Although it may seem strange to decorate with bright, punchy shades of purple, Ultraviolet has officially been titled 2018’s Colour of the Year by Pantone Universe. With its brilliant purple tones, Ultraviolet can also illuminate your home and bring light to a large, neutral space. If you are wondering how …
Read More »Heat nip Raptors for fifth straight win
The Miami Heat provided more evidence Tuesday night they are a legitimate force in the Eastern Conference, knocking off the Raptors in Toronto, 90-89, for their fifth straight win. Raptors forward Serge Ibaka and Heat forward James Johnson exchanged punches and were ejected midway through the third quarter. After the …
Read More »Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi launches $1 billion corporate venture capital fund
The world’s largest automaker, Renault–Nissan–Mitsubishi, has launched a $1 billion corporate venture capital fund to focus on investments in “new mobility” including electrification, autonomous systems, network connectivity and artificial intelligence. Called Alliance Ventures, the fund has already made its first investment, taking an equity stake for an undisclosed amount in …
Read More »NewRetirement Podcast: Financial Independence, Purpose & Happiness — Steve Chen Interviews JD Roth
Hosted by Steve Chen, founder of NewRetirement, the NewRetirement Podcast offers interviews about the wise use of both money and time in retirement. Explore ideas and great insight so that you can achieve a secure and meaningful future. Episode 1 is an interview with JD Roth, the man behind “Get …
Read More »Huawei’s Phone Deal With AT&T Reportedly Killed On Account of Politics
The last few years have been good to Huawei as it grew to surpass Apple, becoming the world’s second largest smartphone vendor behind Samsung. It’s done it all without any substantial presence in the US market. The upcoming (and unannounced) deal with ATT to sell the new Mate 10 series …
Read More »AMD Slashes Ryzen CPU Prices to Take On Intel’s Coffee Lake
When Ryzen launched last year AMD priced its new core very aggressively. It had good reason to do so — chips like the Ryzen 7 1800X and Ryzen 5 1600X were extremely good buys versus the equivalently priced Intel hardware you could buy at the time. Once Coffee Lake launched, …
Read More »Should Spectre, Meltdown Be the Death Knell for the x86 Standard?
Spectre and Meltdown are two of the most serious security flaws we’ve seen in years. While it’s not clear how often we’ll see either exploited in the wild, they’re dangerous because they target the fundamental function of the affected chips themselves rather than relying on any software flaw. Meltdown can …
Read More »Western Digital’s My Cloud Storage Devices Have Hard-Coded Backdoor
Western Digital’s My Cloud network attached storage (NAS) devices claim to offer an easy, all-in-one solution for storing your data at home. However, they might also be providing an easy, all-in-one solution for hackers to steal your data take control of your device. Western Digital was told about the vulnerabilities last …
Read More »Intel Unveils ‘Breakthrough’ Quantum Computer
Quantum computing has been a major research topic for multiple companies the past few years, with D-Wave, IBM, and Intel all launching their own systems and improving them at a fairly rapid clip. At CES 2018 this week, Intel’s CEO, Brian Krzanich, declared the company’s new 49-qubit quantum computer represented …
Read More »Nvidia Goes All-In On G-Sync With New ‘BFGD’ Ultra-High-End Displays
At CES 2018, Nvidia announced a new line of gaming monitors designed to round up and deliver every single high-end feature you can buy in a monitor or television today. The company’s new BFGD monitors — the acronym stands for Big Format Game Display, obviously, and not the kind of …
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