Tuesday, 17 July 2018

The Morning After: Let's go to the mall

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It's Tuesday, July 17, 2018.

Hey, good morning! You look fabulous.

On Monday, Amazon's Prime Day event got off to an interesting start, and Netflix’s Stranger Things dropped a mall-related teaser trailer. Oh, and have you seen these 3D color X-rays?

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Happy holiday!

Amazon’s site crashed just as Prime Day begins

Amazon’s site crashed just as Prime Day begins

The deal-happy holiday Amazon created for itself has apparently been popular enough to crash the retailer’s website. When it’s working, we have a list of exceptional bargains provided by The Wirecutter for you to check out, unless you’re concerned about crossing a picket line.

A tale of two Nathans.

Nathan Fillion is a fitting star for an 'Uncharted' fan film

Nathan Fillion is a fitting star for an 'Uncharted' fan film

Fans have been hoping for years that Nathan Fillion would play Uncharted protagonist Nathan Drake in a film adaptation, but now that the long-delayed official movie has refocused to a prequel story, that hope seemed less and less possible. Until this 15-minute fan film appeared.

Take an 84-second trip back in time.

First 'Stranger Things' season 3 teaser is a perfect '80s mall ad

First 'Stranger Things' season 3 teaser is a perfect '80s mall ad

The YouTube video's description says Starcourt Mall will open in summer 1985, which is the year season three will take place in.

It doesn’t have to be intimidating.

What you need to know before building a HiFi system

What you need to know before building a HiFi system

While an Echo or HomePod is perfect for listening to podcasts, it can't stack up to the power and fidelity you get with a traditional stereo. If you're looking to upgrade, rather than ponying up $500 for a single Google Home Max, consider an alternative solution: building your own stereo HiFi system. Let Tim Seppala explain how it’s done.

It uses particle tracking technology.

Scientists develop the world's first 3D color X-rays

Scientists develop the world's first 3D color X-rays

A New Zealand company has generated the first 3D color X-Ray images of the human body by using an advanced medical scanner. The scanner utilizes CERN's Medipix3 technology and has been in development for a decade. 

Available now for $150.

Roku's wireless speakers are just for its TVs

Roku's wireless speakers are just for its TVs

On the surface, Roku's wireless speakers look like a typical pair of affordable bookshelf units. They're black and fairly nondescript, save for a Roku logo up top. They're meant to disappear beside your TV, not stand out.  This pair is the first part of that initiative, and it leaves room for the company to fill out its hardware down the line. A soundbar could eventually take the place of a center channel, and it could introduce a cheaper pair of speakers to serve as rear surrounds.

Complete with autonomous navigation and a HUD on its all-glass canopy.

Aston Martin’s Volante Vision is a luxurious flying taxi

Aston Martin’s Volante Vision is a luxurious flying taxi

The hypothetical concept craft's design will make its debut at the Farnborough Air Show this month.

Called it.

'FIFA 18' correctly predicted France's World Cup win

'FIFA 18' correctly predicted France's World Cup win

EA ran a simulation this past May that called France as the eventual winner of the real World Cup, using free Russia World Cup DLC available in April. 

But wait, there's more...

1. Nerf's latest laser tag kit takes a cue from FPS games

2. What's on TV: 'Humans,' 'Snowfall' and 'Killjoys'

3. FCC has 'serious concerns' about Sinclair merger it helped engineer

4. Virgin Orbit will be the first to fly rockets to space from the UK

5. UK's first spaceport will be located in Scotland

6. SEC halts sketchy Kodak-branded cryptocurrency mining scheme

7. Nerf's latest laser tag kit takes a cue from FPS games

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Monday, 16 July 2018

Editor's Pick: Could a Tech Collaboration Tool Fix Dysfunctional Governments?


Rob Enderle
Jul 16, 2018 9:41 AM PT
Microsoft Inspire is taking place this week, and a huge number of my personal friends and I were prebriefed on what the big announcements would be. Strangely, the embargo on the news lifted last week, so I'm not going to get in trouble for sharing some of the revelations. There are a number of interesting elements, including Microsoft's suddenly aggressive move to use Azure as an IoT host. [More...]

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TrueCommerce Integration With Shopify Promises Boatloads of Benefits
TrueCommerce has announced the integration of its unified commerce solutions with Shopify, a cloud-based, multichannel commerce platform. Shopify powered more than 600,000 merchants across 175 countries as of last August. The new offering will give Shopify merchants a unified scheme for greater integration across all commerce channels within a business' systems and supply chain network. [More...]
A Trade War in the Cloud?
So far, the looming trade war is limited to actions and reactions related to durable things that trade throughout the global economy. Will that remain the battleground? Or should we expect greater contentiousness around services -- specifically, SaaS, and CRM in particular? Retaliation for U.S. trade initiatives so far has been aimed at things produced by Trump-leaning industries and states. [More...]
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The Morning After: Even the World Cup couldn't escape 'Fortnite'

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It's Monday, July 16, 2018.

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Welcome back. France has won the World Cup, so we can go back to playing Fortnite -- like some of the players. We hear more on the two million-dollar electric hypercar of the future and imagine a life with a cardboard accordion, courtesy of Nintendo Labo.

Without official test results, this is as good as it might get for now.
 

Tesla Model 3 rollover crash demonstrates how safe it is 
 

Tesla Model 3 rollover crash demonstrates how safe it is <br />   

While Tesla's Model 3 should be a safe car (this isn't the company's first try), it's hard not to feel nervous. Without official crash test results, how do you know how resilient it really is? Reddit user StapleGun has recounted what might be the first rollover crash of a Model 3, and the new EV appears to have done a decent job protecting its lone occupant in what many would consider a nightmare scenario.
 

The pitch became a playground for 'Battle Royale'-inspired celebrations.
 

Even the World Cup couldn't escape the 'Fortnite' fever
 

Even the World Cup couldn't escape the 'Fortnite' fever<br />   

Now that England is out of the 2018 World Cup, there's one thing we're really going to miss about its team: The goal celebrations from midfielders Dele Alli and Jesse Lingard. While professional athletes creatively expressing themselves after scoring is nothing new, these guys stood out because their quirky moves were inspired by none other than Fortnite. Best of all, they did it at the world's biggest sporting event. Fortnite's mark on the World Cup in Russia is just the latest example of how inescapable the Epic Games' survival title is.

Whether or not it's better than a Tesla Roadster is another story.
 

Pininfarina's $2 million electric hypercar boasts a 250MPH top speed
 

Pininfarina's $2 million electric hypercar boasts a 250MPH top speed<br />   

The company has finally offered both teaser pictures of the PF0 (surprise: it's sleek) and performance numbers that could make Tesla Roadster buyers at least momentarily nervous. It can reach a blistering 250MPH top speed, reach 60MPH in under two seconds and provide about 310 miles of driving range. You'll no doubt have to be gentle on the throttle to achieve that last figure, but this is theoretically a vehicle you can take on a city-to-city jaunt with some bursts of mind-numbing quickness in between. Not that it’ll be cheap: Pininfarina estimated that the PF0 will cost between $2 million and $2.5 million, putting it closer to the Bugatti Chiron (starting at roughly $3 million). 
 

Cheering up your Monday morning...
 

Nintendo Labo’s contest champions include a solar (cardboard) accordion and teapots

Nintendo Labo’s contest champions include a solar (cardboard) accordion and teapots

Nintendo has unveiled the winners of a Creators Contest that challenged them to produce games and musical instruments, and the results go well beyond what you might expect. One of the more inventive examples is Momoka Kinder's solar-powered accordion. It uses the Joy-Cons to both play notes (when you cover one of the holes with your finger) and change volume based on tilt, while pressing buttons on the Switch screen controls the octave. It's also relatively easy to make -- you can use tissue boxes if you like.

But wait, there's more...

1. Disney reduces the chances of CG hair disasters

2. After Math: Stage 4 capitalism

3. Watch a self-driving car complete Goodwood's legendary hill climb

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