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It's been 50 years since Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed in the Sea of Tranquillity and there are many commemorative events coming up to the anniversary on 21st July. As expected, NASA is celebrating and there's a whole raft of information and historical footage on a special Apollo 50th section of its website. I particularly like the mission audio
The FCC has rightfully denied China Mobile USA from operating in the United States in what I feel is absolutely the right decision. We are down to two more live shows in the studio. Still fighting a massive head cold here folks so I hope I am on the other side of this thing as it has been a long
When it comes to smart lighting, Philips Hue is the market leader (UK) with a range of bulbs, luminaires and accessories, plus a good app and comprehensive integration to other smart systems. On the other hand, Ikea's Tradfri is more basic but with the important benefit of being cheap and widely available in Ikea's stores. Inevitably, the question crops up...
Google shared details about what is new in Android Q. One of the best new features makes smartphones more accessible to people who are deaf or hard of hearing. The feature is called Live Caption. We are also seeing many firsts in software driven by on-device machine learning. One of these features is Live Caption. For 466 million deaf and
In a shocking article, Amazon's Treatment of Pregnant Women in their fulfillment centers appears to be rife with issues discriminating firings. This continues to put Amazon in a bad light considering they are already considered abusers of there workforce at least in my opinion. Only three more video shows from the studio here in Hawaii before I pack the whole
With just a week to go, OnePlus has kept up a steady stream of news for the upcoming OnePlus 7 Pro. Mostly using Pete Lau's Twitter, there's news on the screen, water resistance, UFS 3.1 storage and the camera's been busy with a few cover shoots too. In official press release news, it's been confirmed today that the 7
The UK Government's Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (aka Ministry of Fun) has announced plans to introduce new laws governing internet-connected devices, i.e. Internet of Things. Given that there have been some high-profile instances involving connected toys and cameras, this is welcome news. In a perfect world, users should be educated in the basics of IT security such
Several websites have reported that Facebook has banned a group of people who have broken the company's Community Standards. More specifically, those recently banned have broken the “Dangerous Individuals and Organizations” portion of Facebook's and Instagram's Community Standards. The “Dangerous Individuals and Organizations” policy states: “In an effort to prevent and disrupt real-world harm, we do not allow any organizations
At F8 2019, Mark Zuckerberg and other Facebook executives repeated a version of the phrase “the future is private”. Personally, that particular phrase is not one I would expect to hear from Facebook, given their multitude of privacy issues that somehow seem to keep happening. Facebook Newsroom has information about some upcoming “privacy-focused” changes to Facebook's products. Mark Zuckerberg opened
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