The San Francisco Giants picked up the 2019 club options for left-hander Madison Bumgarner and infielder Pablo Sandoval on Monday.Washington Nationals left-handed closer Sean Doolittle will be back for at least another season after the NL East club announced that it exercised its $6 million option on his contract for …
Read More »Why Tech Companies Lie
Customers, investors, regulators, and yes, journalists rely on what companies officially tell us about their businesses, their products, and their future prospects. Sure, we all have our own sources and experiences to help us decide if we believe what we’ve been told. But those aren’t always enough to prevent people …
Read More »Big Deal for Big Blue: IBM Is Buying Red Hat for $34B
In a bombshell move over the weekend, IBM announced that it would acquire Red Hat in a deal worth $34B. Big Blue announced that it would offer $190 per share of Red Hat in a cash transaction that represents a substantial premium over the latter’s current valuation. Red Hat stock …
Read More »How Google’s Night Sight Works, and Why It’s So Good
Reading all the gushing praise for Google’s new Night Sight low-light photography feature for Pixel phones, you’d be forgiven for thinking Google had just invented color film. In fact, night shooting modes aren’t new, and many of the underlying technologies go back years. But Google has done an amazing job …
Read More »Astronomers Confirm Collision Between Nearby Dwarf Galaxies
The Milky Way is not hanging alone in space — several dwarf galaxies are hovering nearby, and one of them has been a particular target of study for astronomers. Using a new space telescope, researchers from the University of Michigan have determined that the Small Magellanic Cloud is flying apart …
Read More »New Caledonian Crows Can Combine Objects to Construct New Compound Tools
According to a new study published in the journal Scientific Reports, habitually tool-using New Caledonian crows (Corvus moneduloides) are able to create tools by combining two or more otherwise non-functional elements, an ability so far observed only in humans and great apes. New Caledonian crow with a stick tool. Image …
Read More »ESA’s Mars Express Orbiter Spots Elongated Cloud in Martian Atmosphere
Since September 13, 2018, ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft has been observing the evolution of a water ice cloud formation hovering in the vicinity of Arsia Mons, the southernmost in a trio of giant Martian volcanoes known collectively as Tharsis Montes. The white, elongated cloud in the vicinity of the Arsia …
Read More »Blake Bortles Is Just Focused On The Super Bowl.
As the universally maligned quarterback – for now, at least – of a Jacksonville Jaguars team best known for a playmaking defense and a power running attack, Bortles knows his role is to keep taking hits, on and off the field, and hes not running away from his fate. When …
Read More »Walmart’s test store for new technology, Sam’s Club Now, opens next week in Dallas
Walmart’s warehouse club, Sam’s Club is preparing to open the doors at a new Dallas area store that will serve as a testbed for the latest in retail technology. Specifically, the retailer will test out new concepts like mobile checkout, an Amazon Go-like camera system for inventory management, electronic shelf …
Read More »Lonzo Ball Had Started For Lakers.
Ball scored only six points on 2-of-8 shooting in 27 minutes with three assists, while Rondo had 12 points and five assists in 29 minutes. In those three game, he had averaged 12.7 points on 53.6 percent shooting , 7.3 assists, 7.0 rebounds and 2.7 steals per game. Its about …
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