Sunday, January 8, 2017

An Amazon Echo may be the key to solving a murder case and other top stories.

  • An Amazon Echo may be the key to solving a murder case

    An Amazon Echo may be the key to solving a murder case
    Internet-connected devices may start helping in criminal cases. As first reported in The Information, police in Bentonville, Arkansas have issued a warrant to Amazon, asking the company to hand over data from an Echo device to help prosecute a suspected murderer. James Andrew Bates, the suspect in the case, was charged with first-degree murder in November of 2015 after authorities found victim Victor Collins strangled and drowned in Mr. Bates’ hot tub. Mr. Bates told police he’d invited Collin..
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  • Facebook's Safety Check feature helped promote a fake news story about a Bangkok explosion

    Facebook's Safety Check feature helped promote a fake news story about a Bangkok explosion
    Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during the 2013 TechCrunch Disrupt conference on September 11, 2013 in San Francisco, California. The TechCrunch Disrupt Conference runs through September 11. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Once again, Facebook is under fire for its role in the spread of fake news reports. This time, the social network helped publicise an incorrect news story claiming that Bangkok had been "rock[ed]" by an explosion, promoting the report using its Safety Chec..
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  • Hatchimals hatch into duds for some on Christmas

    Hatchimals hatch into duds for some on Christmas
    Hatchimals, perhaps the most sought after toy of the holiday shopping season, left some parents and kids frustrated on Christmas morning. Parents lucky enough to get their hands on the item, which was largely sold out in stores for weeks, are complaining the product doesn't hatch. The toy "hatches" from an egg when children knock, tap, or rub on the shell after about 30 minutes of playtime. The Hatchimal inside responds with lights and sounds and eventually hatches into a creature kids can..
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  • Dash cam footage shows Tesla Autopilot predict (and avoid) a freeway crash

    Dash cam footage shows Tesla Autopilot predict (and avoid) a freeway crash
    Finally: Footage of a self-driving car, where it actually works. Spectacularly, in fact! Video taken from the dash cam of a Tesla Model X in the Netherlands shows a car crash that happens on the freeway — and how Tesla's Autopilot feature stops the car quickly to avoid a collision. The amazing part is the car predicted that the crash was about to occur ... and slowed down just before the collision. In the video, the view from the Tesla car is seen, and seconds before one car hits another, Tesla..
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  • Nintendo Trademark Suggests SNES Classic Edition

    Nintendo Trademark Suggests SNES Classic Edition
    Nintendo Trademark Suggests SNES Classic Edition A new Super Famicom controller image trademark filed by Nintendo. Should we expect another Classic Mini? The NES Classic Edition was a huge success for Nintendo, but it could have been a much bigger success if enough units of the tiny console had been manufactured for the launch. Instead, the NES Classic sold out almost immediately, and new stock was limited to a handful per store and sold out in m..
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  • How Frog Fractions 2 Stayed A Secret For Two Years

    How Frog Fractions 2 Stayed A Secret For Two Years
    Jim Crawford, the man who just released the most well-hidden video game of the last two years by smuggling it inside another one, misses a time when video games had more secrets. “One thing that’s been lost about games since the ‘80s is that they’re no longer particularly mysterious, because of marketing, because they’re cheap or free, because there are always let’s-plays or FAQs or super-fans with decompilers doing nitty gritty breakdowns if you wonder about something,” he said. “In the ‘80s..
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  • New iPhone 7S Leak Will Anger Everyone

    New iPhone 7S Leak Will Anger Everyone
    For and the iPhone, 2017 is the big one. It marks the 10th anniversary of the iconic smartphone and leak after credible leak has told us about radical design changes and revolutionary new technology. But are they wrong? According to new information from Mac Otakara, the 2017 iPhones could be very disappointing indeed. Citing a “Taiwan supplier”, the site says that instead of the so-called ‘iPhone 8’ Apple will instead follow tradition and simply release an iPhone 7S and iPhone 7S Plus which wil..
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  • Samsung Galaxy Note7 is now receiving OTA update to prevent it from ever charging again

    Samsung Galaxy Note7 is now receiving OTA update to prevent it from ever charging again
    Samsung has been working on an update to render useless the Galaxy Note7 units sold in US, because, apparently, not everyone has turned in their smartphone, which has been recalled twice, deemed a fire hazard, and banned on flights as a result. The update, which is now rolling out for the T-Mobile units, will inform users, once again, of the recall, but, more importantly, it will also prevent the battery from charging again. So, once your Galaxy Note7 dies, you will basically be left with a b..
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  • Qualcomm Faces $853 Million Fine From South Korea Over Alleged Antitrust Violations

    Qualcomm Faces $853 Million Fine From South Korea Over Alleged Antitrust Violations
    SEOUL—A South Korean regulator said it would fine Qualcomm Inc. about $853 million for alleged antitrust violations, the highest such penalty handed to an individual company here, as the U.S. chip maker faces global scrutiny over its patent-licensing business. After a three-year investigation, the Korea Fair Trade Commission said on Wednesday that Qualcomm breached antitrust law by limiting competing chip makers’ access to its patents. The company also forced mobile-phone manufacturers into unf..
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