Day: August 11, 2018

The 2018 iPhones may continue the thousand dollar trend and a virus at Apple’s chip factory – CNET

Here’s this week’s iPhone news. …read more Source:: CNet


How to set up a satellite Wi-Fi hotspot for your iPhone, iPad or Android device

Want access to voice and data no matter where you are in the world, whenever you need it? You need a satellite Wi-Fi hotspot. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Study Finds Flaw In Emergent Gravity

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Phys.Org: In recent years, some physicists have been investigating the possibility that gravity is not actually a fundamental force, but rather an emergent phenomenon that arises from the collective motion of small bits of information encoded on spacetime surfaces called holographic screens. The theory, called emergent gravity, hinges…


CNET UK podcast 542: Samsung’s Note 9 and Apple’s trillion milestone – CNET

Andrew Hoyle and Drew Stearne break down Samsung’s new Galaxy Note 9 and we find out why Drew might have a Hue obsession. …read more Source:: CNet


Morgan is so old-school that it’s now selling bicycles, huzzah! – Roadshow

Get your flat cap and short pants ready, lads and lasses, it’s British bicycle time! …read more Source:: CNet


Why a tiny Palm phone comeback makes sense in a Note 9 world – CNET

In a world of massive and massively expensive phones, a smaller, cheaper Android handset that still delivers great features could have great appeal. …read more Source:: CNet


Coober Pedy: The mining town where people live under the earth – CNET

It’s freezing cold, scorching hot and a source of Australia’s opals. What’s it like when you have to jury-rig even the most basic tech to survive? …read more Source:: CNet


Train ImageNet for $40 in 18 mins, a robot that can play Where’s Wally? etc

Your quick summary of AI news from this week Roundup Hello, here are a few bits of AI news for the weekend. You don’t always need a ton of cash to buy a wad of GPUs to train your models super quickly. You can do it pretty cheaply on cloud platforms. There’s also a robot…


Updating a 1999 Saab with an Arduino

Unless your car is fresh off the lot, you’ve probably had the experience of riding in a newer car and seeing some feature or function that triggered a little pang of jealousy. It probably wasn’t enough for you to run out and sign yourself up for a new car loan (which is what the manufacturer…


Japan’s Hayabusa2 Spacecraft Reaches ‘Spinning-Top’ Space Rock Ryugu

Zorro shares a report from Space.com: The Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2 has successfully rendezvoused with Ryugu, beginning an 18-month stay at the diamond-shaped asteroid. Launched by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA, in 2014, the probe will poke, prod and even impact the asteroid, deploying a small lander and three rovers. It will then blast an…