Новости за 31.08.2017

Nest just sent out invites for a September 20th press conference at which the company says it will make a “big announcement.” Having just unveiled a new, more affordable smart thermostat, Nest clearly has some other products lined up for the fall. The invite makes reference to a couch and popcorn, suggesting that Nest might be preparing a new gadget meant for the living room, but offers no other hints as to what might be coming late next month.

A curious thing happened this morning: Formula E published a final list of the official team entries for the fourth season of the all-electric racing series, and Faraday Future was nowhere to be found. The electric car startup joined Formula E last summer as part of a multi-year commercial and technical contract with Dragon Racing, and raced all year with its criss-cross logo adorning the team’s cars. But, according to the series itself, season four will see the “return of the Dragon Racing name... Читать дальше...

Scientists have developed tiny, light-activated nanomachines that can drill into cancer cells and kill them within minutes.

Electronics giant Samsung is the latest company to get the go-ahead to test self-driving cars on California’s public roads.

A US District Court judge in California dismissed a class action lawsuit against Uber by a former Lyft driver over the company’s “Hell” program, which it allegedly used between 2014 and 2016 to track drivers of the rival service.

The SanDisk iXpand Base (a real product name that somehow survived to reach the market) is an iPhone charger with a nifty trick up its sleeve: it’ll back up your phone when you charge it (via Digital Photography Review).

India’s premier rocket failed to put a navigation satellite into orbit during a launch this morning, after some unknown malfunction prevented the satellite from leaving the vehicle.

The AI community has been abuzz today on Twitter after one of its own was elevated in an unusual fashion. Stanford University grad Alexandre Robicquet is a researcher in machine vision who works in the lab of Google X founder Sebastian Thrun. But he’s also helping front a new Yves Saint Laurent ad campaign, with his face — and profession — popping up in posters and photoshoots. Artificial intelligence? It’s so hot right now.

After a short hiatus, Motorola is bringing back the venerable Moto X. The new, fourth-generation Moto X, or Moto X4, is no longer the company’s flagship phone (that honor is reserved for the Moto Z2 lineup), but fills out the midrange in Motorola’s lineup. Highlight features of the Moto X4 include a new dual-camera setup and support for hands-free control of Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant. The X4 will be available in Europe starting in September for €399. It is expected to hit the US later this fall. Читать дальше...

Lenovo is making its Surface competitor a lot better this year. After slow iterating the Miix tablet from its Core M roots, the new Miix 520 will include Intel’s 8th generation quad-core i7 processor. It’s an addition that pushes its CPU performance past Microsoft’s new Surface Pro, alongside 8GB of RAM, 256GB of SSD storage, and a 12.2-inch 1920 x 1200 display. Lenovo also offers a USB-C port, the company’s own active pen support, and an optional 3D camera for capturing images.

Microsoft is fully unveiling its Windows Mixed Reality platform at IFA this week, and Lenovo is the latest headset maker to introduce its own device. We saw Lenovo’s headset back at CES, but now it’s officially called the Lenovo Explorer. While Lenovo hinted at “closer to $300” pricing earlier this year, the headset will debut at $349 without touch controllers, or $449 with the motion controllers. These mixed reality controllers are an essential part of the experience, and they work without sensors. Читать дальше...

Apple has sent out invites for its next big event on September 12th, where the company is expected to reveal the next iPhone, along with updates to the Apple Watch, Apple TV, and iOS.

Technics has announced it is reissuing its classic SP-10 as the Reference Class SP-10R, a model that parent company Panasonic is calling the brand’s “most premium analog, direct-drive turntable to date.”

In its first comment on the FCC’s proposed rollback of net neutrality rules, Apple called on the agency to keep “strong, enforceable open internet protections.”

Instagram is adding the ability for you to view Stories on desktop and mobile web so you can see the ephemeral posts on larger screens. Instead of the usual tap left or right to move between posts and stories, Instagram is adding arrows to help you navigate.

Marshall is a name best known for its high-powered guitar amps, but the company has been licensing its brand to Zound Industries to produce more consumer-focused headphones and speakers for years now under a separate (but also very well-regarded) Marshall Headphones brand. And at IFA 2017, those speakers are making the jump to multi-room audio with upgraded versions of three of the more popular models — the Acton, the Stanmore, and the Woburn.

Microsoft is launching its Mixer Create app on iOS and Android today, allowing gamers to steam mobile games. Both apps will support mobile gameplay streaming, but there are some restrictions on the iOS side. Any games can be streamed from Android (just like YouTube or Twitch currently support), and games will need to support Apple’s ReplayKit to enable streaming from an iPhone. That means not every iOS game will work, but titles like Star Trek Timelines, Goat Simulator, Into the Dead, and Modern Combat 5: Blackout will all be supported. Читать дальше...

A couple of years ago, Canadian production studio Redlab Digital optioned Charlie Human’s urban-fantasy novel Apocalypse Now Now, with District 9 writer Terri Tatchell signed on to adapt it. A proof-of-concept short for the film has just been released, and it looks bonkers, like Ghostbusters meets a twisted, darker version of Harry Potter.

DJI announced today at the IFA trade show that it’s updating the Mavic Pro drone with a new version called the Platinum. The refreshed quadcopter addresses two of the only notable shortcomings with last year's Mavic Pro: flight time and noise. The Mavic Pro Platinum now has a flight time of 30 minutes, and it's also 60 percent quieter than its predecessor, according to DJI. You can pre-order it today for $1,099 and it will ship in September.

Propel’s Star Wars drones wowed fans when they were first announced last year, and now the company is taking the next step in building out its drones with a new mobile app.

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Sony's new connected speaker, the LF-S50G, looks a lot like Apple’s HomePod. It works like a HomePod, too, except it relies on Google Assistant and not Siri. Sony compares its product to the Google Home and says it stands out in the home speaker market because of its sound quality, which make sense for Sony to say.

Sony has headphones for everyone. Seriously, they have neckbuds, earbuds, and over-the-ear headphones. The company is debuting three new models in the 1000X family at IFA in Berlin today to follow up on the success and positive reception of its noise-cancelling 1000X headphones. It's introducing the similarly-named wireless WF-1000X, the behind-the-neck WI-1000X, and the WH-1000XM2 headphones. All of these models feature noise cancellation, but that's most appealing to me on the wireless WF-1000X... Читать дальше...

Sony is today announcing the new Xperia XZ1 and XZ1 Compact smartphones, which replace the XZ and X Compact released a year ago. The main updates to the new phones are Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 835 processor and refined designs, which, in the case of the XZ1, include a full metal frame. In addition, the XZ1 pair will be among the first phones to launch with Android 8.0 Oreo already installed.

A new spambot called Onliner has been discovered which can bypass spam filters and target 711 million email addresses, as noted by ZDNet. Onliner is used to send the banking malware Ursnif to vulnerable Windows computers. The trojan then steals passwords, credit card details, and other personal information by tricking a user into open an attachment on the email which causes the malware to download, infecting the computer. The emails can been seen disguised as invoices from government bodies, hotel reservation details, and DHL notifications.