Through two days of free agency, the Oakland Raiders have lost seven of their 13 unrestricted free agents to other teams and have yet to sign one away from another squad, let alone re-sign any of their own. Quarterback Derek Carr, right, says he’s confident in the course coach Jack …
Read More »Oscillons, Gravitational Wave Factories in Very Early Universe
A team of theoretical physicists at the University of Basel, Switzerland, has found that in the very early Universe, so-called oscillons — strong localized fluctuations of the inflaton field — can act as ‘gravitational wave factories.’ According to Antusch et al, oscillons produced a characteristic peak in the otherwise broad …
Read More »Early cancer detection startup GRAIL closes on $900 million in Series B funding
Life sciences startups need a whole lot more cash than most and that’s certainly true for GRAIL, a cancer detection startup trying to figure out a way to find the “emperor of all maladies” much earlier through blood testing technology. The startup, which spun out of genomics company Illumina announced …
Read More »Jump Into Spring 2017 Early With The Season’s Vivid Yellow Eyeshadow
Photo: lovestey.mua on Instagram While the great outdoors is currently home to fierce, howling winds and frost, the calendar indicates that the weeks of winter are quickly slipping by. If you’re ready for Spring 2017 like most of us, embracing the season’s makeup trends can help you upgrade your dark wintertime …
Read More »Early Windows 10 Game Mode testing shows performance regressions, minimal improvement
Ever since Game Mode surfaced as an upcoming Windows 10 feature, we’ve been curious to see what the new mode would offer as far as performance and capability. Microsoft has given guidance that the feature could give players an extra 2-5% frame rate in general, and while that’s not much, …
Read More »Ordovician Fossil Sheds New Light on Early Evolution of Mollusks
Paleontologists have unearthed the remains of a previously unknown slug-like creature that lived during the Early Ordovician epoch, 478 million years ago. The discovery, reported in the journal Nature, sheds new light on the earliest stages in the evolution of mollusks, a group of invertebrates that includes clams, snails and …
Read More »Report: Releasing Super Bowl ads early jump-starts lifts in brand search
It’s no secret that most Super Bowl advertisers see a surge in search volume on and immediately following game day. What is not so well known is how much of a bump advertisers can gain by releasing their ads, or ad teasers, as is increasingly common this year, ahead of Super …
Read More »Average Retirement Age: Is Early Retirement Even a Thing Anymore?
Up until a few years ago, early retirement was the goal of many older Americans. However, this trend seems to have peaked. What is an Early Retirement? There is no official measure of “early retirement.” Retirement is a word that has come to mean many different things to many different …
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Read More »FCA introduces 1% cap on early exit pension charges
People over the age of 55 looking to withdraw their pensions will pay a maximum of 1% from next year. The Financial Conduct Authority said it is capping early exit charges on personal pensions at 1% from the 1 March 2017. Early exit charges that are currently set at less than …
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