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US reaches economic cybersecurity agreement with China
China's pledge to help crack down on hackers who steal commercial secrets from the United States, even coming as it did amid a bit of arm-twisting by President Barack Obama, is a big breakthrough that could reduce U.S.-China tensions and end huge losses for American companies.
Verizon ready to test 5G
Verizon is getting ready to kick its wireless network up another notch. The nation's largest wireless carrier will begin field trials on so-called fifth-generation, or 5G, technology within the next 12 months, Roger Gurnani, chief information and technology architect for Verizon, said in an interview last week.
Typhoon Soudelor leaves death and chaos in China
Typhoon Soudelor swept across China on Saturday evening, causing at least 36.3 million euros of damage and knocking out power to more than two million homes.The storm left 17 people dead in China, most of them in the eastern Chinese cities of Wenzhou and Lishui, where heavy rains triggered mudslides and caused houses to collapse, state news agency Xinhua reported.
U.S. drops to 55th in 4G LTE speeds
OpenSignal's new report about global LTE speeds doesn't have the best news for Americans. Average U.S. LTE speeds improved slightly between the second and third quarters, but the country is still nowhere near the top of the list for download speeds.
The Gurkhas have been serving Britain for 200 years
Today the Queen attends a pageant at the Royal Hospital in London to mark 200 years of Gurkha service to the British crown. This is a bitter-sweet commemoration. The recent earthquakes mean that British Gurkhas are back in Nepal; the first Gurkha engineers arrived to help the relief effort on April 30, the same day as a parade in London to rededicate the Gurkha Memorial.
Volkswagen's new CEO: Porsche chief Matthias Müller
Investigations into Volkswagen AG's alleged manipulation of U.S. emissions tests should widen to include the entire auto industry, German and French officials said Tuesday, as regulators begin to ponder whether such trickery is more widespread.
World Elephant Day
Elephants never forget, they say. But did you remember that today, August 12, it is the annual celebration of these magnificent creatures? World Elephant Day can make you laugh.
What your tongue says about you
Someone’s asked you a question, and halfway through it, you already know the answer. While you think you’re politely waiting for your chance to respond, new research shows that you’re actually more impatient than you realize.
Time will stop for a second on Tuesday night
The world’s clocks will be forced to stop for a brief second at Tuesday midnight, the 30th of June. That will happen as the “guardians” of time worldwide will add an interstitial second in order to correct the time and as a result the last minute of this month will have 61 seconds instead of 60.
watchOS 2: first look
Last week iOS 9, Apple's next-gen mobile software, became available to iPhone and iPad users, bringing with it some of the more notable features we've seen in an Apple software update in awhile (multitasking, anyone?).
Apple seized production of AirPort WiFi routers. These are the best alternatives for your iOS device
Apple recently announced that it will seize production of its AirPort WiFi routers. The announcement came after months of rumours and blow whispers and it seems to have sparked a public outcry. The first predictions estimate that such a decision is going to have severe implications on Apple’s ecosystem and consequently on the company’s revenue network.
Apple's iPhones 8 & 8 Plus (PRODUCT) RED Edition are available
Apart from the bold red colour on the back, there’s not actual difference from their older counterparts, in terms of technical specs.
CRISPR: Genetic Editing 101 and Ethics
CRISPR (pronounced crisper) is shorthand for CRISPR-Cas9. CRISPRs are specialized stretches of DNA. The protein Cas9 (or "CRISPR-associated") is an enzyme that acts like a pair of molecular scissors, capable of cutting strands of DNA. Hence, the technology that is being used under the same name, is based on that enzyme which ultimately allows scientists to cut out parts of a DNA (the parts that make up a gene or more) and either stick together the rest two parts or replace the missing one.
Entanglement, a quantum phenomenon is brought to near macroscopic scales and here's why you should care
According to this phenomenon, one particle can influence the behaviour of more than two particles at the same time form a distance as big as the universe. The reason that this is so mind-bending is because there are seemingly no observable forces between the two particles.
IGN smirks at Xbox for lack of exclusives while Sony drops the price on these PS4 games
Every self-respecting console fan knows that for a fact so far and it seems that we were all okay with it. Except not. IGN, the major gaming platform felt the need to point that out, amidst a celebration of a PS4 God of War exclusive – which has gathered plenty of walkthroughs by the way
Qualcomm introduced new vision chips, for IoT
Qualcomm is already off to a great start to create advanced cameras that will unlock numerous new features or improve existing ones.
Snapchat strikes back with new Spectacles
Snap’s new pair of camera-glasses will circulate at $149.99.
Big roles that were turned down
Famous actors and actresses have become famous not only due to their talents but also because of roles that they played through which they managed to reveal that talent of theirs.
An app that allows you to type faster
The razor-toothed piranhas of the genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world. In reality, they seldom attack a human.
An Apple Car is coming in 2019
Apple aims to release its first car in 2019, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal's Daisuke Wakabayashi. The company is referring to this as a "committed project" internally, the report says, and plans to triple the number of people working on it.