Ever since AMD and Intel announced they’d be releasing an Intel CPU married to an AMD GPU core, they’ve maintained the IP AMD contributed to the GPU in question was based on Vega, not Polaris. The chip is marketed as RX Vega and is baked into several Intel SKUs, including …
Read More »Intel Working on New Discrete GPUs, Codenamed Arctic Sound
When Intel hired Raja Koduri last year, it was clear the company was serious about graphics. Koduri has spent much of his professional career in graphics for AMD and ATI; bringing him on-board was a signal that Intel intended to invest into GPUs more aggressively than it had done before. …
Read More »Mozilla’s 2018 Internet Health Report Rings Alarm Bells
You don’t have to follow up-to-the-minute reports on Silicon Valley to be aware that 2018, thus far, has been anything but smooth for the tech industry as a whole. Tesla and Uber are grappling with fatal self-driving crashes, Facebook is finally facing long-delayed comeuppance for its willingness to throw even …
Read More »New Ransomware Locks Your Files Until You Play PUBG
Most high profile ransomware attacks follow the same playbook. Malware is installed on a system and encrypts certain folders and files. To access the files again, hapless users have to pay a fee to the hackers and hope they receive an unlock code in return. It’s a mugging, updated for …
Read More »SpaceX Wasn’t Responsible for Loss of Secret Zuma Satellite
SpaceX had been behind several “wow, this is the future” moments in recent years, but it didn’t get there without a few failures. SpaceX has lost rockets in flight and on the launchpad, but there’s one failure for which it is not to blame. According to a new government report, …
Read More »Hoard of Bronze Coins from ‘Great Revolt’ Unearthed in Jerusalem
A cache of rare coins from the period of the Jews’ Great Revolt against the Romans has been discovered at the Ophel archaeological site near the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, Israel. Some of the bronze coins found at the Ophel site near the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, Israel. Image credit: …
Read More »Beluga Whales Value Culture and Family Ties: Study
In a groundbreaking genetic kinship study, a research team led by the Florida Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute is the first to reveal that just like human societies, beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) appear to value culture and their ancestral roots and family ties. The researchers have demonstrated that related …
Read More »Interiors marketplace eporta raises $8M, led by Canvas Ventures
In this day and age of higher expectation in offices, sourcing your furniture from Ikea no longer cuts the proverbial mustard. But the furniture industry is notoriously old fashioned, forcing buyers to leaf through hundreds of paper catalogues, most of which are outdated by the time you get around to …
Read More »Join me at the amazing Blue Lacuna space in Chicago
Some folks I met in Chicago are holding an amazing event at a great place on South Canalport Avenue. This former macaroni factory now builds startups and I’ll be helping judge their pitch-off alongside some Chicago luminaries. You can RSVP here and sign up for a spot to pitch here. …
Read More »Google tests showing two Shopping ad carousels on mobile
In a new test, Google is running its two types of Shopping ads in one search result. A carousel of standard product listing ads appears at the top of the mobile search result. Below that is a carousel of Showcase Shopping ads. The test was spotted by The SEM Post. …
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