Last year, Intel told investors and the press that it had begun early shipments on 10nm, though it refused to identify which parts this applied to, or when we would see volume shipments. Similarly, the company declared its 8th Generation Core family would comprise multiple chips across 14nm, 14nm+, 14nm++, …
Read More »Futuremark Adopts Parent Company’s Name, Becomes ‘UL Benchmarks’
When you need a PC benchmark, odds are you’ll end up using a Futuremark product like 3DMark. Futuremark has been the most well-known name in the benchmarking industry for more than 20 years, but that’s over. The benchmarks aren’t going away, but “Futuremark” is. Parent company UL has absorbed Futuremark, …
Read More »ESA’s ExoMars Orbiter Sends First Images from Its New Orbit around Mars
ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) has sent back its first, color images of Mars from its new, near-circular orbit. ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter at Mars. Image credit: D. Ducros / ESA. A few weeks ago, TGO reached its final orbit after a year of ‘aerobraking.’ This exciting operation …
Read More »SearchCap: Voice assistant study, SEO audits & PPC budgets
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Surefire tactics to get the most value out of budget-limited campaignsApr 27, 2018 by Amy Bishop Since few people have money to burn, contributor Amy Bishop …
Read More »Google announces new job posting guidelines & requirements
Google has announced new job posting guidelines for job schema. The new guidelines can be read here. They include the requirement to remove expired job listings, as we covered 10 days ago. In addition to the requirement of removing expired jobs, Google also requires webmasters to place structured data on …
Read More »Save Water with Smart Sprinklers
Save Water with Smart Sprinklers Posted on April 25, 2018 by Mike Strayer Squish Squish. We have all been there. You realize you forget to turn off the sprinklers, a storm rolls through and you come home to a flooded yard. Not only have you wasted gallons of water, you’ve …
Read More »Google May Want to Run Android Apps on Its Mysterious Fuchsia OS
Google released the first code for its mysterious Fuchsia operating system in 2016, but its plans for the platform are still unknown. After getting an interesting but strange user interface last year, Fuchsia now has a hint of Android app support. New updates to the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) …
Read More »Top 5 Features Apple Stole From Samsung
Earlier this week, we listed out the top 5 features Samsung stole from Apple. Since this sort of thing often goes both ways, we’ve also compiled a list of features that Apple shamelessly stole from Samsung. To qualify for our Wall of Shame, a feature needed to be significant, or …
Read More »The 5 Most Promising Companies in AI Development
Whether it’s stealing our jobs or helping us diagnose disease, artificial intelligence is going to have a huge impact on the future of humanity. Research on how to make machines learn and think like people is one of the hottest areas of technology right now, but some companies are clearly …
Read More »Troubling News: AMD Moves 7nm GPU Production Back to TSMC
AMD disclosed its Q1 2018 earnings figures Wednesday, with remarkably strong sales that bucked seasonal trends and emphasized that Ryzen is driving AMD’s newfound profitability. During the conference call, Lisa Su announced that 7nm GPU production was on track, and that AMD still expects to ship a 7nm Vega in …
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