It came as a surprise that Maria Sharapova, a two-time French Open champion and former world number one, was sent to Court One for her second-round match, but she’ll most likely be back in the spotlight on Saturday. The Russian, back at Roland Garros as 28th seed after a two-year …
Read More »Ice Cream Parlours Across Canada To Satisfy Your Sugar Cravings
Photo: sweetjesus on Instagram After an endless winter, it seems that the first whisperings of summer have finally arrived in Canada. Whether you are craving a sweet treat while out running weekend errands or wanting to catch up with an old friend over a cone, there’s nothing quite like ice cream. …
Read More »Xiaomi’s New Transparent Phone Doesn’t Actually Show Off Its Components
As features go, transparent devices have always struck me as a bit meh. Don’t get me wrong — I’ve seen some gorgeous case mods and interior lighting systems — but generally speaking, a transparent window into how a piece of equipment looks inside has never struck me as all that …
Read More »AMD May Be Prepping New, Higher-Power Ryzen Mobile APUs
When AMD launched its Ryzen Mobile chips late last year, the company chose to focus on the 15W power envelope. To-date, all four of the company’s Ryzen Mobile parts target this space. This made good sense for a company with limited resources and a gradual ramp — the 15W space …
Read More »NASA’s New VR Demo Puts You on Distant Exoplanets
If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to stand on an alien planet, NASA has you covered. The agency’s “Exoplanet Travel Bureau” has launched a site where you can experience several potentially habitable exoplanets in a full 360-degree view. If you’ve got a VR viewer for your phone, you can …
Read More »Pluto Has Dunes Made of Ice Instead of Sand
It has been almost two years since NASA’s New Horizons probe made its historic flyby of Pluto, but we’re still learning new things about the dwarf planet from this mission’s data. Scientists were initially surprised to see the complex geology of Pluto, with ice mountains and vast frozen plains. It …
Read More »Researchers find there is a ‘2nd brain’ situated in the bowel
The human body has a ‘second brain’ located in its bowel, and scientists now understand the intricate way it works. The Enteric Anxious System (ENS) has a collection of millions of nerve cells that control motion in our intestines. The specific mechanism it utilizes has eluded scientists – till now. …
Read More »ARM’s New Cortex-A76 SoC Targets Windows Laptop Market
ARM is announcing a trio of new products today, collectively aimed at the modern smartphone, tablet, and laptop markets. This latter is something of a new focus for ARM, which historically hasn’t emphasized the Windows device market nearly as much as its tablet and smartphone businesses. That may be changing …
Read More »Google Determined to Chase the iPhone With Upcoming Pixel Upgrades
Google’s Pixel family of devices are generally regarded as solid phones, especially if you care about being on the latest and greatest version of Android. Despite this, the devices have never sold particularly well. Google, however, isn’t giving up on building its own version of an iPhone (or Samsung Galaxy) …
Read More »Asus Announces Crypto Mining Motherboard With Support for 20 GPUs
The last year has been rough for PC gamers, as graphics card prices ballooned to an absolutely obscene level, driven by cryptocurrency avarice. So many people were buying up GPUs to mine virtual currency that prices nearly doubled for high-end cards. The prices have started coming back down, but Asus …
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