Enlarge / Intel’s GPU performance tiers. The gap between 3 and 5 is much larger than the gap between 5 and 7. (credit: Intel) Intel’s slow, steady drip of information about its upcoming Arc GPUs continued last week when the company released the final specs for its four A-series desktop graphics cards. As with the laptop…
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Enlarge / Roku OS 11.5. (credit: Roku) Roku today announced new hardware with the budget-conscious in mind, including the $130 Roku Wireless Bass subwoofer and an updated Roku Express streaming device. The company also detailed Roku OS 11.5, which includes features that should mean less time spent helplessly clicking around for something to watch. Roku’s…
The Galleri blood test. Business Wire/GRAIL, LLC With about 10 million deaths worldwide in 2020, cancer remains one of the world’s leading causes of death. Early detection of the disease remains a key in increasing the chance of survival, but a recent review in the journal Science found that 50 percent of cancers are still…
Now that the weather is warm, folks are flocking to the outdoors. Between visiting a national park, state parks, and local trails, there are tons of places to get out and enjoy nature. If you’re a pet owner, hiking with a dog is a great way to get some exercise in for both you and…
Computing performance for Linux VMs running the latest kernel update could have seen a decrease of up to 70%, new figures have found. Recent research by VMWare performance engineering staffer Manikandan Jagatheesan found running virtual machines with the Linux distro on the ESXi hypervisor, using the latest kernel update version 5.19, could see computing power…
Apple Garmin tweeted last week that it measures battery life in months, “not hours.” The apparent jab came after Apple unveiled its first watch geared toward extreme athletes. The iPhone maker’s Watch Ultra puts it more in competition with longtime outdoor watchmakers like Garmin. Apple waded into the adventure watch market last week, and Garmin,…
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The author, Carissa Rawson. Carissa Rawson I was in the Air Force for seven years and deployed to a combat zone in my last year. Deployments come with big financial benefits, including access to a high-interest savings account. I saved enough money to leave the military and start my own freelance business. My family doesn’t…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Wall Street analysts have been cutting S&P 500 earnings estimates as executives ramp up recession talk. FactSet said 240 companies cited recession in second quarter calls compared with the five-year average of 52. The estimated third-quarter earnings growth rate of 3.7%…
Wharton professor Jeremy Siegel. REUTERS/Steve Marcus The stock market is poised to surprise investors to the upside as inflation cools down, according to Wharton professor Jeremy Siegel.Siegel believes continued signs of easing inflation mean the Fed won’t hike interest rates to extremes.“On the ground I don’t see prices going up anywhere near the rate it…