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  Valve will be doubling the number of Steam Decks it ships to customers, the firm announced. In a tweet from Steam Deck’s official account, Valve said the production of the Steam Deck had picked up, and the firm would be shipping over double the number of Steam Decks weekly. Suppose you’ve been eagerly refreshing your inbox regularly for the chance to  order your Steam Deck reservation. In that case, Valve’s increased production could be a sign that you might be able to buy your Steam Deck sooner than you expected. And if you are in that Q3 window, you should keep an eye on your inbox on June 30 th,  2022. Valve said the first Q3 order emails would go out then. You will want to have a close eye out for that email, as Valve only gives you 72 hours to complete an order it’s sent out. If you do miss that window, though, Valve suggests you contact Steam Support—the firm recently clarified that it offered a grace period of a few days to place an order for the Steam Deck. Valv...

  Russia defaulted on its foreign- currency  debt for the first time in over a century, culminating in ever-stringent Western sanctions that shut down payment methods to overseas creditors. For months, the nation found paths around the penalties imposed after it invaded Ukraine. But, the grace period on about $100 million of ensnared interest payments due May 27 terminated, a deadline thought of as an event of default if missed. It’s a grim marker in the nation’s rapid transformation into an financial, economic, and political outcast. The country’s Eurobonds have traded at distressed levels since the beginning of March. Russia’s central bank’s foreign reserves remain frozen, and nation’s the biggest banks are severed from the global financial system. Russia has fought back against the default designation, saying the country had the reserves to cover any bills and has been forced into non-payment. As it tried to twist its way out, it announced last week that it would switch to ...

  Topology optimization tools are among the most advanced software engineers use to improve complex designs. They adopt it to ensure the design process’s size, shape, and material are efficient.  If you are a designer wondering what topology optimization software is and how it produces brilliant structure design, you are in the right place. This article discusses topology optimization software, benefits, and applications.  Let’s get into it.  What is topology optimization software?  The topology optimization software is a tool used at the concept level of design development. It adopts algorithm models to maximize materials layout and structure according to the designer’s given loads, constraints, and conditions. It enhances efficiency by eliminating redundant materials from aspects that do not require much load. As a result, it reduces weight on designs and combats different challenges, including resonance or thermal stress.  Designs created by topology opt...

  Having an iron-clad IT system in place is essential for any business that wants to get an edge, and more often than not, companies that pull ahead in this area usually perform incredibly well compared to their technologically-inept counterparts. Moreover, with new technologies like  DevOps mon itoring tools coming out every day, anyone who is not striving to improve is likely to fall behind, and this is exactly why IT prowess is becoming more and more of a concern for prospective companies. In this article, we will be taking a look at three tips that will allow you to improve your business’s IT system exponentially, as well as discussing why this endeavour is becoming increasingly important as technology becomes more and more advanced.   Upgrade Your Security One of the best things you can do to improve your business’s IT system is to upgrade your security. Security threats are becoming more and more of a problem, and unless you take the necessary steps to protect ...

  An Australian court ordered Google to pay a former politician, John Barilaro, A$715,000 ($515,000), saying its refusal to remove a YouTube content creator’s defamatory videos drove him out of politics. The Federal Court found Alphabet Inc.’s subsidiary Google deliberately made money by hosting two videos on its YouTube website attacking Barliaro, the then-deputy premier of New South Wales, Australia’s most populous state, viewed almost 800,000 times since being uploaded in 2020. The court’s ruling revived the question of how much culpability technology firms had for defamation carried by users on their Australian websites, one of the few Western countries where online platforms are held to the same legal responsibility as content publishers. Australia is reviewing what   legal  exposure websites should have for defamatory posts. In 2021, a landmark case found a newspaper was liable for defamatory reader comments below an article posted on Meta’s Facebook. The court...

  Hollywood superstar Johnny Depp won over $10 million in damages, achieving a commanding victory in a defamation  suit  against Amber Heard, his actress ex-wife, to end a globally televised six-week trial. In Virginia, a seven-person jury also ruled for Heard on one counterclaim against Johnny Depp. The film star famous for his role as Captain Jack Sparrow in “The Pirates of the Caribbean” referred to the decision as a vindication, and Amber Heard, his former wife, said she was disappointed with the verdict. The jurors awarded Depp $15 million in damages from Heard, which the judge reduced to $10.35 million to comply with the state of Virginia’s limits on punitive damages. The panel also ordered Depp to pay Heard $2 million in damages. Depp, the 58-year-old movie star, sued his ex-wife Heard for $50 million and claimed that she defamed him by calling herself a public figure on behalf of domestic abuse in an opinion piece in the Washington Post. The jury agreed with Depp’...