Back in 2009, Russian design house Art Lebedev introduced the dramatically titled Transparentius concept for improving road safety. Samsung says it’s now working to obtain regulatory approval for the deployment of its so-called Safety Truck, however the idea doesn’t appear economically practical at large scale. The camera might be cheap and simple enough to install, but four displays per truck would be a major investment for any transport company to make,
I’m far more excited about Valve’s Dota 2 Reborn than someone who doesn’t play Dota 2 should be. It may not have been the Half-Life 3 announcement we’re still hoping to hear (keep the faith, everyone!), but it could easily end up being more exciting – games as a platform, finally pushed into the mainstream limelight. This isn’t of course a world first by any stretch. FPS games have long
Taylor Swift has well and truly put the cat among the pigeons this Sunday with a Tumblr post criticising Apple for its approach to royalties – specifically during the three-month free trial that all Apple Music users will get through iOS. It sounds like artists won’t receive any payments during that three-month period, and they aren’t too happy about it. Taylor Swift is by far the biggest name to voice
Do you spend your evenings sitting in the kitchen, counting how long it takes to fill a bucket of water from your cold tap, then sending angry emails to your water supplier when it’s not filling as fast as Simon’s identical bucket is three doors down on the same street? Probably not. That would be weird, wouldn’t it? It still works. You still get water out of it. There are
Do you pay much attention to the star ratings left by previous purchasers when shopping for stuff on Amazon? The e-commerce giant has told CNET that those star ratings are being tweaked to be more useful. Newer reviews get more priority over older reviews, while ratings left by “verified Amazon purchasers” will also carry extra weight. Reviews upvoted by other users get pushed to the top too. “The system will
Introduction and split screen Apple showed off its latest computer operating system, OS X 10.11 “El Capitan,” at WWDC and as predicted it was an iterative upgrade, based around improving the core features of OS X and providing a better experience to users. Just like iOS 9, El Capitan takes the essentials of OS X – Safari, desktop management, Spotlight – and makes them better, tweaking the interface or reworking
This week in Galaxy S6 Plus rumours we have a new rendering released by reliable tipster @OnLeaks. It looks like the super-sized S6 Edge Plus isn’t going to stray too far from Samsung’s usual design principles. The tweeted image also carries dimension details: 154.45mm x 75.80mm x 6.85mm, which points towards a diagonal display size of 5.5 inches (some rumours had it pegged at 5.7 inches). As for the USB
It’s over That’s it. It’s done. The stupid triathlon, the bane of my life for past two months, has been completed, and I never have to put on a wetsuit again. It all began at 4.25AM, when the alarm went off and I had to roll out of bed with just two hours’ sleep in my body, the worry of not waking up doing that wonderful thing where you just
Would you trade in a bit of your smartphone’s lightness and thinness in return for some extra battery life? Oukitel thinks you will if prototype images spotted on the web are anything to go by. The Chinese manufacturer is said to be working on a phone that sports a whopping 10,000mAh battery. The indications are that you could go a whole week between charges with this beast. These leaked pictures
Right now I’m sat here trying to think of an E3 that was as exciting as 2015’s has turned out to be – and I’m struggling. This week has seen some incredible showcases, a lot of promising footage, and totally allayed fears that the biggest surprises had been outed the week prior. But the dust is now settling and everyone is picking out their highlights from the show. Yes, the
