When Intel revamped its Xeon product branding last year with the Xeon Scalable Processor family, it didn’t replace its entire Xeon lineup in one fell swoop. Entry-level Xeons were still tied to the old E3 v6 family and were explicitly based on Kaby Lake (7th Gen) Intel cores, rather than …
Read More »ARM Kills Its RISC-V FUD Website After Staff Revolt
ARM is under fire for the way it attempted to kneecap a fledgling open-source hardware project, and has retreated from its own line of attack after several days. ARM had launched a website, riscv-basics.com, which purported to offer “real” information on the rival ISA. As one might expect, the “information” …
Read More »Apple Restructures AI, Siri, Machine Learning Divisions
Machine learning, artificial intelligence, and deep neural networks are all red-hot topics right now. After decades of relative obscurity, these technologies are viewed as the key to driving the next generation of computing advances. Apple has been viewed as playing catch-up in these fields in some respects and the company …
Read More »NASA Releases Eerie Audio From Saturn’s Plasma Waves
The Cassini probe plunged into the atmosphere of Saturn last year, but we’re not done hearing about its exploits. NASA has just released an audio recording captured by the probe as it headed for its date with destiny. Of course, there’s no sound in space, but this eerie audio comes …
Read More »NASA May Have Accidentally Destroyed Evidence of Organics on Mars 40 Years Ago
NASA announced last month that Mars has complex organic molecules, which could point to current or past life on the planet. There’s a lot of work to be done before we can understand the significance of this discovery, but some researchers have also started wondering why the discovery took so …
Read More »A new $124 million for Brazil’s Movile proves that investors still see promise in Latin American tech
Brazil’s macroeconomic picture may be gloomy, but technology investors still see hope in the nation’s burgeoning technology sector — and a recent $124 million financing for the mobile conglomerate Movile is the latest proof that the pace of investment isn’t slowing down. Brazil was already the hottest spot for technology …
Read More »Dylan Meyer Gets Into A Sponsorship Deal With Callaway Golf
The Evansville native announced a partnership with Callaway Golf and Travis Mathew apparel Wednesday morning. Meyer, who turned 23 yesterday, joins the Callaway team alongside PGA Tour stars Phil Mickelson, Sergio Garcia and Henrik Stenson. Meyer, who was wore a Callaway visor at the U.S. Open, will now be a …
Read More »Tours Hitting Canadian Cities This Summer That You Won’t Want To Miss
Photo: thethrillofitallworldtour on Instagram With tons of new music out this summer, musicians are hitting the road on tours. Over the next few months, you can catch Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift and many more artists as they perform in various Canadian cities. We’ve highlighted some of our top picks below. …
Read More »Google Adds Incognito Mode to YouTube Android App
Google has become adept at gobbling up your online activities to build a profile of you. That’s how it serves ads, but it also affects the content you see on services like YouTube and traditional search. Browsers have private browsing modes to disassociate your actions with your profile, but that’s …
Read More »Apple’s Chinese Censorship Features Caused iPhone Crashing Bug
Any company that wants to do business in China has to abide by the draconian censorship laws imposed by the country’s government. Even Apple, one of the most valuable companies in the world, has to play ball. According to security researcher Patrick Wardle, Apple’s efforts to appease the Chinese government …
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