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Samsung Electronics reported a smaller-than-expected rise in quarterly operating earnings on Thursday as lower sales to inflation-hit smartphone makers dragged on profits from server customers loading up on memory chips.The world's largest memory-chip and smartphone maker estimated its profit rose 11 percent from a year earlier to KRW 14 trillion (nearly Rs. 84,600 crore) in the three months ended June 30 — its highest second-quarter profit since 2018 — from KRW 12.57 trillion (roughly 76,000 crore) a year earlier.The…

Orders for long-lasting goods rose 0.7% in May, driven by an increase in big-ticket items including cars, computers and military aircraft.New orders for products meant to last at least three years increased to a seasonally adjusted $267.2 billion in May, the Commerce Department said Monday, marking the seventh increase in the past eight months. Orders for long-lasting goods rose 0.7% in May, driven by an increase in big-ticket items including cars, computers and military aircraft.New orders for products meant to last…

Screenshot: LucasfilmGiven everything Rey, Finn, Rose, and Poe went through in the sequel trilogy, I’d say they were overdue for a break. Thankfully, the quartet will get their chance to kick back and relax in Lego Star Wars Summer Vacation, the newest Lego special coming to Disney+, which will come with an all-new “Weird” Al Yankovic song titled “Scarif Beach Party.” I mean, with that knowledge, do you even need to watch the special’s first trailer?Well, you may want to, since the song is fantastic even in the extremely…

Wall Street Journal: JD.com reports revenue from its June 18 shopping festival rose 10.3% to $56.6B, the slowest growth since 2017, as China's lockdowns dampen consumer demand — Consumers hit the brakes in latest indication of damaged sentiment from macroeconomic headwinds and lengthy lockdowns Wall Street Journal: JD.com reports revenue from its June 18 shopping festival rose 10.3% to $56.6B, the slowest growth since 2017, as China's lockdowns dampen consumer demand — Consumers…

Megalonyx, an extinct ground sloth.Illustration: Steve Brusatte / The Rise and Reign of MammalsDeep time is a headache. So many changes have happened in the cosmos, on our planet, and through evolution to create the world we know today. One of the most recent major changes, relatively speaking, was the K-Pg extinction, the mass death of the dinosaurs and many other creatures in the immediate aftermath of an asteroid impact 66 million years.01:57Rainn Wilson’s First Fandoms: Star Trek And D&DYesterday 4:32PMThe…

Apple's revenue from gaming and music offerings is expected to jump 36 percent to $8.2 billion (roughly Rs. 64,000 crore) by 2025, JP Morgan said on Monday, as the iPhone maker taps its huge user base to drive its subscription services.The two services are likely to have a combined subscriber base of about 180 million by 2025 - 110 million for music and 70 million for gaming - boosted by the rapid spread of the internet and a booming gaming industry, according to JPM analysts, led by Samik Chatterjee.Apple Music, which…

Who are you?Image: BBCIt feels like we’ve recently learned more about Doctor Who’s upcoming 60th anniversary celebrations next year than we have about the impending departure of Jodie Whittaker’s current Doctor a few months from now. And yet, the more we learn about the 60th, the stranger and stranger it gets.The latest news out of the BBC is that Neil Patrick Harris has joined the upcoming special in a major, undisclosed role. An image of Harris’ character was released, but no further details were actually given about…

Head back into the Village Capcom is finally bringing some DLC to Resident Evil Village, and it’s pretty hefty. The Resident Evil Village Winter’s Expansion packs in more Mercs content, a story for Rose, and a whole lot more on Oct. 28, 2022. The big ticket item here is Shadows of Rose, a new story set in the Village universe following Rosemary Winters. It seems to get pretty mind-twisting and creepy, but for those who dig the expanded world of Resident Evil, that’s a pretty interesting set-up. Shadows of Rose is set 16…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain By now, most Americans have felt the effects of global crises on their grocery bills. Recent research published in the journal Nature Food has found this to be a worldwide phenomenon. As part of a project called Food Prices for Nutrition, professor William Masters at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University and a group of graduate students gathered data on…

A British warship that sank in 1682 while carrying a future king has been located off eastern England, in a find described as the "most significant historic maritime discovery since the raising of the Mary Rose in 1982".  The announcement follows 15 years of secret verification work due to the need to protect the wreck.The Gloucester had lain half-buried on the seabed undetected until brothers Julian and Lincoln Barnwell and friend James Little discovered it in 2007 after a four-year search of the Norfolk coastline.The…