The Pixel phone, Google’s answer to Apple’s iPhone and Samsung’s Galaxy, is off to a promising start – but might have done even better had Google managed consumer demand as smartly as the device’s sleek design. Although Google hasn’t released sales figures, industry researchers say the Pixel has been a hot item since its October release was greeted with mostly glowing reviews and the biggest marketing blitz in Google’s 18-year history.
Month: January 2017
Comanche County man invents Bail Buster
COMANCHE COUNTY, OK A Comanche County welder is going above and beyond by inventing a machine that helps fire departments bust up hay bales caught on fire,making the blaze easier to put out. It’s call the “Bale Buster”.
A 700k lift for industrial biotech
A string of Scottish businesses and universities and are set for a boost after the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre earmarked more than 700,000 of investment for micro-enterprises specialising in industrial biotech. Spread across five projects, the funding will aid research in areas such as new and environmentally-friendly protein production, new tools for vaccines and therapies, processes to increase the value of seaweed crops, bioprocessing and natural pigment production.
Superbowl 47 mins ago 12:47 p.m.NASA space vehicle rolls into downtown for Super Bowl
Air 11 was overhead Monday as the Space Exploration Vehicle, or SEV, was transported on the back of a trailer from the Johnson Space Center to downtown Houston. Once at Discovery Green, the vehicle rolled off the back of the trailer and was driven into a tent.
U.S. scientists create metallic hydrogen, a possible superconductor, ending quest
U.S. scientists have succeeded in squeezing hydrogen so intensely that it has turned into a metal, creating an entirely new material that might be used as a highly efficient electricity conductor at room temperatures. The discovery, published in the journal Science on Thursday, provides the first confirmation of a theory proposed in 1935 by physicists Hillard Bell Huntington and Eugene Wigner that hydrogen, normally a gas, could occur in a metallic state if exposed to extreme pressure.
Border Patrol Chief Out Day After Trump Border Fence Decree
The Border Patrol chief has been forced out a day after President Donald Trump announced an ambitious plan to build a wall at the Mexican border and hire 5,000 Border Patrol agents, a U.S. official told The Associated Press on Thursday. Mark Morgan told senior Border Patrol agents about his ouster during a brief video conference on Thursday morning, saying he was asked to leave and that he decided to resign rather than fight the request, according to the official, who was on the call.
Lawrence, Upton, Celebrity Hacker Sentenced
The individual that hacked into Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton, and other celebrity iCloud accounts was sentenced to 9 months in prison and $5,700 in restitution for his crimes. The hacker used a targeted phishing scheme that tricked the celebrities into revealing their login credentials.
PG&E Executives Must Do 2,000 Hours of Service After Fatal Blast
High-level PG&E Corp. employees were ordered to do 2,000 hours of community service after the company was found guilty of violating safety standards in the wake of a 2010 gas pipeline explosion that killed eight people.
Macquarie Said Planning Split, Not Strip, for U.K. Green Bank
U.K. Green Investment Bank Plc, the state lender put up for sale by the government, will be dramatically restructured if it’s sold to Macquarie Group Ltd., according to two people familiar with the matter. Australian bank Macquarie, seen as one of the most likely buyers, would divide the Green Investment Bank, or GIB, into at least two units, according to the people, who asked not to be identified because discussions are confidential.
South Africa Says Biggest Gold Miners Are Risking Workers’ Lives
South Africa has accused Sibanye Gold Ltd. and AngloGold Ashanti Ltd., the country’s two biggest gold producers, of putting workers’ lives at risk in an ongoing dispute over safety stoppages. Public comments from both companies suggest that they are refusing to comply with the country’s mining laws, the Department of Mineral Resources said in an e-mailed statement dated Wednesday.
Hundreds honor 3 astronauts lost in Apollo fire 50 years ago
Moonwalkers and dozens of others who took part in NASA’s storied Apollo program paid tribute Thursday to the three astronauts killed in a fire 50 years ago. On the eve of the Apollo 1 anniversary, hundreds gathered at Kennedy Space Center to honor Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee.
Saturn’s Battered Moon Tethys Gets a Closeup from Cassini
Tethys, one of Saturn’s larger, icy moons, offers an eerie look into space. The moon’s massive crater Odysseus and its central peaks give the illusion of an eyeball gazing up into the distance of the cosmos.
Driverless bus makes debut, heads to Texas
Driverless cars President Obama recently proposed $4 billion to further promote driverless cars. It’s like a plot line from a Sci-Fi novel, but this isn’t the only indication that the future is now.
Amazon China uses Prime to promote imported goods in China
I would recommend that you have one description which you use on your own site and offer e-retailers an alternate description. E-commerce sales by region, sales by product category, holiday data, online spending by shopper and as percentage of household income, and more.
3D TV is officially dead, but a band of fanatics won’t let go
I remember when my dad would occasionally dig his old Laserdisc player out of storage so we could watch the original Star Wars trilogy digitally. He wouldn’t bother with it often, but until Lucasfilm finally released the movies on DVD in 2004, it was the best picture we could get at home.
The latest version of Google Chrome now disables Flash content for all users
Google’s updated Chrome browser with HTML5 by default support means pages should load faster with Flash-based objects initially blocked. The latest version of Google’s Chrome browser is out and it arrives with the company’s move to disable Adobe Flash Player by default when visiting web pages.
President Trump’s Labor Secretary Outsourced Jobs
A filing with the Department of Labor and Trump's criticism of outsourcing could be raised at Andrew Puzder's confirmation hearing, with Democrats questioning how well he can advocate for workers. Puzder's company, CKE Restaurants Inc., notified the government in August of 2010 that it was outsourcing its restaurant information technology division to the Philippines.
Apollo 1 astronauts lost in tragic fire 50 years ago
The three astronauts killed 50 years ago in the first U.S. space tragedy represented NASA’s finest : the second American to fly in space, the first U.S. spacewalker and the trusted rookie. They were selected for the first manned mission of the Apollo moon program, meant to orbit the Earth in a shakedown flight.
subuser 0.6.0
Subuser – Securing the Linux desktop with Docker .. image:: :target: http://subuser.org `Visit us at subuser.org `_ As free software developers we like to share.
Deals: The Multi-Faceted Microsoft Office Professional Bundle
The Multi-Faceted Microsoft Office Professional Bundle is a comprehensive eLearning course that teaches you how to use Microsoft Outlook on Mac and PC, Microsoft Office Suite on Android and iOS, and Office 365 on the Web. The course concentrates on the four prime Office applications Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
NASA space vehicle rolls into downtown for Super Bowl
Air 11 was overhead Monday as the Space Exploration Vehicle, or SEV, was transported on the back of a trailer from the Johnson Space Center to downtown Houston. Once at Discovery Green, the vehicle rolled off the back of the trailer and was driven into a tent.
Middle schoolers over the moon about space worms
The team at Vista Magnet Middle School that designed a science experiment to go up to the Space Station, LtoR: Isabel Camacho, Evie Currington, Isabella Ansell, Sydney Wagner, Charlotte Currington Jaunary 26, 2017 The team at Vista Magnet Middle School that designed a science experiment to go up to the Space Station, LtoR: Isabel Camacho, Evie Currington, Isabella Ansell, Sydney Wagner, and Charlotte Currington . Jaunary 26, 2017 The team at Vista Magnet Middle School that designed a science experiment to go up to the Space Station, LtoR: Isabel Camacho, Evie Currington, Isabella Ansell, Sydney Wagner, and Charlotte Currington .
Facebook Ropes in Xiaomi’s Hugo Barra To Head VR Division
Facebook recently appointed Hugo Barra, the former Google executive who left Xiaomi Corp, to lead all of its virtual reality efforts including Oculus. In a surprise Facebook post on Wednesday night, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed to the media, “Hugo shares my belief that virtual and augmented reality will be the next major computing platform.
AoIP and the Shape of Consoles to Come
With the widespread adoption of AoIP networking transports by broadcast audio mixing console manufacturers, their products no longer necessarily conform to the stereotype of a desk-sized piece of equipment covered in knobs, switches, and faders. Instead, mixing, routing, and processing resources may now be distributed across a network, locally within a venue or over far greater geographical distances, heralding an evolution of broadcast audio workflows and a potential seachange in remote production methods.
More Linux on my new notebook: Fedora, Linux Mint and Ubuntu
Hands on with four more Linux distributions on my ASUS X540S – including both Linux Mint 18.1 and Linux Mint Debian Edition. In my previous post I installed openSUSE Tumbleweed, Manjaro and Debian on my shiny new ASUS X540S notebook.
President Donald Trump, with Secretary of Homeland Security John…
Get Boston Globe’s Political Happy Hour newsletter , your afternoon shot of politics, sent straight from the desk of Joshua Miller. President Donald Trump has carried his Twitter habit into his presidency.
New Spacesuit Unveiled for Starliner Astronauts
Astronauts heading into orbit aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft will wear lighter and more comfortable spacesuits than earlier suits astronauts wore. The suit capitalizes on historical designs, meets NASA requirements for safety and functionality, and introduces cutting-edge innovations.
Development of A Hydraulic-Driven, High-Power Artificial Muscle
An artificial muscle using rubber tubing is extremely powerful but lightweight, with strong resistance to impact and vibration, allowing for the most compact and energy efficient tough robots ever created. Researchers expect that this will lead to the smallest, lightest, and most powerful consumer robots ever created in the near future.
Similar-Looking Ridges on Mars Have Diverse Origins
Thin, blade-like walls, some as tall as a 16-story building, dominate a previously undocumented network of intersecting ridges on Mars, found in images from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The simplest explanation for these impressive ridges is that lava flowed into pre-existing fractures in the ground and later resisted erosion better than material around them.
Press release distribution, EDGAR filing, XBRL, regulatory filings
Philips and Bon Secours Charity Health System announce $180 million, long-term strategic partnership to support transformation of patient care and build healthier communities )–Royal Philips and Bon Secours Charity Health System , a member of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network –Die GSMA gab heute die Kandidaten fur die Global Glomo Awards 2017 bekannt.
Press release distribution, EDGAR filing, XBRL, regulatory filings
Philips and Bon Secours Charity Health System announce $180 million, long-term strategic partnership to support transformation of patient care and build healthier communities )–Royal Philips and Bon Secours Charity Health System , a member of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network –Die GSMA gab heute die Kandidaten fur die Global Glomo Awards 2017 bekannt.
Scientists create mature heart muscle cells from stem cells
The mature heart muscle cells were created by implanting stem cells from a healthy adult or one with a type of heart disease into newborn rat hearts. The host hearts then give biological signals and chemistry necessary for the implanted immature heart muscle cells to overcome a developmental blockage that usually stops growth.
Scientists create mature heart muscle cells from stem cells
The mature heart muscle cells were created by implanting stem cells from a healthy adult or one with a type of heart disease into newborn rat hearts. The host hearts then give biological signals and chemistry necessary for the implanted immature heart muscle cells to overcome a developmental blockage that usually stops growth.
5 Sci-Fi Movies Set in 2017: What They Got Wrong and Eerily Right
The best science-fiction films visualize the technologies of the future to reveal something about the human condition of today. But 95 percent of sci-fi flicks simply take stale cliches and dress them up with some robots and lasers and stuff.
5 Sci-Fi Movies Set in 2017: What They Got Wrong and Eerily Right
The best science-fiction films visualize the technologies of the future to reveal something about the human condition of today. But 95 percent of sci-fi flicks simply take stale cliches and dress them up with some robots and lasers and stuff.
Pepper The Robot To Greet Travele…
More specifically, the 4-foot high humanoid robot is joining a global restaurateur to engage with customers as they walk by one of the eateries at the Oakland International Airport. The restaurateur, HMSHost, has teamed with Softbank Robotics America to launch a new pilot program with the humanoid robot starting this week.
Pepper The Robot To Greet Travele…
More specifically, the 4-foot high humanoid robot is joining a global restaurateur to engage with customers as they walk by one of the eateries at the Oakland International Airport. The restaurateur, HMSHost, has teamed with Softbank Robotics America to launch a new pilot program with the humanoid robot starting this week.
$17 Billion Processed via Same Day ACH in First 3 Months
NACHA-The Electronic Payments Association , the steward and rule maker of the ACH Network, today released Same Day ACH transaction volume data for Sept. 23-Dec. 31, 2016, highlighting strong performance of the ubiquitous faster payment option in its first three months-plus of operation.
NASA scientists launch Twitter account to defend – real facts’ against Donald Trump
The US President has attempted to purge climate change research and other science from government websites since taking the White House. Now fuming scientists are leading a revolt against the reality TV star in defence of “real news” and “real faces”.
Select AllApple, Breaking Years of Secrecy, Jumps Into AI…
Apple, long a company that takes pains to maintain secrecy on several key initiatives – including AI – is now ready to join the Partnership on AI, an artificial-intelligence group with members like Amazon, Facebook, Google, IBM, and Microsoft, per a Bloomberg report . The move is not surprising for the Partnership on AI, which has been an effort to get the large players in the tech space to – if not play nicely together – at least establish best practices and look closely at major findings during a time when machine learning and AI are making the kinds of leaps and bounds we used to associate with microprocessors.