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Weekly News Roundup February 12-16
Authors: Annabel Fidler & Paloma Gray Shawn White Breaks History in Pyeongchang Winter Games 2018 Shaun White was able to bring home a third gold medal in the men’s half pipe while also becoming the first American man to win gold at three separate Winter Olympics. This was a huge comeback for White after […]
Weekly News Roundup February 5-9
Authors: Steffanie Agnew & Nicole Avalos Broadcom Raises Its Qualcomm Offer to $121 Billion- NY Times Broadcom increased its takeover bid for rival chip maker Qualcomm to around $121 billion on Feb. 16, 2018, further pressuring Qualcomm to agree to what would be the technology industry’s biggest-ever takeover and one that could affect the […]
Weekly News Roundup March 6-9
Facebook filters fake news by tweaking its algorithm Facebook begins to flag links that are associated with fake news to help users filter out deceptive news articles. Facebook also will be providing their users with a complied list of websites and “news” channels that have been known to post fake news in the past. Facebook […]
Weekly News Roundup Feb. 27 – March 3
Snapchat has a market capitalization of $33 billion and is creating a drone Snapchat started with an IPO of $24 billion on its first day at the New York Stock Exchange and closed up 44% creating a market capitalization of $33 billion. Meanwhile, the company is building their own drone. Snapchat set for $24 […]
Weekly News Roundup Feb. 17-24
AMD is getting ready to launch Ryzen in March, their latest and greatest computer processor series If its exponential increase in stock price is any cue, AMD’s revival is real this time. In fact, AMD’s Ryzen processors are so popular, they’re already best sellers on Amazon. We revealed new die shots of Ryzen at ISSCC, revealing the cache […]
Weekly News Roundup Feb. 10-17
Pokémon Go releases Generation II Pokémon The Pokémon Go team has announced a new generation for the first time since it’s initial launch in July 2016. Trainers, over 80 more Pokémon and new features are here! https://t.co/7hUwB1wVBAhttps://t.co/9gVfrwaemA — Pokémon GO (@PokemonGoApp) February 16, 2017 Summary of what was announced: Additional Pokémon, New Evolutions, New Encounter Gameplay, New Berries, New Avatars […]