Beats sound quality has come a long way in recent years, and the new Powerbeats3 even include Apple’s easy-pairing W1 chip, making them a great option for iPhone-owning fitness buffs, or anyone whose ears aren’t compatible with AirPods. They’re still only a few months old, but for a limited time, Amazon’s taking $50…
When it comes to LG’s VR efforts, we have to say that the company hasn’t really seen much success in that regard. Last year they launched the LG 360 VR headset and the LG 36 CAM camera for capturing content in VR, but safe to say that it did not exactly take off the way that LG had anticipated.
However that could change because Valve has recently confirmed that they would be teaming up with LG to create a SteamVR-powered headset. LG isn’t the first to launch such a headset as that honor actually goes to HTC and the HTC Vive, and actually HTC has been pretty successful in that regard, with reviews suggesting that the HTC Vive is better than the Oculus Rift.
We’re not sure when this headset will be officially released, what kind of specs we can expect, and how much it will cost. However it has been confirmed that the prototype of the headset will be shown off at GDC at Valve’s booth later this week in San Francisco, so we guess we should find out additional details by then.
It will be interesting to see how the market will be reacting to LG’s VR efforts, especially when there are more established players in the field, but it will be nice to see how LG plans to go head-to-head with Samsung who has had some help in their VR efforts by Oculus.
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[MWC 2017] Back in 2016, the folks at Waverly Labs launched an Indiegogo project for a pair of earbuds called the Pilot Translation Earpiece. Basically these are earbuds that can translate languages on the fly in real-life, meaning that you won’t have to wait for someone else to make the translation for you.
At MWC 2017 this week, Waverly Labs is back and they showed off the Pilot Translation Earpiece which according to CNET, is expected to be released later this year where it will be priced at $299. Also according to their initial preview of the devices, it seems that the earbuds certainly do work as intended, although it should be noted that the units shown off at MWC were prototypes.
In case you missed its Indiegogo campaign, the Pilot Translation Earpiece relies on machine learning to help translate audio on the fly. They also feature noise cancelling microphones to help improve the accuracy and translation, and it will also support over 15 languages, with free access to French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, along with English.
However if users want more there are additional language packs that can be purchased this fall which includes support for Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, German, Greek, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, and Turkish, just to name a few. If you’re interested in placing a pre-order, then head on over to its website for the details.
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That fated day has arrived. That day when you can fit as much as 2 TB of data in your pocket. If you had large pockets, you could have probably still fit a slim external hard drive, but that has nothing on what Kingston has just unveiled. Yes, Kingston has USB flash drives in 1 or even 2 TB capacities, … Continue reading
The whole world now knows LG’s vision for a 2017 champion. In less than 30 days, we’re about to see Samsung’s as well. But not before everyone else beats it to the punch. A new set of leaks, both in moving and still images format, show off the gentle curves of the Galaxy S8 and its larger Galaxy S8 Plus … Continue reading
A Republican politician running for a state legislature seat in Louisiana is under fire after a picture surfaced of him in blackface.
Louisiana politics website The Hayride uncovered the photo, which showed Robbie Gatti dressed as Tiger Woods:
In a Facebook post, Gatti confirmed the image was of him and said it was taken 15 years ago at a church festival “where all the volunteers were told to dress as a famous person.”
However, he offered no apologies and even defended it:
“Tiger Woods was at the height of his popularity, as a world champion, and that was who I was dressed as. Shortly after this event, I was ordained into the church. As a medical professional, ordained minister and military officer, I live my life seeing only character and I stand by that. I’m sad that my opponents have taken a good night at church and turned it into negative, political mud, but I’m confident the voters of Bossier will not fall for their desperate attacks.”
A local Republican official said the image was “from a different time.”
“My guess is that people are not going to go back in time, they’re going to view this as a current affairs thing. It’s not,” Mike Collier, chairman of the Bossier Parish GOP, told local ABC station KTBS. “I’m sorry he did it, I’m sure he’s sorry, if he had a chance to do it over he would. It is what it is.”
Gatti is running against three other Republicans in a special election on March 25 for a seat previously held by Mike Johnson, also a Republican. Johnson was elected to the House of Representatives in November.
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The botched U.S. commando raid on an al Qaeda outpost in Yemen that resulted in the deaths of a Navy SEAL and several women and children reportedly gained very little intelligence information.
So far, no “significant intelligence” has been gleaned from the items seized in the raid, “multiple” senior sources have told NBC, the network reported Tuesday.
The raid — an unusual use of American ground forces in the country — was supposed to surprise the enemy, but the Navy SEAL team dispatched to the site Jan. 28 confronted a reinforced al Qaeda base defended by landmines, snipers, and a larger-than-expected contingent of heavily armed extremists.
President Donald Trump was apparently not in the Situation Room supervising the action as would be typical for a commander in chief in such an operation. While the raid was unfolding, Trump’s personal Twitter account was active and a tweet was sent notifying readers about an upcoming presidential TV, The Huffington Post reported Wednesday. That tweet has since been deleted.
The Trump administration is characterizing the operation primarily as a mission to gather intelligence on al Qaeda, and considers it “highly successful,” according to White House press Secretary Sean Spicer. “We gathered an unbelievable amount of intelligence that will prevent the potential deaths or attacks on American soil,” Spicer said Feb. 8. The Pentagon has also said the raid produced “actionable intelligence.”
Spicer said Monday that the Navy Seal who lost his life in the raid, Chief Petty Officer William “Ryan” Owens,” died a hero and the information that he was able to help obtain through that raid … is going to save American lives.”
But NBC’s sources said they have seen no evidence that supports Spicer’s claim.
Earlier reports, backed by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), had said that the main goal of the operation was to capture or kill extremist leaders. One of the targets was reportedly Qasim al-Raymi, a leader of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, but he was apparently unharmed.
Bill Owens, the father of the fallen Navy Seal, has called the raid a “stupid mission” and demanded an investigation into the operation. He refused to meet with Trump when the two men were on the scene when Ryan Owens’ body was taken off the plane at Dover Air Force Base.
“Why at this time did there have to be this stupid mission when it wasn’t even barely a week into [Trump’s] administration?” Owens said in an interview with the Miami Herald. “For two years prior, there were no boots on the ground in Yemen — everything was missiles and drones because there was not a target worth one American life. Now, all of a sudden we had to make this grand display?’’
Army Gen. Joseph Votel, Commander of U.S. Central Command, defended the raid, telling CBS News that it was part of the “broader offensive that we’re pursuing in Yemen.” He said that the object was to go in and collect intelligence. “We accomplished that,” he added. Votel did not describe the nature or amount of the intelligence gathered.
The raid was planned during the previous administration, but former President Barack Obama had not yet signed off on it.
At least 25 civilians were killed in the raid, including nine children under the age of 13, according to the Bureau of Investigative Journalism.
The Pentagon is conducting an investigation into the raid, which is standard procedure when any lives are lost, according to Spicer.
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Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel shared his take on the Best Picture gaffe during Monday’s broadcast of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!.”
The comedian described the moment that “La La Land” was mistakenly announced as the winner of the 2017 award instead of “Moonlight” as “the weirdest TV finale since ‘Lost.’”
Kimmel also explained how he was due to end the show sitting in the audience next to actor Matt Damon. But amid “mass confusion,” he took to the stage and stood there “like an idiot feeling bad for these guys, but also trying really hard not to laugh, to be honest.”
Check out his entire explanation in the clip above.
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LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, Feb 28 (Reuters) – Taliban fighters in the southern Afghan province of Helmand attacked a checkpoint with silenced weapons and hand grenades early on Tuesday killing 12 policemen and stealing weapons and ammunition, officials said.
But a provincial official said that it could be an insider attack as one of the guards was still missing.
“An investigation is ongoing to find out if someone from inside has defected to the Taliban and paved the way for this crime,” he said.
The attack, in the provincial capital Lashkar Gah, underlined the threat facing Afghan security forces in the opium-producing province, where they struggle to match well-equipped Taliban fighters who now control several districts.
The police killed in the attack had been pulled back from the southern district of Khanshin district which security forces abandoned last year.
“The Taliban attacked a guard with silenced guns and then entered the check post,” Helmand deputy police chief Haji Gulai told reporters.
“They attacked other policemen with hand grenades and killed all of them. They later took their weapons and ammunition and escaped.” he said.
In a separate incident, another 12 policemen were killed in the Marjah district of Helmand after an hour-long gunbattle, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said.
Taliban fighters now control most of Helmand, including areas in Lashkar Gah. British and U.S. forces suffered their heaviest casualties of the war in the province in years of fighting following the removal of the Taliban in 2001.
Afghan security forces now control less than 60 percent of the country, according to U.S. estimates, with the Taliban in control of about 10 percent and the remainder contested between government and insurgent forces.
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The chorus of voices claiming that Apple will release a limited-edition iPhone with an OLED display just got a little bit louder. The Wall Street Journal’s anonymous sources, familiar with the matter, claim that the 10th iteration of the device will…
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