Technology News
iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max hands-on review
Digital Trends - 11 Sep 2019 02:10
Apple has a new phone, and like the iPad Pro, it takes up the Pro moniker. Here are our impressions on the new iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max.
Singaporean iPhone 11, 11 Pro, and 11 Pro Max pricing
ZDNet - 11 Sep 2019 04:22
Pre-orders to open at the Apple website starting on September 13.
Google: Dart 2.5 programming language SDK will 'supercharge' developers
ZDNet - 11 Sep 2019 12:20
Google's Dart programming language gets a preview of machine learning-powered automatic code completion.
Apple reveals iOS 13 and iPadOS release dates--but macOS Catalina remains a mystery
Ars Technica - 11 Sep 2019 03:10
watchOS and tvOS updates are also just around the corner.
Digital Trends Live: Apple event wrap-up, robot surgeons, and flying cars
Digital Trends - 11 Sep 2019 21:04
On this episode of Digital Trends Live, we discuss the biggest stories in tech, including a recap of Apple's September event and more.
Poll: Slightly Over Half of People in the UK Want to Get Us All Killed by Aliens, Probably
Gizmodo - 11 Sep 2019 03:45
Slightly over half of people in the UK believe that if the Earth received communications from an extraterrestrial, then the human species should collectively act like huge dumbasses and respond, according to a University...
Apple reveals triple-camera iPhone; $5 monthly streaming TV undercuts Disney
Reuters - 11 Sep 2019 01:52
Apple Inc caught up with hardware rivals on Tuesday by revealing a triple-camera iPhone, and it rolled out a streaming TV service priced at $5 a month, undercutting Disney and Netflix.
5 ways the Apple Watch can keep you healthy - CNET
CNET - 11 Sep 2019 00:24
With more features than ever before, the watch can keep you safe and alert you to serious problems.
Apple may steal Netflix streaming crown, but only for a year
Reuters - 11 Sep 2019 18:53
Apple Inc's move to offer a free TV+ subscription for a year with every new device may briefly crown the iPhone maker as the biggest streaming service by user numbers, leapfrogging Netflix Inc.
Google Chrome makes it easier to send web pages between devices
Engadget - 11 Sep 2019 15:22
Google has started rolling out Chrome 77 across platforms, and one of its best features gives you a way to quickly shoot web pages from one device to another. Say, you need step out right now and want to send the page yo...
NetCAT Attack: Hackers Can Remotely Steal Data From Servers With Intel CPUs
SecurityWeek - 11 Sep 2019 11:51
Researchers have discovered yet another side-channel attack method that can be exploited to steal potentially sensitive data from devices powered by Intel processors.
Porsche welcomes a Tesla Nurburgring lap attempt - Roadshow
CNET - 11 Sep 2019 10:41
The EV wars are heating up and Germany's vaunted Nurburgring Nordschleife is the new battleground. The new Taycan set a better-than-commendable 7:42, and Porsche welcomes the competition.
What is space-time? The true origins of the fabric of reality
New Scientist - 11 Sep 2019 07:00
A bold new perspective suggests space-time isn't a fundamental entity but emerges from quantum entanglement, says physicist Sean Carroll
51 companies tell Congress it's time to tackle data privacy
Engadget - 11 Sep 2019 02:05
The corporate world isn't waiting around for Congress to get started on tougher data privacy laws. A group of 51 CEOs from the Business Roundtable advocacy group, including tech companies like Amazon, AT&T, IBM, Motorola...
China's colossal radio telescope just heard a bizarre signal in space
BGR - 11 Sep 2019 01:07
China spent five years and close to $200 million to build its Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope, nicknamed FAST. It was a monumental undertaking, but the result is a true marvel of technology, and it's the ...
281 Alleged Email Scammers Arrested in Massive Global Sweep
Wired - 11 Sep 2019 00:46
The most sweeping takedown yet of so-called BEC scammers involved arrests in nearly a dozen countries.
Genetic discovery linked to rare eye disease
Science Daily - 11 Sep 2019 23:46
Paul S. Bernstein, M.D., Ph.D., spent more than a decade working with families at the John A. Moran Eye Center at the University of Utah on the hunt for the first gene known to cause a rare retinal disease known as MacTe...
Talking receptors may affect relaxin at work
Science Daily - 11 Sep 2019 23:46
A research team investigating the promising anti-fibrotic effects of a drug version of the hormone, relaxin, has discovered that the receptor through which it mediates its therapeutic actions can communicate and/or inter...
Many Cancer Drugs Don't Work Like Scientists Say They Do, New Study Suggests
Discover - 11 Sep 2019 23:00
(Credit: Shidlovski/Shutterstock) Cancer therapies often fail to work when tested in clinical trials. As a result, a startling 97 percent of drugs designed for specific cancer treatments do not receive approval from the ...
Cancer survival in high income countries is improving, but international disparities persist
Science Daily - 11 Sep 2019 22:52
An observational study including 3.9 million cancer cases in seven high-income countries between 1995-2014 finds that survival of seven cancers is generally improving, although the overall level and pace of improvement v...
Gene therapy helps functional recovery after stroke
Science Daily - 11 Sep 2019 22:52
A new gene therapy turns glial cells -- abundant support cells in the brain -- into neurons, repairing damage that results from stroke and significantly improving motor function in mice.
Microbial profile to support growing field of human gut research
Science Daily - 11 Sep 2019 21:11
Researchers have published a comprehensive list of the types and ratios of microbes that inhabit the healthy human gut.