Friday 31 August 2018

The Morning After: iPhone XS leaks and Mattel's pet dinosaur robot

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It's Friday, August 31, 2018.

Hey, good morning! You look fabulous.

Just as we were updating our travel plans for Apple’s big iPhone reveal, a timely leak showed off a few of its new devices. Also, we have even more news from IFA 2018 to pore over, and notable developments from California’s lawmakers on the environment and net neutrality.

Shot.

Apple will reveal its new iPhones on September 12th

Reports have long suggested that Apple has been working on a trio of new iPhones for 2018, and now we know when we'll actually get to see them. The company just sent out invites for an event on September 12 at its massive spaceship of a campus in Cupertino -- one year to the day from last year's event, no less -- and one thing is already clear. It's going to be a very busy morning.

Chaser.

iPhone XS, Apple Watch Series 4 images leak out

Shortly after the invites rolled out, 9to5Mac posted images purporting to show a new ‘iPhone XS’ with an OLED screen that will be available in 5.8- and 6.5-inch sizes and offer the option of a gold finish. Another image showed off what appears to be the Apple Watch Series 4 with an edge-to-edge display and redesigned watch face with space for up to eight complications.

IFA 2018

Lenovo's new Yoga Book replaces the keyboard with an e-ink screen

This new Yoga Book C930 replaces last year’s touch-sensitive panel with an e-ink display. While it can pretend to be a keyboard, it can also serve as a sketch pad or even a low-power e-reader. As far as more traditional laptops, Lenovo also has a compelling MacBook Pro alternative in its ThinkPad X1 Extreme, while a refocused Yoga line of laptops includes more than just convertible notebooks.

Here's the 2018 essential VPN buyer's guide

A playground for nerds and forward-thinking curators.

The weird, wild and expensive world of blockchain art

You'd be forgiven for thinking that this crypto madness ended when the bitcoin price plummeted more than 70 percent this year, but it's not that simple. The Hyperion card and the Elon Musk "Crypto Celebrity" are both examples of a type of product we'll call digital assets. Popular assets run the gamut from cards to memes to artwork, but far more complex things are possible with smart contracts, such as music and movie files hosted on blockchain and even full-on operating systems -- the latter being mostly theoretical right now or in early test stages.

So many pixels, so little native 8K content.

Samsung's 8K QLED TV looks great, but who needs it?

On the other hand, who doesn’t?

And they said Xbox doesn’t have exclusives.

Dolby Vision HDR is ready for testing on Xbox One

Microsoft promised Dolby Vision HDR support for the Xbox One, and now, Alpha testers with an Xbox One S or Xbox One X (and a compatible 4K TV) can try it out with Netflix streaming.

Anything you can do, I can do better.

LG shows off an 8K OLED and a huge MicroLED TV

Oh, Samsung has an 85-inch 8K TV? Well LG has an 88-inch, and it’s OLED. 146-inch MicroLED Wall TV? Boom, LG has one too, and it’s 173-inches. The competition never takes a day off at IFA.

But wait, there's more...

1. Google's $50 Titan security keys are now available in the US

2. IFA 2018: Sony's excellent high-end headphones get a custom noise-canceling chip

3. California's net neutrality bill is a step closer to becoming law

4. IFA 2018: Huawei's Honor Magic 2 is bringing the slider phone back

5. New Horizons snags image of distant Kuiper Belt target a month early

6. Mattel's new robot is a pet dinosaur that won't try to eat you

7. Bird, Lime, Uber and Lyft strike out on SF scooter permits

8. California lawmakers pass bill to phase out fossil fuels by 2045

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Thursday 30 August 2018

Editor's Pick: Human Rights Groups Amplify Call for 'Killer Robot' Ban

Human Rights Groups Amplify Call for 'Killer Robot' Ban

Peter Suciu Aug 30, 2018 5:00 AM PT
	Leaders from Human Rights Watch and Harvard Law School's International Human Rights Clinic last week issued a dire warning that nations around the world haven't been doing enough to ban the development of autonomous weapons -- so-called "killer robots." The groups issued a joint report that calls for a complete ban on these systems before it becomes too late to act. [More...]

More Picks:

When Unlimited Wireless Data Is Not Really Unlimited
Verizon Wireless made a big mistake last week. Like it does with all users who go above their wireless data thresholds, it slowed the wireless data connection to firefighters battling blazes on the West Coast. Errors such as this are becoming a growing problem as we depend more on smartphones and wireless service. I was caught in an awkward position with wireless service myself last week. [More...]

Is Weak Data Integrity Killing Your CRM?
American companies spend an enormous amount of money on training. Spending reached more than $90 billion in 2017, an increase of over 32 percent from 2016. It's unlikely that even a small share of the billions spent on training last year were devoted to educating and motivating employees to regularly and accurately input data into a company's CRM. Maybe it should have been. [More...]

Google Gives Vets New Job Search, Business Promotion Tools
Google has announced several new online tools designed to help former members of the military find jobs or attract new customers to their businesses. One tool allows vets to type in the search term "jobs for veterans" followed by specific military job codes to see civilian jobs with skill requirements that match their service experience. Another tool identifies businesses as veteran owned or led. [More...]

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Trio of New iPhones Expected in September
What If Electric Cars Fail Again?

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Human Rights Groups Amplify Call for 'Killer Robot' Ban

Leaders from Human Rights Watch and Harvard Law School's International
Human Rights Clinic last week issued a dire warning that nations around
the world haven't been doing enough to ban the development of autonomous
weapons -- so-called "killer robots." The groups issued a joint report
that calls for a complete ban on these systems before it becomes too
late to act.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85541.html

Google Gives Vets New Job Search, Business Promotion Tools

Google has announced several new online tools designed to help former
members of the military find jobs or attract new customers to their
businesses. One tool allows vets to type in the search term "jobs for
veterans" followed by specific military job codes to see civilian jobs
with skill requirements that match their service experience. Another
tool identifies businesses as veteran owned or led.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85538.html

Trio of New iPhones Expected in September

Apple will release three new iPhones in September, according to a Monday
report citing unnamed knowledgeable sources about the company's plans.
Although all the phones will have edge-to-edge displays, like the iPhone
X, only two reportedly will have OLED screens. Some Apple insiders have
been referring to 2018 as an "S" year. Most of the phone's significant
changes will be on the inside.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85534.html

What If Electric Cars Fail Again?

If Tesla should go under, it would set back the electric car industry a
decade or more. Early in the last century, electric, steam and gas all
competed for the automotive industry, resulting in far more advancements
in gas cars than electric over the decades. Thankfully, no one has
brought back steam. Some recent breakthroughs actually could make gas
cars more efficient than many electrics.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85529.html

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