Apple computers will move away from Intel chips to their own ARM-based design. An interesting thing about Apple as a company is that it has never felt the need to link to a particular system architecture or ISA. While a company like Microsoft tied its fortune to Intel’s x86 architecture, …
Read More »Judge lifts restraining order on Mary Trump, will not stop book – Deadline
A New York Supreme Court judge lifted a restraining order that prevented Mary Trump from publishing her revealing new book about her uncle, President Donald Trump, and his family. Robert Trump, the President’s brother, had sought court action to stop publication of the book, Too much and never enough: how …
Read More »Artificial intelligence predicts which planetary systems will survive
While three planets have been detected in the Kepler-431 system, little is known about the shapes of their orbits. To the left are a large number of overlapping orbits for each planet that are consistent with the observations. An international team of astrophysicists led by Princeton’s Daniel Tamayo removed all …
Read More »SoftBank hires Goldman Sachs to explore Arm’s put options: Sources
Masayoshi Son, President and CEO of SoftBank Group Corp., gestures while speaking during a press conference in London on Monday July 18, 2016. Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | fake pictures SoftBank hired Goldman Sachs to explore both an initial public offering and a sale of British chip designer Arm Holdings, …
Read More »Judges block six-week abortion bans in Georgia and Tennessee
The bills, passed in Georgia in the spring of 2019 and in Tennessee last month, prohibit abortions after the detection of a fetal heartbeat, which can occur as early as six weeks of pregnancy and before many women know they are pregnant. The bills highlight the long battle over abortion …
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