Usually actors are asked who’d win in a physical fight, but what about in a meeting of the mouths? …read more Source:: CNet
Rechargeable Zinc-Air Battery Nears Commercial Release
Long-time Slashdot reader necro81 writes: Reported in the NYTimes and in Phys.org: NantEnergy, a company backed by California billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong, announced Wednesday that it has developed a rechargeable zinc-air battery that can store energy at far less cost than lithium-ion. The technology avoids some of the downsides of li-ion, like flammability and the use…
Telegram fixes IP address leak in desktop client
Telegram client leaks IP addresses by default, but it also leaked IPs during a privacy-hardened mode. …read more Source:: ZDNet
Apple Went Rotten After Steve Jobs’ Death, Former Engineer Claims
An anonymous reader quotes the Bay Area Newsgroup: Apple turned against customers and its own employees after the death of co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs, a fired Apple engineer claims in a lawsuit. “No corporate responsibility exists at Apple since Mr. Jobs’ death,” Darren Eastman alleged in a lawsuit over his termination and patents related…
Tim Allen compares Toy Story 4 to Avengers: Infinity War – CNET
Thanos better not snap Woody and Buzz to infinity and beyond, is all we’re saying. …read more Source:: CNet
Python Developer Builds Moon Lander Game As an Alexa Skill
Long-time Slashdot reader mni12 writes: Anybody interested to try out this “retro game” Amazon Alexa skill I created? Just say “Alexa, enable moon lander”. DESCRIPTION:Your mission is to land the Apollo 11 Lunar Module to the surface of the Moon.Alexa will help you by reading out your altitude and velocity. Houston Mission Control is also…
Gesture Control without Fancy Sensors, Just Pots and Weights
[Dennis] aims to make robotic control a more intuitive affair by ditching joysticks and buttons, and using wireless gesture controls in their place. What’s curious is that there isn’t an accelerometer or gyro anywhere to be seen in his Palm Power! project. The gesture sensing consists not of a fancy IMU, but of two potentiometers…
Can DuckDuckGo Become the Anti-Google?
“Recently, a privacy-oriented search engine called DuckDuckGo raised $10 million from a Canadian pension fund,” reports Marketplace.org, saying the privacy-focused search engine is “trying to establish itself as the anti-Google.” An anonymous reader quotes their report: “So it’s like Google, except when you search on it, you’re completely anonymous,” said Gabriel Weinberg, CEO of the…
Apple Watch’s Fall Detection Could Get Users Into Legal Trouble
AmiMoJo writes: Apple has released more details about how the Watch 4 will contact emergency services if the watch detects that you’ve had a hard fall. If the watch detects that the wearer is “immobile for about a minute,” it begins a 15-second countdown. After that, the Watch will contact emergency services. Elizabeth Joh, a…
UK Conservative Party conference app leaks MPs’ personal details
MP members received prank calls, had their phone numbers and email addresses shared online. …read more Source:: ZDNet
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