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Getting old is something that all of us cannot avoid, as nobody is able to beat Father Time. This also translates to our bodies being subject to the ravages of time, where our hair begins to turn white, crow’s feet appear around the eyes with the eyesight getting dim, our hearing not being what it used to be, and even our mental faculties begin to give way. It is a good thing then that technology has progressed thus far to be able to help make growing old easier, and the IngenioSpec smart eyewear is one such device.
This patent-protected smart eyewear technology will obviously target the seniors, where IngenioSpec figured out that current devices and services in the market which attempt to address some of these needs tend to be unwieldy and conspicuous. Not so with IngenioSpec’s integrated technology in this eyewear, where it arrives in a discreet yet stylish product that merges the ultimate in ease-of-use alongside compact, lightweight electronics.
After all, many seniors already do make use of eyewear every single day, so why not turn it into something smart? Seniors who live alone or might require additional help in getting around, or perhaps to keep in touch with loved ones will find this smart eyewear something that is worth checking out. It has a simple learning curve, where the waterproof eyewear charges automatically when placed naturally in its case, and all of the features can be accessed via the eyewear’s one-button interface.
A single tap of the button will call up its digital assistant via a language of your own preference, and you can then make calls to contacts, or perhaps obtain answers to questions such as “What’s the major news?”; “Have I walked enough today?”; and “How do I get home?”. Just in case the digital assistant is unable to help, there is the option to hook up to a live professional operator, now how about that?
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Vizio unveiled its new 2018 television lineup back in April, including its M-Series 4K HDR models and its P-Series Quantum 4K HDR Smart TV models. The company is back today with pricing details for the 65-inch 2018 P-Series television in particular, revealing that it will cost $2,099.99 USD. There’s a lot to like about this TV, not the least of … Continue reading
Google’s Chrome browser has flipped its security strategy today, no longer rewarding encrypted sites with a “Secure” label but instead flagging unencrypted ones to warn users. For the past two years, Chrome has highlighted which sites use encryption for personal data with a legend in the address bar. That has been a nudge to site owners to try to hurry … Continue reading
Today the Steam Chat system went live for the whole entire world, all at once. This system wasn’t necessarily built specifically to destroy any other system for chat – like Discord, for example – but it might well put a dent in their usership. For Steam games anyway. This system was in play in Beta mode for quite a while … Continue reading
Google hasn’t experienced any successful phishing attacks since early last year, the company has revealed, thanks to the company-wide use of physical security keys. These small USB devices, which resemble a thumb drive with a button on top, are a more secure alternative to two-factor authentication, which requires the user to authenticate a login attempt using a one-time code in … Continue reading
Uber grounded its entire fleet of self-driving cars after the fatal accident earlier this year in Arizona. It halted testing of its self-driving Volvo XC90 vehicles after the accident. Uber today announced that it’s putting these cars back on public roads in Pittsburgh but they will not be driven in autonomous mode. These cars will only be operated in manual mode.
Manual mode means that there’s going to be a human safety driver controlling the car at all times. Uber previously had safety drivers behind the wheel when the car was driving itself, like every other company that’s testing autonomous cars. Its cars will completely be driven by the human driver initially.
There’s going to be a second “Mission Specialist” in the passenger seat who will document notable events. The new safety standards that Uber has introduced following the accident include a real-time driver monitoring system to ensure that the driver behind the wheel is attentive at all times. If the system feels that the driver is inattentive it will give an audio alert to cue the driver.
It will even alert a remote monitor who will take appropriate action once the situation has been assessed. The built-in collision avoidance system will remain enabled even during manual driving. The cars will only be driven manually but the advanced sensors and LiDAR radar will remain operational so that Uber can update its HD maps of Pittsburgh.
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Apple recently refreshed its MacBook Pro lineup and the new models include a configuration with the Intel Core i9 processor. A YouTube video posted by tech reviewer Dave Lee last week suggested that perhaps the new MacBook Pro was facing throttling issues due to the design of the laptop. It was automatically throttling the speeds in order to prevent the machine from overheating. Apple has acknowledged the issue and confirmed that the issue can be fixed with a software update that’s rolling out later today.
It was revealed that the new MacBook Pro was running so hot that the 8th Gen Intel Core processors were being throttled down to its base speed. Apple has confirmed that this issue is caused by a software bug. It also said that “We apologize to any customer who has experienced less than optimal performance on their new systems.”
Apple tells The Verge that it discovered the issue after Lee’s video emerged. The results shown were not witnessed in Apple’s own testing. The further added that the throttling behavior was only exhibited under specific, highly intense workloads which is why this bug wasn’t picked up prior to the notebook’s release.
The issue was blamed on a “missing digital key” in the firmware which impacts the thermal management system and results in clock speeds being driven down under heavy thermal loads. The bug is present on both the 13 inch and 15 inch models of the new MacBook Pro on any Intel processor configuration.
It’s rolling out a fix for this issue in today’s High Sierra 10.13.6 Supplemental Update. The company says that the 15 inch MacBook Pro will be up to 70 percent faster while the 13 inch model with Touch Bar will be up to 2X faster as depicted in the performance results on its website.
New MacBook Pro Throttling Confirmed By Apple, Fix Incoming , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
Some of the most widely used web browsers already block autoplaying web audio. It can be a nuisance when you open a new tab and it immediately starts playing audio. The browsers offer users the ability to prevent that from happening. Firefox is joining that list of browsers as well since it has added an option to block autoplaying web audio.
The latest Nightly builds that Mozilla has released for Firefox come with a feature to prevent tabs from autoplaying audio. This is certainly going to make life much easier for users since they don’t have to worry about audio blasting through their speakers without warning.
The feature offers three options to users. They can either allow web audio autoplay for all websites, force the browser to ask for permission for each website (the audio won’t play until permission is granted) or block autoplaying audio for any and all websites.
Since this is a Nightly release, there’s bound to be bugs in this version of Firefox. It’s going to be a couple of weeks at the very least before this feature makes it to the beta build. So it’s going to be a wait of over a month, if not more, for users of the stable Firefox version.
We are adding the ability to block and configure autoplaying videos with sound in Firefox, can check it out in @FirefoxNightly today (comments welcome) pic.twitter.com/k9K9hQC9Ye
— Dale Harvey (@daleharvey) July 21, 2018
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