Concurrent computing

Streaming films more diverse than cinematic releases

Films released by streaming services are more racially representative and more likely to have female leads than those that debut in theatres, a study released on March 30 showed.

Movies destined for the small screen were almost entirely reflective of the U.S. population, the Hollywood Diversity Report said, with majority-minority casts doing especially well with audiences.

Microsoft data centers progress

Following the adoption, in April 2022, of strategic investment status by the three Microsoft data centers, the next milestone for the 1-billion-euro investment is the start of construction of the facilities that will store the data and information trafficked through the internet.

Americans buying more vinyl than CDs for first time in decades

Vinyl records continued to translate their retro appeal into a steady resurgence, outselling compact discs last year in terms of units in the United States for the first time since 1987.

Revenues from the sale of physical records jumped 4 percent in 2022 to $1.7 billion, according to the latest report from the Recording Industry Association of America released on March 9.

Ethereum and Monero: Which Project Is More Ecologically Friendly?

Environmental Aspect of Cryptocurrencies: Ethereum vs Monero

The climate and energy debate gets more heated every year. So do the criticisms of energy-intensive cryptocurrencies. The Bitcoin network uses more energy than some countries like Argentina (with a population of 45 million). A single BTC transaction emits 300kg of carbon dioxide.  

Retrial ordered in Mariposa botnet case after coder serves prison sentence

Ljubljana – Coder Matjaž Škorjanc, who has already served his almost five year prison sentence for masterminding a major botnet, will go on trial again after the Constitutional Court annulled the 2013 guilty ruling and two higher-instance court rulings, returning the case to the Maribor District Court for retrial, Večer newspaper reported on Saturday.

Netflix aims to curtail password sharing, considers ads

An unexpectedly sharp drop in subscribers has Netflix considering changes it has long resisted: Minimizing password sharing and creating a low-cost subscription supported by advertising.

Looming changes announced late on April 19 are designed to help Netflix regain momentum lost over the past year.

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