Friday, January 13, 2017

Honda and Google's Waymo discuss self-driving car tech plan and other top stories.

  • Honda and Google's Waymo discuss self-driving car tech plan

    Honda and Google's Waymo discuss self-driving car tech plan
    Honda R&D and Waymo are in discussion over self-driving car tech.Honda is in discussion with Google's autonomous vehicle division Waymo about integrating self-driving technology into Honda vehicles. Honda said the technical collaboration between researchers at its Honda R&D subsidiary and Waymo's self-driving technology team would allow both companies to learn about the integration of Waymo's fully self-driving sensors, software and computing platform into Honda vehicles.As part of the deal und..
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  • Barnes & Noble's New NOOK Tablet Contains ADUPS Malware

    Barnes & Noble's New NOOK Tablet Contains ADUPS Malware
    A writer for Linux Journal, Charles Fisher, has blasted the new Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet, model number BNTV450, for shipping with ADUPS software. This device has a temptingly low price of $50 and this might make it an affordable Christmas gift.
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  • Nokia shares fall on patent dispute with Apple

    Nokia shares fall on patent dispute with Apple
    By Jussi Rosendahl and Eric Auchard | HELSINKI/BELGRADE HELSINKI/BELGRADE Nokia (NOKIA.HE) shares fell more than 4 percent on Thursday as analysts warned a legal battle with Apple (AAPL.O) could delay for years royalty payments that are vital to shoring up the Finnish company's profits.Nokia's patent license contract with Apple expires at the end of the year. This week, both sides have taken legal action - with Nokia accusing Apple of violating some technology patents and Apple complaining o..
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  • Zuckerberg implies Facebook is a media company, just “not a traditional media company”

    Zuckerberg implies Facebook is a media company, just “not a traditional media company”
    Mark Zuckerberg gave new insights about how he sees Facebook’s role in informing the world today during a Live video one-on-one year-end chat with COO Sheryl Sandberg. Facebook’s CEO also lent support to employees trying to fight fake news today, though reports indicated some employees were dissatisfied by his initially tepid response to the issue. “Facebook is a new kind of platform. It’s not a traditional technology company,” he said today, mirroring his exact words from last week when Faceb..
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  • Uber pulls self-driving cars from California roads

    Uber pulls self-driving cars from California roads
    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Uber pulled its self-driving cars from California roads after state regulators moved to revoke their registrations, officials said Wednesday. The move comes after a week of talks between the ride-sharing company and state regulators failed. Hours after Uber launched the service in its hometown of San Francisco, the DMV threatened legal action if the company did not stop. The cars need the same special permit as the 20 other companies testing self-drivin..
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  • The highs and lows for Apple in 2016 video - CNET

    The highs and lows for Apple in 2016 video - CNET
    [MUSIC] Are you excited to see Santa? Me too, me too. [MUSIC] So lucky! [MUSIC] Me? [MUSIC] What's good? Brian Tong here and welcome to the Apple Byte. It's the end of the year. And it's the perfect time to talk about 2016 and really the highs and lows for Apple this year. Now, we're not trying to pile on, but we're gonna look at this objectively, so, follow along if you can take it. Now 2016 was the year where Apple truly lost its shine. If you've bee..
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  • The K10 tops LG's new budget range

    The K10 tops LG's new budget range
    LG's new K10. LG LG's new K range has dropped on us ahead of CES 2017 in Las Vegas, and rather than one phone to rule them all, the South Korean electronics giant has pulled out key features in line with the "original philosophy that all customers do not want the same things in a smartphone." At the tippy-top of that range is the K10. While the full lineup of midrange phones packs in useful (but increasingly ..
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  • Shortage of OLED-Making Machines Could Potentially Impact Production of 2017 iPhone

    Shortage of OLED-Making Machines Could Potentially Impact Production of 2017 iPhone
    Amid rumors suggesting Apple is planning on introducing at least one iPhone model with a flexible OLED display in 2017, Bloomberg has taken a closer look at Japanese company Canon Tokki, the corporation responsible for making the machines that will likely be used to create OLED displays for the iPhone. Canon Tokki is said to produce nearly all of the machines that make OLED Displays. Each ELVESS OLED machine is actually a vacuum production system that's 328 feet in length and is used to depos..
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  • Virtual reality, one year out: What went right, what didn't

    Virtual reality, one year out: What went right, what didn't
    After years of teases, tantalizing promises, and Kickstarter campaigns, virtual reality finally became actual reality in 2016, with VR’s mere existence thrusting the entire PC industry into glorious, wonderful turmoil. Despite being around for just a handful of months, virtual reality has already inspired totally new genres of computers, wormed its way deep into Windows, and sent the price of graphics cards plummeting. Not too shabby for VR’s first real year on the streets, though the imp..
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