Sci-tech
Search suggestion-like filters rolling out to all Google Play Store users
Facebook has developed an Android TV app, and the sole goal of it is to watch videos. Incentivized users, Google said, typically display lower retention rates and make fewer in-app purchases than other users acquired via paid or organic acquisition channels. [Full Article...]
SPOILERS: Zendaya and Angourie Rice's Spider-Man: Homecoming roles revealed
So it stands to reason that Spider-Man: Homecoming would get in on the act, with a frankly surreal clip. Today, the word is out about exactly who Michelle really is and today's Nerdist News will tell you why she's even more important to the story of Homecoming than we initially knew. [Full Article...]
Google Pixel XL 2 appears on GFXBench: Key specifications revealed
Add in the navigation bar and you arrive at 2,560x1,440 or QHD, the same resolution used in last year's Pixel XL. It is packing a 128 GB of internal storage, due to absence of the SD card port. Interestingly, the prototype model which underwent bench marking runs on Android Nougat 7.1.1. Speaking of the Google Pixel 2 price, Google's head of hardware Rick Osterloh hinted that the tech company ... [Full Article...]
Attackers named in London terror probe as PM under pressure
According to the reports, Zaghba was born in Fez, Morocco, and never lived for any extended period in Italy. Daesh claimed Saturday's attack in which Zaghba, Butt and Redouane drove a hired van into pedestrians on London Bridge at around 10 pm before stabbing people in the area around the nearby Borough Market . [Full Article...]
WWDC: Apple Enters Internet of Things Market with HomePod
Siri, a digital assistant that has been on Apple's iPhone since 2011, will be voice activated to respond to requests for information and other help around the house. These devices will only keep the most recent messages in local storage. It will use machine learning to turn your Live Photos into shareable looping images and select individual clips from the photo. [Full Article...]
Apple Introduces Amazon Rival: Siri Smart Speaker/Home Pod
The company is releasing a new version of its operating system for Macs. Interested users can watch the live stream of the event via the official Apple website . But it may also be a play to boost the profitable services business, which previous year generated revenue of more than $24bn - or 11% of total sales. [Full Article...]
Apple HomePod VS Amazon Echo: Which One Should You Buy
So Apple wants to combine the best of both worlds. It's no surprise that Apple has chosen to put music as the primary sell for HomePod , because without an actual serious investment in building out Siri as a platform - which Apple seems reticent to do - there's no way it can win from the home assistant angle. [Full Article...]
As Gulf tensions flare, reports of hacking pour in
Its English- and Arabic-language channels, websites and social media feeds were still operational at the time of publication. They also claim to had shut down their website temporarily "for security reasons" after hacking attempts. It comes amid a diplomatic crisis with Qatar , which other Arab states accuse of having ties with terrorism. As Al-Jazeera points out , permanently shuttering... [Full Article...]