A few bits of digital news.
Leave Instagram
Every month, more than 1 million people around the world search for “How to delete my Instagram account”. This social network, according to a study by TRG DataCenters, would have the dubious honor of being the one that its users most want to leave, by far, among the large platforms. The second, Snapchat, comes far behind with 128,500 searches per month to carry out this operation. Twitter, which became X during the year, closes the podium with 123,000 searches.
A monster in the house
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As its name suggests, the Asus Zenbook 14 OLED has a magnificent 3K OLED screen, which allows for perfect blacks and a thickness of just 5 mm.
The latest from Asus, the Zenbook 14 OLED, is a speed monster integrated into a beautiful design and a superb 14-inch OLED touchscreen. As its name suggests, we are entitled to OLED (DELO in French), which allows perfect blacks and very thin screens, barely 5 mm here. Its high graphics processing capacity, according to our Geekbench 6 benchmarking, is deceptive: we have never been able to adequately run a AAA video game on this laptop. But “for the home”, as Asus promises, it delivers flawless performance at an overall acceptable price.
Paying, Apple employees
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It is Apple, with its US$99.8 billion in profits for 164,000 employees, which tops a list calculated by the firm Agency Reviews, with US$609,000 per person.
Based on the disturbing observation that the 35 largest tech companies raked in US450.3 billion in profits in 2023, a specialized firm, Agency Reviews, made an interesting calculation: profit per employee. It is Apple, with its US$99.8 billion in profits for 164,000 employees, which comes out on top with US$609,000 per person. Broadcom and TSMC come in second and third, with respective profits of US$575,000 and US$456,000 per employee.
Free the family TV
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The PlayStation Portal is a “remote player”, which is useless without WiFi and without the PS5 to which it connects, but capable of providing a good gaming experience if the network is up to it.
If you’re expecting PlayStation Portal to be a portable console like a Nintendo Switch or ROG Ally, you’ll be disappointed: this device recently launched by Sony is more of a “remote player”. It is useless without WiFi and without the PS5 to which it connects. Which doesn’t mean it doesn’t have its charm. We are actually surprised by the graphic quality of the games on this screen, if your WiFi network is suitable.
Quiz
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Hyperloop One, a company founded in 2014 and renamed Virgin Hyperloop One, has ceased operations, Bloomberg recently revealed.
Question
Which major science fiction transportation project is officially dead?
Answer
This is Hyperloop One, a company founded in 2014 and renamed Virgin Hyperloop One. The dream of creating a network of vacuum tubes capable of propelling capsules at more than 1,200 km/h has died with the layoffs of employees and the sale of assets, as Bloomberg recently revealed.