Month: January 2017

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Apple has overhauled the display, adding four LED equipment and lighting and the ability to make up for the flickering of unnatural light. The iPhone 6 experienced set the previous record of 10 million unit sales in its first weekend, however the figures did not include China, where regulatory problems postponed the gadget’s debut last year.

2 Ways NVIDIA Is Beating the Competition

The company’s stock price skyrocketed 229% in 2016, fueled by growth from sales of its graphics processing units for its gaming segment. Some stocks move at the whims of investors, but much of NVIDIA’s stock-price rise can be attributed to the company’s healthy lead in the GPU market and the huge steps it’s taken in the self-driving vehicle market.

Ovens Valley VFF urges government to make Mandatory Price Reporting…

The Ovens Valley branch of the Victorian Farmers’ Federation has called for government legislation to lock in a Mandatory Price Reporting system to provide clear and relevant information for beef farmers and the industry. In an open letter to the Agriculture Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, Barnaby Joyce, the Ovens Valley VFF said developing a transparent price reporting system could not be left in the hands of the industry.

Police Officer Matt Pearce receives FWPD Medal of Honor

Scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies analyzed measurements from 6,300 locations and found that Earth’s average surface temperature has risen about 2.0 degrees Fahrenheit since the late-19th century, largely a result of human emissions into the atmosphere. His hand trapped in his rigging, Junior Bull Rider Trevyn Armstrong, from Broken Bow, OK., was drug the length of the arena.

Trump boasts about his ‘big victory’: ‘I outworked anybody who ever ran for office’

On the eve of his inauguration, President-elect Donald Trump boasted to campaign donors about his election victory and the hard work behind it and touted an incoming Cabinet “the likes of which has never been appointed.” An upbeat Trump delivered meandering remarks Thursday night at a black-tie “candlelight dinner” for donors at Union Station that capped off a day of inaugural activities in advance of his swearing in as the nation’s 45th president on Friday.

Live blog: Inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump

The inauguration ceremony of President-elect Donald Trump is scheduled to begin at 11:30 a.m. on Friday at the west front of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington D.C. overlooking the National Mall. Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. will administer the oath of office at approximately noon.

Uber to pay $20 million over driver earning claims

Uber has agreed to hand over $20 million to settle claims that it misled drivers about how much money they could expect to make working for the ride-hailing service and how much it cost to buy or lease a car through the company. Uber to pay $20 million over driver earning claims Uber has agreed to hand over $20 million to settle claims that it misled drivers about how much money they could expect to make working for the ride-hailing service and how much it cost to buy or lease a car through the company.

Scientists will live in a dome for 8 months to simulate Mars

In this May 23, 2014 photo provided by the University of Hawaii, Lucie Poulet, right, uses a geotechnical tool while Annie Caraccio records the data during a previous study outside the domed structure that will house six researchers for eight months in an environment meant to simulate an expedition to Mars, on Mauna Loa on the Big Island of Hawaii. The group will enter the dome Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017, and spend eight months together in the 1,200-square-foot research facility in a study called Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation .

Ramping Up For ADS-B

Pilots who fly in Southern California’s busy airspace will soon be expected to follow new procedures, so the FAA has planned a… While we were preparing to shut down at a tie down spot at Henderson Airport, Las Vegas, ground control was directing a taxiing Piper …… In the Flytenow case, the FAA applied old thinking that doesn’t work in a world where technology moves at the speed of heat. They’ve moldered on my office shelf, unused, for more than a decade.

padsniff 1.0.1

Padsniff includes a pretty heavy list of dependencies, including lxml and cryptography . You’ll need to install some of their dependencies via your package manager.

Optimizing Linux for Slow Computers

It’s interesting, to consider what constitutes a power user of an operating system. For most people in the wider world a power user is someone who knows their way around Windows and Microsoft Office a lot, and can help them get their print jobs to come out right.

These Are The Jobs Most Likely To Be Taken Over By Robots

If you saw our list of least stressful jobs of 2017 and considered a pivot into a new profession, you may want to reconsider. It sounds like science fiction, but while you’re planning your future, you may want to factor in the possibility of automation – namely, whether or not your job will get taken over by a legion of robots.

EU Considers If Future Robots Have Legal Rights

I know I saw a movie about this somewhere, but now it’s a real-life question in the European Union. In a report by the Committee on Legal Affairs for the European Parliament, the government proposes laws on the creation and ethical treatment of smart robots .

Meitu App Makes You Look Like an Anime Character

Ever wish you could look like an anime character? You could always put on a bunch of makeup and buy special contact lenses for your eyes, but now there’s an easier way. An app everyone now seems to be talking about, called Meitu, will bring anime-level perfection to your selfies.

Virtual Reality Headset Market – Segmentation, Drivers and Restraints …

Virtual Reality Headset Market: Overview Virtual reality headset is a device used to deliver virtual reality experience for three dimensional simulations, computer games, and other applications such as movies, play stations, etc. VR headset consists of an Organic Light-Emitting Diode or Liquid Crystal Display screen, and head motion tracking sensor to provide effective 3D picture.

This video showing over 100 years of global warming will terrify you

We found out this week that 2016 was the hottest year ever recorded, further supporting the consensus that the Earth is getting gradually warmer due to human activity. Year over year, we don’t necessarily notice a difference, but when you zoom out a bit and look at a full century’s worth of temperature data, the change is much more dramatic.

Innovation! The Gold Club Is Launching A Virtual Reality Stripping Experience

Men who crave the experience of a strip club without leaving the comfort of their own living room – or more likely, basement or cave – you’re in luck! The Gold Club has partnered with virtual reality porn company Vixen VR to provide just that. This may have been inevitable, as the SoMa Strip club is a popular lunch spot with a portion of the local tech and business crowd, or was at least as recently as 2015 , and as porn and perv-y stuff has always lead the way in terms of technology.

CEG’s Kennedy says Capital Region ready for biotech push

Richard Honen of Phillips Lyle, right, accepts the JeffreyA. Lawrence Lifetime Contributor award from Andrew Kennedy, president and CEO of Center for Economic Growth during CEG’s annual awards luncheon at the Desmond Hotel on Thursday, June 23, 2016 in Colonie, N.Y. Kennedy says the Capital Region’s biotech sector has promise.

Hemel DJ’s viral video viewed by millions

A Hemel Hempstead DJ has seen his career receive an unexpected boost after a video of him performing with a music kit he built was viewed more than 25 million times. AFISHAL, who has lived in Hemel for the last three years, was sunning himself on honeymoon in Thailand, unaware a video of him using a bespoke DJ drum kit he had created was going viral online.