Jul 26
Jul 26
Cop Called To Arrest Alleged Shoplifter Ends Up Helping Out In Her Hour Of Need
Posted in: Today's Chili“I think it speaks volumes that they are doing the right thing for the right reason when nobody is watching.”
Jul 26
Ask any Android Auto user what app they’ve been most eagerly awaiting, and the answer will probably be Waze. Sure, Google Maps is one of the best navigation apps around, but for the true road warrior there’s no replacing its speeding ticket-saving cousin. The good news is that Waze for Android Auto is here, and I’ve been testing it out … Continue reading
Jul 26
Apple and Cochlear team up to roll out the first implant made for the iPhone
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Apple has teamed up with Australian-based Cochlear to bring iPhone users the first made for iPhone Cochlear implant. Approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in June, Cochlear’s Nucleus 7 Sound Processor can now stream sound directly from a compatible iPhone, iPad or iPod touch to a patient’s surgically embedded sound processor. The device also allows those with… Read More
Jul 26
Your future computer or phone will be capable of stupidly fast transfer speeds. The USB 3.0 Promoter Group unveiled the USB 3.2 specification that effectively doubles the current USB 3.1 spec by adding an extra lane. As such, it will allow for two la…
Jul 26
On June 15th, mobile roaming was more or less abolished across the EU. Great news for anyone wanting to drum up Instagram envy with their holiday snaps, but it’s easy to forget the technical challenges — all of a sudden, cell towers have to deal wit…
Jul 26
Google Maps has become the de facto way to get from point A to point B. But for commuters and Uber/Lyft drivers, Waze — with Google’s transit information overlaid and crowdsourced data — has become invaluable. The only problem is that while Google…
Jul 26
Just like the rest of us, celebrities yearn for love too. These days most people seeking romance (and other pursuits) can turn to a dating app. But a traditional Tinder account is just too basic for the rich and famous (especially if they want to hoo…
Jul 26
Remember that JurassicJunkie dude that I talked about yesterday? The one who screamed literally like a little girl when his toddler daughter walked into the room whilst he was playing horror game Outlast 2? Well, the clip has been very popular.
Twitch has now stated that this clip is the most viewed Twitch clip of all time with nearly 1.7 million views already. I think I am personally responsible for tens of those views. I laughed pretty hard.
Twitch won’t say what the second and third most viewed clips are. I’m not sure why we can’t know that info, if you can tell us the top viewed clip, why not others? People getting scared is almost as funny as dudes getting nads bashed in my book.
[via Kotaku]
Jul 26
We are starting to see more carmakers shifting from producing cars that only run on petrol or diesel, to hybrids that use a combination of gas and an electric motor, as well as cars that are fully electric, like those made by Tesla. However for the most part the choice is still largely in the hands of consumers, but that is expected to change in the future.
The UK government is currently planning to propose banning all petrol and diesel cars by 2040. This means that in the next 23 years, the UK expects that all cars, or at least a good majority, will be powered by electric or whatever technology that could replace electric. The UK government isn’t alone in this as carmaker Volvo had previously announced that starting in 2019, all of the cars it manufactures will be of the electric variety.
Whether or not this law will come to pass remains to be seen, but we suppose its effectiveness will also largely depend on car companies as well as customers. In the UK it has been estimated that electric car sales in the country only account for 1% of all car sales, which means that trying to ban 99% of the cars from being sold will be a tall order.
It has also been pointed out that the number of charging stations in the country, which is at 5,000, is a less more than half of petrol stations which is around 8,500. These are the sort of things that probably needs to be addressed if there is hope that more consumers will adopt electric cars moving forwards.
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