PC Industry Could Face Sharp Downturn by Q3 Even in the current pandemic, there are a few companies that have seen some positive trends amid the Great Cessation. After shelter-in-place orders began going out, home electronics sales started to surge, reflecting an increased need for office equipment, including PCs. The …

Google universal watchlist for movies and TV to Google Search Google is adding a new feature to Search that will help you keep track of all the TV shows and movies you want to watch during these long weeks at home. The company had already been offering personalized TV and …

New Species of Pit Viper Discovered in India A team of scientists in India has discovered a new species of the viper genus Trimeresurus living in the lowlands of western Arunachal Pradesh state and named it the Salazar’s pit viper (Trimeresurus salazar) after Salazar Slytherin, J.K. Rowling’s fictional Hogwarts School’s …

Study Reveals New Clues about Biology of COVID-19 A new study published in the journal Cell pinpoints the likely cell types SARS-CoV-2, a new coronavirus virus behind the COVID-19 disease, infects; it also shows that one of the human body’s main defenses against viral infections may actually help SARS-CoV-2 infect …

MESSENGER Finds Chemically Distinct Regions in Atmosphere of Venus A new analysis of archival data from NASA’s Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging (MESSENGER) spacecraft reveals a sudden rise in nitrogen concentrations at about 50 km (31 miles) above the surface of Venus, demonstrating the planet’s atmosphere isn’t uniformly …

The New England Patriots have traded Gronkowski and a seventh-round pick to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in exchange for a fourth-round pick in the 2020 draft, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported. The 30-year-old Gronkowski recently informed the New England Patriots he was interested in playing football again, and wanted …

Google testing Question Hub in the U.S. for COVID-related queries   Back in 2018, Google began testing a way for searchers to submit questions to Google manually. It launched in Google India in 2019 as Question Hub, a way for searchers to let Google know when they haven’t been able …

Is much worse than people know. Fake reviews are a growing problem for consumers and the local and product-search sites they rely on to make purchase decisions. We know from multiple studies that roughly 90% of internet users consult online reviews before buying. The scale of the fake reviews problem …

Expand marketing intelligence, predictive campaign optimization capabilities In its latest acquisition, San Jose, CA-based TapClicks has bought AdStage, a San Francisco-based cross-channel paid media analytics and optimization platform, the company announced Wednesday. TapClicks offers a unified marketing data and operations platform for agencies, media companies, brands, franchises and HIPAA-covered entities. …

Did you know that Google employs 810 features on its SERPs? Knowledge Graph. Direct Answers. FAQs. Just a sampling of a whopping 810 (!) features on Google’s search engine results pages. Each are tied to a certain type of search or search intent. Not all of the features show up …