You Can Count on Pi
On Pi Day we answer the burning question: Is there any world in which pi does not go on forever?.....»»
Partial count shows Amazon workers rejecting union by a 2-to-1 margin
With almost half the Bessemer votes counted, there were 463 yeses and 1,100 nos. Enlarge / A union supporter stands before sunrise outside the Amazon fulfillment center on March 29, 2021 in Bessemer, Alabama. (credit: PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via G.....»»
Why lists of worldwide bird species disagree
How many species of birds are there in the world? It depends on whose count you go by. The number could be as low as 10,000 or as high as 18,000. It's tough to standardize lists of species because the concept of a "species" itself is a little bit fuz.....»»
Chief Automotive buys Bay Cars from Fla. state senator
Chief Automotive Group doubled its store count with the acquisition of Bay Cars, currently a three-store complex in Panama City, Fla. Terms of the March 1 deal were not disclosed......»»
Coursera prices IPO at top end of its range in boon to edtech valuations
Coursera, an edtech unicorn, will begin its life today as a public company after pricing its IPO at $33 per share yesterday evening. Using a simple share count, the company’s valuation comes to $4.30 billion, or $4.38 billion if its underwriter.....»»
"Intel 11th-Generation Rocket Lake-S Gaming CPUs Did Not Impress Us"
ArsTechnica: Today marks the start of retail availability for Intel's 2021 gaming CPU lineup, codenamed Rocket Lake-S. Rocket Lake-S is still stuck on Intel's venerable 14 nm process -- we've long since lost count of how many pluses to tack onto the.....»»
YouTube tests hiding dislike counts on videos
YouTube announced today it will begin testing what could end up being a significant change to its video platform: it’s going to try hiding the dislike count on videos from public view. The company says it will run a “small experiment̶.....»»
Slack’s new DM feature Connect is, thankfully, opt-in
I’m sure I’m not the only one who had a minor meltdown on seeing that Slack had finally added the Connect feature it announced in October. I’m a firm believer that there are already entirely too many ways to get ahold of me. On top of the count.....»»
GCE posts record profits in 2020 on strong high-end PCB shipments
Taiwan-based PCB maker Gold Circuit Electronics (GCE) saw its net earnings for 2020 hit a record high of NT$2.07 billion (US$72.6 million) with revenues rising 22.99% on year to NT$23.39 billion, mainly driven by robust shipments of high-layer-count.....»»
Coursera set to roughly double its private valuation in impending IPO
At its most generous share count and highest projected price, Coursera's valuation could reach $5.56 billion. In a new S-1/A filing, Coursera set an initial IPO price range between $30 and $33 a share, signaling the market views its edtech.....»»
Microscope that detects individual viruses could power rapid diagnostics
A fast, low-cost technique to see and count viruses or proteins from a sample in real time, without any chemicals or dyes, could underpin a new class of devices for rapid diagnostics and viral load monitoring, including HIV and the virus that causes.....»»
Store count, throughput down in "20
The number of U.S. dealerships and franchises both fell slightly last year, while average new-vehicle sales per franchise dropped 15 percent amid slumping volume during the coronavirus pandemic......»»
The best GBA games of all time
The Game Boy Advance was the iconic swan song of the Game Boy era -- it also happened to have a boatload of amazing games. Here, we count down our 25 favorites......»»
The best LG G7 ThinQ cases and covers
This is an exceptional phone with an amazing camera. Safeguard it with a durable case you can always count on......»»
A new asynchronous video startup, Weet, is helping employees communicate on their own schedule
For founder Najette Fellache, coming to the Bay Area a few years ago from Nantes, France was a way to grow a company she’d founded and which was already beginning to count major U.S. corporations like GE, Tesla, Amazon, and Medtronics as custom.....»»
Asynchronous video startup Weet just launched to cement bonds, and know-how, within companies
For founder Najette Fellache, coming to the Bay Area a few years ago from Nantes, France was a way to grow a company she’d founded and which was already was beginning to count major U.S. corporations like GE, Tesla, Amazon, and Medtronics as cu.....»»
Your favorite fishing stream may be at high risk from climate change – here"s how to tell
Many of the streams that people count on for fishing, water and recreation are getting warmer as global temperatures rise. But they aren't all heating up in the same way......»»
DJI launches an all-in-one FPV drone system
DJI has flirted with FPV goggles before, of course. The company got on the burgeoning FPV movement with the launch of its DJI Goggles back in 2016. It was a logical extension for the company that controls around 70% of the drone market, at last count.....»»
Half a trillion corals: World-first coral count prompts rethink of extinction risks
For the first time, scientists have assessed how many corals there are in the Pacific Ocean—and evaluated their risk of extinction......»»
Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp face tougher rules in India
India announced sweeping rules to regulate social media firms, streaming services, and digital news outlets on Thursday, posing new challenges for giants such as Facebook, Twitter, Google and Netflix that count Asia’s third-largest economy as t.....»»
India sets more stringent rules for social media, streaming services
India announced sweeping changes to its guidelines for social media, on-demand video streaming services, and digital news outlets on Thursday, joining several other nations in posing new challenges for giants such as Facebook and Google that count th.....»»