Your brain is not necessarily set up in a way that makes it easy to plan a secure retirement. You have cognitive biases — faulty ways of thinking that are unfortunately hardwired into your brain — that work against you. Wikipedia lists 185 different kinds of cognitive biases. While they …

Google is finally rolling Android Pie out to Pixel phones after months of testing. It’ll come to other phones eventually, but some will get the update sooner than others. When you do finally get the OTA notification, you might see a proclamation at the top that says Pie is “powered …

For the past few months, as stories have broken about the myriad ways that companies like Facebook have shared user data with third parties, a new set of questions has arisen about just how invasive these companies are. Various hardware manufacturers and software developers have examined the issue or even testified …

NASA launched the planet-hunting Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) spacecraft earlier this year. After a longer than expected shakedown period, it started collecting scientific data in late July. Before that, engineers on the ground put the probe through its paces to make sure it would be able to spot distant …

Astronomers usually confirm new exoplanets a few at a time — maybe five or ten in a single announcement. Today, researchers from the University of Tokyo have certified a whopping 44 new exoplanets in a single go. The planets mostly orbit close to their host stars, and they tend toward …

Former Panthers and Ravens wide receiver and current NFL Network analyst Steve Smith Sr. acknowledged his battle with depression in a story published to NFL.com Tuesday. Despite playing 16 seasons and catching 1,031 passes for 14,731 yards and scoring 81 touchdowns, Smith said he constantly doubted himself and tried to …

There are two ways to improve SSD storage density now that pretty much every firm is on board with 3D NAND: Stack more layers of NAND on top of each other, or store more data per NAND memory cell. Advances in the latter have been few and far between. Originally, …

Are Smart Thermostats Worth It? Posted on August 7, 2018 by Audry Black With the summer heat peaking right now, everyone is looking for creative ways to stay cool without breaking the bank. There are many ways to reduce your energy usage, even when it feels like heat is radiating …

Last week, news broke that AMD had won itself a new console design for the mainland China market by partnering with ZhongShan Subor. Now, fresh details have surfaced on that system, its market potential, and how it’ll be sold within China. There’s no news yet of an export option or …

A lot of humans think they’re so good at video games that they make the point of describing themselves as “gamers.” Well, the AI platform developed by OpenAI would like to have a word, humans. After demonstrating its prowess in Dota 2 1v1 games, the newly enhanced “OpenAI Five” has …