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Google’s rumored Pixel 6 Tensor processor sounds extremely weird

Google is set to debut its first in-house smartphone chipset, the Tensor SoC, in its upcoming Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro phones. And if the latest report from XDA is correct, the Tensor’s rumored CPU setup could be very, very weird — even by Google standards. So far, Google has largely been hyping up the Tensor SoC’s AI performance; but it hasn’t revealed any information on the basic CPU and GPU specs of the chip. Google’s Rick Osterloh would only tell The Verge that “the standard… Source link

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Medicare isn’t as broken as it sounds

Medicare will begin to run out of money in five years. Image: Getty Crunch time for Medicare is just five years away, according to the latest annual report from the trustees who oversee the program. The trustees say the popular health care program for seniors will begin to run short of money in 2026, the same doom date as in last year’s report. The COVID pandemic and its effect on the economy represent an “unprecedented level of uncertainty,” however, and the funding shortfall could arrive… Source link

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New Jersey Governor sounds alarm on ‘pandemic of the unvaccinated’

Officials are continuing to raise concerns over the recent rise in COVID case numbers across the country. Not helping matters is the still large number of people who remain unvaccinated. “It is a pandemic of the unvaccinated,” Gov. Phil Murphy (D-NJ) said on Yahoo Finance Live (video above). “It is literally 99.99% likely that the folks who are in the hospital are unvaccinated.” Some states have reached a point in which their elected officials are imposing vaccine mandates for state… Source link

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Google’s Guacamole may be premature, but it sounds ripe to become an Android feature

Google probably wasn’t planning to reveal this until the company’s I/O developer conference on May 18th, but it looks like a cat may be out of the bag: the company’s testing a feature that should let you stop alarms and answer calls on your Android phone simply by saying “stop” — no need to pick up your phone or even say “Hey Google.” We know this because a mysterious new setting called “Guacamole” has popped up in the Google app on Android 11 for some users —… Source link

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New Detroit Lions GM Brad Holmes sounds like he wants to keep Matthew Stafford at QB

It was the second question of his introductory news conference Tuesday, and given the magnitude of the decision, it was somewhat surprising it was not the first. Brad Holmes made no promises about Matthew Stafford‘s future at quarterback, but the new Detroit Lions general manager sure sounded like a man who wants Stafford on his team in 2021. “Matthew, great player,” Holmes said. “And what you really appreciate is, I think the talent level is easy to see. But you really appreciate how his… Source link

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At Georgia rally, Trump sounds less certain that victory is at hand

DALTON, Ga. — President Trump campaigned Monday night on behalf of two incumbent Republican senators whose defeat in runoff elections on Tuesday could cost the party its majority in the U.S. Senate and deliver a symbolic capstone to his own time in office. Clinging to his claims that widespread election fraud had cost him victory in the presidential election in states like Georgia, Trump continued to set his sights on Jan. 6, when he hopes that Congress — and his own vice president —… Source link

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China’s New Stealth Bomber Can’t Be as Powerful as It Sounds

TipRanks 3 “Strong Buy” Stocks That Could Reach New Highs The markets have been on a tear of late despite the headwinds presented by the novel coronavirus pandemic. The question is how long this will last?Writing from Goldman Sachs, the firm’s chief US equity strategist David Kostin says that the markets will outperform both other investments and analyst expectations over the next two years. He sees the S&P 500 hitting 4,600 by the end of 2022, which would represent a 25% gain.Backing… Source link

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