The Morning After: Microsoft's smaller Surface and Ford says hello to batteries

It's Tuesday, July 10, 2018. Hey, good morning! You look fabulous. Ever thought that the only problem with Microsoft’s Surface tablet is that it’s too big? We have some good news for you, plus a dive into Ford’s electrification plans and information on the iOS update that you should install ASAP. Not quite a Surface 3 sequel. Microsoft's $399 Surface Go is its smallest tablet yet  After plenty of bigger, powerful hybrid PCs, Microsoft is trying something different. Enter the $399 Surface Go, the company's smallest and cheapest 10-inch tablet. At first, it's difficult to tell that the Go is actually a new member of the Surface family. It doesn't look that much different to the Surface 3. But get up close and you'll notice the changes. The 10-inch screen is almost a full inch smaller. And you'll definitely notice how much lighter it is when you pick it up. Power-wise, Surface Go has a dual-core, four-thread Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y processor. Microsoft claims it's around 30 percent faster than the Surface 3's quad-core Atom -- this isn't a high-end machine, it’s something far more portable. Get ready for a hybrid F-Series truck. Ford is saying goodbye to cars and hello to batteries Ford made waves recently when it announced it would stop producing cars (except for the iconic Mustang) -- in favor of SUVs, trucks and other large vehicles -- for the United States. But there's another big change going on at Ford: the move to electrification. "With (Ford CEO Jim) Hackett, we're all in. We're going to be bigger and we want to change the process," said Ted Cannis, Ford's global director of battery electric vehicles. The automaker is adjusting to a rapidly changing automotive world and that means dropping vehicles that no longer sell (cars) and making sure that its lineup is electrified. It's a two-year project, but the issue has been plaguing them for a decade. Japan is spending years making one train line a minute faster The efficiency of Japan's bullet trains is a modern marvel, and now JR East wants to increase it even further. The company began a two-year construction project that will get passengers from Ueno to Omiya an entire one minute faster (at most). Not sure if this is a good or a bad thing. Jaden Smith's latest album is only available on Instagram The son of Will Smith, anime voice actor and occasional rapper has debuted SYRE: The Electric Album, a reinterpretation of his album from last year, solely through Instagram. But wait, there's more... 1. iOS update adds security-focused USB restricted mode 2. Become one with art at Tokyo's psychedelic digital museum 3. Google's summer sale cuts Home Max and Pixel 2 XL prices 4. Billy Dee Williams is reportedly coming back to 'Star Wars' in Episode IX 5. 'Overwatch' skin raised more than $10 million for breast cancer research 6. What's on TV: 'A Quiet Place,' 'How it Ends' and 'Handmaid's Tale' The Morning After is a new daily newsletter from Engadget designed to help you fight off FOMO. Who knows what you'll miss if you don't subscribe. Craving even more? Like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter. Have a suggestion on how we can improve The Morning After? Send us a note. Copyright © 2016 Aol Inc. All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: AOL 770 Broadway #4 New York, NY 10003 You are receiving this email because you opted in at engadget.com. Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe from this newsletter.

Editor's Pick: How to Flip Micro E-Commerce Companies

How to Flip Micro E-Commerce Companies

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	Flipping assets is nothing new -- just turn on HGTV to find countless house-flipping shows. The concept is simple: You buy an underperforming property, make some upgrades, and sell it for more than what you put in. Flipping real estate is no easy venture, though, and investors regularly lose money. The good news is that you can apply the flipping concept to much simpler fields. [More...]

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The Morning After: Mars soil samples and a panini press for weed

It's Monday, July 09, 2018. Hey, good morning! It’s Monday morning, and we’ve had a space-centric weekend at Engadget. But while NASA is keeping busy, ESPN is axing its comment sections. Oh, and we test out a panini press for weed. The lasers will help them keep track of gravitational anomalies. NASA's new climate-science satellites switch on their lasers   NASA's new climate-monitoring satellites are almost ready to keep an eye on our planet's ice sheets, atmosphere and ocean levels. On June 13th, the twin Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On (GRACE-FO) satellites switched on their lasers in search of one another for the first time. That the satellites' lasers have to be pointed towards a coin-sized hole on each other over a distance of 137 miles while they orbit the Earth at 16,000 miles per hour makes the technology even more impressive. The company's UK-based team that's already building ESA's ExoMars will work on the project.   Airbus is designing a Mars rover to return soil samples   NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) agreed to figure out whether it's possible to bring Martian soil samples back to Earth. Now, the ESA has granted Airbus a $5.2 million contract to design a concept for a rover that can collect those samples on the red planet. The space agency has chosen Airbus' team in Stevenage, England, because they're already building the ExoMars rover that's scheduled to head to our neighboring planet in 2021.   It argues that social networks are a better avenue.   ESPN axes its not-so-helpful comment sections   ESPN has been less than thrilled with reader discussions. The sports broadcaster has confirmed to Deadspin that it has dropped its Facebook-linked comment sections across its websites, with no plans to bring them back or archive the results. There are "more touchpoints than ever" for fans to share their opinions, a spokesperson said, and ESPN is creating social media material that "embraces these conversations." Who knew you could juice cannabis flowers?   The Rosinbomb Rocket is a panini press for weed   The Rocket is a $600, 13-pound tabletop rosin extractor designed to squeeze and melt the THC crystals present on the surface of the cannabis flower into a solventless dabbable hash similar to shatter. So, kind of a panini press for weed.   But wait, there's more... 1. Co-op shooter 'Warframe' is coming to Nintendo Switch 2. Tesla may finally start promoting the Model 3 3. Bonkers anime 'Kill la Kill' becomes a game in 2019 The Morning After is a new daily newsletter from Engadget designed to help you fight off FOMO. Who knows what you'll miss if you don't subscribe. Craving even more? Like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter. Have a suggestion on how we can improve The Morning After? Send us a note. Copyright © 2016 Aol Inc. All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: AOL 770 Broadway #4 New York, NY 10003 You are receiving this email because you opted in at engadget.com. Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe from this newsletter.