I’m still not over 1899). After analyzing data from the data firm Nielsen, which is famous for collecting data on TV audiences, Bloomberg was able to break down the most popular original…

It’s no secret that AMD’s 3D V-Cache CPUs top the list of the best gaming processors, but the new Ryzen 7 7800X3D puts AMD shoppers in a precarious position. As you can read in our Ryzen 7 7800X3D review, it tops the charts in gaming performance even if it takes a backseat in productivity power. Is that gap enough to justify spending more on the Ryzen 9 7950X3D? Even with around $300 separating the Ryzen 7 7800X3D and Ryzen 9 7950X3D, the performance gap between them is much closer than their prices would suggest. I…

If Netflix’s subscription tiers were all branches on a tree, then the newly-budded ad-based subscription tier started its life last year as the thinnest and weakest of the tree’s many limbs. However, new data reportedly shows that Netflix’s Basic With Ads tier is coming into its own, growing to be a branch that can finally support its own weight.According to Bloomberg based on internal data, the ad tier had around 1 million monthly active users in the U.S. after its second month. The service came alive in November last…

The allure of the vinyl record may have made a comeback during the height of the covid-19 pandemic, when live music was shut down.Image: Spencer Platt (Getty Images)Gone are the days of shimmery plastic CDs and chunky jewel cases, the past is making a comeback in a back way. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has revealed in its annual revenue report that vinyl sales have outpaced CD sales for the first time since 1987.Sales of physical music formats, like vinyl, CDs, and cassette tapes, saw a 4%…

Netflix’s lower priced subscriptions will affect users in markets like Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East.Image: Vantage_DS (Shutterstock)Netflix just can’t seem to decide on the best way to keep users using the platform. The streaming service is reportedly cutting monthly subscription costs in over three dozen countries across the world, with some discounts being as much as half of the current monthly subscription.The Wall Street Journal reported that the countries that will receive reduced…

Screenshot: YouTubeSam Bankman-Fried, the founder of hedge fund Alameda Research and crypto platform FTX, was a frequent guest on both mainstream financial news and more niche crypto podcasts. And while digging through his media appearances over the years, Gizmodo has stumbled upon a very weird analogy from SBF, as he was often known, where the now-former billionaire explained that massive fraud at Enron wouldn’t have been possible if the company used the blockchain.SBF appeared on the “Jax Jones and Martin Warner Show”…

Ethereum mining rigs.Photo: Lauren DeCicca (Getty Images)In September, the Ethereum cryptocurrency network managed to pull off what it had been promising todo for years: switch to a model of mining that is far less emissions-intensive than the standard, a move known as the Merge. Did the switch do anything for the currency’s emissions? Could it be a good solution to the huge climate issues plaguing crypto?The preliminary answer, according to a peer-reviewed opinion paper published Tuesday in the journal Patterns, is,…

Photo: CHARLY TRIBALLEAU (Getty Images)Netflix is appealing to more of its subscribers in an move that will allow tens of thousands of individuals around the world to preview films and tv shows before they’re released on the streaming platform. This is a drastic increase from the 2,000-plus subscribers who previously had VIP preview access. The program, called the Netflix Preview Club, was first announced last year and follows the same historical tradition as Blockbuster movies since the Silent Film era, inviting…

Netflix has gained more than 2.4 million paying subscribers over the past three months, the company announced in its 2022 third quarter earnings report. The uptick in customers is more than enough to make up for the back-t0-back drop in memberships the streaming service incurred earlier in the year. The number also exceeds expectations.Back in July, the company forecast that it would add one million new subscribers this quarter, banking on the release of popular series like the second half of Stranger Things’ fourth…