Not only did James appear in the NBA Finals every season between 2011 and 2018 but he also was arguably the best player in every one of those series. In addition, the dude racked up more than 1,500 more buckets than Stephen Curry and James Harden and 500 more than …
Read More »TripAdvisor says it blocked or removed nearly 1.5 million fake reviews in 2018
The majority of consumers (80% – 90%) routinely consult reviews before buying something, whether online or off. The powerful influence of reviews on purchase behavior has spawned a cottage industry of fake-reviews, a problem that is growing on major sites such as Amazon, Google and Yelp, among other places. Just …
Read More »Researchers Sequence Genomes of All Living Penguin Species
Scientists from the Penguin Genome Consortium have produced 19 high-coverage penguin genome sequences that, together with two previously published genomes, encompass all surviving penguin species. Emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri). Image credit: Michael Van Woert / NOAA / NESDIS / ORA. Penguins (Sphenisciformes) are a remarkable order of flightless wing-propelled diving …
Read More »The ‘New’ Galaxy Fold Is Still Extremely Fragile
When Samsung pulled the Galaxy Fold from launch this year, it rescued itself from the brink of a self-inflicted disaster. It was clear that the phone had too many defects to launch, including a hinge design that allowed foreign objects and material to penetrate behind the display. Samsung has …
Read More »Antonio Brown Will Not Be Playing With The NFL Anymore.
It’s not just the civil lawsuit in which his former trainer accused him of rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment, and the intimidation of a second woman who accused him of sexual misconduct. The Patriots cut Brown on Friday afternoon, a few hours after coach Bill Belichick walked out of …
Read More »Astronomers Capture Image of Second Known Interstellar Object
Astronomers around the world were elated in 2017 when ‘Oumuamua appeared in the sky, becoming the very first confirmed alien object to visit our solar system. Sadly, ‘Oumuamua was already on its way out of the solar system before its discovery by the Pan-STARRS observatory, and we couldn’t capture …
Read More »Two New Giant Salamander Species Identified
A team of researchers from the United Kingdom, Canada and China has discovered there are not just one but three distinct species of Chinese giant salamanders. One of these species, Andrias sligoi, is possibly the world’s biggest amphibian. Wild Chinese giant salamander. Image credit: Ben Tapley, Zoological Society of London. …
Read More »Bony Vertebrates Release Bone-Derived Hormone Osteocalcin in Response to Stress, Study Finds
A new study, published in the journal Cell Metabolism, shows that humans and other bony vertebrates need a hormone called osteocalcin to develop an acute stress response, a function critical to survival in the wild; when they encounter an immediate danger, a brain-derived signal stimulates the release of osteocalcin from …
Read More »Remagine secures $35M fund backed by media giants to focus on entertainment and media tech
Remagine Ventures is a relatively new European VC fund which focuses on investments in entertainment tech, including AI, gaming, sports eSports, AR/VR, consumer and commerce. It’s now completed $35 million in funding from a number of entertainment and media corporations, including Axel Springer and ProsiebenSat1, Japanese Adways and American Liontree …
Read More »Social listening: what it is, why it matters, and how to make it work
Boom! Someone just posted a tweet praising your product. On the other side of the world, an article featuring your company among the most promising startups of 2019 was published. Elsewhere, a Reddit user started a thread complaining about your customer care. A thousand miles away, a competitor posted an …
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