Month: January 2017

London Breaks Annual Air Pollution Limits Five Days Into 2017

London broke the annual limit for air pollution just five days into 2017, according to data from the capital’s main monitoring system. A site on Brixton Road in south London surpassed hourly limits for nitrogen dioxide concentrations 24 times so far this year, breaking the European Union’s annual permitted limit of 18 breaches, according to provisional data on King’s College London’s Air Quality Network website.

Brent Oil Closes at 18-Month High After Positive U.S. Jobs Data

Brent oil rose to the highest close in almost 18 months after U.S. government data showed strong job and wage gains while Kuwait and Saudi Arabia signaled they are curbing output. Futures climbed a third day after Labor Department data showed that the world’s biggest crude-consuming country added 156,000 jobs in December, while wages rose the most since 2009.

iQ: smartparent

IQ: SMARTPARENT equips parents and caregivers with the knowledge and tools they need to successfully guide their children in the use of digital media and technology. The three-part series addresses children’s media consumption – from helping them discern between fiction and reality to safeguarding their online identities.

Apple’s iPhone marks 10th anniversary

The iPhone, the device that redefined the mobile phone and has helped make Apple the most valuable company in the world, marks its 10th anniversary on Monday. It was on January 9, 2007, that late Apple founder and chief executive Steve Jobs went on stage at the company’s Macworld event to announce the tech giant was to reveal “an iPod, a phone and an internet communicator” – but rather than three separate products being revealed, one of the first truly smart phones was unveiled.

Phones at CES 2017 a warmup for what’s to come

A soon-to-be released new BlackBerry smartphone, name and price yet to be revealed, is shown off behind closed doors at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on January 4, 2017. CES may be lean on phones this year, but the 17 we saw pointed out some trends that will help define handsets through 2017, especially as we head into next month’s Mobile World Congress , the phone world’s best and biggest show.

NAD M50.2 Digital Music Player

NAD’s new music server and network player features WiFi and ethernet networking, 2 USB inputs, Bluetooth AptX along with a CD slot on the front for either ripping or simply playing a disc. Inside are two 2TB hard drives–one for storing music and the other for automatic backup in case the first one fails.

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Admission is free on Saturdays, Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursday through the month of February. Admission to Hamill Family Play Zoo is also free.

Fed’s Powell Says Risks Are Mixed and Real Estate Is a Concern

Federal Reserve Governor Jerome Powell said the U.S. central bank needs to step up monitoring of financial excesses following an extended period of record-low interest rates, citing commercial real estate as one area of concern. “With inflation under control, overheating has shown up in the form of financial excess,” Powell told the American Finance Association Saturday in Chicago, according to a text of his prepared remarks.

django-pint 0.4

Uses [pint] behind the scenes. Also contains a form field class and form widget that allows a user to choose alternative units to input data.

Engadget Unveils the Official 2017 Best of CES Award Winners

From next-generation connected home devices to autonomous robots and drones, Engadget’s editors applied their extensive knowledge of the tech industry to scouring the show floor for the very best of the best at CES, choosing a winner in each of the 17 highly competitive categories based on level of innovation, design, market appeal and functionality. Rounding out the editors’ selections is The People’s Choice Award, honoring the products that won over the most hearts and minds in the Engadget community.

Microsoft shows off a new user experience in its OneNote UWP app

Last September, the Microsoft OneNote team joined users at Reddit on an Ask Me Anything session and some pretty interesting info was shared. It ranged from the confusion regarding the existence of two OneNote versions on Windows 10, the desktop version and the UWP app, to what we should expect in the future for the UWP OneNote app.

Hidden Figures

HIDDEN FIGURES is the incredible untold story of Katherine G. Johnson , Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson -brilliant African-American women working at NASA, who served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history: the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit, a stunning achievement that restored the nation’s confidence, turned around the Space Race, and galvanized the world.

Kentucky legislature caps first week by passing 7 bills

Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers brings down the gavel, accepting the vote and passage of Kentucky House Bill 1, making it illegal for workers to have to join a labor union or pay dues to keep a job, Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017, in Frankfort, Ky. The bill, pasting the Senate, now awaits the Governor’s signature.

Kentucky legislature caps first week by passing 7 bills

Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers brings down the gavel, accepting the vote and passage of Kentucky House Bill 1, making it illegal for workers to have to join a labor union or pay dues to keep a job, Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017, in Frankfort, Ky. The bill, pasting the Senate, now awaits the Governor’s signature.

Private eyes look for runaways, sex-trade victims to rescue

Private investigator Joseph Travers at his Oceanside home, where he runs non-profit Saved in America to recover runaways at risk for being forced into sex trafficking. Private investigator Joseph Travers at his Oceanside home, where he runs non-profit Saved in America to recover runaways at risk for being forced into sex trafficking.

Private eyes look for runaways, sex-trade victims to rescue

Private investigator Joseph Travers at his Oceanside home, where he runs non-profit Saved in America to recover runaways at risk for being forced into sex trafficking. Private investigator Joseph Travers at his Oceanside home, where he runs non-profit Saved in America to recover runaways at risk for being forced into sex trafficking.

iPod-inspired AcornOS could have powered the original iPhone

In Steve Jobs’ presentation of the iPhone in 2007, he teased a slide showing an image of an iPod with a rotary dial an iPod with a phone built in. It got lots of laughs from the audience but the reality is, the iPod’s iconic click wheel and user interface was at one point up for consideration for use on its inaugural mobile phone.

DisplayLink Showcases Ultra-Low Latency Wireless VR Concept at CES Las Vegas 2017

DisplayLink , the leading provider of USB graphics technology, today announced a new concept for ultra-low latency wireless VR with a live demonstration at 2017. DisplayLink was the first company to push the boundaries of wireless 60GHz to dual 4K displays based on their unique compression algorithms, and is now showcasing the award-winning technology applied to the booming Virtual Reality market on a Mixed Reality stage at CES Las Vegas 2017 with an ultra-low latency Wireless VR demonstration that is available for attendees to experience.

Scotland poised to reap benefits of private space travel

IT was an arena where the great powers once fought it out without coming to blows, a hot zone in a cold war where the rockets were instruments of peace and exploration instead of violence. But this week a private company will boldly go back into space as the march to claim the skies from government agencies continues apace.

Winter Storm Slams Southeast, Leaves Canceled Flights Behind

American Airlines Group Inc. canceled hundreds of flights early Saturday as an icy winter storm struck southeast U.S. cities. The National Weather Service warned of hazardous conditions in areas including Atlanta, Delta’s largest hub, and Charlotte, North Carolina, an American hub. As ice and snow piled up, more than 385 flights were canceled at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and more than 164 at Charlotte Douglas International Airport, according to flight-tracking website American has already canceled more than 850 flights due to the storm, the airline said, as well as 50 flights scheduled for Sunday.