Humans have long been shaping Earth’s landscape, but now scientists know we can shape the near-Earth environment as well. Image credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center / Genna Duberstein. Anthropogenic effects on the space environment started in the late 19th century and reached their peak in the 1960s when high-altitude …
Read More »Food Festivals Happening This Month In Toronto
Since Toronto is full of diverse cultures, there are so many different cuisines to celebrate. With a number of food festivals happening across the city this month, it’s the perfect time to take your taste buds on a culinary adventure. Whether you want to spend the long weekend seeing the …
Read More »10 Best TED Talks to Help You Have a Better Retirement
You want to have a better retirement. But how do you get there? You could spend hours researching the latest science behind happiness, personal finance and investment theory, and health research. Or you can take a few minutes to watch the best TED Talks related to retirement. With their engaging …
Read More »Take That, Intel: AMD Unveils 16-core Ryzen ‘Threadripper’ Enthusiast CPU
AMD’s Ryzen 7 and Ryzen 5 processors have already punched holes in Intel’s product lines. The Ryzen 5 1600X is a six-core / 12-thread CPU at $250, compared with over $400 for its Intel counterpart, and the eight-core, 16-thread Ryzen 7 1800X ($500) compares well with Intel’s Core i7-6900K at …
Read More »AMD’s New Epyc Server Brand to Take on Deep Learning
At its Financial Analyst Day on Thursday, AMD made a number of announcements about its upcoming product launches and where it will focus in 2017. The company has historically used these events to forecast its performance over the next few years and is riding high after the successful launch of …
Read More »From Ryzen APUs to Vega: Thoughts on AMD’s Financial Analyst Day
Yesterday, AMD had its first financial analyst day in several years. These events are important for several reasons, not least of which is because they give investors and enthusiasts a cohesive picture of where AMD is and where it hopes to go. Unlike other press events, which tend to be …
Read More »Google.ai aims to make state of the art AI advances accessible to everyone
On the stage of Google I/O, CEO Sundar Pichai announced Google.ai, a new initiative to democratize the benefits of the latest in machine learning research. Google.ai will serve as a center of Google’s AI efforts — including research, tools and applied AI. The new site will host research from Google and its …
Read More »Pujols rally Angels past White Sox 7-6
Maybin had a career-high five hits, including a tying double in the 11th inning, and Albert Pujols singled home the winning run moments later to give Los Angeles a 7-6 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night. Hitting in front of Mike Trout is not a bad spot …
Read More »Purchases on Google quietly opens beta for requests in US
Kashin / Shutterstock.com Google is opening the beta for its “buy button,” dubbed Purchases on Google. Sales Orders reported finding the option in Merchant Center Tuesday. Google hasn’t made an announcement about it yet, but advertisers can request access to the Purchases on Google beta via the Merchant Center Programs …
Read More »2017 SEM growth hacks: Gain monster paid search growth using competitive data
Welcome back to my eight-part series providing marketers with growth hacks for their paid search campaigns. I began the series last month by focusing on how brand protection in paid search has become a quick way for search marketers to drive meaningful campaign revenue. Today, I will focus on an …
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