When Apple announced the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus, it moved away from using metal for the back of its phones in favor of all-glass construction. The company promised that this would have no impact on device strength, claiming its metal backs were more resilient than ever. Multiple reviewers reported …
Read More »Intel Unveils Neuromorphic, Self-Learning Chip Codenamed Loihi
There’s been a huge surge of interest in topics like AI, machine learning, and deep learning over the last few years. Thus far, we’ve seen much of the market flow towards either GPUs (almost entirely Nvidia, though AMD might be tipping a toe into those waters), or to specialized architectures …
Read More »Intel, Not Nvidia, Will Power Tesla’s Infotainment Systems
Nvidia and Tesla have worked together since the Model S first went on sale. Nvidia’s Tegra 3 powered the Model S’s console, and the two companies worked together on self-driving vehicles. Nvidia crowed about Tesla’s test-runs last year, declaring that its own Drive PX2 represented a “supercomputer” that would accelerate …
Read More »Field Test: Flying a Mavic Pro With Epson’s Moverio BT-300FPV AR Glasses
One of the trickiest parts of flying a drone is trying to look in two directions at once. Looking up at the drone gives you a good sense of where it is. But you need to look down to see either its location on the map or a view from …
Read More »3 Easy Yoga Poses to Help Wake You Up
Photo: Ryan Kelly / Daily Burn Some mornings, getting out of bed can feel like a serious chore. But instead of hitting snooze on repeat — which often leads to a stressful start — step into a more peaceful headspace with this simple yoga flow. “Yoga is a great way …
Read More »Uromys vika: New Species of Tree-Dwelling Giant Rat Found in Solomon Islands
A new rodent species with an unusual lifestyle has been discovered on Vangunu — an island, part of the New Georgia Islands in the Solomon Islands — by an international team of researchers. This is an illustration of Uromys vika. Image credit: Velizar Simeonovski, Field Museum. This new rat was …
Read More »Yarmouth shuts out York 1-0
Max Coury scored his fourth goal of the season less than six minutes into the second half to propel unbeaten Yarmouth to a 1-0 win over York in a Western Maine Conference boys’ soccer game Tuesday night. 12, Yarmouth (8-0) handed York its only other loss this season with a …
Read More »Google marks its 19th birthday with a ‘Google birthday surprise spinner’ doodle
For its 19th birthday, Google has posted a birthday doodle that leads to a spinner prompting surprise searches for 19 of its past Easter egg games and quizzes. Three spins leads to the ICC Championship interactive cricket game Google launched earlier this year, an Earth Day quiz launched in 2015 …
Read More »SEO content strategy: How to grow visits by 300% in one year
Content strategy is an essential part of SEO — after all, content and links are among the top three ranking factors in search. However, you can’t simply create content for content’s sake and expect to achieve any results. Millions of blog posts are published each day, so you need to …
Read More »Google’s latest Easter Egg is a video game that shows up with searches for ‘snake’ & ‘play snake’
To celebrate its 19th birthday, Google put together a doodle that launches a spinner prompting 18 of its past Easter egg games and quizzes and one new game called “Snake.” Searches for “snake,” “play snake,” “snake game” and “snake video game” all result in a “Play Snake” card showing at …
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