Apple’s WWDC 2017 keynote just wrapped, where key executives Craig Federighi, Phil Schiller, and, of course, Tim Cook, took the stage to announce updates headed to iPhones, MacBooks, Apple TV, and more. The rumors for this year’s WWDC came in the final hours leading up to the event, with hints of new hardware and, of…
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Musk Will Quit Advisory Panels If Trump Reneges On Paris Climate Accords
Tesla founder and technology luminary Elon Musk said Wednesday he would quit President Donald Trump‘s business advisory councils if Washington pulls out of the Paris climate accord. Musk’s move, announced on Twitter, could deepen the rift between the tech world and the Trump administration, which have been at odds over immigration and other issues. Don't…
A.I. Can Now Turn App Designs Into Source Code
While traditionally it has been the task of front-end developers to transform the work of designers from raw graphical user interface mockups to actual source code, this trend might soon be a thing of the past – courtesy of artificial intelligence. Copenhagen-based startup UIzard Technologies has leveraged the latest developments in the field of machine…
Apple Patents A Curved Bezel-Less Screen And Integrated Touch ID Sensor
Apple has been granted two new patents that are particularly interesting to anyone who’s been following the iPhone 8 rumor mill: a patent for “Reducing the border area of a device” and one for a fingerprint sensor embedded directly in a screen, as spotted by Patently Apple. In other words, Apple has patents to two…
Google And Facebook Fall For $100 MILLION Phishing Scam
Google and Facebook were phished for over $100m, it has been reported, proving not even the biggest technology companies in the world are immune from the increasingly sophisticated attacks of online scammers. Last month it was reported that two major tech companies were tricked by a Lithuanian man into sending him over $100m (£77m). Evaldas…
NASA is Looking For Coders to Speed Up Its Simulation Code For $15,000 prize
NASA just announced several bounties to improve its FUN3D software, which is used to simulate fluid dynamics. The system is used internally at NASA, as well as by companies like Boeing and Lockheed, to develop and optimize new vehicles and engines. The FUN3D project was started back in the 1980s, and it has been in…
SpaceX Wants To Launch Its First Super Internet Satellites In 2019
SpaceX has its sights set on Mars, but that doesn’t mean it has forgotten about Earth. Elon Musk’s company yesterday outlined its plan to put a network of internet-providing satellites around our planet, stating in a Senate hearing on broadband infrastructure that it wanted to start sending the craft into space in 2019, before the…
Facebook Rejects Females Code More Often, But The Issue is With Rank Not Gender
Female engineers who work at Facebook may face gender bias that prevents their code from being accepted at the same rate as male counterparts, according to internal company studies disclosed today by The Wall Street Journal. For Facebook, these revelations call into question the company’s ongoing diversity efforts and its goal to build overarching online…
Apple Siri Speaker, A Home Assistant Like The Amazon Echo
After first appearing on phones, voice assistants entered the home in a big way with the Amazon Echo, a speaker that was equipped with Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant. While Apple has had a voice assistant, Siri, on its phones for some time now, it has so far been left behind when it comes to smart…
This Tactic Helps You Make Decisions More Quickly
In a recent interview with Farhad Manjoo of The New York Times, Instagram co-founder and CEO Kevin Systrom revealed that, for three months, he and his team have been having meetings where the whole agenda is just to plow through a bunch of choices that haven’t been resolved. Wait, what? How could that possibly be…
Elon Musk Doesn’t Like Flying Cars
Tesla CEO Elon Musk was arguably the biggest tech titan to speak at the 2017 TED conference . During an onstage interview with TED curator Chris Anderson, Musk explained why he’s focused on underground transportation (through Hyperloop and his new tunnel boring company, the Boring Company) instead of flying cars. According to Musk, the main…
37 Years Ago Pixar Stopped Selling Computers
April 25, 1990: Steve Jobs shuts down Pixar’s hardware division (yes, it used to have one!), ending production of the pricey Pixar Image Computers immediately. Jobs sells the company’s hardware unit to Fremont, California-based imaging company Vicom Systems for a paltry $2 million. Pixar Image Computer: Too expensive Pixar was Jobs’ “rebound” company after his…