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CLOTHING 
July 20, 2017 U.K. Retail Sales Rebound as Heat Wave Boosts Clothing Demand
U.K. retailers received a summer boost last month as sweltering temperatures spurred sales of clothing. The quantity of goods sold in stores and online rose 0.6 percent, more than economists forecast, following a 1.1 percent decline in May, figures from the Office for National Statistics showed Thursday. Sales excluding auto fuel jumped 0.9 percent. It […]
ALL DEALS July 20, 2017 SoftBank’s Son Finally Explains How All Those Deals Fit Together
Masayoshi Son has had a busy year even by the standards of Japan’s most prolific investor. On Thursday in Tokyo, he took time to explain how it all fits together. In the past six months, SoftBank Group Corp. has invested in businesses ranging from ride sharing, co-working and robotics to agriculture, cancer detection and autonomous driving. The 59-year-old […]
ELECTRONICS July 19, 2017 AMD Ryzen 3 Speeds, Launch Date Announced; Ryzen Threadripper Prices and Specs Confirmed
HIGHLIGHTS There are two AMD Ryzen 3 desktop CPU models, both 4 cores, 4 threads The Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has 16 cores and 32 threads Ryzen 3 will go on sale July 27; Threadripper will launch in early August AMD has taken the wraps off its highly anticipated Ryzen 3 and Ryzen Threadripper CPUs. The […]
NEWS July 19, 2017 Decision on Western Digital’s Bid to Block Toshiba Memory Unit Sale Postponed
A US judge did not reach a decision Friday in Western Digital’s bid to temporarily block Toshiba from selling its flash memory business in an $18 billion deal but proposed requiring Toshiba to give Western Digital two weeks’ notice before closing. Toshiba is scrambling to sell its flash memory unit to cover losses from its nuclear reactor business. In late June, […]
COMPUTERS July 19, 2017 Jide Discontinues Remix OS, Moves Focus to Business Customers
HIGHLIGHTS The company launched Remix OS for PC last year The company says that backers from KickStarter will be refunded Jide says it will be focussing on enterprise customers now Jide Technology on Tuesday announced that the company has decided to discontinue its Android-based Remix OS and that it will be “transitioning away” from consumer space. For […]
COMPUTERS July 17, 2017 Windows 10 update BLOCK – Support for some computers DROPPED, are YOU affected?
Some Windows 10 devices are no longer able to upgrade to the latest version of the operating system Some Windows machines that received the free upgrade to Windows 10 – less than two years ago – have now been officially blocked from future updates to the next-generation operating system. According to ZDnet, a number of two-in-one PCs announced […]
CLOTHING July 17, 2017 Student who spends £800 on a T-shirt insures his clothes for £40,000
Eric Whiteback, 21 from Pennsylvania, USA has insured his wardrobe for £40,000 (Image: Caters News Agency) A student who needs a storage container to house his colossal clothing collection has just insured it for £40,000. Streetwear nut Eric Whiteback thinks nothing of dropping £800 on a t-shirt – despite admitting he only wears 10%-15% of his clothes. Eric […]
ELECTRONICS July 17, 2017 Stanford scientists unveil ultra-thin electronics that can dissolve into the body
A group of scientists from California have developed a series of organic electronic components that will harmlessly dissolve into their environment after use. Led by Stanford Professor of Chemical Engineering Zhenan Bao, the team’s inventions include a biodegradable semi-conductive polymer, disintegrable and flexible electronic circuits, and a biodegradable substrate material for mounting these electrical components onto. Totally flexible and biocompatible, […]
ALL DEALS July 15, 2017 Here Are All The Best Amazon Prime Day Deals
We hope you love the products we recommend! Just so you know, BuzzFeed may collect a share of sales from the links on this page. Amazon Prime Day, the day when Amazon posts more deals than you could ever conceivably look through in a lifetime, is here! We waded through the mountains of bargains for […]
COUPONS 
July 15, 2017 Paper coupons are cool again
The mailbox has gotten to be a pretty lonely place. But a growing group of marketers is discovering that all that room means it’s a great spot to get consumers’ attention. After all, email can get labeled as spam. Online ads can get hit with blockers and marketers need permission to text consumers. “The one avenue that’s still open is postal […]
ELECTRONICS July 15, 2017 Computer generation chooses electronics
CHANDIGARH: Call it the rise of intelligent machines. Electronics and computers are the most sought after seats after the first round of intake in five engineering colleges. With 344 takers for the BE/BTech in electronics and 343 for computers, there’s nothing much to separate the two branches in the admissions being conducted by a joint […]
HOME & GARDEN July 14, 2017 Amazon Prime Day 2017: Best home and garden deals
Amazon will be releasing Prime Day deals throughout the day CREDIT: CAIAIMAGE Amazon’s ‘Prime Day’ – its annual one-day sale event to rival Black Friday – is in full swing. First started in 2015, the one-day event sees thousands of deals rolled out to subscribers of Amazon’s £79 a year subscription service that gives users access to unlimited one-day delivery […]
