Major League Soccer announced on Tuesday that United Soccer League club FC Cincinnati will join Major League Soccer in 2019 as the league’s 26th team. “The rise of Cincinnati as a passionate soccer market in recent years, coinciding with the city’s growing economy and reputation as a top destination for …
Read More »Power Ball XX Celebrates Art In Collaboration With Max Mara On May 31
Photo: thepowerplantto on Instagram Tomorrow evening, Toronto’s prestigious art gala Power Ball returns to the city, partnering with Italian fashion house Max Mara for the fourth year in a row. The event, which launched its first annual gala in 1999, is also celebrating its 20th anniversary with a circus themed extravaganza. …
Read More »AMD Needs More 7nm Capacity Than GlobalFoundries Can Provide
We’ve discussed AMD’s 7nm plans several times this year, including the company’s decision to source its 7nm silicon for Vega’s machine learning iteration from TSMC. As Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography (EUV) ramps up and begins to enter production, a number of foundries including TSMC, Samsung, GlobalFoundries, and Intel are pursuing their …
Read More »MIT Engineers Create Compression Bandage with Color-Changing Fibers
Patients with circulation and blood pressure disorders rely on compression therapy to keep blood from pooling in unwanted places, but it’s notoriously difficult to apply and keep these special wraps in place. If they’re not tight enough, blood won’t return efficiently enough. Too tight, and you restrict blood flow. A …
Read More »The OnePlus 6 Is Good, but It Won’t Kill Any Flagship Android Phones
OnePlus is taking orders for its latest top-of-the-line smartphone, predictably called the OnePlus 6. The company started by offering almost impossibly cheap phones with flagship-level specs — it cheekily called its second phone a “flagship killer.” However, over the years, OnePlus has increased the price of each phone. Now, the …
Read More »2018 Chevrolet Equinox Diesel SUV Review: 42 MPG Highway Cruiser
There is hope for the diesel. I just spent a week in the 2018 Chevrolet Equinox LT turbodiesel, a compact SUV new for 2018, and got 42 mpg without trying to be a model driver. A 950-mile run from Atlanta to New Jersey cost $70 in fuel. A flight the …
Read More »Facebook to Build Its Own Silicon for Real-Time Content Filtering
Content filtering is a major problem for all social media sites. Faced with a veritable avalanche of material being uploaded every second, firms like Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube have struggled to handle a suite of problems, ranging from mundane copyright detection and flagging to issues like revenge porn. Human beings …
Read More »Review: Living With the Nuheara IQBuds Boost
Almost everyone eventually suffers hearing loss. Even if you take great care of your ears, it typically happens with age. And for many of us who have spent more time than we should have in loud environments, we’ll probably pay for it in the long run. Of course, there are …
Read More »Federal Authorities: Reboot Your Router to Stop Russian Malware
It is not uncommon that you might need to reboot your router because of some error or bug, but it’s not often that you need to reboot it in the name of national security. The US government has advised owners of home and small business routers to restart them to …
Read More »Apple is releasing iOS 11.4 with support for Messages in iCloud, AirPlay 2 and more
Apple this afternoon will officially release the latest version of its iOS software for your iPhone and iPad, iOS 11.4, which at last adds support for Messages in iCloud, along with other new features, including most notably, AirPlay 2 and an update that allows two HomePod speakers to work together …
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