Sep 04
Las Vegas, New Mexico has seen rainstorms wash charred debris and ash into its drinking water supplies this year.
Sep 04
For the first time ever, there are more iPhones in use in the US than any other type of smartphone. Citing data from analytics firm Counterpoint Research, the Financial Times reports the iPhone overtook the entire Android ecosystem in June to claim 50 percent of US market share. In doing so, Apple achieved its highest-ever share of the American smartphone market. Apple achieved the feat on the back of the iPhone’s “active installed base,” a metric that takes into account all the people who are using an iOS device after purchasing one used.
In the early days of the iPhone, iOS (then known as iPhone OS) never had anywhere near 50 percent market share. At that time, companies like Blackberry, Nokia and Motorola dominated the smartphone space. By 2010, two years after its debut, Android overtook iOS to claim the larger install base. Ever since then, Google’s mobile operating system has been the dominant force in the global smartphone market, claiming more than 70 percent market share as of 2022, according to Statcounter.
Google probably has nothing to worry about. After all, the iPhone has always had an outsized presence in the US compared to other markets. Still, the company is likely looking at the situation closely. “This is a big milestone that we could see replicated in other affluent countries across the globe,” Jeff Fieldhack, Counterpoint’s research director, told The Times. To that point, Apple dominated the premium smartphone market in Q2 2022, with the iPhone representing 57 percent of all sales in the segment and shows no signs of slowing down.
Sep 04
NASA’s Megarocket Will Head Back to Garage After Second Failed Launch Attempt
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A serious and unmanageable hydrogen leak prevented NASA from launching its SLS rocket on Saturday. Teams continue to evaluate the reason for the second failed launch attempt, but NASA says the rocket will have to return to the Vehicle Assembly Building to undergo safety checks.
Sep 04
Nirvana Wins ‘Nevermind’ Lawsuit Against Man Shown On Cover As Nude 4-Month-Old
Posted in: Today's ChiliSpencer Elden had initially filed a suit in August 2021 accusing Kurt Cobain’s estate and the album photographer of child sex trafficking.
Sep 03
The demand for the Ford F-150 Lightning started on a high note with the car company closing pre-reservation orders after it was overwhelmed by the demands.
Sep 03
Indonesian Dolphins Released Into Open Seas After Years Of Resort Hotel Captivity
Posted in: Today's ChiliThree bottlenoses — Johnny, Rocky and Rambo — were rescued from a tiny pool where they had entertained tourists.
Sep 03
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized the usage of a COVID-19 booster vaccine dosage made by Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech.
Sep 03
Samsun Samsung brought its recently unveiled Odyssey Ark PC monitor to IFA 2022 and shocked onlookers aplenty.
Sep 03
On Thursday morning, Moscow’s busy Fili district became the site of a traffic jam unlike any before it. Motherboard (via The Verge) reports hackers used Russia’s Yandex Taxi ride-hailing app to order dozens of drivers to coverage on Kutuzovsky Prospekt, one of the city’s main thoroughfares. The act caused traffic on part of the already congested street to come to a standstill for about 40 minutes while Yandex worked to address the situation.
“On the morning of September 1st, Yandex Taxi encountered an attempt by attackers to disrupt the service — several dozen drivers received bulk orders to the Fili district of Moscow,” a Yandex spokesperson told Motherboard. In a separate statement shared with Russia’s state-owned TASS news agency, Yandex said it reworked its routing algorithm following the attack to prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future. The event is one of the first known instances of hackers exploiting a ride-hailing app to create a traffic jam.
Someone hacked #YandexTaxi and ordered all available taxis to Kutuzov Prospect in Moscow
Now there is a huge traffic jam with taxis.
It‘s like James Bond movie. pic.twitter.com/IatuAEtA2i
— Russian Market (@runews) September 1, 2022
Several Twitter accounts claiming affiliation with Anonymous say the hacktivist collective is behind the incident. On Friday, one Anonymous account said the group worked with the IT Army of Ukraine, a volunteer organization formed at the start of the war, to carry out the attack.
Anonymous previously claimed responsibility for a cyberattack that took down multiple Russian government websites, including those belonging to the Kremlin and the Ministry of Defence. “Faced with this series of attacks that Ukraine has been suffering from the Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, we could not help but support the Ukrainian people,” the group said at the time.
Sep 03
‘The Osbournes’ Will Return In British Revival On BBC: ‘Same Laughter, Love And Tears’
Posted in: Today's ChiliMillennials might remember the family’s MTV reality series from the early 2000s. The BBC series will be filmed at the 350-acre Osbourne estate in England.
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