It’s been a little less than five months since AMD launched its first Ryzen 7 products, and the company is finally ready to introduce its Ryzen 3 family of CPUs. While Ryzen 7 and Ryzen 5 may have captured more headlines, Ryzen 3’s lower price points are targeted at the …
Read More »AMD Launches Massive Radeon Driver Update 17.7.2
AMD released the latest version of its Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition (whew) last night, with a significant performance and feature boost for Team Red GPU owners. It’s part of a significant transformation in how AMD handles its drivers that kicked off in earnest back in November 2015, with the …
Read More »Smallest-Ever Working Satellites Reach Orbit
How small can you make a satellite? The first satellite, Russia’s Sputnik, weighed in at about 183 pounds (83 kilograms). Today, many smaller space projects are taking place thanks to inexpensive CubeSats, but a company called Breakthrough Starshot has something even smaller in mind. It has successfully tested tiny satellites …
Read More »5 Badass Resistance Band Exercises for Total-Body Strength
Photo: Courtesy of Kaisa Keranen Give the barbells and weight machines a day off and reach for some resistance bands instead. They might look flimsy, but those brightly colored cords are some of the most powerful pieces of equipment in the gym. And if you’re traveling this summer or have …
Read More »Study: Vegetable-Derived Compound May Counter Cognitive Aging
A recent study led by University of Illinois researchers found that middle-aged adults with higher levels of lutein — a nutrient found in green leafy vegetables such as spinach and kale, as well as avocados and eggs — had neural responses that were more on par with younger individuals than …
Read More »WeWork launches dedicated China business backed by $500M from investors
WeWork is making a big move to win the co-working market in China after it announced the creation of a standalone WeWork China business, backed by $500 million from existing backers SoftBank, Hony Capital and other undisclosed investors. This fresh influx of capital is not tied to a recent $760 million …
Read More »Flipkart is all set to buy rival Snapdeal in major Indian e-commerce consolidation
The long running saga over the future of Indian e-commerce firm Snapdeal may be close to a conclusion at last. The company has been repeatedly link with an acquisition by rival Flipkart, and now a deal worth a touch under $1 billion has been agreed to in principle. That’s according …
Read More »Baidu teams up with PayPal to take its Chinese mobile wallet global
PayPal has continued its strategy of expanding its presence on mobile after it revealed a tie-up with Baidu. The arrangement will allow the Chinese firm’s 100 million mobile wallet users to make payments to PayPal’s 17 million merchants through the Baidu service. The news is the latest in a series …
Read More »Flacco Injury Should Get Colin Kaepernick in NFL again
The most polarizing quarterback in the world may soon be back in the NFL. That man is Colin Kaepernick, and the injury that could get him there belongs to Baltimore Ravens star Joe Flacco. NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported that Flacco is expected to be able to return once the …
Read More »NPR survey: Americans love their smart speakers, 42% call them ‘essential’
Americans love their “smart speakers” and they plan to buy more of them. That’s according to a recent, in-depth consumer study from NPR and Edison Research. The survey polled more than 1,600 respondents (equally divided between device owners and non-owners) and found that 76 percent of owners had Amazon Echo …
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