RIP: The BlackBerry Classic (and its iconic keyboard) is dead
BlackBerry isn’t giving up on phones with physical keyboards, but the company does appear to be backing off the concept. The company recently announced that it will no longer make the BlackBerry Classic. The handset was first launched in late 2014 as a replacement for the BlackBerry Bold. This may be the end of the Classic handset but it isn't the end of physical keyboards for BlackBerry. The company still produces the Passport, which features a smaller physical keyboard to create more sp..>> view originalScientists shocked by strange 'bump' in LHC data
Scientists shocked by strange ‘bump’ in LHC data July 6, 2016 By Sam Catherman Researchers working with the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland think they may have made a huge discovery. Scientists working with the Large Hadron Collider have significantly ramped up the intensity of their experiments since the particle accelerator went back online last year, and according to a report from the BBC, may be on the brink of a massive discovery. Now, after a year’s worth of data collection, physicis..>> view original'Welcome to Jupiter!' NASA's Juno space probe arrives at giant planet
The Juno team cheered and hugged.The probe had to conduct a tricky maneuver to slow down enough to allow it to be pulled into orbit: It fired its main engine for 35 minutes, effectively hitting the brakes to slow the spacecraft by about 1,212 miles per hour (542 meters per second)."NASA did it again," said Scott Bolton, Juno principal investigator."We're there, we're in orbit. We conquered Jupiter.""Through tones Juno sang to us and it was a song of perfection," said Rick Nybakken, Juno Project ..>> view originalApple Killing MacBook Air? Here's Our Advice
My sister-in-law asked me what Apple laptop to buy and I was a bit surprised by my recommendation. “Get the MacBook Pro,” I said. As a new mom who would be editing lots of photos, I didn’t think she wanted the 12-inch MacBook’s relatively small display, or to deal with its flat keyboard. And, besides, the 13-inch MacBook Pro would give her more power and more ports for the same $1,299 price. With its low-res screen and outdated processor, the MacBook Air barely entered the conversation, so it d..>> view originalPokémon Go is out now on Android and iOS
Pokémon Go, the augmented reality game that lets you capture virtual Pokémon in real world locations, has launched on Android and iOS. For now, it's only available in Japan, Australia, or New Zealand, but a worldwide release is expected within the next few days. If you're an Android user, you can download Pokémon Go wherever you are in the world thanks to the APK being uploaded to APK Mirror. As long as you've allowed your phone to accept side-loaded apps (to do so, head to the security sett..>> view originalTech companies blame price rises on Brexit vote
Image copyright Dell Image caption Dell said the Brexit vote had caused it to charge higher prices for its computers US computer-maker Dell and the Chinese smartphone company OnePlus are both raising their prices in the UK and saying the move is the result of the nation's vote to leave the EU.Another company, used by several camera equipment-makers to bring their goods to the UK, has also revealed it will soon follow suit.Intro 2020 said it had been "..>> view originalGoogle is teaching its self-driving cars to share the road with cyclists
Google’s self-driving car may be able to share the road with cyclists better than you could.With a 360-degree view of its surroundings, the vehicle can recognize cyclists’ hand signals, provide them with the perfect amount of buffer room when driving alongside them or passing them, and can even identify bikes of all different shapes and sizes, Google said in its June report on its self-driving car project.As the number of cyclists commuting and riding for fun increases, Google’s software update..>> view originalThis fully assembled iPhone 7 probably shows us exactly what the finished phone looks like
Apple’s next-generation iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus (or iPhone 7 Pro?) will be two of the most popular smartphones of all time following their release later this year. “Boring” or not, Apple’s new iPhones always draw a crowd and while this year’s designs appear strikingly similar to last year’s iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus, each new report firms up the notion that these new iPhones will represent a bigger upgrade than most people thought. It’s the outside of the iPhone 7 we’ll focus on in this ..>> view originalGoogle buys French image recognition startup Moodstocks
Two weeks after Twitter acquired Magic Pony to advance its machine learning smarts for improving users’ experience of photos and videos on its platform, Google is following suit. Today, the maker of Android and search giant announced that it has acquired Moodstocks, a startup based out of Paris that develops machine-learning based image recognition technology for smartphones whose APIs for developers have been described as “Shazam for images.” Moodstocks’ API and SDK will be discontinued “soon..>> view originalGet a grip: GM built a force-multiplying robotic glove, and I got to try it out
Get a grip -- or don't, because the RoboGlove will do it for you. General Motors The robot uprising is commencing, but for the time being, they're here to help. At least, the RoboGlove is. It's a clever piece of engineering that can reduce muscle strain for those tasked with building our cars, but its benefits reach beyond the assembly line, and Roadshow was one of only two outlets to try it on.The RoboGlove orig..>> view original
Saturday, July 9, 2016
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