Both Fox and director Ridley Scott have made bit commitments to virtual reality, and you’re about to see just how those commitments are evolving… in an unsettling way. Fox has revealed that Alien: Covenant’s VR experience, In Utero, will be availa…
If you lock yourself out of your home or car, you typically have only one option — call a locksmith and hope they can get to you quickly. But you’ll pay a small fortune for their time and expertise. New York-based startup KeyMe wants to change all t…
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 doesn’t open for a few more weeks, but today was the opening of the floodgates. Reviews, news, quotes, you name it, and today you probably read about for the upcoming Marvel movie.
With the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 being the latest processor and top of the line model from Qualcomm, it isn’t surprising to see that many Android OEMs are adopting it and incorporating it into their flagships. This is also why it probably wouldn’t be a surprise if Google were to do the same with their 2017 Pixels.
Of course whether or not that will happen remains to be seen, but a report from Winfuture.de (via PhoneArena) points towards the Android Open Source Project in which it was revealed that Google will be using the Snapdragon 835 for this year’s Pixels. Not only that, but it also appears that Google could have not just one, not two, but three devices in the works.
Earlier this year we reported on the codenames for this year’s Pixels which is muskie and walleye, then last month we heard that there was one more device in the works codenamed taimen. Note that all of these are named after types of fishes which is in line with last year’s Pixel codenames.
We’re not sure what taimen is supposed to represent since muskie and walleye are meant to represent the Pixel and Pixel XL, but either way based in the information, all three handsets appear to be powered by a Snapdragon 835. Take it with a grain of salt since this is kind of early information, but hopefully we’ll have more details to share soon.
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Just like how we’re seeing Facebook trying to make themselves the one-stop shop for all your social and entertainment needs, Amazon is trying to do the same in terms of retail. The company has recently announced a new service call “Subscribe with Amazon” in which it will basically offer up subscriptions to various services and all from one location: Amazon.
Basically if you spend a lot of time and money on Amazon and you’d prefer if you could consolidate all your purchases, purchase history, and information with just one platform, this is what the service is for. Users can browse the subscription store like would any other Amazon page, and from there they’ll be able to find a bunch of services that they can subscribe to, such as Dropbox, The New Yorker, Sling TV, and so on.
According to Amazon, “Subscribe with Amazon is a new way for subscription businesses to sell on Amazon, offering them targeted customer exposure through popular discovery features such as search and recommendations while also providing customers with a simple way to purchase and manage their subscriptions.”
The company is also touting how it will feature self-service tools aimed at service providers so that they can manage things like pricing, and also offer up special discounts that will be exclusive to Prime members. If you’re interested in seeing what Amazon has to offer, then head on over to its website for the details.
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Is range anxiety still a factor that’s holding you back from purchasing an electric vehicle? That might have been more poignant several years ago, but in recent times we’re seeing carmakers starting to make serious efforts at installing more charging stations, and the good news for Tesla owners is that by the end of 2017, the company will be doubling up the size of their charging network.
According to a post on the company’s blog, “In 2017, we’ll be doubling the Tesla charging network, expanding existing sites so drivers never wait to charge, and broadening our charging locations within city centers. As always, the most convenient way to charge is to plug in overnight where you park. However, to better serve the needs of owners who are traveling or those who don’t have access to reliable home charging, we will continue to aggressively expand our public charging networks.”
Tesla is also boasting at how they started the year with over 5,000 Superchargers around the world, and by the end of the year they are aiming to have more than 10,000 Superchargers and 15,000 Destination Charging connectors. For the North American market, the company is aiming for a 150% increase in Superchargers, where in California alone they’ll be adding 1,000 units.
Of course fully charging a car still takes longer than if you were to fill it with gas, but the eventual ubiquity of charging stations means that you’ll always be able to find somewhere to plug in and recharge.
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4K is expected to become the new standard resolution in the near future where it will eventually replace Full HD 1080p. It’s not quite there yet but we’re starting to see more 4K devices launched and more services starting to support the resolution. The good news for early adopters is that if you own the NVIDIA Shield TV, you’ll be pleased to learn that an update to the device will turn on support for 4K movies via Google Play.
Prior to this, Google Play’s 4K movies were only limited to a handful of devices and TVs, but with the update to NVIDIA Shield TV, you’ll be able to enjoy 4K movies regardless of what TV you’re watching it from, as long as the NVIDIA Shield TV is connected to it. In addition to supporting 4K for Google Play, the update will also enable 4K support for Google Cast.
This means that you can push 4K content from devices like your smartphone or tablet to the Shield TV and enjoy it there. Prior to this, the device also supported (and still does) Amazon Video in 4K and also 4K HDR content. It also supports 4K streaming from the likes of YouTube, Netflix, Google Photos, Vudu, Plex, Kodi, and Vimeo, but this update should now make the device more appealing.
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Monitor your visitors using this 720p video doorbell from Danmini. Coming with a 3.5-inch 640 x 480 LCD display w/ built-in speaker (3x AA batteries required), this smart security video door bell is equipped with a 1MP 1/4-inch CMOS image sensor, a 160-degree wide-angle lens, 4 IR LEDs for night vision (up to 3 meters), a microSD card slot (up to 32GB) and a micro-USB port.
Other highlights include IR Cut and PIR Motion Detection – detects anyone lurking near your door and will capture a picture of them. Finally, it has the ability to capture 720p HD video in AVI format.
Backed by a 12-month warranty, the Danmini 720p video doorbell will set you back just $43.93. [Product Page]
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Sixteen-year-old Amaiya Zafar has had to choose between her Muslim faith and her love of boxing in the past. But thanks to a new decision from USA Boxing, the Minnesota teen will no longer have to make that call.
The amateur boxer from the St. Paul area had never gotten the chance to fight in an official competition. As part of her Muslim faith, Zafar chooses to wear a hijab and cover her arms and legs while fighting ― which isn’t approved by international boxing regulations. She’s usually banned from the ring before her matches begin.
But Zafar and her family received news last week that USA Boxing, the national governing body for the sport, was offering her an exemption to its clothing mandate, which requires fighters to wear sleeveless jerseys and shorts.
“Boxing is about to get a whole lot better because they’re being inclusive of a whole group of people who couldn’t compete before,” the high schooler told NBC News on Sunday.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations, a leading Muslim advocacy organization, released a statement applauding the decision. “This is a positive step forward in the continuing struggle for religious freedom in our state and nation,” Jaylani Hussein, the executive director of CAIR-MN, said in the release.
Zafar is the first boxer to receive the benefits of a new rule regarding religious exemptions that the USA Boxing board of directors is expected to adopt in June, according to CAIR. The rule will apply only to local “non-advancing matched bouts,” and a request for a religious exemption must be made for each event in which the boxer wishes to participate.
USA Boxing did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Zafar is scheduled to compete at the Spring Fling Amateur Boxing match on April 29 in Minneapolis. She will be the first boxer fighting in a USA Boxing-sanctioned event in a hijab, CAIR said.
She earned the right to showcase her skills, and I’m happy for her. But it’s just the first step in letting her achieve her dreams.
Nathaniel Haile, Amaiya Zafar’s boxing coach
“This is a big step,” Zafar’s coach, Nathaniel Haile, told the Star Tribune. “She’s put a lot of labor into this. She earned the right to showcase her skills, and I’m happy for her. But it’s just the first step in letting her achieve her dreams.”
The teen hopes to compete at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, though she’ll have to fight for her right to wear modest attire there, too. The international boxing association, AIBA, will have to modify its uniform requirements for Zafar and others who prefer to wear religious or modest clothing to be able to compete abroad.
Ibrahim Hooper, CAIR’s director of communications, said in a statement: “We welcome this partial victory and look forward to the day when athletes of all faiths may compete nationally and internationally while maintaining their religious principles.”
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President Donald Trump’s zeal to unveil a tax plan before his 100th day in office is raising questions about just how thorough his “tax reform” plans will be, amid signals that his focus for now is on slashing tax rates.
Trump has directed aides to move quickly on a plan to cut the corporate income tax rate to 15 percent from 35 percent, a Trump administration official said on Monday.
With his 100th day nearing on April 29, Trump has been ordering studies and signing executive orders. But he has yet to introduce a major bill to the Republican-controlled Congress on any topic or win passage of someone else’s that he supports.
He has promised a “big tax reform and tax reduction” announcement on Wednesday. Some analysts said this may consist of a proposal to cut the corporate rate to 15 percent, cap the individual tax rate at 33 percent, repeal the estate and alternative minimum taxes and cut taxes for the middle class.
In earlier days, Trump vowed to oversee the biggest “tax reform” since President Ronald Reagan’s in 1986, a legislative feat that has since defied every president.
Wall Street analysts say Trump may instead offer a package of rate reductions, like those backed by Reagan in 1981 and President George W. Bush in 2001, which left the tax system intact.
If that is the case, it “is not tax reform. It is a tax cut,” Chris Krueger, analyst at financial firm Cowen & Co, said in a research note.
On Wednesday, Krueger said, “We will get some vague benchmarks about rate levels… with likely no detail on how to finance those reductions except for the assurance that the growth projections will take care of it.”
The announcement could also show whether Trump is turning away from a Republican plan backed by House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan that would pay for tax cuts with an import tax and by killing a business interest deduction.
Ryan and other Republicans will get a preview of Trump’s plan on Tuesday at a Capitol Hill meeting with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Gary Cohn, director of Trump’s National Economic Council, aides said.
Trump’s announcement, however, could be a disappointment for investors seeking clarity.
“I don’t know that it will shed a great deal of light beyond what the administration has already said,” noted Peter Cohn, analyst at financial firm Height Securities.
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