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The most distant space encounter in history is happening now New Zealand Herald NASA rings in new year with farthest spacecraft flyby Aljazeera.com NASA is about to make space exploration history Axios Brian May – New Horizons (Ultima Thule Mix) [Official Music Video] Queen Official The Most Distant Place We’ve Visited The New York Times View full coverage on Google …
December 31, 2018 | by RaheelChina's ever-growing reliance on facial recognition is spreading to public housing. Beijing is ramping up the use of face-detecting smart locks in public housing projects to bolster security for tenants (such as denying access to strangers) and crac… Source: Engadget | Beijing uses face-detecting smart locks to curb public housing abuses
December 31, 2018 | by RaheelThanks to some leaks, Nokia's five-camera smartphone is no longer a mystery — and it might just be one of the more intriguing handsets of 2019. Well-known leaker Evan Blass and MySmartPrice have posted stills and videos of the Android One phone, no… Source: Engadget | Nokia's five-camera phone will include an in-screen fingerprint reader
December 31, 2018 | by RaheelIt looks like the FCC will be joining the list of government offices that will shut down in light of the ongoing funding lapse. The commission released a statement today saying that if the partial funding lapse continues into January 3rd, it will ini… Source: Engadget | FCC to suspend operations January 3rd unless funding …
December 31, 2018 | by RaheelFaraday Future is ending its very tumultuous year on a positive note… in a manner of speaking. The electric car startup has reached a restructuring deal with its main investor, Evergrande Health's Season Smart, that will put legal battles in the pa… Source: Engadget | Faraday Future comes crawling back to its main investor
December 31, 2018 | by RaheelIf you're spending New Year's eve playing Fortnite, be prepared to party. Epic Games has set up an in-game event to celebrate the changing of the calendar by dropping a giant disco ball from the sky and forcing everyone on the map to dance. The event… Source: Engadget | 'Fortnite' New Year's event forces players …
December 31, 2018 | by RaheelThe Intercontinental Exchange’s (ICE) cryptocurrency project Bakkt celebrated New Year’s Eve with the announcement of a $182.5 million equity round from a slew of notable institutional investors. ICE, the operator of several global exchanges, including the New York Stock Exchange, established Bakkt to build a trading platform that enables consumers and institutions to buy, sell, store …
December 31, 2018 | by RaheelChrome OS tablets still have some problems, not the least of which is lag. Even if you buy a higher-end model like some configurations of Google's own Pixel Slate, there's a real chance you'll grapple with a sluggish, stuttery interface — it's been… Source: Engadget | Google aims to fix laggy interface on Chrome OS …
December 31, 2018 | by RaheelIt didn't take long for us to declare 2017 a pretty great year for games, with a spectacular roster that included Super Mario Odyssey, Wolfenstein: The New Colossus and Assassin's Creed Origins. In our roundup last December we also listed what we wer… Source: Engadget | Our favorite games of 2018
December 31, 2018 | by RaheelI can't think of a more fitting way to end 2018 than with another, final data leak. This one is from #Twinning tool, the popular new app from Popsugar that matches your selfie with your top five celebrity look-alikes. Turns out, while you were upload… Source: Engadget | Popsugar’s celebrity look-alike app is leaking users’ …
December 31, 2018 | by Raheel