Day: January 6, 2017

AMD says its Zen CPU architecture is expected to last four years

AMD spent four years developing its Ryzen microprocessor, and that’s the same length of time the company expects it to live on in its ongoing war with Intel in the PC processor space. Mark Papermaster, AMD’s chief technology officer, confirmed the four-year lifespan in a conversation here at CES 2017 in Las Vegas, though he declined to discuss specifics.

Cyber experts report ‘chasing ghosts’ after US warning

The first page of the Joint Analysis Report narrative by the Department of Homeland Security and federal Bureau of Investigation and released on Dec. 29, 2016, is photographed in Washington, Jan. 6, 2017. Computer security specialists say the technical details in the narrative that the U.S. said would show whether computers had been infiltrated by Russian intelligence services were poorly done and potentially dangerous.

Webinar: Recent Trends in Cloud Computing

Join MTUG online on January 18th at 11am for a discussion of trends in Cloud business tools for organizations like yours. Our speakers will walk us through the evolving definitions of cloud computing as well as discuss recent trends including but not limited to cold storage, SaaS, and IaaS.

US cancer deaths down 25 percent since 1991

Winter Weather Advisory issued January 6 at 11:01AM CST expiring January 6 at 5:00PM CST in effect for: Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha Winter Weather Advisory issued January 6 at 9:59AM CST expiring January 6 at 6:00PM CST in effect for: McCurtain Hard Freeze Warning issued January 6 at 4:50AM CST expiring January 7 at 9:00AM CST in effect for: McCurtain Fewer Americans are dying from the second biggest killer in the U.S.: cancer. New numbers from the American Cancer Society show from 1991 to 2014, the cancer death rate has dropped by a quarter.

NXP and Geely Announce Strategic Partnership for Automotive Research and Development

At CESA 2017, NXP Semiconductors , the world’s leading provider of automotive electronics solutions, announced a long-term strategic partnership with Geely Automobile Group, a Chinese multinational automotive manufacturing company. The companies will work together on a new platform for research and development to connect innovation in semiconductor technology more efficiently with demand in the automobile industry.

UCI Introduces iRain Smartphone App

Climate researchers and weather forecasters get their rain data from a network of precipitation-sensing satellites that orbit Earth. iRain, a new mobile phone app developed by engineers at the University of California, Irvine puts the same precision rainfall information into the pockets of the public.

Trump says focus on Russian hacking is ‘political witch hunt’

President-elect Donald J. Trump said in an interview this morning that the storm surrounding Russian hacking during the presidential campaign was a political witch hunt being carried out by his adversaries, who he said were embarrassed by their loss to him in the election last year. Mr. Trump spoke to The New York Times by telephone three hours before he was set to be briefed by the nation’s top intelligence and law enforcement officials about the Russian hacking of American political institutions.

Nvidia Lays Out Bold Strategy at CES

Nvidia offered a bold new strategy at this week’s International CES in Las Vegas. The company, which has been a leader in hardware graphics technology for decades, recently has expanded into the realms of artificial intelligence, deep learning and automotive tech.

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Spacewalking astronauts tackle battery work outside station

Before venturing out, Commander Shane Kimbrough and Peggy Whitson got a hand from a robot that took care of most of the grunt work. Remotely using robotics aboard the 250-mile-high lab, flight controllers in Houston spent the past week replacing decade-old, nickel-hydrogen batteries with better charging lithium-ion ones.

Subaru Adds Eight Apps To The New 2017 Subaru Impreza Multimedia System

Subaru of America, Inc. announced today the addition of eight new cloud-based apps to the SUBARU STARLINK multimedia system in the new 2017 Impreza. Magellan NAVI, eBird, Best Parking, Yelp, Glympse, RightTrack, Tweddle Quick Reference Guide, and “eventseeker” by Wcities work through the STARLINK in-vehicle technology and in conjunction with a customer’s smart phone.

Shopify shares jump as Amazon deal announced

Shares of Shopify spiked before market close on Thursday in anticipation of an announced deal that allows the company’s merchants to sell on the Amazon marketplace through the platform. Shares of the Ottawa-based e-commerce firm rose 8.1 per cent on the New York Stock Exchange and 7.3 per cent on the Toronto Stock Exchange over the course of the day.

Lighting a Candle in Dark Times

Are we born not knowing, are we born knowing all? Are we growing wiser, are we just growing tall? Can you read thoughts? Can you read palms? Can you predict the future? Can you see storms coming? a Can you read signs? Can you read stars? Can you make peace? Can you fight war? Can you milk cows even though you drive cars? Can you survive against all odds now?” Meet the old boss, same as the old boss. Except he’s a bit crazier, less qualified, much more petulant, narcissistic, and thin-skinned.

Iceberg the size of Delaware is ‘hanging by a thread’ in Antarctica

Iceberg the size of Delaware is ‘hanging by a thread’ in Antarctica – and it could lead to a 10cm rise in global sea levels The Larsen C Ice Shelf is primed to lose an area of more than 1,900 square miles , after a rift in the ice shelf grew suddenly by around 11 miles in the second half of December. Just 12 miles of ice now connects the vast iceberg to the rest of the shelf, according to researchers from the Midas project, which has been studying the stability of the Larsen C Ice Shelf for three years.

hash_benchmark added to PyPI

Install this package as per the above instructions in your project on hardware typical for your project’s production environment. # Tests hashing performance of your installations pbkdf2_sha256 # algorithm with 100,000 iterations > python manage.py hash_password -i 100000 Python: 2.7.10 [GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple LLVM 6.1.0 ] Django: 1.9.7 Using “pbkdf2_sha256” w/parameters , verification takes, on average, 0.0821s Now, decide if this “work factor” is appropriate for your project’s needs.

EnWave Receives Purchase Order from Eregli Agrosan for 100kW REV(TM)…

E4U ) today reports that it has received a purchase order from Eregli Agrosan for a 100kW Radiant Energy Vacuum machine to expand their processing capacity of their AgroREV fruit, vegetable and cheese products. EnWave and Eregli have also signed a non-exclusive Marketing Cooperation Agreement to help facilitate sales growth of AgroREV products in North America.

Five most interesting search marketing news stories of the week

Welcome to our weekly round-up of all the latest news and research from the world of search marketing and beyond. And a happy 2017 to all of our Search Engine Watch readers! This week, we’ve got a health-conscious New Year’s update from Bing, a new AI-powered search engine which is transforming scientific research, and a look at why the fake information epidemic could be damaging to local search.

Asus Zenfone 3 Zoom: Our First Take

If you want anyone to take notice of your smartphone at CES 2017, it needs to have two camera lenses. After the ZTE Blade V8 Pro and the Honor 6X comes the Asus Zenfone 3 Zoom, equipped with two 12-megapixel camera lenses for that sought after blurred-background “bokeh” effect, and an iPhone 7 Plus-like optical zoom.

Chandra image reveals black hole treasure trove

Washington, Jan 6 – NASA said its Chandra X-ray Observatory has obtained an image that gives astronomers the best look yet at the growth of black holes over billions of years beginning soon after the Big Bang. This is the deepest X-ray image ever obtained, collected with about eleven and a half weeks of Chandra observing time, the US space agency said in a statement.