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Apple places massive chip orders for iPhone 8
Cult of Mac - 19 Apr 2017 15:13
Chip orders reveal demand for the next-gen iPhones is set to exceed 50 million units during the second half of 2017, and hit a total of 220 million to 230 million units, according to a new report. The new handsets are li...
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX350 Sample Images
Photography Blog - 19 Apr 2017 11:45
Ahead of our full review, here are sample images taken with the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX350 compact camera, including the complete ISO range of 80-3200. The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX350 is a super-zoom camera with a 50x zoom ...
Manfrotto Nitrotech Fluid Video Head
Photography Blog - 19 Apr 2017 16:10
Manfrotto have launched the new Nitrotech Video Head - a revolutionary head that combines the most successful features of Manfrotto's video heads with the company’s unique-to-the-market Nitrogen piston mechanism that g...
CERN Declares War On The Standard Model
Universe Today - 19 Apr 2017 19:49
Researchers at the LHC beauty experiment (part of CERN) announced new test results that hint at the existence of new physics. The post CERN Declares War On The Standard Model appeared first on Universe Today.
All the Best Movies Coming to and Leaving Netflix In May 2017
Life Hacker - 19 Apr 2017 17:33
Spring is here, but that doesn't mean any of us want to do anything but binge watch TV. Netflix is bringing a bunch of its original TV shows back this month in the United States alongside tons of other new movies.
The MP3 Player That Made Every Other MP3 Player Possible
Motherboard - 19 Apr 2017 17:00
The Diamond Rio PMP 300 could barely even hold a single album, but it was a hugely important device in the history of digital music.
Chinese regulators put pressure on Apple over live streaming titles on App Store
AppleInsider - 19 Apr 2017 16:41
Regulators in Beijing will soon summon Apple and ask it to tighten checks on apps available through the App Store, with a particular focus on live streaming, according to Chinese state media.
New York Times: Why you should wait before buying Samsung's new Galaxy S8
The Loop - 19 Apr 2017 14:26
Brian X. Chen: When a splashy new smartphone hits the market, consumers often weigh whether to place an order right away or to wait and see how others react to the device. But with the Galaxy S8, Samsung's first major sm...
Panasonic Lumix TZ90 adds tilt-angle touchscreen to 30x pocketable zoom party
Pocket-lint - 19 Apr 2017 10:00
When it comes to pocket-sized cameras with all the zoom, the Panasonic Lumix TZ-series rules the roost. And the new TZ90 (that's ZS70 for our US friends) adds a tilt-angle touchscreen to the established 30x zoom stable.T...
Baidu is making its self-driving car platform freely available to the automotive industry
TechCrunch - 19 Apr 2017 06:15
Baidu is opening its self-driving vehicle platform in a bid to help drive the development of autonomous cars. The Chinese internet giant today announced its Apollo project that will see its platform, including vehicle pl...
Explore the planet with Google Earth VR, now on Oculus Rift
Digital Trends - 19 Apr 2017 05:33
Google Earth got a massive revamp today, but the search giant also brought its Google Earth VR app to the Oculus store. The experience has been available for the HTC Vive since the end of 2016. The post Explore the plane...
Facebook's digitally enhanced future sidesteps ugly reality
USA Today - 19 Apr 2017 04:44
The news leading up to the Facebook CEO's opening speech at F8 showed how very wrong even innocuous product launches can go.
AI Isn't Smart Enough (Yet) to Spot Horrific Facebook Videos
Wired - 19 Apr 2017 03:39
But it's getting there. The post AI Isn't Smart Enough (Yet) to Spot Horrific Facebook Videos appeared first on WIRED.
Microsoft wants to bring data and machine intelligence closer together
TechCrunch - 19 Apr 2017 17:00
For Microsoft, the last year or so has been all about infusing its various products with “intelligence.” Those smarts may come in the form of advanced analytics or deep learning, but the main point here is that the c...
Half of all UK businesses experienced a cyber attack in the last year
TechRepublic - 19 Apr 2017 16:46
A new report from the UK Department for Culture, Media and Sport found that fraudulent emails and ransomware were among the most common breaches at UK enterprises. Here's what you need to know.
The next iPhone could feature a Touch ID sensor on the rear
TechCrunch - 19 Apr 2017 16:36
Reliable iPhone leaker Sonny Dickson just shared new design schematics for the upcoming iPhone. The most interesting thing is that the leak clearly shows a spot on the rear of the device for the Touch ID sensor. Rumor ha...
Milestone on way to switching on world's largest superconducting linear accelerator
Phys.org - 19 Apr 2017 16:34
The international X-ray laser European XFEL has reached one of its final major milestones on the way to scientific user operation. DESY has successfully commissioned the particle accelerator, which drives the X-ray laser...
Scientists Are Making Horrible Red-Eye Mutant Wasps Because Why the Hell Not
Gizmodo - 19 Apr 2017 16:31
Listen, scientists. I appreciate what you do, and boy I sure do love that evidence-based pursuit of knowledge, but did you have to make mutant wasps? Did you?
Cybercriminals Mostly Prefer Skype Messaging
Dark Reading - 19 Apr 2017 16:30
But cybercrime gangs worldwide are increasingly using encrypted peer-to-peer chat platforms for their communications outside online underground forums, new study finds.
As Luxembourg leaders embrace space mining, others are more skeptical
Space News - 19 Apr 2017 16:28
A bill would create a legal framework for companies to have rights to space resources they extract. SpaceNews.com
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Photography Blog - 19 Apr 2017 16:15A real old Mac Pro vs. the coming Mac Pro
The Loop - 19 Apr 2017 14:48
Daniel Pasco, renegade polymath: I use a 5k iMac for work and am interested in VR production and gaming. Some friends told me to build a dedicated Windows box and others suggested building a Hackintosh, but I was sure th...