Woolly mammoths (Mammuthus primigenius) were among the most abundant cold adapted species during the Pleistocene. Their once large populations went extinct in two waves, an end-Pleistocene extinction of continental populations followed by the mid-Holocene extinction of relict populations on St. Paul Island, a small island in the middle of the …

  “Something is very broken,” is the sentiment being expressed today by some local SEOs who are seeing their Google Posts rejected. The primary culprit appears to be pictures that don’t conform to Google’s image guidelines. Widespread issue. The Google My Business Help forum and Local Search Forum are abuzz …

    Google has added Siri Shortcuts for its search, Gmail, Drive and YouTube apps on iOS, the company announced Thursday. Users can take actions within the corresponding Google app through Siri by saying trigger phrases, such as “search with Google.” Source: Google. Why we care Making Google apps more …

  Both AMD and Intel reported strong quarterly results at the end of 2019, with Intel setting multiple revenue records, and AMD hitting market share targets it hasn’t reached in years. It’s an excellent example of how the computing market isn’t necessarily a zero-sum game, and Dean McCarron, President of …

  Microsoft is reorganizing several of its business units with the new year, with some significant changes slated for the Windows unit. The company is combining its Surface business with the Windows Experience team, creating a new unit: Device + Windows. Device + Windows will be headed by Panos Panay, …

Paleontologists in Germany have found the 150-million-year-old fossilized remains of the extremely rare squid Plesioteuthis subovata preserved with a tooth of a pterosaur species called Rhamphorhynchus muensteri. Reconstruction of the hunting behavior of Rhamphorhynchus muensteri, flying close to the water surface to grab soft-bodied cephalopods such as Plesioteuthis subovata that …

As the single season points record has become a revolving door the last three years, MLS observers certainly couldn’t be blamed for wondering which club will raise that bar in 2020. The New York Red Bulls nudged the record to 71 in 2018, followed by LAFC’s “anything you can do, …

  Intel’s Cascade Lake family of Xeon parts hasn’t been in-market all that long, but there are rumors the company is queuing up a refresh cycle to introduce new parts at higher core counts and tweaked frequencies. The move is being read as a response to AMD’s 7nm Epyc CPUs. …

  The US and Russia have long employed spy satellites to keep tabs on the world, but what about keeping tabs on the satellites? A pair of satellites are currently locked in a bizarre dance as a Russian probe trails its US counterpart for unknown reasons. Russia swears the satellite …

A new species of marine reptile from the Triassic period has been identified from fossils found in southeastern Alaska, the United States. An artist’s depiction of Gunakadeit joseeae. Image credit: Ray Troll. Thalattosaurs (meaning ‘ocean lizards’) were among several reptile lineages that adapted to marine life in the Mesozoic era. …