Thursday, July 7, 2016

Driverless cars could improve safety, but impact on jobs, transit questioned and other top stories.

  • Driverless cars could improve safety, but impact on jobs, transit questioned

    Driverless cars could improve safety, but impact on jobs, transit questioned
    If you are battling traffic, teaching a teen how to make a left-hand turn or worrying over the driving skills of an elderly relative, a driverless car may seem like a marvelous thing.Cars are being tested by companies like Delphi and Google that are capable of sensing the environment and navigating without human input, and transportation experts expect that we will start seeing them on the market in the next five years. Newer cars already have early versions of driverless technology, such as a ..
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  • HTC Nexus M1 'Marlin' Makes Appearance On Geekbench Revealing Specs And Hardware Details

    HTC Nexus M1 'Marlin' Makes Appearance On Geekbench Revealing Specs And Hardware Details
    A next-generation Nexus smartphone built by HTC has been spotted. The HTC Nexus M1 "Marlin" was run through Geekbench.  ( Geekbench ) Google and HTC will once again partner up for two brand-new Nexus smartphones in the fall. One of those handsets has just made an appearance on Geekbench, revealing many of its key specs and hardware. Google officially entered the smartphone race with its own Android handset, the Nexus One, in 2010 and the company partnered with the same manufactur..
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  • Apple releases 4 new emoji sticker packs for iOS 10 beta users

    Apple releases 4 new emoji sticker packs for iOS 10 beta users
    Apple recently revealed that its upcoming iOS 10 update holds some good news for emoji lovers: The iPhone's pictograph palette will soon be more extensive than ever. The Cupertino company gave a clearer picture of what that new emoji-verse will look like this weekend with the release of four new animated sticker packs for those testing the beta version of the operating system. Like Facebook Messenger, Apple's latest software allows third-party developers to add specially designed emoji or gif p..
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  • Second man pleads guilty to hacking entertainment celebs

    Second man pleads guilty to hacking entertainment celebs
    A second man has pleaded guilty to using a phishing scheme to get access to private and sensitive videos and photographs of people in the entertainment industry in Los Angeles. Edward Majerczyk, 28, a resident of Chicago and Orland Park, Illinois, has admitted in a plea agreement entered in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California that between Nov. 23, 2013 through August 2014, he had engaged in a phishing scheme to obtain usernames and passwords from his victims, ac..
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  • US Senate Will Not Issue BlackBerrys To Staffers As BlackBerry Decides To Discontinue BlackBerry 10 OS Devices

    US Senate Will Not Issue BlackBerrys To Staffers As BlackBerry Decides To Discontinue BlackBerry 10 OS Devices
    The U.S. Senate's love affair with BlackBerry devices is coming to an end. But BlackBerry's ambition of restoring its glory hasn't died out just yet.  ( BlackBerry ) It's a major blow, but BlackBerry isn't about to dump all of its BlackBerry 10 devices as was asserted in an email to government employees. The U.S. Senate will no longer use BlackBerry devices, but people will still be able to buy the Q10 and other BlackBerry 10 handsets. A message sent on Wednesday to chief clerks..
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  • Microsoft Windows 10 Upgrade Notification Going Full Screen So It's Even Harder To Ignore

    Microsoft Windows 10 Upgrade Notification Going Full Screen So It's Even Harder To Ignore
    Microsoft has offered a full year of free upgrades to Windows 10, but that's coming to an end on July 29. To remind you that the offer expires soon, the company is now pushing full-screen Windows 10 upgrade notifications to get your attention.  ( Microsoft ) If you thought Microsoft's Windows 10 upgrade notifications were annoying so far, think again. Those upgrade prompts are now going full-screen to make sure you can't ignore them. Microsoft has been aggressive with its Windows..
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  • 'Skullgirls' is coming to mobile with a role-playing twist

    'Skullgirls' is coming to mobile with a role-playing twist
    The title is only slated to arrive sometime before the end of the year, but you can apply to get into the closed beta right now. You'll probably want a fairly high-end device, though, as Skullgirls mobile reportedly needs a "little extra moxie" to run smoothly. The big question: how much will it cost to play? Here's hoping the collectible element doesn't mean a heavy dependence on in-app purchases. While Skullgirls has built up a good reputation over the years, it won't be so much fun if you ha..
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  • VW Rejects Cash Offer For European Car Owners

    VW Rejects Cash Offer For European Car Owners
    Updated July 3, 2016 3:18 p.m. ET BERLIN—The day Volkswagen AG VLKAY 3.40 % ’s lawyers were in court sealing a historic $15 billion settlement to resolve its emissions scandal in the U.S., Chief Executive Matthias Müller went to Brussels to try to defuse a potential flare up with the European Commission over demands that the German car maker also offer generous compensation for nearly nine million European customers. During the meeting on Thursday with Elzbieta Bienkowsk..
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