Tesla arguably makes the most technologically advanced car on earth — it runs on electricity, is permanently connected to the Internet and can upgrade how it accelerates through a software download. … [Read more...]
17 Killed When Afgan Military Helicopter Crashes
An Afghan military helicopter crashed in a remote region of the southern Zabul province on Thursday, killing 17 people on board — 12 soldiers and five crew members, officials said. President Ashraf Ghani offered his condolences to the families of those killed, while the Taliban claimed they had shot down the aircraft. … [Read more...]
Apple Does Not Want to Be a Mobile Service Provider
Apple, the world’s most profitable mobile phone maker, has denied working on a plan to market communications services directly to consumers and bypass the telecom companies on which it has long relied to sell its products. … [Read more...]
Should Consumers Worry About Windows 10 “Vague” Privacy Policy?
Microsoft is betting on Windows 10 to even out the playing field that Google and Apple are currently dominating. Microsoft has ensured that the latest (and rumored to be last) operating system it will ever come out with is as far removed from Windows 8 as possible. … [Read more...]
Gary Hunt Makes a Big Splash and Dives From 9 Stories Up
Eighty-eight feet is a long way down and, yet, some extreme divers take the plunge. Gary Hunt, 31, of Great Britain, took the top title at the FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia, diving off the equivalent height of a nine-story building into the Kazanka River below. … [Read more...]
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi Predicts Flood-linked Vote Tampering
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi expressed concern Thursday that massive flooding in much of the country might be used as a pretext to undermine November's general election. … [Read more...]
Microsoft’s Bug Bounty Program – the Race Is On
Microsoft is using Black Hat as a springboard to unveil a new, revised approach to bug bounties. With the launch of Microsoft's latest operating system, the race is on to discover overlooked bugs and security flaws which could place users at risk. … [Read more...]
Asus ZenFone Max Is Big on Battery
When listing a phone's specifications, we don't usually start with the battery, but we'll make an exception in the case of Asus's new ZenFone Max. The 5.5-inch smartphone has an enormous 5,000 milliamp-hour (mAh) battery — a huge capacity compared with the likes of the Samsung Galaxy S6, which comes with a 2,550 mAh battery, or the iPhone 6 Plus, which has a 2,915 mAh battery. … [Read more...]