EE all but confirming new iPhone features before Apple’s had a chance to announce them is turning into a bit of a yearly tradition. This morning, the carrier announced it’s now selling Belkin’s Qi Wireless Charging Pad for £30 (this is the stan…
Self-driving cars aren’t new, and while there are many, many companies working on developing the technology, self-driving cars have yet to become commercially available, although we guess the closest thing we’ve got at the moment would be Tesla’s Autopilot mode, which actually feels like a more advanced version of cruise control.
This is due to various legal and regulatory hurdles that needs to be sorted out before driverless cars can be allowed on the road for non-testing purposes, so it remains to be seen who could be the first to bring such vehicles to market. However in a recent blog post on Medium by Kyle Vogt, the CEO and founder of Cruise Automation, a driverless startup that was acquired by GM, it seems that GM could be the first.
The company has recently taken the wraps off what they are calling the world’s first mass-producible car, meaning that this isn’t a concept or an existing car outfitted with sensors for testing, but rather this is a vehicle that could be mass produced like any other car. According to Vogt, “The car we’re unveiling today is actually our 3rd generation self-driving car, but it’s the first that meets the redundancy and safety requirements we believe are necessary to operate without a driver. There’s no other car like this in existence.”
However like we said, there are certain regulatory hurdles that needs to be crossed first before we start seeing these cars being made available to consumers, but in the meantime assuming all goes to plan, GM could really be the first to hit the ground running with self-driving cars.
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Electric cars are the future simply because in terms of sustainability, they are better than regular gas-powered cars that consume fossil fuel, which is a finite source. Volkswagen knows this and in a report from Reuters, the carmaker has announced their plans to step up their EV efforts and are aiming to have at least 300 EV models by 2030.
Note that these won’t be all Volkswagen branded cars, but it will be spread throughout the various brands that it owns (such as AUDI, Bentley, Bugatti, and so on, just to name a few). The company will be investing $24 billion in their efforts to create more EVs and has set a new goal of introducing at least 80 new EV models across its brands by 2025, versus their previous goal of 25. They are also aiming to create an electric version of its existing 300 models over the course of the next decade or so.
Carmakers aren’t the only ones who are pushing to create more EVs in the future. Even countries and governments are looking to do their part in making the change, with the most recent report indicating that China is looking to set a deadline on the ban of sales and production of fossil fuel-powered cars, joining the likes of Germany and Norway.
There are also non-carmaker companies who are looking to become “greener”, such as Uber who has recently announced that they want its entire London fleet to consist of EVs by 2025.
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Xiaomi might be known to many as a maker of smartphones, but the company also dabbles in other kinds of products, such as laptops. In fact just recently Xiaomi has taken the wraps off their latest computing efforts in the form of the Mi Notebook Pro, which judging by the design and the way the company has advertised it, is looking a lot like Apple’s MacBook Pro.
In fact this is actually not the first time that Xiaomi has launched a laptop that looks similar to Apple’s products, just last year the company launched the Xiaomi Mi Notebook Air, which based on its name is clearly positioned to take on Apple’s MacBook Air. That being said in terms of specs, the Mi Notebook Pro will feature a 15.6-inch Full HD display and will sport the latest Intel i7 quad-core processor.
It will support up to 16GB of RAM, 1TB of SSD, and will come with an NVIDIA GeForce MX150 GPU. There is a fingerprint sensor built into the laptop’s trackpad, a 3-in-1 card reader, a couple of USB-C ports, some regular USB ports, a HDMI port, and it is priced starting at around $980, which makes it a lot cheaper than what Apple is asking for its MacBook Pros.
No word on a release date, but there’s a good chance that we’ll never see it released outside of China anyway.
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According to the rumors, later today Apple is expected to take the wraps off their new iPhones. However in addition to the new iPhones, Apple is also rumored to announce a new Apple TV in which the new device is rumored to support 4K HDR content. However it seems that is not all the new Apple TV will be able to offer.
A recent tweet by developer Guilherme Rambo has revealed that Apple will be giving the new Apple TV’s remote an upgrade by giving it haptic feedback, or at least that’s according to code that seems to reference some kind of feedback for the device. We’re not sure if Apple will be making any other changes to the remote, but it wasn’t too long ago that they revamped it by giving it a trackpad-like interface.
In any case there has been quite a bit of evidence to suggest that Apple is indeed getting ready a 4K HDR-ready Apple TV. We’ve seen the company update its iTunes to get it ready for 4K HDR content. It was also revealed recently the requirements for the 4K Apple TV, in which it required users to have at least a 15Mbps internet connection in order to stream 4K content. Either way we will have the official details soon, so check back with us later on for more updates.
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Apple is expected to introduce a new 4K Apple TV this coming Tuesday, and if you are looking for set top box that supports 4K and you’re not really a fan of the Apple TV, you might be in luck because it looks like Amazon could have something for you as well. This is according to a report from AFTVNews (via iMore) who claims that Amazon has two new Fire TV devices in the works.
The report claims that the new Fire TV devices will be set for a release later this year, when exactly remains to be seen, but there will be two models. One of which is said to be a mid-range offering while the other will be a flagship model, but both are expected to support 4K HDR video playback at 60fps.
So what are the differences? Basically the mid-range model is said to be pretty standard and comes with specs that makes it more powerful than the Amazon Fire TV Stick, but it is also expected to be relatively compact similar to that of the Google Chromecast. As for the flagship model, this will come with all the bells and whistles.
AFTVNews claims that this model will combine the features and functionality of the Fire TV, Echo Dot, and will also have an IR emitter like the Harmony Hub, all into a single device. It is also expected to come with Alexa integrated into it, so that users will be able to access Alexa’s various skills and features from the device itself. No word on availability yet, but AFTVNews speculates that for pricing, the mid-range model could cost between $60-80, while the flagship model cost upwards of $100.
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