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Jul 18

Fender’s Bluetooth Speakers Look Just Like Its Iconic Amplifiers

Fender has released a couple of new Bluetooth speakers and if you’ve been a fan of the company’s iconic amplifiers, you’re going to fall in love with these speakers. That’s because Fender has opted to retain the design of its amplifiers and has miniaturized them to better suit the actual product. I, for one, think that they look great.

The bigger of the two new Fender speakers is called Monterey while the smaller one is called Newport. Both of them have adjustable volume knobs and metal grilles. Fender promises that they provide “high-quality digital audio.”

Fender’s Monterey speaker has two 5.12 inch woofers and two 1 inch tweets. It has 120 watts of audio output. The only caveat is that it’s not portable since it requires an AC connection. It does have an amp-style power switch and a blue LED light. Fender has priced it at $349.99.

The Newport is the portable one as it runs on batteries and can last up to 12 hours. It has two full range drivers and tweet for 30 watts of audio output. It also has a built-in microphone so it can be used to take calls as well. It’s priced at $199.99.

Fender fans can head over to the company right now and purchase the Monterey and Newport from the company’s online store.

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Jul 18

Microsoft And Baidu Are Working On Self-Driving Cars

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Baidu, often referred to as the Google of China, has been working on its own self-driving car technology and it has now teamed up with one of the biggest tech companies on the planet to further advance the futuristic technology. While Microsoft has long worked with car manufacturers on software for connected cars, this appears to be the first instance of the company venturing into the self-driving car turf.

Baidu launched Apollo recently, it’s an open-source operating system for self-driving cars that any car company will be able to use for free. Partners that have signed up to contribute to the Apollo project include Microsoft, NVIDIA, Ford, and Intel.

The model isn’t that different from what Google has used with Android. The OS is an open-source platform that any tech company can use. Baidu’s aim is to work with a wide range of partners to make self-driving cars safer more quickly.

“The purpose is very clear: We want to promote openness and accelerate innovation,” says Baidu President Ya-Qin Zhang.

The data that’s produced by the Apollo operating system is going to require a significant amount of processing power. Baidu can handle that in China but not so much outside the country. This is where Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform fits in nicely.

It has the ability to handle the heavy computational load and the cloud platform is available in many countries across the globe. This will enable Baidu and its partners to make Apollo almost everywhere in the world.

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Jul 18

WhatsApp Faces Partial Disruption In China

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Since the internet in China is heavily regulated, popular services that are easily accessible in most countries across the globe are often banned in the country. Facebook happens to be one of those services. However, one of its major products was allowed to operate in the country. WhatsApp used to work in China until recently but it doesn’t now, at least not properly.

WhatsApp has long been able to avoid disruption in China even though the country has placed a complete ban on Facebook and Instagram. Now, though, it appears that the social network’s last major service in China is not safe from disruption as well.

Beijing has further tightened its control over the internet and has disrupted WhatsApp in the country. The country’s internet filters partly blocked WhatsApp and users were unable to send text messages.

The New York Times hears from a person familiar with the situation who claims that the WhatsApp ban originated with the government. Security experts have also said that the disruption in WhatsApp service in China started with the country’s internet filters.

Facebook has not yet commented on this development and it’s unclear if it’s in discussions with authorities in the country to remove the restrictions on its only major product that was not banned in China.

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