Month: July 2017

Stars From Orbiting Galaxy Racing Through Our Milky Way

Stars From Orbiting Galaxy Racing Through Our Milky Way

Posted by | Jul 5, 2017 | |

Space still holds so many mysteries that keep astronomers searching the skies at night.  The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), is a dwarf galaxy that orbits around our Milky Way, that is apparently missing a few of its’ stars.  Galaxies orbiting other galaxies is actually pretty mind blowing, but then you have the possibility of rogue stars that escape from one galaxy and fly through the other at hyper velocity speeds. Astronomers, from the University of Cambridge, have been studying this mystery using data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and computer simulations.  Astronomers have known of these hypervelocity large...

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Prehistoric monster crocodile was apex land predator

Prehistoric monster crocodile was apex land predator

Posted by | Jul 4, 2017 | |

A new study has revealed that 170 million years ago during the Middle Jurassic period, a monstrous crocodile apex predator wandered Madagascar. The giant crocodile over 23ft (7 meters), weighed between 1,760 and 2,200 pounds and had serrated fang teeth like a Tyrannosaur. Unlike modern crocodiles, these distant cousins (nicknamed ‘Razana’) walked on their hind feet as it attacked its prey. The full name of the predatory crocodyliform is Razanandrongobe sakalavae, which means “giant lizard ancestor from Sakalava region”.  Observed tooth damage in the fossils suggests “Razana”, was crunching on bones and tendons, allowing the land croc to eat...

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Unlock the forthcoming iPhone 8 securely with your face

Unlock the forthcoming iPhone 8 securely with your face

Posted by | Jul 4, 2017 | |

The Apple iPhone 8 is scheduled to launch this September and news is starting to be leaked on key features we can look forward to.  KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has indicated that Apple won’t be including the fingerprint scanner under the display of the iPhone 8, but instead may have something even more high tech to offer. It is being reported by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, that a 3D sensor module will be part of the iPhone 8 series, that will enable log in, authenticate payments, and launch secure applications simply by facial recognition.  Part of the motivation in the...

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Surge Pricing May Be Spreading to Retail

Surge Pricing May Be Spreading to Retail

Posted by | Jul 4, 2017 | |

Many of us who have filled our cars with gasoline around the holidays or have booked flight tickets online know that pricing can change quickly at peak times or as supply wanes.  Recently it has been reported that ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft known for their low prices, can sometimes cost more than a taxi.  They use on-the-fly pricing software that instantaneously figures out the highest price the market can bear at any given moment.  This is known as “surge” or “dynamic” pricing, when the cost of an item is calculated based on demand.  That means that Uber and...

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A Look at Blockchain, the Technology Behind Bitcoin

A Look at Blockchain, the Technology Behind Bitcoin

Posted by | Jul 3, 2017 | |

In order to process a transaction, it is important to see whether the sender actually earns the asset or not. This would make sure that the sender would not do the same transaction twice. With the popularity of Bitcoin, this concept has received much attention. In fact, Bitcoin uses the blockchain technology when processing such transactions to deliver effective results. What is a blockchain? A blockchain can simply be defined as a distributed ledger network. This ledger network is the core of Bitcoin. In fact, it uses software algorithms in order to record all the transactions. This is linked...

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