Wednesday, 25 July 2018

The Morning After: Chrome hates HTTP and Volvo's Model 3 fighter

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It's Wednesday, July 25, 2018.

Hey, good morning! You look fabulous.

Apple is busy dealing with a performance-sapping problem on the new MacBook Pro, but we’re getting you ready to go back to school with our latest buyer’s guide update. Also, Nikon is working on a new camera mount and the Chromecast turns five.

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Apple blames software bug for MacBook Pro CPU throttling, issues fix

After tests showed Core i9 CPUs running slower than expected in new MacBook Pros, Apple has responded. Instead of blaming the slim design for heat issues, the company said a software bug drove down clock speeds severely for extended heavy workloads, affecting all of its new laptops. Apple already pushed out a macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 Supplemental Update that it said would make the 15-inch laptop up to 70 percent faster, and the 13-inch MBP with Touch Bar up to twice as fast.

Now with electric skateboards.

Check out Engadget's 2018 back-to-school guide!

You know the drill: We spend all year reviewing and writing about the latest and greatest in tech, and then twice a year, we drop a ton of buying advice in the form of shopping guides. It's July, so this one is for all of you who are going to school this fall, or shopping for someone who is. (Don't worry, we'll be back later this year with a separate but equally big gift guide for the holiday season. But let's not get ahead of ourselves.)

Our full guide is live today, and we'll be following up over the next month with buying guides and advice columns geared toward students.

A device this simple doesn't need replacing.

The Google Chromecast turns 5

Unlike most of the gadgets we’ve seen come and go, Google’s Chromecast dongle has remained blissfully uncluttered. Add WiFi, power and an HDMI input, then choose a video on your phone and press play -- it’s like a magic trick. Billy Steele dives into the stories behind a device that still gets daily use five years after its debut.

No pictures please.

Nikon confirms new full-frame FX mirrorless cameras and lens mount

Nikon announced that it's developing a "next-generation full-frame (Nikon FX-format) mirrorless camera and Nikkor lenses, featuring a new mount," adding that "professional creators around the world have contributed to the development." However, Nikon has yet to confirm the specs, date and price, or even shown an official image of it yet. As expected, it's also working on an adapter that will let you use existing full-frame Nikon F-Mount DSLR lenses with the cameras.

Don’t end up in the spotlight for the wrong reasons.

How to delete old tweets so you don't get fired

The episode that resulted in Disney firing director James Gunn from its Guardians of the Galaxy franchise could have been avoided with some basic, and often free, social-media housekeeping. It's called "deleting your old tweets so you don't lose your job once you get famous" and it's really easy to do.

You’ll have to wear shades.

Vizio's super-bright P-Series Quantum TV is now available

You can finally get your hands on Vizio's flagship 2018 4K TV, the 65-inch P-Series Quantum at retailers like Best Buy, Sam’s Club and Costco. The $2,100 set is the company's most advanced TV yet, with 2,000 nits of peak brightness and a sleek new bezel-less design. It also packs in 192 local dimming zones, compared to 100 from the previous P-Series set.

It should look a lot like this 40.2 concept car.

Volvo's all-electric Polestar 2 will go up against the Model 3

Volvo COO Jonathan Goodman told Autocar that the Polestar 2 would have the kind of performance and pricing that might have some Model 3 buyers reconsidering their life choices. The upcoming EV would cost between £30,000 to £50,000 (about $39,400 to $65,700) with as much as 400 brake horsepower and a 350-mile range.

Gamers and power users pay attention.

Toshiba's newest SSDs are the first to use 96-layer 3D flash chips

The XG6 series of NVM Express (NVMe) SSDs use BiCS 3D flash memory with three-bits-per-cell that power the drives to 3,180 MB/s read and 3,000 MB/s write speeds, with a stellar 365,000 random write IOPS (input/output operations per second). At the same time, the devices consume a maximum of just 4.7 watts.

Tests showed advertisers could illegally launch campaigns excluding protected groups.

Facebook deal with Washington AG ends ad filtering for ethnicity

"In response to the feedback we've received, we've removed thousands of categories from exclusion targeting," Facebook said in an April announcement. "We focused mainly on topics that relate to potentially sensitive personal attributes, such as race, ethnicity, sexual orientation and religion." Now an assurance of discontinuance with the state of Washington makes the changes (which apply nationwide) legally binding.

But wait, there's more...

1. Google Cloud Next keynote video: The future of cloud computing is AI, apparently

2. Tesla asking suppliers for money back is a risky move

3. GM's new car-sharing program allows owners to rent their vehicles

4. DHS: Russian hackers are inside US utility networks

5. DirecTV Now helped AT&T turn around its shrinking video business

6. Ford's self-driving division is now its own company

7. Kano's next coding kit is a Harry Potter wand

8. The Big Picture: Catching the ISS's fleeting pass between enormous sunspots

9. SEC charges Fyre Festival founder with fraud

10. Reprogrammable braille could shrink books to a few pages

11. Chrome 68 now alerts you to unsecured HTTP sites

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Tuesday, 24 July 2018

Editor's Pick: Sony's 48MP Sensor Delivers Greater Detail Despite Shrunken Pixels

Sony's 48MP Sensor Delivers Greater Detail Despite Shrunken Pixels

John P. Mello Jr.
Jul 24, 2018 10:01 AM PT

Mobile phone cameras are about to get a significant performance boost. Sony on Monday introduced a 48-megapixel sensor for cellphone cameras that measures less than one-third of an inch diagonally. The sensor is slated for release in September. To pack that many pixels into such tight quarters, Sony had to shrink their size to 8 microns. Shrinking pixel sizes usually results in performance degradation, not improvement. [More...]

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Feds Seem to Favor 'Light Touch' IoT Regulation
The Internet of Things may be in its infancy, but the U.S. government has been gearing up to determine what the proper federal role should be, both for encouraging and for regulating the use of IoT technology. Two recent developments have underscored the government's interest in IoT. On the regulatory front, the CPSC has launched an initiative to determine a framework for regulation. [More...]

CEO Ousters: Is Elon Musk Next?
For pretty much my entire career, CEOs have been almost invulnerable. Even when Apple founder Steve Jobs tried to get then-CEO John Scully fired from Apple, he lost and got fired himself. I've watched CEOs at companies with zero-tolerance employee dating policies have affairs with subordinates and get a pass. Things have changed. Almost every week, another CEO bites the dust for misbehavior. [More...]

Gamification and E-Commerce: Play Your Way to Success
Gamification is one of the hottest trends in the business world. Incorporating game elements can be a great way to engage customers and employees alike -- using an activity that has appealed to humankind since its beginnings. "Humans have been playing games for thousands of years. Some argue that games predate culture," said Brandon Marsala, creative director of content and strategy at Mindspace. [More...]

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Sony's 48MP Sensor Delivers Greater Detail Despite Shrunken Pixels
CEO Ousters: Is Elon Musk Next?
The Pain and Potential of Making a 180-Degree Policy Shift
Samsung's Foldable Smartphone Slated for Next Year: Report
Google Adds Kubernetes to Rebranded Cloud Marketplace

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Today's Story Highlights

Sony's 48MP Sensor Delivers Greater Detail Despite Shrunken Pixels

Mobile phone cameras are about to get a significant performance boost.
Sony on Monday introduced a 48-megapixel sensor for cellphone cameras
that measures less than one-third of an inch diagonally. The sensor is
slated for release in September. To pack that many pixels into such
tight quarters, Sony had to shrink their size to 8 microns. Shrinking
pixel sizes usually results in performance degradation, not improvement.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85462.html

CEO Ousters: Is Elon Musk Next?

For pretty much my entire career, CEOs have been almost invulnerable.
Even when Apple founder Steve Jobs tried to get then-CEO John Scully
fired from Apple, he lost and got fired himself. I've watched CEOs at
companies with zero-tolerance employee dating policies have affairs with
subordinates and get a pass. Things have changed. Almost every week,
another CEO bites the dust for misbehavior.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85456.html

The Pain and Potential of Making a 180-Degree Policy Shift

Photo-hosting service Photobucket in May quietly restored third-party
hosting of photos, reversing its unpopular year-old policy that required
users to pay nearly $400 for hosting privileges. Many irate users
claimed their photos were "taken hostage." Hosted photos on blogs,
forums and other sites were replaced by an image of a dial indicating
the hosted data quota had been surpassed.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85458.html

Samsung's Foldable Smartphone Slated for Next Year: Report

Samsung plans to launch a foldable-screen smartphone early next year,
according to reports, possibly priced around $1,500. It will resemble a
book, with the main display inside the covers, said Ken Hyers, director
of the emerging device strategies service at Strategy Analytics. The
exterior will have a smaller notification display on the front, and a
camera, or cameras, on the back.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85452.html

Google Adds Kubernetes to Rebranded Cloud Marketplace

Google has announced the rebranding and expansion of its Cloud Launcher
platform. Going forward, it will be known as the "Google Cloud Platform
Marketplace," or "GCP Marketplace." It will offer production-ready
commercial Kubernetes apps, promising simplified deployment, billing and
third-party licensing. Google's goal is to make containers accessible to
everyone, especially the enterprise.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85457.html

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