Friday 12 May 2017

The Morning After: Windows and Linux, together forever?

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It's Friday, May 12, 2017.

Hey, good morning! You look fabulous.

Welcome to the end of the week. Microsoft’s second day of its annual conference was a more interesting one.It’s trying to bridge your PC and phone, and we get to see what’s next for Windows 10. Meanwhile, a Russian blogger was given a suspended jail sentence for playing Pokémon Go in a church. We also unveil The Engadget Experience, an event coming this November, aimed at exploring a new creative revolution, involving virtual reality, augmented reality and everything in between.

More new features than the last big update.

Windows 10’s next Creators Update arrives this fall

Microsoft just rolled out a big update for Windows 10, but there’s another one on the way later this year. Read on to find out more details, but we’re expecting to see the debut of Fluent Design System (aka Project Neon) and a OneDrive Files On-Demand setup that blurs the line between cloud and local storage. There’s also Microsoft Graph and, oh yeah, Linux in the Windows Store.

A timeline of everything you've done on your PC, with wireless copy and paste thrown in.

Microsoft Graph bridges the gap between Windows and your phone

Microsoft's push into being the connective glue between all of your devices is realized in Graph. The aim is to make all things Microsoft work seamlessly, whether you're on an iPhone, an Android device or a Windows PC. Timeline will keep a record of everything you’ve done on your PC, whether that involves apps, files or websites. Clipboard will let you copy and paste from PC to your smartphone keyboard, while Cortana will offer up suggestions when you log off your PC and unlock your phone.

Welcome to Fluent Design System

Microsoft's five design rules that will push Windows 'beyond mere rectangles'

As Microsoft gets ready to stretch across devices and beyond screens, it’s nudging software developers to think in new ways. To that end, it has established a set of rules for its new Fluent Design System that will help overhaul the old flat-rectangle interface we’ve seen before. So far, it’s mostly concept art, but depth, material, light, scale and motion are all critical to prepare for a day when these objects are floating in an augmented reality environment.

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More motion control

Microsoft reveals its first Windows Mixed Reality Controllers

If we’re going to navigate through Windows in VR/AR/MR environments, we’ll probably need more than a mouse and keyboard. Enter these new Mixed Reality controllers that use inside-out tracking and support headsets from various PC manufacturers. We don’t have a retail price yet, but Acer will bundle them with its VR headset for an additional $100 on top of the standard $299 price.

We're giving away $500,000 to foster art and technology.

Welcome to The Engadget Experience

With technologies such as augmented reality, virtual reality and artificial intelligence finally reaching the mainstream, we're on the cusp of a creative revolution. New mediums have given birth to a new class of artists, entertainers, filmmakers and musicians, limited only by their access to and understanding of technology. Despite this explosion in creative possibilities, however, artists and technologists often exist in distinct, isolated worlds.

During The Engadget Experience on November 16th in Los Angeles, we'll attempt to bridge the gap between these often disparate worlds through a series of talks, interviews, screenings and installations. We've also gathered a small committee of technology and art tastemakers to award five grants of up to $100,000 a piece toward the production of ongoing or original works addressing the theme of alternate realities. Read more about it here.

There are plenty of choices from brands like Misfit, Skagen and Fossil's own.

Fossil hopes you’ll like one of its 300 smartwatches

Fossil wants to offer consumers more smartwatch choices since not everyone likes the same style of watch. Pictured above, is Skagen's Hagen Connected Steel-Mesh, a $220 hybrid smartwatch with a traditional design and features such as activity tracking, sleep monitoring and support for phone notifications. Fossil's hybrid pieces have another thing in common: they come with a standard, replaceable coin-cell battery. Essentially, you just have to worry about downloading the companion app to keep track of your data.

Useful or creepy?

The ‘Lighthouse’ uses AI to keep an eye on who is doing what at all times

This security camera moves beyond the rest by integrating 3D vision developed for self-driving cars and an Intelligence AI service. That way, instead of just recording and watching for motion, it can recognize all of the people and pets in your household, to keep track of their activities when you’re not home. For example, you can set it up to notice if the dog walker shows up on time and it will identify them using facial recognition. All of this data is apparently guarded with encryption and deleted after 30 days. If you’re interested in becoming your own big brother, preorders are available starting at $399.

But wait, there's more...

1. Microsoft will offer three flavors of Linux in the Windows Store

2. Russian blogger found guilty of playing 'Pokémon Go' in church

3. Apple helps you crush the 'gram with 'How to shoot on iPhone 7' videos

4. NASA's mission to Mars includes a year-long stay on the moon

5. Trump signs executive order for sweeping review of US cybersecurity

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Thursday 11 May 2017

The Morning After: Tesla is ready to take over your roof

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It's Thursday, May 11, 2017.

Hey, good morning! You look fabulous.

It’s Thursday, which in this case means we’re prepping for the second day of Microsoft’s Build 2017 conference, and it’s one you probably won’t want to miss. Take a look through Wednesday’s highlights, then check back for our live blog of the keynote speech starting at 11:30AM ET.

Vertical integration.

Pre-orders are open for Tesla’s Solar Roof

Elon Musk’s quest to intervene in your energy use continues with new solar tiles. The company says it will cost an average homeowner around $21.85 per square foot, cheap enough to be cost competitive with standard tiles (when you add in the cost of electricity). However, unlike a Model S, these aren’t for showing off how green you are. Using a mix of nearly-identical solar and non-solar tiles, they’ll blend in and can be adjusted for expected energy use. Interested buyers can place their order now, with installations beginning this summer.

An amphibious ‘personal’ aircraft

Icon A5 plane crash kills two, including its lead designer

When we rode in an Icon A5, it felt like ‘the iPod of planes,’ but the difference is that in-flight problems can have serious consequences. On Monday, two Icon employees were killed while flying at its facility in Lake Berryessa, CA. The cause of the crash is unknown and under investigation by the NTSB and FAA. Passenger Cagri Sever was a new employee who had recently joined the company from Ford, while pilot Jon Karkow designed the $190,000 A5.

Where is Ja, what does Ja think?

Fyre Festival: When shilling for an event goes wrong

Maybe you’ve heard of the Fyre Festival by now. Billed as a music event in the Bahamas for the selfie generation, it ended with travelers eating cheese sandwiches in refugee tents due to horrifically poor planning and execution. Now the lawsuits are flying, and that could be bad news for the social media influencers who were paid to convince their fans to make the trip.

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E-books over the Atlantic.

DHS reportedly considers banning carry-on laptops on flights from Europe

After banning carry-on laptops for flights from some Middle Eastern and African countries, The Daily Beast reports that today the Department of Homeland Security will expand its ban to all flights from Europe. A DHS spokesperson confirmed a change is “under consideration,” but claimed no final decision had been made.

Silly rules.

Netflix's future at Cannes is in doubt

This year, Netflix original movies will be shown at Cannes Film Festival for the very first time. Unfortunately, it could also be the last time, thanks to a French law saying that movies shown in theaters can’t come to streaming for three years. Due to protests by exhibitors, the festival says that in the future it won’t accept entries unless they also play at theaters across France.

Ditch the calipers

The ShapeScale 3D scanner can color-code your body changes

If your fitness efforts require an even higher degree of precision, this device includes a camera mounted on a rotating arm that will 3D scan your body. The idea is that it will create a “heat map” to identify where your workouts are making an impact, without having to wait to see those changes reflected in the mirror you already own. The ShapeScale is expected to start shipping in 2018; preorders are now open for $299.

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Wednesday 10 May 2017

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John Oliver's Viewers Flood FCC Site With Net Neutrality Concerns
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Surviving the Security 'Skills Desert'
(Posted 08-May-17)
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Qualcomm May Seek iPhone Ban to Retaliate Against Apple
(Posted 05-May-17)
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Reinventing Online Marketplaces in the Cloud
(Posted 05-May-17)
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AI Is Still in Its Formative Years
(Posted 04-May-17)
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This Week's Top News Headlines From TechNewsWorld

Amazon Adds Show to Echo's Tell
(Posted 10-May-17)
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Flaw in Intel Chips Could Open Door to Botnet Armies
(Posted 09-May-17)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84518.html

The Massive Unintended Consequences of Self-Driving Cars
(Posted 08-May-17)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84503.html

BlackBerry KEYone's Success Hinges on Physical Keyboard Longing
(Posted 06-May-17)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84512.html

Google Neutralizes Docs Phishing Scam
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Hulu Aims to Reinvent Live TV Experience
(Posted 04-May-17)
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This Week's Top News Headlines From CRM Buyer

Big Accounting Deal
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Nutshell CTO Andy Fowler: Good CRM Tools Stay Out of the Way
(Posted 09-May-17)
http://www.crmbuyer.com/story/84514.html

Ecosystem Two-Dot-Oh
(Posted 04-May-17)
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Salesforce Rejiggers Enterprise Apps Partner Plan
(Posted 04-May-17)
http://www.crmbuyer.com/story/84506.html

This Week's Top News Headlines From LinuxInsider

What Internet-Connected War Might Look Like
(Posted 10-May-17)
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Raspberry Pi Fans Can Build Their Own AI Voice Assistant
(Posted 09-May-17)
http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/84517.html

A Taste of Linux From a Sample Disk Platter
(Posted 04-May-17)
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