Mets starting pitcher Matt Harvey is coming off a pretty terrible 2016 season. A good number of starting pitchers haven’t been the same after that condition (remember, it forced Chris Carpenter into retirement, for example) and the Mets’ postseason hopes ride on the arms of their young-and-talented rotation, so Harvey’s …
Read More »Samsung’s Exynos 8895 features custom CPU cores, first 10nm chip to market
Mobile World Congress doesn’t start for a few days, but Samsung has already jumped the gun to announce its own SoC. The Exynos 8895 will be the first 10nm chip produced in commercial volume, and it’ll feature a new custom CPU core of Samsung’s own design. We’ve discussed Samsung’s M1 …
Read More »Scientists observe first planet-induced stellar pulsations
It is stars that affect planets, for the most part, and not the other way around. But researchers now claim to have found the first example of stellar pulsations caused by an exoplanet. The star HAT-P-2 is emitting visible pulses that seem to be a result of a particularly large …
Read More »Proto-Mammals were First Terrestrial Vertebrates to Produce Venom, Paleontologists Say
When you’re a small pre-mammalian creature, sometimes the only way to protect yourself against fearsome predators like saber-toothed carnivores is to turn your saliva into a venomous cocktail. That is exactly what a therocephalian therapsid called Euchambersia mirabilis did about 257 million years ago (Permian period) in what is now …
Read More »Triassic Fossil Reveals First Evidence of Live Birth in Archosauromorphs
The first ever evidence of live birth in a group of animals previously thought only to lay eggs has been discovered by an international team of paleontologists from China, the United States, Australia and UK. Artist’s reconstruction of Dinocephalosaurus showing the rough position of the embryo within the mother. Image …
Read More »OSIRIS-REx Takes Its First Images of Jupiter and Galilean Moons
During asteroid search operations, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft snapped several images of Jupiter and its Galilean moons: Io, Europa, Callisto, and Ganymede. This composite image showing Jupiter (center) and three of its moons — Callisto (left), Io, and Ganymede — was taken by OSIRIS-REx’s PolyCam instrument. Image credit: NASA / Goddard …
Read More »Alibaba’s Ant Financial extends global reach with first investment in the Philippines
Alibaba affiliate Ant Financial has again extended its global reach after it completed its maiden investment in the Philippines. The company, which manages payment service Alipay and Alibaba’s digital banking services and is valued at $60 million, said it made an undisclosed investment in Mynt, a financial venture from Globe Telecom. Mynt’s …
Read More »No more free ride: Wall Street Journal pulls content out of Google’s “First Click Free” program
The Wall Street Journal has confirmed to Search Engine Land that it has removed its content from Google’s First Click Free program, a system that allows Google searchers to access a limited amount of news content without a paywall barrier. Dow Jones — which publishes The Wall Street Journal — …
Read More »SearchCap: Google Image search change, WSJ first click free & new Google ad extensions
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: No more free ride: Wall Street Journal pulls content out of Google’s “First Click Free” programFeb 16, 2017 by Danny Sullivan WSJ move might cause other …
Read More »Paying Off Debt? First Celebrate then Do THIS!
| Login Free Plan Review with a NewRetirement Advisor Whether it is a credit card, car loan or the holy grail of all debts — your mortgage, paying off debt and eliminating monthly payments is a really big deal.When you pay off a debt, it is a huge opportunity to …
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