UK banking startup Monzo has been given the green light by the Prudential Regulation Authority and the Financial Conduct Authority to operate, well, like an actual bank. Until now, the company has been working with a restricted banking licence, which…
Epix has long been the baby of four studios (Lionsgate, MGM, Paramount and Viacom), but it’s about to have just one parent. MGM has bought out the stakes of its partners for just over $1 billion, giving it full control over the internet-friendly, mov…
Yesterday, Facebook’s head of artificial intelligence, Yann LeCun, said that humans have nothing to fear regarding artificial intelligence potentially harming humanity. Why’s that? “We have a lot of checks and balances built into society to prevent evil from having infinite power,” LeCun said. Is that so, Mr. LeCun?
If you’re looking for the quickest route to your destination, or maybe you’re looking to avoid a bad traffic jam, or if you’re trying to avoid police roadblocks, Waze is probably the app for you. The app does a pretty good job at showing users the fastest way to their destination, and it seems that those features will now be applied to emergency services as well.
Teaming up with the European Emergency Number Association (EENA), both EENA and Waze will be partnering up and a pilot project for emergency services. According to the announcement, “Waze users who drive with the app turned on, passively contribute traffic and other road data to other Waze users. They can also actively share road reports on incidents that could affect others. The project aims to evaluate how this crowd-sourced anonymous data can be used in emergency management to improve response operations.”
This means that whenever Waze users contribute reports to the app, like an accident, or a traffic jam, those details will then be sent to emergency services to let them know which routes to avoid if they’re trying to rush to the hospital or to a scene of an accident. In turn, emergency services can also send data to Waze users to let them know of planned incidents or incidents that are happening in real time.
However at the moment this feature seems to be only available to emergency services and users in Europe, but we can only imagine that should it prove successful, that maybe we’ll see it expand to other parts of the world.
Waze’s Traffic Data Will Now Help Emergency Services , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
There are plenty of mechanical keyboards out there today, but if you’re after something that has a unique design and is also wireless, then you might not have to look further than Penna. This is a mechanical keyboard that has been designed to sport the look and feel of a typewriter from the good old days.
Whether or not this is more comfortable than a regular keyboard remains to be seen, but we have to admit that it does look pretty good. The Penna keyboard will feature Bluetooth connectivity and is powered by two AA batteries, which according to its creators should be good for up to 6 months.
It will also feature Cherry MX switches that backers can choose between either red or blue, and it will also be offered in two different sets of keycaps, with one featuring a more modern design which its creators claim to have spent about 3 years in R&D to achieve the ultimate accuracy. The other is a more retro design with chrome keyboards to resemble the typewriters of yore.
The Penna keyboard even comes with a macro bar that has been designed to resemble a typewriter’s carriage return lever. Users can program this macro bar to do all sorts of things in a single press. The Kickstarter project for Penna is not yet live, but it is priced at $79 which is more or less $100 cheaper than the final retail price, so if you’re interested do keep an eye out for its availability.
Penna Is A Mechanical Keyboard With A Typewriter Feel , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
Apple Pay started off with the ability to allow users to pay for their purchases in real-life using their phone. The service was later extended to cover purchases made on the web, and now if you use Western Union to send money, you’ll be pleased to learn that Western Union’s app will now support Apple Pay.
We should point out that Western Union has long supported Apple Pay, but that’s only if you visited a brick-and-mortar store. However with this update, the money transfer service will now bring in-app support for Apple Pay. As to what the difference might be, we guess in a way it is faster since Apple Pay just requires users to verify themselves via fingerprint, assuming of course all your payment information is already on file.
This is versus having to manually enter your information, but at the end of the day it is simply an alternative to a fully functioning money transfer service, so at the end of the day it’s really up to you which service you prefer, or which you find more convenient. That being said, the in-app support for Apple Pay will only be available to those living in the US for now, but it is expected to expand to the UK later this year.
Western Union App Now Supports Apple Pay Money Transfers , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
Last year in an update to iOS 9, it was discovered that if you had your iPhone repaired via an unauthorized repair center, it would result in your iPhone getting bricked and users would be greeted by an “Error 53” message. Now it seems that a year later, Australia’s consumer regulator is still unhappy over the incident and has since sued Apple over it.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has filed a lawsuit against Apple and are alleging that the company had violated the country’s consumer laws. The watchdog is asking for financial penalties of up to AUD$1.1 million per breach should Apple be found guilty.
According to Rod Sims, chairman of the ACCC who spoke to The Wall Street Journal in an interview, “It’s fair to say we haven’t observed similar behavior by other manufacturers. Apple seems to have a particular way of doing things.” We should point out that this isn’t the first time Apple has been sued over “error 53”, although one of those lawsuits has since been dismissed.
Whether or not this new lawsuit in Australia will hold remains to be seen. In the meantime shortly after the incident, Apple issued another update to iOS 10.9 in which it would restore iPhones that were bricked by “error 53”.
Australian Consumer Regulator Sues Apple Over iPhone ‘Error 53′ , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
If you’re looking for a new camera but don’t really want to invest in a mirrorless or DSLR system and its lenses, we guess the next best thing you could go for would be a compact camera. There are some who argue that our phones can do a much better job than some compacts these days, and while that might be true, there are some who might still prefer a dedicated device.
If that’s you, you might be interested to learn that Canon has officially launched its new compact camera in the form of the Canon PowerShot SX730 HS. This is the company’s latest compact and with its 20.3MP CMOS sensor, it is certainly no slouch. The SX730 HS will also feature a 40x optical zoom lens that’s equivalent to a 24-960mm, so whether you want to shoot wide or you want to get up close, those options are available to you.
The camera will also be powered by Canon’s DIGIC 6 image processor and will come with a 3-inch 180-degree upwards tilt LCD display. It will support 1080p Full HD video capture at a buttery smooth 60fps, a self portrait mode, geotagging, and there will also be built-in WiFi, Bluetooth, and NFC connectivity.
There is even a pop-up flash that looks like it can be tilted/angled, so if you want to do some flash bouncing you technically could, although to what extent remains to be seen. The PowerShot SX730 HS is expected to be released in June 2017 where it will be priced at $400.
Canon PowerShot SX730 HS Digital Camera Launched , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
Last year the folks at Fitbit confirmed that they would be acquiring Kickstarter smartwatch darling Pebble. The announcement saw Fitbit ultimately decide to halt the sales of Pebble watches, although the company did reassure Pebble owners that their watches would keep working through 2017.
We know some Pebble owners might be feeling a tad cheated by this, but the good news is that may no longer be the case. In a recent update that has been released for Pebble devices, it seems that this has removed the dependency of the watches on cloud services, meaning that your Pebble watch will continue to work even after Fitbit shuts Pebble’s servers down.
According to Pebble, “If a Pebble authentication server can’t be reached, the mobile apps will let Pebble devices keep working. The login process can be skipped, apps can be side-loaded, and the latest watch firmware (including language packs) can be installed.” However once the servers are shut down, there will be some apps that will ultimately be rendered unusable, but we guess for the most part your watch will keep working.
So if you’ve only recently gotten yourself a Pebble and were a bit miffed by Fitbit’s decision, we guess this is good news for you, at least to a certain extent.
Software Update Will Allow Pebble Watches To Work Indefinitely , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
While the Apple Watch Series 2 addressed some features that some felt were missing in the original, we’re still not sure if you could call the Apple Watch the perfect smartwatch. After all it took Apple many generations of the iPhone to arrive at where they are today, so we guess the same could be said for the Apple Watch.
If you are still holding out on purchasing the Apple Watch, you might be interested to learn that the Apple Watch Series 3 could be launched in the second half of 2017 according to a report from DigiTimes (via 9to5Mac). The report claims that the device will be launched in the second half of the year, where it is expected to continue being manufactured by Quanta, although this year’s model will also see Compal Electronics lend a hand.
The report doesn’t really tell us what to expect from the third-gen Apple Watch, however we have heard rumors that the Series 3 could introduce cellular connectivity. Some have debated how this works, with some reports claiming a SIM card tray slot, while others are saying that the SIM could be embedded into the device like what Apple has done with the cellular iPads.
The rumors have also been saying that we shouldn’t expect a major redesign, but instead Apple will focus on features and performance. In any case given that the Apple Watch Series 2 was launched last year alongside the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, we guess a second half of 2017 launch doesn’t really seem like that much of a stretch.
Apple Watch Series 3 Rumored For Second Half Of 2017 , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
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