If you have been in search of an affordable well-rounded notebook then you should have a look at . This system comes equipped with one of AMD’s Ryzen 7 3700U mobile processors and can be had today marked down from $778.99 to $499.99 from Dell with promo code DBLTINSP155. The AMD Ryzen 7 3700U processor at the heart of this notebook is part of AMD’s 2019 product line up. Based on the Zen+ architecture, the processor is crafted out of 12nm transistors with four SMT enabled CPU cores that can hit speeds as high as 4GHz. This gives the system excellent multitasking capabilities.
Essential launched its first Android phone in 2017, and that remains the only device it has released more than two years later. However, Andy Rubin’s smartphone startup might be on the verge of releasing a second, much stranger phone. The so-called “Project GEM” debuted on Twitter yesterday with an extremely unusual form factor. It’s about half as wide as most phones, looking more like a fancy remote control than a phone. With 2017’s Essential Phone, the company focused on a forward-looking but recognizable design. That phone had a display notch when that was still a very new idea, and the chassis was titanium and ceramic.
The 2020 Ford Expedition is a honking big SUV that does pretty much what you expect: It hauls eight people, trailers four and a half tons of cargo, feels more at home on the interstate than country back roads, gets okay gas mileage that feels better when you calculate MPG-per-passenger, and provides a measure of luxury. If you’ve been in other SUVs that seem big outside yet snug behind the second row, the Expedition is comfortable for everybody on board. Ford modernized the Expedition for the new 2018 model (fourth-generation), made more driver safety assists available, dropped the V8, and raised the max towing capacity to 9,300 pounds.
The prevailing scientific wisdom on Mars, based on information gathered by the Spirit, Opportunity, and Curiosity rovers, as well as via multiple orbiting satellites, is that the planet once had substantial reserves of liquid water on its surface. The question of what happened to those reserves, and how Mars transitioned from a warmer, wet world to the frozen arid desert of today, is still a topic of active study and consideration. We know that Gale Crater, where Curiosity landed, is virtually guaranteed to have been a lake at one point. There are extensive examples of both clay and sulfate mineral types that form in water, as well as visual evidence for features like fans and deltas — two features that are associated with the flowing of liquid water on Earth.
As smartphones get more powerful, more and more people are using them as their only computer. That means they do all their email, web browsing, shopping, and even gaming on these handheld devices. The gaming experience on smartphones can vary wildly depending on the hardware and software optimization, but Google might be planning to step in. According to a leaked document, Google to make sure they’re up to snuff. In the early days of Android, most phones had the same (or very similar) hardware, and there were virtually no custom gaming optimization features. Now, there are phones with processors specifically tuned for gaming, and phones sometimes have dedicated gaming modes.
It’s been proven time and time again that reading is one of the best things you can do when it comes to keeping your mind active and healthy, but we’re guessing that pile of books on your nightstand simply grows larger with each passing week regardless of how much time you dedicate to reading every day. The makes it easier than ever to power through important books on a wide range of interesting topics, and a lifetime premium subscription is available for over 85 percent off at just $39. Whether your goal is to get ahead at work or simply catch up on your personal reading list, this subscription allows you to read and digest “micro books,” essentially short, but meaty summaries of today’s best nonfiction titles that can be read or listened to in just 12 minutes.
Most people like eating meat, but the ecological impacts of raising livestock to feed seven billion humans is not insignificant. So, companies around the world are trying to come up with alternative ways of producing meat and meat-like materials. That’s all happened on Earth, but what about meat-loving astronauts? For the first time, we’ve aboard the International Space Station. Currently, your options for artificial meat are limited to plant-based materials from brands like Impossible and Beyond. The next step might be to generate real meat with the aid of bioprinting. Israeli startup Aleph Farms has partnered with several 3D printing companies to conduct an experiment on the International Space Station (ISS).
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order has attracted a fair bit of attention from Star Wars fans hungry for a robust single-player game. It’s been a very long time since we’ve had one of those — nine years, by my count, dating back to Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2. It’s never been clear to me why the gaming industry gave up on single-player Star Wars titles given how fondly gamers still remember the adventures of Kyle Katarn in the Jedi Outcast series, but that’s a debate for another day. Millions of gamers cried out in fear and anguish on Tuesday after EA published the Required and Recommended specs for the upcoming Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, after it became clear that EA had specified a mind-boggling amount of RAM as a recommendation.
Flying high-performance fighter jets usually requires years of training and successful navigation of military bureaucracy. Right now, it just requires about $8.5 million to buy a fully operational F-16 fighter that’s . That’s maybe a bit simplistic — you’d also have to that control access to military aircraft. In essence, it would cost more than the asking price to have your own fighter jet. But hey, opportunities like this don’t come along often. Military vehicles and aircraft do occasionally hit the auction block, but these are almost always demilitarized. All the high-tech systems that play a role in modern war-fighting are removed, and engineers permanently disable any weapon platforms.
