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How price shocks in formative years scar consumption for life

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Were you a teenager in the 1970s when gasoline got costlier and later found yourself driving less? If yes, you may be part of a generation whose "later-life travel behavior" was shaped by gas price shocks in its formative years, according to a research paper titled "Formative Experiences and the Price of Gasoline" by Christopher Severen, a senior economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of…

Asus’ ROG Strix Scar 17 SE and Flow X16 Flaunt Latest Upgrades From AMD, Intel

Asus has two new notebooks on the docket today, which should raise the pulse of mobile gamers. Both laptops slot under the Republic of Gamers (ROG) brand and take advantage of Intel's latest 12th generation Alder Lake and AMD’s Zen 3+ Ryzen 6000 mobile processors.Kicking things off is the ROG Strix Scar 17 SE, which is powered by up to a flagship Core i9-12900HX processor. This chip has eight performance cores and eight efficiency cores, and Intel cites it going up to a max of 157 watts (though it's unclear if that's the…

ROG Strix Scar 17 SE debuts beastly Intel’s 55-watt HX chips

Asus has just announced the upcoming release of the ROG Strix Scar 17 SE, a new gaming laptop that will most likely deliver intense levels of performance. Equipped with the new Intel Alder Lake-HX processors and the latest Nvidia mobile graphics cards, it’s a safe contender to be among the most powerful gaming laptops you can buy. Asus needs no introduction — it’s certainly known for making top-notch gaming laptops (among other things). While ROG Strix is hardly a new lineup, the manufacturer has made the latest…

Asus ROG Flow X16 (GV601RW) and ROG Strix Scar 17 SE (G733CX) First Impressions

Asus already sells a wide variety of gaming laptops in India, and it can be hard to differentiate between all the series and models. There's the entry-level TUF series; the ROG Strix models are for esports and everyday gaming; ROG Zephyrus models are stylish and powerful; and the relatively new ROG Flow series is for ultraportables. This company is also no stranger to experimenting with form factors. Today, we have early production units of two new Asus ROG gaming laptops that somewhat blur the lines between these…