Monday 13 February 2017

The Morning After: The ultimate NES?

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It's Monday, February 13, 2017.

Hey, good morning!

It’s Monday, and over the weekend Intel says its chips are getting (predictably) better, although not to a revolutionarily degree. We play with the ultimate (if unofficial) NES, and see a streaming-only album win a Grammy.

The ultimate NES comes with an appropriate price tag.

The Analogue Nt Mini wants to be the last NES you'll ever buy

Trying to play an NES cartridge on Nintendo's original, 30-year-old hardware can be an exercise in frustration. The console's ancient composite cables offer terrible image quality on modern televisions, and getting games to actually run is a ballet of resetting, jostling and, of course, blowing on game cartridges. While Nintendo's own NES Classic Edition and the Wii U and 3DS virtual consoles offer refuge for the casual gamer's nostalgic yearnings, collectors looking for a more authentic experience have had to compromise. Is it better to play on the original, but unreliable, hardware, or an NES clone plagued with compatibility issues? Sean Buckley says that with the Analogue Nt Mini, you may not have to tolerate either.

They’ll still be better.

Intel's 8th-gen Core processors won't be revolutionary

Intel has revealed that its 8th-generation Core processors, due in the second half of 2017 will be built on a 14-nanometer process for the fourth time in a row. The company is shy on what these new chips will entail, but it's claiming that it'll manage another 15 percent performance improvement -- in tests at least -- like it did with the 7th-generation Core designs you see now.

Real-time weather reports from tiny drones.

NASA’s tiny airborne probes could help improve weather forecasts

It’s not easy to gather airborne weather data beyond major airports. Airliners have had a sophisticated probe system (TAMDAR Edge) for over a dozen years, but that doesn't help much in those remote areas where you may only see smaller airplanes or drones. NASA is close to covering this gap. It recently started test-flying a relatively tiny, lightweight version of TAMDAR Edge aboard an Ikhana drone. The tech promises real-time weather data on virtually any aircraft, filling in local atmospheric conditions even in barren places like the Arctic.

Bigger courses and faster drones

Drone Racing League lands a title sponsor for the 2017 season

It doesn't have the cachet of something like the Winston Cup (yet), but the Drone Racing League says its 2017 campaign will be called the Allianz World Championship Series. In another move cribbed from traditional motorsports, the drone pilots will have sponsors too. This season is airing on TV again with 12 hour long episodes that will come to ESPN/ESPN2. Those identical DRL Racer 2 drones will fly through 3D courses at more than 90mph, with the league promising bigger courses and faster drones this season.

But wait, there's more...

1. Chance the Rapper wins the first Grammy for a streaming-only album

2. 'Splatoon 2' preview arrives on Nintendo Switch in March

3. Liquid battery could last for over 10 years

4. After Math: Baby come back

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Friday 10 February 2017

E-Commerce Minute

E-Commerce Minute: Friday -- February 10, 2017

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Twitter Investors Bail Following Bleak Q4
Can Former Amazon Fire TV Exec Save Apple TV From Itself?
Quip Adds Serious Muscle

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Twitter Investors Bail Following Bleak Q4

Twitter's share price plunged 12.3 percent, closing Thursday at $16.41
after the company released its Q4 2016 financial report. It fell further
on Friday, trading at $15.54 mid-day. On the bright side, daily active
usage grew for the third consecutive quarter and strong growth is
expected to continue, the company said. Active monthly users in Q4
totaled 319 million, up 4 percent year over year.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84296.html

Can Former Amazon Fire TV Exec Save Apple TV From Itself?

Apple has hired Tim Twerdahl, the former head of Amazon's Fire TV unit,
in an effort to revive its struggling Apple TV business, which has been
losing market share to rival streaming content services. Twerdahl
reportedly joined Apple this month as VP in charge of product marketing
for Apple TV, and the company shifted the unit's former head to a post
responsible for negotiating content deals.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84293.html

Quip Adds Serious Muscle

Salesforce has announced new integrations for Quip, the collaboration
startup it acquired last summer for $582 million. Quip, which operates
independently, also added new capabilities to its product's existing
feature set, which includes smart notifications, chat built into every
document and spreadsheet, and a smart inbox. Quip lets users direct-
message group members.
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The Morning After: Samsung's new 4K TVs start at $2,500

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It's Friday, February 10, 2017.

Hey, good morning!

Welcome to the end of the week. Read how the new FCC chairman is already making moves when it comes to net neutrality and cable TV reform, Samsung’s new (expensive) 4K TVs and how hundreds of thousands of artworks are free online, courtesy of the Met. Oh and the secret to dancing is that it’s all in the hips. Science says so.

Net neutrality, you in danger girl

A summary of Ajit Pai's first two weeks as head of the FCC

The new FCC chairman has been quite busy. He’s allocated $170 million in federal funding to cable companies to build out broadband infrastructure in New York State, suppressed a project to reform the cable box market and decided to let mobile carriers keep “zero-rating” certain content.

Cirrostratus

The future of STEM education is cloudy under Betsy DeVos

Senator Al Franken says that our newly-confirmed secretary of education “has a long history of dangerously anti-science views and has deep connections with anti-science organizations.” That background, plus a lack of experience, has many people concerned about the future of science education in the US.

Fakers gonna fake fake fake.

LG wins $168 million lawsuit against knockoff headphone makers

Last year LG filed a $200 million lawsuit against companies producing counterfeit versions of its wraparound Tone headsets. Now, the presiding judge has spoken. While the amount the company was awarded wasn't as high as it asked for, $168 million for damages plus court costs and interest isn't anything to sneeze at. LG says it will continue to pursue "those who choose to make and peddle counterfeits, knockoffs and look-alikes."

Build amazing multiplayer games for just $39.

Big, new 4K TVs don’t come cheap.

Samsung's QLED 4K TVs will start at $2,500

Samsung is now taking pre-orders for its Q7 and Q8 sets, starting at $2,500 for thee 55-inch, non-curved model. In case that's not big enough, you could shell out $6,000 for a 75-inch Q7 or $4,500 for the curved Q8. What's missing from this list is the flagship Q9 panels, which Samsung still hasn't revealed pricing for. Expect it to be more expensive.

So much high-res artwork.

Use 375,000 images from the Met however you want, for free

The Met has put up 375,000 public-domain artwork images online for free, unrestricted use. The new "Open Access" policy, based on Creative Commons Zero (CC0), means bloggers, schools and businesses alike can use them without even the need for attribution. "Increasing access to the Museum's collection and scholarship serves the interests and needs of our 21st-century audiences," said Met CEO Thomas P. Campbell

Buh-bye boxy wagons

Volvo melds technology and luxury in its XC90 T8 hybrid

You might buy a Volvo because you were practical and possibly a bit paranoid about other drivers slamming into you. But the Swedish automaker has been working hard to make its cars not only safe but also stylish and high-tech. That work has culminated in its hybrid XC90 T8 luxury SUV. Roberto Baldwin says it combines style, technology and safety into a package that you would have never expected from the Swedish automaker a few decades ago.

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