Jaguar is experimenting with several biological sensor tools to improve driver safety. They include remote brain wave monitoring and vibrating pedals, but it’s unclear how close they are to practical solutions. The Jaguar Land Rover company says it’s running a series of projects under the code name ‘Sixth Sense’. One is to use brain wave […]
Federal officials have ruled that AT&T intentionally slowed down data speeds for customers on unlimited usage plans. They say the move was against regulations and have hit the company with a whopping $100 million fine. The ruling comes from the Federal Communications Commission. It’s not based on the actual slowdown itself, but rather the way […]
A California authority has ruled that Uber drivers are employees rather than contractors, something that could threaten its business model. The company is fighting the ruling and argues it is not a precedent. Uber uses a GPS-based app for passengers to request a ride from their current location to their chosen destination. Registered Uber drivers […]
You’d be forgiven for thinking Sony — a company which made more than a billion US dollars in profit last year — didn’t need to use crowdfunding sites. But it has done so with great success for Shenmue III. The game, a sequel to the Dreamcast classic which appears on at least a dozen major […]
A company has launched a system for logging into online banks using emoji rather than digits. But there’s no word of a major bank taking up the idea. Intelligent Environments works in online and mobile financial services in the UK. Among its products is a financial services ‘platform’ that includes login systems. The company has […]
French data regulators have threatened to impose financial penalties if Google doesn’t remove controversial links from its search results worldwide. The demand goes a step further than the original “right to be forgotten” ruling. The European Court of Justice last year ruled on a case relating to the balance between the rights to privacy and […]
So of course, we are all pumped as hell for E3 2015. Seems every year there is an E3, there are always throngs of fans who just cannot wait to see that ONE game that they have been pining for either get announced or get a release date. On top of that, E3 2015 is […]
Sir Christopher Lee, star of many horror, fantasy and sci-fi films, has died aged 93. Although his death has only just been made public, officials say he died on Sunday. It’s believed he had been taken to hospital with breathing problems and heart failure. His first credited role came in 1947 and his last on-air […]
A highly automated military plane that crashed in Spain appears to have been hit by a software fault. The Airbus A400M, which was being tested before going into active service, crashed shortly after take off last month killing four out of the six crew members. The crash happened when three of the four turboprop engines […]
Reddit appears to have answered the question of how long a meme will take to die out: two months and four days. That’s how long what started as an April Fool’s Day post ran for and how long it took the online community to tire of pressing a virtual button. Back in April a new […]