Anyone with even a passing interest in cooking knows that All-Clad is the brand you want in your kitchen when it comes to skillets and pots. Made in America and carrying a lifetime warranty, you’d probably see their wares in the kitchens of most of your favorite restaurants. One of their skillets is also the single most popular piece of cookware we’ve ever listed.
Source: LifeHacker – Upgrade to All-Clad Without Selling Your Firstborn, Today Only
If you clock in at 9 and you’re not finished with your work by 5, what can you do but work more hours? You may not feel like you have a choice, but you can do a lot better by improving the quality of those hours you do work instead.
Source: LifeHacker – Improve the Quality of Your Work Hours, Not Their Length, to Get More Done
It’s more than a decade old, but Sky+HD remains one of the leading set-top boxes available to subscribers in the UK. YouView, TiVo and others all have their merits, but in terms of longevity, speed and ease of use, Sky’s had it all sewn up for years….
Source: Engadget – Sky Q review: The live TV box you don’t use for live TV
Spinning black holes are capable of complex quantum information processes encoded in the X-ray photons emitted by the accretion disk.
Source: TG Daily – Black Holes are sending quantum messages in the universe
Jalopnik For $5,700, Is This 1983 Lincoln Continental Mark VI Pretty Fly?
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AMD announced today that Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer Mark Papermaster, will deliver a keynote address ” Race to Reality – The Next Billion-People Market Opportunity,” on Saturday September 3, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. Central European Time (7:00 AM Eastern Time) in CityCube Berlin at IFA consumer electronic shows in Berlin.
“Today’s examples of virtual reality are just starting to show us what is possible. Key improvements in computing hardware, displays and sensors will occur over the next two to five years that will deliver improvements in performance, affordability, mobility of virtual reality solutions and form the foundation for a breadth of exciting new applications of the technology” said Papermaster. “Virtual and augmented reality have the potential to radically change many industries – from entertainment to education to healthcare – as it ushers us into a new era of innovation. The building blocks are all there, now the industry just needs to focus on improving hardware, visualization and software.”
The market potential is substantial. A new report from research firm IDC states that the total revenue for virtual reality and augmented reality is projected to increase from $5.2 billion in 2016 to over $162 billion in 2020. Joining Papermaster on stage to discuss VR will be Roy Taylor, AMD Corporate Vice President of Alliances. Taylor was recently appointed chairman of the new virtual reality advisory group within the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). The independent advisory group will be tasked with exploring the impact that VR will have on the current landscape of the film, television and games industries, and the opportunities for the next generation of storytellers to work within a new medium. Several VR industry leaders will also be joining on stage to discuss virtual reality developments in vertical areas including entertainment, broadcasting, journalism and education.
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Source: [H]ardOCP – AMD CTO Mark Papermaster and VP of Alliances Roy Taylor Detail Future of VR at IFA 2016
Today, Intel has the pleasure of joining 28 other companies in signing the White House Equal Pay Pledge, a pledge signed by over 50 companies to date. Launched at the 2015 United States of Women Summit on Women’s Equality Day, the pledge encourages U.S. companies to take action to advance equal pay and affirms the key role businesses play in reducing the pay gap. For Intel, signing the pledge is a natural extension of its longstanding commitment to pay employees fairly and equitably at all levels of the organization.
Intel’s leaders believe in driving accountability through data. Driving real progress requires looking at the hard facts and developing strategies to close any gaps. On the issue of pay parity, Intel holds itself accountable with an annual, comprehensive audit in the U.S. that analyzes employees’ pay by gender and ethnicity. In our 2015 Annual Report, Intel disclosed that it achieved 100 percent gender pay parity. And in 2016, the company extended the analysis to look at pay data across race and ethnicities. Intel achieved 99 percent pay equity for underrepresented minorities, a gap company leaders are committed to closing by the end of the year. Intel’s commitment to equal pay, and to diversity and inclusion, comes from its conviction that reaching a critical mass of women and underrepresented minorities in our industry brings ample benefits to many, including increased innovation and a more diverse set of thoughts and perspectives.
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Source: [H]ardOCP – Intel Signs White House Equal Pay Pledge
Iran made a lot of fuss about creating a national data network way back in 2005, and after 11 years it’s finally ready… sort of. The country has launched the first phase of the network, which promises speeds up to 60 times faster than conventional…
Source: Engadget – Iran launches the first part of its national data network
Track: Lyrics Zensen ni Tsugu | Artist: Sayonara Poesie | Album: Lyrics Zensen ni Tsugu
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Overclocking has generally been the domain of enthusiasts with desktop rigs. However, increasing the CPU frequency beyond the official specification is not the only way to extract more performance from a computing system. Memory-bound workloads can benefit from memory hierarchies with increased bandwidth and/or lower latencies. Small form-factor (SFF) systems usually do not allow the DRAM to be operated beyond the standard JEDEC guidelines (up to 2133 MHz for DDR4). However, the Skull Canyon NUC (NUC6i7KYK) can support DDR4 SODIMMs operating at 2133 MHz+. Do increased memory frequencies deliver benefits in the Skull Canyon NUC? We benchmarked the system using five different SODIMM kits operating at various frequencies and latencies beyond the standard 2133 MHz. Read on for the results and analysis.
Source: AnandTech – Memory Frequency Scaling on Intel’s Skull Canyon NUC – An Investigation
In Pokémon Go’s latest update, you can summon your faction’s trainer from their busy schedule to come check out your Pokémon. While their advise seems broad and mostly useless, you can actually use it to calculate the exact hidden stats that your Pokémon has.
Source: LifeHacker – Use the New Appraisal System to Calculate Your Pokémon’s Exact Stats
T-Mobile earlier this month dealt what it hoped would be a major blow to Verizon and AT&T, the two top dogs in wireless, by eliminating data plans altogether and introducing T-Mobile One, an unlimited everything plan for one low monthly price. It generated a lot of buzz, and now T-Mobile is amping things up with faster mobile hotspot data
Source: Hot Hardware – T-Mobile Amps T-Mobile One Speeds And Unlimited Data Starting September 1st
At Computex, SilverStone started to show off its early mini-STX prototype cases. This week it introduced its first commercial product, the VT101. The new PC case inherits classic design elements of SilverStone chassis and despite the fact that Mini-STX is mainly intended for system integrators, SilverStone plans to sell its VT101 in retail as well.
Mini-STX is the latest iteration of form factor for motherboards, decreasing from the 17cm x 17cm of the mini-ITX into a 12.7cm square by ditching the full-length PCIe port as well as moving the power into an external brick for a DC-input. At Computex, especially at vendors such as Silverstone and ECS (who works closely with Intel for the NUC), Mini-STX was being pushed as the platform to have in certain commercial verticals, such as digital signage, where power and adjustability are important. It aims to fit above the Core-M mini-PCs in that regard.
While the interest for small form-factor PCs is increasing mainly because such systems are small, energy-efficient, and provide good enough level of performance, there is another reason for their growing popularity. Highly-integrated systems are usually pretty inexpensive and have additional flexibility to adjust the socketable CPU in the Mini-STX form-factor. Style, affordability and a certain degree of flexibility is what SilverStone hopes the VT101 is all about.
| SilverStone VT101: Quick Specs | |||
| Dimensions (W×H×D) | 155mm (W) × 152mm (D) × 65mm (H) 1.53 Liters |
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| Weight | 582 grams | ||
| Motherboard Form-Factor | Mini-STX | ||
| PSU Form-Factor | External / Power Brick | ||
| 3.5″ Drive Bays | 0 | ||
| 2.5″ Drive Bays | 1 | ||
| System Fan | None | ||
| CPU Cooler Dimensions | Up to 34 mm in height | ||
| External Connectors | Audio in/out, USB Type-A and USB Type-C | ||
SilverStone’s VT101 chassis is made of 0.8 mm stainless steel and a weight just 582 grams. The case can fit in one Mini-STX motherboard with a cooler that is no higher than 34 mm as well as one 2.5” SSD or HDD. Theoretically, high-performance 34-mm coolers (such as Scythe Kodati) can support CPUs with up to 65 W TDP, hence, VT101-based Mini-STX systems can be quite powerful when paired with the appropriate hardware. The VT101 has one USB Type-A as well as one USB Type-C ports in addition to an audio in and audio out. Besides, the case has VESA mount mechanism. Initially SilverStone plans to offer the silver version of the case, but shortly it also plans to debut the black one. We also saw a blue one at Computex, which may come later.
Since the case is very small, it naturally does not cost a lot: the manufacturer intends to charge $35 for it in the U.S., once it is available in approximately three weeks from now. In Europe, the case will be available late in September.
Source: AnandTech – SilverStone Introduces VT101 Mini-STX Chassis for
An anonymous Slashdot reader quotes the BBC:
A team of six people have completed a Mars simulation in Hawaii, where they lived in near isolation for a year. Since August 29th, 2015, the group lived in close quarters in a dome, without fresh air, fresh food or privacy… Having survived their year in isolation, the crew members said they were confident a mission to Mars could succeed. “I can give you my personal impression which is that a mission to Mars in the close future is realistic,” Cyprien Verseux, a crew member from France, told journalists. “I think the technological and psychological obstacles can be overcome.”
The team consisted of a French astro-biologist, a German physicist and four Americans — a pilot, an architect, a journalist and a soil scientist… the six had to live with limited resources, wear a space-suit when outside the dome, and work to avoid personal conflicts. They each had a small sleeping cot and a desk inside their rooms. Provisions included powdered cheese and canned tuna.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Source: Slashdot – Isolated NASA Team Ends Year-Long Mars Simulation In Hawaii
We’ve mentioned before that sleeping in the nude has all sorts of benefits
, including deeper, better sleep and helping you stay cool while you rest, but this video from DNews wraps up all of those benefits nicely, and adds some more we haven’t discussed.
Source: LifeHacker – Why You Should Sleep Naked
Remember those weird dark streaks that NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter found last September? These recurring slope lineae (RSL), as they’re called, were originally thought to contain liquid water. On Mars, liquid water would obviously be a huge de…
Source: Engadget – There may be water on Mars, but not much
Forget the Rock, can you smell what Google is cooking? It’s Android 7.0, otherwise deliciously known as Nougat, the next major version of its open-source mobile operating system. Nougat is set to arrive with LG’s forthcoming V20 phone, and as with past releases, it will trickle out to more devices, both old and new as carriers get around to
Source: Hot Hardware – Here Are The Tastiest Sweet Features Of Android 7.0 Nougat
As Kotaku first reported
, Final Fantasy XV was delayed earlier this month. It will now be released in late November. (Fingers crossed!) If you were wondering why, director Hajime Tabata recently shed some light on the situation.
Source: Kotaku – Why Final Fantasy XV Was Recently Delayed
This week we’re checking out some of the oldest hotels in America you should visit, why people hate words like “moist,” the best film soundtracks since 2000, and much more, all in our Brain Buffet!
Source: LifeHacker – Why We Hate Words Like “Moist,” the Oldest Hotels in America, and the Best Film Scores of the Century
