Marlins manager Don Mattingly watched his team get very nearly no-hit by electrifying Padres ace Chris Paddack Wednesday night, in what would’ve been the first no-hitter in Padres history. Paddack gave up his first hit, a solo dinger to Starlin Castro, in the bottom of the eighth inning, and eventually handed a two-run lead over to San Diego’s bullpen. That bullpen very nearly blew the win, and needed the help of a very questionable game-ending called strike in order to escape a ninth-inning jam. That pitch, from Padres closer Kirby Yates, came in above the strike zone graphic, which is a reasonable point of reference, even if the ball appeared to be about neck-high by the time Curtis Granderson checked his swing. Home plate umpire D.J. Reyburn apparently felt the splitter caught the top of the zone, and that was that. Mattingly was not happy about the call—as he noted after the game, this was the second time in a week that the Marlins lost at home on a called third … [Read more...] about Don Mattingly Is Ready For Robot Umpires
Guy Transforms Windows XP Into A Bitcoin Blockchain Machine
Windows XP might have gone a long time ago, but every now and then we get to see glimpses of the good old operating system. In the latest one, a developer has managed to run Windows XP on a Bitcoin SV blockchain and put it on the internet as a website.You can play around with the familiar user interface where you can move windows just like you can do an actual computer. Also, you can write something on the Notepad, play songs in Winamp, play Minesweeper, scribble on Paint. When I tried to open the ‘Run’ utility, it gave an ‘application not found’ error.Reported by CoinDesk, this is still a limited version of XP and many programs won’t let you get past the first screen. For example, you can keep clicking on the C drive in the file explorer and nothing will happen.It’s not the first time that someone has emulated Windows XP on the web. This one shows the ability of Bitcoin SV that it can be used to handle much larger blocks than other blockchains, … [Read more...] about Guy Transforms Windows XP Into A Bitcoin Blockchain Machine
Truckmaker Volvo beats expectations, picks Samsung for batteries
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Volvo is seen on the front grill of a Volvo truck in a customer showroom at the company's headquarters in Gothenburg, Sweden, September 23, 2008. REUTERS/Bob Strong/File Photo STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden’s AB Volvo (VOLVb.ST) inched up its market growth outlook for North America and Europe, as strong deliveries for its trucks and construction equipment as well as continued easing of supply chain bottlenecks helped it beat quarterly profit expectations. The world’s second largest truckmaker behind Daimler (DAIGn.DE) also said it had entered into a strategic partnership for Samsung (006400.KS) to develop battery packs for its electric trucks. Operating profit at the maker of trucks, construction equipment, buses and engines rose to 15.11 billion Swedish crowns ($1.62 billion) from 12.34 billion a year ago, beating the 13.34 billion mean forecast by analysts according to Refinitiv. Reporting by Esha Vaish in Stockholm; editing by Johannes … [Read more...] about Truckmaker Volvo beats expectations, picks Samsung for batteries
TSMC second-quarter net profit falls 7.6%
FILE PHOTO: A logo of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) is seen at its headquarters in Hsinchu, Taiwan August 31, 2018. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC), the world’s largest contract chipmaker, posted on Thursday a 7.6% fall in second-quarter net profit. TSMC, whose clients include iPhone maker Apple Inc, said April-June profit was T$66.765 billion ($2.15 billion). That compared with the T$65.92 billion average of 21 analyst estimates compiled by Refinitiv. Reporting by Yimou Lee; Editing by Christopher Cushing … [Read more...] about TSMC second-quarter net profit falls 7.6%
Arsenal 2-1 Bayern Munich
Eddie Nketiah grabbed a late winner as Arsenal beat Bayern Munich to start the International Champions Cup pre-season tournament with a win. Arsenal substitute Nketiah struck with just five minutes left to settle a high tempo, entertaining and highly competitive friendly in Los Angeles. In truth, the game could have gone either way as both teams had chances but Arsenal’s late substitutes made a big difference to give them extra energy as Bayern tired. Bayern went close after 32 minutes when Thomas Muller saw a near post shot saved brilliantly by Arsenal keeper Bernd Leno. But Arsenal should have gone ahead themselves six minutes later when Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s lightning run led a counter attack, he played in Mesut Ozil whose shot was blocked by Manuel Neuer. Finally, the breakthrough came three minutes after the restart after a lovely Arsenal move. Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s clever ball found Aubameyang and his low cross was turned into his own net by Bayern defender … [Read more...] about Arsenal 2-1 Bayern Munich