Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google confirms rolling out a broad core search algorithm update earlier this weekApr 20, 2018 by Barry Schwartz Google has confirmed rumors that a search algorithm …

When AMD launched the Ryzen 7 1800X, it ran into a few rough spots around 1080p gaming performance. The company told gamers to expect that this situation would improve, thanks to a combination of motherboard updates and game-specific/Ryzen-specific optimizations. At the time, this wasn’t surprising — it’s not unusual for …

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg appeared on Capitol Hill recently to talk about online privacy. In his testimony, Zuckerberg said Facebook planned to extend the protections of the upcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to all users, not just those in Europe where the regulations are required. However, Reuters reports the …

One of the most troubling trends of the last few decades has been the ongoing concentration of economic power into the hands of fewer and fewer people. It’s not simply a question of wealth inequality, though the share of wealth held by the top 1 percent has more than doubled …

One problem with researching the formation of the solar system is finding material that’s existed for more than four billion years. Much of our understanding of this time period comes from studying asteroids and the meteors that fall to Earth. On this planet, plate tectonics and surface weathering have destroyed, …

After months of uncertainty, NASA is getting a new administrator. The US Senate has confirmed Jim Bridenstine to head up the space agency. President Trump’s appointments have often been contentious, but this one has given even Republicans pause. Bridenstine currently serves as a Republican US Representative from Oklahoma, making him …

Today is a huge, HUGE day.  April 20th, 2018 marks the day of my blog’s 7th birthday!!  Holy sh*t, holy sh*t, holy sh*t, have I seriously been blogging for seven years now??  Since the age of eighteen…  since I was a freshman in college!  To celebrate this special day, I …

An international team of paleontologists from the Natural History Museum, London, the University of Birmingham and Virginia Tech has formally given an ancient carnivorous reptile a name, over several decades since its fossils were found in Tanzania. The formal species description of Mandasuchus tanyauchen is published in a special memoir …

According to a review of more than 460 previous studies, ibuprofen and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs alone or in combination with paracetamol (acetaminophen) are better at easing dental pain. Opioid medication and medication combinations are not among the most effective or long lasting of the options available for relief of …

The 10-time champion next faces fifth-seeded Dominic Thiem, who won 6-7 (2), 6-2, 6-3 against Djokovic. Although he says he is finally playing pain-free after two years of struggles with a persistent right elbow injury, he was often on the back foot against Thiem. But his backhand let him down …