The rise of digital media has spawned the age of subscriptions, where the biggest companies in the world are at war for the literal hours of a consumer’s day. The video streaming industry is often at the center of this discussion, but recent events have put Sony (SONY -0.52%) and Microsoft (MSFT 0.54%) at the … Read more
Comment on this story Comment When Elon Musk agreed to buy Twitter in April for $44 billion, he had a pitch to make the company better by adding new features, fending off spam bots and being more transparent about its algorithms. He won support from a consortium of banks who agreed to loan him more … Read more
Born in the cradle of deep space, blasting across the universe at nearly the speed of light and harnessing energy up to a million times greater than anything achieved by the world’s most powerful particle accelerator, cosmic rays are atom fragments that relentlessly rain down on Earth. They get caught in our atmosphere and mess … Read more
Knowing how to find out what motherboard you have can be very useful. It’s an important piece of information you can use to look up potential upgrades, what connection support you have for new components, and much more. Buying a new motherboard is easy: just look up the best motherboards and pick one of those. … Read more
July 15 (Reuters) – The judge overseeing Twitter Inc’s (TWTR.N) $44 billion lawsuit against Elon Musk has a no-nonsense reputation as well as the distinction of being one of the few jurists who has ever ordered a reluctant buyer to close a US corporate merger. Kathaleen McCormick took over the role of chancellor or chief … Read more
It took nearly the entire two-decade-long run of the Roman Abramovich Era for Chelsea to start properly utilizing the Academy that he had established early on and funded throughout, with a serendipitously timed FIFA transfer ban nudging us along as well. Now there’s new ownership in place, with the desire to spend big and make … Read more
Groundwater that was recently discovered deep underground in a mine in South Africa is estimated to be 1.2 billion years old. Researchers suspect that the groundwater is some of the oldest on the planet, and its chemical interactions with the surrounding rock could offer new insights about energy production and storage in the Earth’s crust. … Read more
MateBook 16S Huawei Sixteen-inch laptops used to make little sense, because the main reason to own a laptop is portability. And 16-inch screens just didn’t work well in the laptop space years ago, when bezels were still thicker and components weren’t as streamlined. But display technology has improved to the point that bezels can be … Read more
The Dutch tactician is looking to make an immediate impact at Old Trafford, with his philosophy all about energy and high intensity Erik ten Hag enjoyed a dream start to his Manchester United tenure when savoring a 4-0 friendly victory over arch-rivals Liverpool in Thailand, with his message clearly getting through to a squad that … Read more
Artist’s view of Swarm, ESA’s first Earth observation constellation of satellites. Credit: ESA–P. Carril, 2013 The pressure is rising at ESA’s mission control. A European Space Agency (ESA) satellite dodges out of the way of a mystery piece of space junk that was spotted just hours before a potential collision. This means a vital step … Read more
