Amazon considered letting Alexa listen to you without a wake word
It would allow the voice assistant to process more natural speech patterns. A patent made public today and filed by Amazon would allow the company’s voice assistant Alexa to start recording audio before users say a “wake word.” According to the patent, it would allow users to more naturally communicate with their devices, saying phrases […]
NASA orders the first piece of its lunar outpost
The first Lunar Gateway segment that’s flying to space is now in development. NASA has awarded space technology company Maxar a $375 million contract to develop the first Lunar Gateway segment that’s flying to space. Maxar, which (according to Ars Technica) now has bragging rights for being the initiative’s first commercial partner, will work on […]
Lomography unveils its first lens for full-frame mirrorless cameras
The 55mm Art lens will give Nikon Z, Canon RF and Sony E photos a unique look. It’s been a while since we’ve heard about Petzval lenses, but Lomography just unveiled an interesting (and much needed) model for the latest full-frame mirrorless cameras. The Petzval 55mm f/1.7 MK II Art lens works on Sony E, Nikon Z and […]
AMD partner leaks two mid-range Navi GPUs
The Navi GT will reportedly beat NVIDIA’s RTX 2070 for $499. AMD is set to announce more GPUs based on its 7-nanometer Navi tech, according to a leak from Sapphire, one of its largest graphics card partners. At Computex, CEO Lisa Su will reportedly unveil the Navi XT that can best the NVIDIA RTX 2070 […]
Stocks to Watch: National Retail Properties, Inc. (NNN) and Novagold Resources Inc. (NG) in the spotlight
The price of National Retail Properties, Inc. (NYSE:NNN) went up by $0.27 now trading at $53.6. Their shares witnessed a 34.03% increase from the 52-week low price of $39.99 they recorded on 2018-05-24. Even though it is still -4.24% behind the $55.87 high touched on 2019-03-28. The last few days have been good for the […]
Stocks to Watch: Vipshop Holdings Limited (VIPS) and Netshoes (CAYMAN) Limited (NETS) in the spotlight
The price of Vipshop Holdings Limited (NYSE:VIPS) went up by $0.23 now trading at $7.5. Their shares witnessed a 74.42% increase from the 52-week low price of $4.3 they recorded on 2018-10-30. Even though it is still -68% behind the $12.6 high touched on 2018-06-07. The last few days have been rough for the stock, […]
Stocks to Watch: Wake-up Call for the TJX Companies, Inc. (TJX), Borgwarner Inc. (BWA)
The price of The TJX Companies, Inc. (NYSE:TJX) went up by $0.44 now trading at $52.16. Their shares witnessed a 25.72% increase from the 52-week low price of $41.49 they recorded on 2018-12-24. Even though it is still -8.59% behind the $56.64 high touched on 2018-10-01. The last few days have been rough for the […]
Stocks to Watch: Focus on Synaptics Incorporated (SYNA), Humana Inc. (HUM)
The price of Synaptics Incorporated (NASDAQ:SYNA) went down by $-0.34 now trading at $28.06. Their shares witnessed a 0.32% increase from the 52-week low price of $27.97 they recorded on 2019-05-23. Even though it is still -96.9% behind the $55.25 high touched on 2018-06-20. The last few days have been rough for the stock, as […]
Economy beats expectations
Statistics Canada says wholesale sales rose 1.4 per cent to $64.1 billion in March. Economists had expected an increase of 0.9 per cent, according to Thomson Reuters Eikon. The growth came as sales gained in six of the seven subsectors, accounting for 82 per cent of total wholesale sales. The building material and supplies subsector […]
TD makes bank
Strong growth in Canadian and American retail operations helped TD Bank Group earn an adjusted profit of $3.27 billion in the second quarter, up from $3.06 billion in the same quarter last year. The Toronto-based lender also benefited from positive earnings at its wholesale banking business — following a net loss in the first quarter […]