Sci-tech
Inventories Swoon, Oil Prices Spike
Dozens of American producers fell into bankruptcy and countless oil workers lost jobs. Prices are expected to stay above $50 a barrel. Oil companies are discovering that they can pump oil profitably from shale hotbeds, especially the Permian Basin of West Texas, profitably at even today's prices of $50 a barrel. [Full Article...]
Trump cabinet officials propagate soft climate denial on the Sunday shows
David Ige signed Senate Bill 559 , "which expands strategies and mechanisms to reduce greenhouse gas emissions statewide in alignment with the principles and goals adopted in the Paris agreement ". vocal and enthusiastic support, said William K. Reilly, a former chief of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, who is not involved in the alliances. [Full Article...]
Apple WWDC 2017 Conference Revealed New iMac Models With Intel Kaby Lake
Apple's all-in-one iMac has gone Pro with powerful new processors and graphics created to meet the needs of professional users. Fusion Drives are now standard on all 27-inch configurations and the top-end 21.5-inch iMac . Though sales have seemingly been healthy, Apple's MacBook Pro with the Touch Bar was a controversial product from the get-go and elicited no shortage of backlash from bot... [Full Article...]
Apple WWDC 2017 Announcement Round-up: The HomePod, Augmented Reality and iOS 11
And it's not just your local files; the app will integrate cloud services like Dropbox, Google Drive and Box. People with devices running Apple iOS 10.3 can head to Settings, General, About, and Applications to see all of the apps and games on their phone. [Full Article...]
Rebellion announces new IP Strange Brigade
Strange Brigade's logo is reminiscent of the Sniper Elite badge but it appears this is a separate title. Rebellion has announced a very British supernatural co-op shooter titled Strange Brigade . We're guessing it plays a lot like Zombie Army Trilogy but with more enemy variety, more colour and simply more fun. You can check out a trailer, above. [Full Article...]
Apple Hopes To Reinvent Home Audio With Its New Device
But the firms appear to have buried the hatchet a little. The Siri watch face uses machine learning and goes on to determine the information most useful to the user of the watch. For example, the tech giant unveiled iOS 11 , which has some pretty neat features - users will now be able to "drag and drop" text and other items between apps. [Full Article...]
Apple looks to be launching a Files app in iOS 11
In urgent situations, recipients of that message will be able to reply with the word urgent in order to push a message through. Do Not Disturb While Driving detects when users are behind the wheel and stops notifications and sends automatic replies to texts, while Apple Maps now offers indoor mapping of airports and shopping malls. [Full Article...]