Sunday, October 15, 2017

Ancient DNA counters biblical account of the mysterious Canaanites and other top stories.

  • Ancient DNA counters biblical account of the mysterious Canaanites

    Ancient DNA counters biblical account of the mysterious Canaanites
    Researchers sequenced whole genomes from five Canaanites skeletons found in Sidon, Lebanon. ALI HASHISHO/REUTERS/Newscom Ancient DNA counters biblical account of the mysterious Canaanites By Lizzie WadeJul. 27, 2017 , 12:00 PM When the pharaohs ruled Egypt and the ancient Greeks built their first cities, a mysterious people called the Canaanites dominated the Near East. Around 4000 years ago, they built cities across the Levant, which includes present-day Lebanon, Isr..
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  • Microsoft says Windows 10 Creators Update is ready for business deployment

    Microsoft says Windows 10 Creators Update is ready for business deployment
    Microsoft is christening the Windows 10 Creators Update release that began rolling out in April 2017 as ready for businesses to deploy.Previously, Microsoft called the version of Windows 10 ready for business deployment the "Current Branch for Business," or CBB. As officials said earlier this year, the new name for CBB is "Semi-Annual Channel" -- a designation that Windows 10 will share, going forward with Office 365 ProPlus.Both Windows 10 and Office 365 ProPlus will get new feature update rol..
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  • Amazon's Earnings Miss, but Nothing Can Stop AWS

    Amazon's Earnings Miss, but Nothing Can Stop AWS
    While Amazon (AMZN) is down after hours on an earnings miss, the company's cloud computing business lived up to forecasts and extended its lead over Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) Azure and Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) Google Cloud Platform. Jeff Bezos said in a ...
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  • 'Destiny 2' PC beta starts August 28th

    'Destiny 2' PC beta starts August 28th
    Recommended:CPU Intel - Core i5-2400 AMD - Ryzen R5 1600XGPU Nvidia - GeForce GTX 970 AMD - Radeon R9 390RAMThe game officially launches September 6th, and while Bungie didn't reveal any other details or stats about the previous beta, it has posted another ad for people wavering about pre-ordering. This one teases the exotic rifle "Coldheart" that's waiting for everyone who pays early. Otherwise, you can check the blog post for details on how to get your Clan ready for Destiny 2, or participate..
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  • Why Ryzen Threadripper has two extra chips

    Why Ryzen Threadripper has two extra chips
    When famed overclocker der8baurer "delidded" AMD's highly anticipated Ryzen Threadripper in a video posted on Thursday, he got a surprise and spawned a mystery: Did AMD really waste two perfectly good 8-core chips to build Threadripper?The  mystery kicked off when Der8auer, cracked open his Threadripper and found what appeared to be four 8-core dies used to make the 16-core CPU. Adding to that mystery, der8bauer said AMD confirmed only two of the "dies" were active. der8auer Two of the 8-co..
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  • Overwatch Doomfist Now Available In New Update; Patch Notes Released

    Overwatch Doomfist Now Available In New Update; Patch Notes Released
    Overwatch's next big update is now available, the main component of which is a new character: Doomfist. The long-awaited Offense character is now playable on PC, Xbox One, and PS4.Doomfist has been available for the past few weeks on the PC version's Public Test Realm. Not long after his initial PTR debut, a patch made some changes to the way he works. The range of his Rocket Punch was reduced, while his Ultimate gained a UI indicator to help gauge how effective it will be.Aside from introducin..
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  • Jeff Immelt: Next Uber CEO?

    "Normally I do not comment on rumors, but the speculation about my future and UBER has become a distraction," said the head of Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE:HPE). "Uber's CEO will not be Meg Whitman." There's a new name being floated among a handful of candidates for the position: General Electric's (NYSE:GE) Jeff Immelt, who will relinquish his role as chief executive at the end of the month.
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  • Huge leak may confirm one of the hottest new features hiding in Apple's iPhone 8

    Huge leak may confirm one of the hottest new features hiding in Apple's iPhone 8
    It has been three long years since Apple last released a smartphone with a new design. Think about it: the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus debuted with a brand new look in 2014, and every single handset that has been released since then has looked almost identical to iPhones that have preceded it. From the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus to the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, it’s all been the same. And then there’s the iPhone SE, which features a design that dates all the way back to 2012. Since iPhones have all looked..
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  • The iPod nano had a weird, amazing history

    The iPod nano had a weird, amazing history
    Like the iPod Classic three years before it, the iPod nano's death today was a long time coming. But years ago, before the product stalled out, lost its identity, and was made wholly unnecessary by the iPhone, it featured some of Apple's finest design ...
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  • Phantom VIII Heralds Arrival Of The House Of Rolls-Royce

    Phantom VIII Heralds Arrival Of The House Of Rolls-Royce
    RRMC Phantom VIII arrived today. The hood is an unbroken expanse of gently curving alloy, free of the obligatory spear of brightwork running down the centerline. For the first time, Phantom’s Parthenon grille is integrated into the surrounding bodywork, no longer appearing like an appliqué simulating designs of the 1920s and ‘30s. It is a modern, clean interpretation of a classic form. Phantom VIII’s introduction is Rolls-Royce Motor Cars’ second graceful pivot toward becoming a luxury..
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Firefighters respond to second-alarm fire in northeast Columbus .Columbus looks to shut down hotel plagued by crime .
Person killed, multiple more injured after shooting at north ... .Powell scores 25 as Raptors beat Bucks 118-93 in Game 5 .

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