He was the Ryder Cup captain responsible for everything from team dinners to uniforms, all the while keeping an eye on how the U.S. team was shaping up. Furyk was No. 37 in the world when he was appointed captain, the best ranking of a U.S. captain since Tom Watson …
Read More »Microsoft’s Windows 10 ‘October’ Update Isn’t Launching in October
Microsoft started off October on a high note with the released of a long-awaited Windows 10 update. This was part of the company’s ongoing effort to roll out a pair of major updates to its flagship software product every year. Here we are at the end of October, and there’s …
Read More »Intel May Outsource Chipsets, Atom Production to TSMC
In the wake of Intel’s strong Q3 report last week, rumors that the company could outsource its Atom and chipset production to TSMC make more sense. Intel’s quarterly figures confirmed that the company was seeing increased demand for 14nm products. During the Q3 2018 conference call, Intel executives stated they …
Read More »Nvidia Tesla, AMD Epyc to Power New Berkeley Supercomputer
Supercomputing wins are a big deal for semiconductor manufacturers. Winning space in top systems is seen as a mark of stability and longevity. It implies vendors at the top of the market and with access to important, long-term government contracts believe your hardware is robust and capable enough to be …
Read More »Windows-Based ARM Laptops Are Repeating Intel’s Clover Trail Mistake
When Intel decided to push into the tablet and smartphone business back in 2011, it had a distinct vision for its x86 smartphone and tablet rollout. The goal, the company explained back then, was to establish the idea that x86 could offer premium performance and features that ARM couldn’t, then …
Read More »So Long, and Thanks for All the Planets: NASA Retires the Kepler Telescope
After nearly ten years and 2,681 planets, it’s time to say good-bye to the Kepler space telescope. NASA has announced that the mission has ended. Unlike more open-ended missions like Curiosity or Opportunity, Kepler always had a definitive shelf-life. In order to detect the minute variations around distant stars that …
Read More »Consumers spent $329M on the top 10 subscription video apps last quarter
Last year, the top subscription video apps like Netflix and Hulu raked in a combined $781 million, and that trend is showing no sign of slowing down in 2018. In the third quarter of 2018, U.S. consumers spent an estimated $329 million in the top 10 subscription video-on-demand apps across …
Read More »Novel Probiotic-Antibiotic Combination Eradicates Drug-Resistant Bacteria
A team of researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology has developed a novel approach for eradicating methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa from wounds, using a combination of antibiotics and alginate-encapsulated probiotics. The team’s work appears in the journal Advanced Materials. Li et al devised a way to encapsulate …
Read More »KKR’s latest Southeast Asia bet is a $144M investment in PropertyGuru
Global investment giant KKR is warming up to Southeast Asia after it made a third high-profile investment. The firm — which has nearly $150 billion in assets under management — has cut a SG$200 million (US$144 million) check for PropertyGuru, the region’s largest property listings group. Founded in 2006, PropertyGuru operates rental …
Read More »Brandon Vincent From Chicago Fire Announces Retirement.
This may come as a surprise to many, but Im at a time in my life where it is best for me to move on from the game, Vincent wrote on Twitter. Vincent made 85 appearances for the Fire after playing 80 matches for Stanford, receiving NSCAA first-team All-American and …
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