Singapore has moved into the second phase of the circuit breaker but the first day of Phase 2 saw crowds and long lines at malls and other hotspots. This begs the question: Could this cause another round of circuit-breaker in Singapore? Crowd Prevention Isn’t Working Perfectly After almost three months …
Read More »How to Control Your Impulse Buys
One of the biggest challenges I had to overcome during my own financial turnaround was the instinct I used when deciding whether to buy something. That instinct provided pretty good guidance during an earlier phase in my life when I had very little money to spend, but once I moved …
Read More »Brian Bowman: Why it’s so hard to beat Facebook’s automated control video ads
Facebook advertisers may spend a lot of money trying to come up with new kinds of ads for games and other apps, but it can be very hard to beat the best-performing video ad (known as the control video) on the social network. Consumer Acquisition CEO Brian Bowman spoke about this …
Read More »Intel and QuTech unveil Horse Ridge cryogenic control chip for quantum computing
Today at the International Solid State Circuits Conference, which runs through this week in San Francisco, Intel and QuTech — a partnership between Delft University of Technology and TNO (Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research) — are unveiling the technical designs for a first-of-its-kind cryogenic control chip for quantum computing, …
Read More »Adjust’s Control Center automates repetitive tasks of mobile advertising
Mobile measurement company Adjust has launched a technology called Control Center to automate mobile advertising, reducing repetitive workflows. The Berlin-based mobile measurement and fraud prevention company is launching its new product as part of a larger suite, dubbed Adjust Automate. With its release, Adjust aims to simplify the process of …
Read More »Combining Aerobics and Weights Tied to Optimal Weight Control
To stave off obesity, we might want to both stride and lift, according to an important, large-scale new study of how different types of exercise affect the incidence of obesity in America. The study, which involved health records for almost 1.7 million men and women, indicates that people who exercise …
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