App-Based Platform Workers’ Federation Writes to Labour Ministry, Demands Universal Social Security

The Indian Federation of App-based Transport Workers (IFAT) has made a submission along with others to the Ministry of Labour and Employment over the ongoing public consultation on the Draft Code on Social Security (Central) Rules, 2020. It has also been signed by labour unions and civil society organisations to raise concerns about the implications of the ongoing lab...
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Steam Winter Sale: The Best Deals on PC Games

Halo: The Master Chief Collection, Need for Speed Payback, Sea of Thieves, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Control, Crusader Kings 3, Death Stranding, Doom Eternal, Fall Guys, FIFA 21, Hades, Red Dead Redemption 2, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order — the best deals on PC games in the Steam Winter Sale, which runs from December 22 to January 5.
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Cyberpunk 2077 Game Sales Top 13 Million After Refunds

Cyberpunk 2077 had sold 13 million copies by December 20 after factoring in refunds, Polish gaming studio CD Projekt SA has announced. Sony pulled the title from its PlayStation store while Microsoft offered full refunds for Xbox users after users complained about too many glitches in the PS4 and Xbox One version of the game.
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StorONE All-Flash Array Review

Announced in June, the StorONE All-Flash is a 2U array that is all about the price to performance. The company has done a few interesting things here with storage tiering. As opposed to using Intel Optane SSD as a cache, the StorONE array uses Optane as its top tier of storage. StorONE further cements its partnership with Intel by leveraging that latter’s QLC 3D NAND SSDs for the high capacity storage. The solution is powered by StorONE’s S1 Enterprise Storage Platform software and moves data based on needs to keep performance high while managing data economics with the QLC SSDs. (more…)
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