Let’s hope COVID-19 isn’t a ‘mass extinction event’ for small businesses Most of the attention surrounding the economic fallout from COVID-19 has focused on job losses — now 38.6 million since March. Census data also indicate that roughly 47% of U.S. households have been impacted by layoffs or salary reductions. …

Level Up: Nvidia’s GameGAN AI Creates Pac-Man Without an Underlying Game Engine Nvidia has created the first generative network capable of creating a fully functional video game without an underlying game engine. The project was begun to test a theory: Could an AI learn how to imitate a game well …

300,000-Year-Old Wooden Throwing Stick Found in Germany A team of archaeologists from the University of Tübingen and the University of Liège has unearthed a well-preserved wooden throwing stick at the Middle Pleistocene open-air site at Schöningen in northern Germany. The 300,000-year-old wooden throwing stick at Schöningen 13 II-4, Germany. Image …

Researchers Map Green Snow Algae Blooms in Antarctica Using data from ESA’s Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission and two field campaigns, a team of UK scientists has identified 1,679 blooms of Antarctic green snow algae, seasonally covering 1.95 km2 and equating to 1,300 tons total dry biomass. A photograph showing a snow …

Killer Move: Intel Acquires Rivet Networks Rivet Networks, the company behind Killer Networking products, has been acquired by Intel for an undisclosed sum. Rivet Networks began life as Bigfoot Networks, with a dramatic “Killer NIC” card that sold for $250 before pivoting to building software solutions to prioritize and classify …

Cosmic Rays May Have Played Key Role in Origin of Life’s Handedness Living organisms comprise a system of molecules organized with specific handedness. Handedness — or chirality — is the geometric property of an object that cannot be superimposed on its mirror image. In a paper published in the Astrophysical …

Aerobic Exercise Improves Memory in Older Adults, New Study Finds Aerobic exercise boosts blood flow into two key regions of brain associated with memory: the anterior cingulate cortex and the hippocampus, according to new research led by neuroscientists from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Positive effects of aerobic …

Curiosity Finds Evidence of Mars’ Ancient Ice-Covered Lakes Using data from the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument on NASA’s rover Curiosity, researchers have found that certain minerals in rocks at Gale Crater, the 150-km-wide ancient basin that Curiosity is exploring, may have formed in an ice-covered lake during a …

How to increase organic traffic to your store Optimizing your Shopify store for Google, Bing and other search engines is critical for helping potential customers discover your site. Many of the tenets of search engine optimization (SEO) are based on providing users with a positive experience. The easier it is …

How to measure content KPIs during COVID [Video] “We’re more okay than we typically are with trying to understand anecdotal evidence and gut reactions,” said HubSpot’s Meghan Keaney Anderson, explaining that the standard key performance indicators (KPIs) her organization, and many others, are used to tracking have been disrupted by …