Southeastern pocket gophers live in the sandy soils of longleaf pine forests. USDA Forest Service The southeastern pocket gopher is a fist-sized, chubby cheeked, elusive neighbor, but landscapers (not to mention golf course groundskeepers) in the sandy plains of Alabama, Georgia, and Florida despise the rodent for its tendency to burrow into lawns. “People go…
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After more than a year of planning and training, a volunteer-led project has produced an open source language model that they claim is as powerful as OpenAI’s GPT-3, but free and open for anyone to use (if they have the computing power). Dubbed Bloom, the model is available in open source along with the code…
If you’re looking to the Prime Day phone deals for a great discount, you’re going to be in for a mixed bag. Seasons like Amazon’s discount days or Black Friday never bring as great discounts as they do on things like Kindles or robot vacuums. That being said, there are still Prime Day deals on…
As inflation continues to rise, investors still have limited safe havens. Darren415/Getty Images Global shares sank on Tuesday, under pressure from investor concern over the chances for recession. The start of Q2 earnings season and a key read of US consumer inflation this week added to the nervousness. The euro threatened to break below $1…
Apple’s most powerful smartwatch right now has dropped to the best price we’ve seen it. You can pick up the Apple Watch Series 7 (GPS only) for only $279, which is more than $100 off its normal price and $20 cheaper than we saw it during a sale at the start of June. GPS +…
Amazon’s Fire tablets make great couch devices or gadgets to give to your kids when you don’t want them messing with your more expensive tech. They’re usually pretty affordable, but Amazon Prime Day brings the opportunity to grab any of Amazon’s tablets at all-time-low prices. Both the Fire HD 10 and Fire HD 8 tablets…
Sony’s popular full-frame mirrorless cameras rarely go on sale, so if you’ve been eyeing one, now might be the time to act — multiple models have discounts for Amazon Prime Day. The best deals are on the high-resolution “R” models, with the current A7R IV on sale at $2,998 ($502 off) and the A7R III…
The HTC Vive Pro 2 is getting a discount for the first time ever in Europe. With Amazon Prime Day in full swing, HTC is treating us virtual reality enthusiasts to some money off one of our favourite VR headsets. The HTC Vive Pro 2 is a VR headset that promises a “best-in-class” display with…
Garmin has a wide selection of devices from the monstrously expensive down to those that are much more affordable. Thankfully, the Prime Day sales help to bring that price down and this is one of Garmin’s most affordable devices. The Garmin Forerunner 55 is nicely compact and offers a button interface, with sensors to support…
Nintendo is a company that doesn’t often offer hefty discounts on its games and consoles, so when opportunities come around we’re of the view that you should jump right on them. That’s the case now – it’s put live a selection of deals for Amazon Prime Day that are hard to ignore, letting you pick…