Illustrations by Cody Shipman A former Emmy award-winning news anchor and reporter, Christine Chen used to spend hours behind the news desk, delivering headlines about the latest disasters and scandals. Over time, the lack of sleep, stress and her hectic schedule led to anxiety and back pain. During commercial breaks, …
Read More »5 Plyo Exercises to Supercharge Your Workout
Photo: Ryan Kelly / Power Cardio We’re about to take your workout from basic to beyond. Plyometrics, also known as jump training, turn ordinary exercises into powerhouse moves. And the magic starts deep within your muscle fibers. Your slow-twitch (type I) and fast-twitch (type II) muscle fibers to be exact. …
Read More »Weekly Fish Consumption May Help Reduce Sleep Problems, Improve Cognitive Performance in Children
According to a study published in the journal Scientific Reports, children who eat fish at least once a week sleep better and have IQ scores that are four points higher than those who consume fish less frequently or not at all. According to Liu et al, frequent fish consumption may …
Read More »Venus Williams won’t be charged for fatal crash
Contrary to initial reports that she was at fault in a fatal Florida car accident in June, Venus Williams is not to blame and will not be charged for the collision, an investigative report by Palm Beach Gardens police said this week. As NPR’s Colin Dwyer notes, authorities initially suggested …
Read More »Search in Pics: Google’s Velociraptor, playroom & frosty lawn
In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have and more. Did you know Google has a child-like playroom?: Source: Twitter Google …
Read More »The enterprise business of SEO: Communicating to the C-suite
Today, I want to focus on and provide insights into a common SEO challenge that is vitally important to personal and professional success: how SEOs can communicate the performance of the organic channel more effectively across their organization and in the boardroom. As competition for digital marketing budgets intensifies in 2018, …
Read More »Unbelievably, Apple Admits It Slows Down Older iPhones
Apple has always taken software optimization and user experience seriously on iOS, but it keeps technical details quiet. It’s a hassle even to find out at what frequency Apple’s custom CPU cores run. It looks like Apple’s commitment to delivering “the best experience to customers” has taken a rather ridiculous …
Read More »Seagate’s New Multi-Actuator Could Double Hard Drive Speeds
The humble hard drive doesn’t get much respect these days. Once SSDs started hitting the consumer market, it quickly became clear there was no way hard drive performance would compete in the long term. Hard drive capacities have continued to grow, thanks to new recording technologies and the use of …
Read More »How to Upgrade to Windows 10
Windows 10 is only free until December 31, but the broad success of Microsoft’s upgrade push suggests we’ll still see some people moving off of Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 as time passes. Whether you jump for the upgrade now or buy a copy later, we’ve got some tips and …
Read More »Micron Ramps Up GDDR6 Production, Focuses On Cryptocurrency, Gaming, VR
Micron is planning an aggressive ramp of GDDR6 technology across the entire GPU business. The introduction of GDDR6 has significant implications for the mainstream PC graphics business, where GDDR5 remains the dominant memory architecture. GDDR5 has had an exceptional run. First introduced in 2008, it still dominates the PC graphics …
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