Sci-tech
Rex Tillerson calls on Arab nations to ease blockade on Qatar
The developments intensified a confrontation between tiny-but-wealthy Qatar and a group of Arab nations led by Saudi Arabia and Egypt that accuse it of fomenting instability. Tillerson also said that the isolation of Qatar - forward headquarters of U.S. Central Command - did in fact hinder the U.S.' mission against ISIS in the region despite the fact that Defense Secretary James Mattis said... [Full Article...]
Apple Unveils New Siri-Enabled Speaker Called HomePod
Apple is updating its smartwatch to give it more "smarts" using the Siri digital assistant . "We want to reinvent home music", said Tim Cook , Apple chief executive, in rolling out HomePod . Whereas the Echo and Home are pitched as entry points for a whole ecosystem of artificially intelligent, voice-powered services and devices, the HomePod is being pitched as a high-quality m... [Full Article...]
5 iOS 11 Features That Will Make Your Life Much Easier
Apple has officially unveiled iOS 11 , its latest update to the operating system for iPhone and iPad. Siri is way more intelligent in iOS 11 with added features like translation. Hence, the categories tab has been broken into two - Games and Apps, which is further subdivided by categories. So what will be allowed while driving in this mode? That suggests that the new Core NFC framewo... [Full Article...]
Apple Announces Smart Home Audio Speaker HomePod
Some industry insiders, however, note that Apple will be under more pressure to improve the computing smarts of its Siri software in the face of offerings from rivals Google and Amazon . Like the Amazon Echo , Apple HomePod is a speaker that has a voice-controlled digital assistant built in. Apple was a bit more coy about the features that will set HomePod apart from its competitio... [Full Article...]
The iOS App Store is being overhauled
The screen is brighter and more intelligent at displaying colours and white balance arrays than previous iPads. The new 120Hz refresh rate is a further bonus, making for silky-smooth apps and videos. Apart from tweaking Siri's voice to sound a bit more natural, it has also added a male voice. This is a laptop-class processorThe kind of performance that Apple has managed to cram into the A1... [Full Article...]
Apple finally reveals its Siri-powered Amazon Echo killer
Apple sought to position the HomePod as an extension of its musical heritage, with the device's name a play on the original iPod music player. The speaker will ship in December in the U.S., United Kingdom and Australia, and will be available in additional markets next year. [Full Article...]
After Comey accuses Trump of lying, President calls him a 'leaker'
The former Federal Bureau of Investigation boss remained largely composed throughout nearly three hours of testimony but became impassioned when delivering his opening remarks. "I have no idea" if a taping system exists, White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Thursday. "It's a great question", Comey replied. [Full Article...]
NASA's first mission to 'touch the sun'
NASA renamed the Solar Probe Plus spacecraft - the first ever mission to a star - after Parker during the event. Parker is the S. Chandrasekhar Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Chicago . [Full Article...]