As with the Xboxes, there are two versions of the new console on offer — the regular edition, and the digital edition. The only major difference between the two appears to be that the standard version has a disc drive, allowing you to play physical copies of your games. You can read our full review of the console here. — PlayStation (@PlayStation) November 11, 2020 The PS5’s best feature, potentially, is that you can expand the storage with an M2 SSD....
There are times when a smartphone just won’t do. While its power and versatility are unquestionable, it’s created to be a device you can slip into your pocket. That’s obviously a huge part of its appeal, but sometimes, you need more. If you’ve got a couple kids screaming in the back seat and you need a video to quiet them down, you need more than a smartphone screen. If you’re trying to edit digital content or take a close look at images or video, a smartphone screen often isn’t enough....
Today, Rad Power Bikes announced the $1,699 RadRunner Plus, and it fixes almost all of my (few) complaints about the original. First things first: I love the new silver and brown colorway. I wasn’t a fan of the black and army-green colors on the original, and the lighter look should aid with night-time visibility as well. Also aiding in night-time visibility is a larger LED halo headlight. My favorite change is that the bike now comes with front suspension, which will make for a cushier ride in rough city streets, although I already found the chunky 20 x 3....
Earlier today, EV charging infrastructure tracker and locator Zap-Map announced that it had just logged the nation’s 20,000tht electric car charging device. — Zap-Map (@zap_map) October 28, 2020 The news comes as the UK closes in on getting its 35,000th individual connector. Over the past 30 days, Zap-Map has tracked 500 new devices being put online, which has made 894 more connectors available across the country. For the sake of clarity, a connector is an individual plug that you attach to an EV....
There are now more than 30,000 EV charging connectors located across the nation, according to a tweet from UK-based online vehicle charging point locator Zap-Map. — Zap Map (@zap_map) January 23, 2020 As of today, there are now 30,140 connectors spread across 10,753 locations, listed on Zap-Map. This means, on average, that there are just under two connectors per device, and between one and two devices per location. [Read: UK power grid won’t handle popularity of electric cars, say service operators] Trends show the recent growth in the UK EV charging network, particularly over the past 3 years, is a result of fast, rapid, and ultra-rapid charge points being installed....
Sure, these “thought experiments” are all in their heads. But that’s how it starts. First you don’t know whether the cat’s dead or alive and then a demon opens the box and we’re all in the Matrix. Unfortunately, there are only two ways to fight science and philosophy: Thus, we’ll arm ourselves with the collective knowledge of those who’ve gone before us (ahem, Google Scholar) and critique so snarky it could tank a Netflix Original....
No word of a lie. Do you have an iPad? If so, now’s the time to go and try and find the Calculator app. Keep on looking. Go on, try searching for it. Haven’t found it yet? Strange. Could it be there’s… no native iPad Calculator app? And it doesn’t look like this is going to change with iPadOS 14. At yesterday’s WWDC keynote, there were a lot of cool, new iPad features announced....
The financial sector, utilities sector, and real estate sector are widely known for their high dividend payouts. REITS, or real estate investment trusts, are even lawfully obliged to pay out a percentage of their profits to their shareholders. Dividends aren’t as pervasive among public tech companies, which tend to either invest their profits into further growth (research and development, marketing/sales) or to use stock buybacks to beef up their stock price instead....
It’s agile, fast-moving tech startups that have been leading the way by developing new solutions and features to help us adjust to this new reality. But, as different parts of the world begin opening up again, which trends will stick? How will these experiences change and shape our lives for the better? This year Techleap.nl kicked off its Rise program for up-and-coming Dutch scaleups, with the aim to help them continue maturing into the country’s next success stories....
According to a court case, a person with high level access to parts of the South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant placed mining machines at one of the plant’s administrative buildings and siphoned electricity from the local grid, RT reports. The mining network created by the individual was connected to the nuclear plant’s intranet. As a result, authorities believe the scheme has compromised the site’s security arrangements, which are considered a state secret....
Ask any sales expert about what ultimately secures long-term business relationships and they’ll tell you one of the biggest factors is building personal relationships. Of course, working your individual brand of interpersonal magic on a customer is a very intangible kind of alchemy. But did you know you could break down the sales process into seven distinct stages, then optimize your approach to each stage to land and keep more clients?...
Thankfully, I stumbled upon a paper featured by the Two Minute Papers YouTube channel over the weekend that aims to improve and colorize these videos. The model uses Temporal Neural Network to identify and correct defects such as flickers in vintage videos. [Read: Watch: AI developer upscales famous 1895 train scene to 4K at 60 FPS] Satoshi Iizuka and Edgar Simo-Serra, co-authors of the paper explain that the aim of the model is to perform multiple tasks such as noise removal and colorization to enhance the quality of these videos: To test their neural network’s mettle, researchers also compared how the model performs as compared to older models that aimed to colorize and restore vintage videos....
On April 1 (remember that date), EV home charger company Andersen announced its so-called Andersen-2-Invisible (A-2-I) charger. Thanks to built-in 4K mini screens, the charger is able to mimic the pattern of the wall behind it, blend in, and camouflage itself, much like a chameleon. Consumers need only upload a picture on the company’s Konnect+ app of the wall where they want the charger affixed prior to installation. They then turn the camouflage mode through the app and… voila!...
The phone is called the checks notes Credo Diamond Christmas Star iPhone 11 Pro. It’s part of a whole Credo collection, each marked with religious iconography. The Diamond Christmas star, which is an otherwise normal iPhone 11 Pro covered in 18-karat gold and a 3.05-karat diamond, is one of a kind (though it does come in Pro and Max styles). Underneath that Popsocket of a gemstone is a carved image of the nativity, with Mary and Joseph watching over the baby Jesus....
There are plenty of language learning apps out there, each attempting to make their case as the best way to learning another language. It’s always helpful to look at the reviews when you’re about to commit to hours and hours of work getting conversant in a new language. What others are saying Memrise has emerged as one of the most respected and best-reviewed methods out there for learning a new language online....
That’s right. Over the past couple of months, the social network has amplified — under the fitting name of Project Amplify — stories written by the firm to bolster its image. According to a report from the New York Times, after a meeting in January, Facebook took multiple steps to make the company look good. These included distancing Mark Zuckerberg from controversies, increasing its own ads, and reducing access to internal data for outsiders....
Think about other planetary challenges, like climate change or ozone layer depletion. Mature areas of research have developed around them, allowing scientists to identify where the gases that cause these problems come from, and how much reaches the atmosphere each year. But when it comes to plastic pollution, we know close to nothing about how and where plastic waste is generated, managed, treated, and disposed of, especially in low and middle-income countries....
Back in the early 90’s, if you were a hardcore gamer, then Capcom’s Street Fighter II was likely one of your games of choice. One of the elite fighting games of its generation, the game was a major factor in the revitalization of gaming after the 80’s boom and still stands as one of the most popular games of all time. Now, you can relive those arcade glory days or check it out for the first time with the incredibly cool Street Fighter II: Champion Edition X RepliCade from New Wave Toys, currently $20 off, just $99 from TNW Deals....
The developers of Foldit this week released a new puzzle called “Coronavirus Spike Protein Binder Design,” which would allow users to attempt to create an antiviral protein that will counteract the coronavirus’s spike protein. According to the puzzle’s description: [Read: Alibaba’s new AI system can detect coronavirus in seconds with 96% accuracy] There are two different “difficulty levels” within the puzzle. In the easier of the two, players fold an existing coronavirus binding protein....
What you need to know: The test fleet consists of custom-made Toyota Sienna vehicles, retrofitted with Aurora’s self-driving system, the Aurora Driver. The hybrid electric vehicles are built on Toyota’s specially designed “Sienna Autono-MaaS” (S-AM) platform, can go up to 96km/h, and rely on Aurora’s proprietary FirstLight LiDAR for safe driving at highway speeds. Aurora’s testing the fleet on highways and suburban streets in the Dallas-Fort-Worth area, with the operation including trips en route to an airport....
