James has led the NBA in points per game (2007-08) and total scoring (2017-18) once. He has also averaged at least 25 points per game each season of his career since his second in the league, a remarkable display of consistency and exceptional talent. Last season, James recorded his career-high …
Read More »LG G8X Launches Nov. 1 for $700 With Free Dual-Screen Case
LG hasn’t been rolling out completely new smartphones as often as it used to. Instead, it created tweaked versions of past devices with new features and hardware. It hasn’t been completely unsuccessful, but it’s not catching Samsung any time soon. LG’s latest US launch might actually move some units, …
Read More »Huawei Will Launch Its Mate X Foldable Phone Next Month
Huawei demoed its first folding phone, the Mate X earlier this year, but it didn’t promise any specific launch date. Samsung famously had to delay its Galaxy Fold review for months after some early hardware failures. Huawei seemed to hang back and watch the mess unfold, but now it’s …
Read More »At a Glance: Alienware M15 R2 Laptop Review
With a more polished and less flashy exterior, Dell’s Alienware M15 R2 stands out from the company’s usual products. If it wasn’t for the glowing Alienware logo on the back, this system might have passed as a non-gaming laptop. But don’t let appearances deceive you; it’s got real power …
Read More »Google and Facebook Are Reading and Storing Your License Plate Number
One of the problems with safeguarding privacy in the digital era is the way digital photography has exploded. We’ve covered the problem of license plate readers before, particularly when governments team up with corporations to effectively serve as debt collectors. But the issue goes even farther than the companies …
Read More »Elon Musk Sends Tweet Via Starlink Internet Satellites
Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk is not afraid to shill for his company’s products, but he gets fewer chances with his work at SpaceX. After all, most of us aren’t in the market for space launch services, but we might be interested in satellite internet as an alternative …
Read More »Marine Biologists Discover New Species of Octocoral
A previously unknown species of coral has been discovered in Hannibal Bank, a guyot seamount off Pacific Panama. Psammogorgia pax. Image credit: Hector Guzman / Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Named Psammogorgia pax, the newly-discovered species is a white and fan-shaped octocoral. The colony is made of microscopic bone-like calcium carbonate …
Read More »Plug and Play launches an accelerator to develop technologies addressing plastic waste
The Plug and Play network of accelerator programs is partnering with the non-profit organization The Alliance to End Plastic Waste to create an accelerator focused on developing technologies to reduce, remove or replace plastics in the industrial ecosystem. Like Techstars, Plug and Play operates a number of industry-focused accelerator programs …
Read More »Microsoft Advertising unveils interface redesign
Microsoft Advertising is redesigning the interface to better align with the update Google Ads rolled out in full a year ago. What’s changing. The new user experience will feel familiar to Google Ads users. You will recognize the left-hand oriented navigation menus that anchor the Google Ads interface and Overview …
Read More »Survey: 97% of online adults transact with businesses they find on Yelp
Almost all (97%) of online adults spend money with businesses they find on Yelp, according to a Yelp-commissioned study conducted by SurveyMonkey, And 93% of people using Yelp compare businesses before making a buying decision. The survey of more than 6,000 adults is a follow up to studies conducted by …
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