This was originally the brainchild of billionaire U.S. entrepreneur Elon Musk, who envisioned being able to whisk passengers between San Francisco and Los Angeles in under half an hour. Two years after unveiling plans for a futuristic, high-speed Hyperloop transportation system, Musk has now announced plans for building a test track in southern California and a competition for prototype pods. Several companies subsequently announced plans for pilot projects in California,
British software company Sage is tying up with lenders Funding Circle and MarketInvoice to give its small business customers easier access to alternative sources of funds. Bank lending in Britain has been weak since the financial crisis and many small businesses have struggled to get finance from traditional lenders. MarketInvoice, which Sage said on Tuesday would be integrated into its small business accounting package, provides short-term funds against outstanding invoices,
Intel demoed Unite, its new collaboration solution, earlier today at an event in Central London. Unite was officially introduced globally at Computex in Taiwan early last month in partnership with HP. At its core is a mini desktop running a 4th or 5th generation Intel Core vPro processor, Windows 7/8.1 or Windows 10 and Intel’s Unite Software. In its simplest form, it is a video-conferencing platform that allows other OIC-compatible
Update: Sony has now confirmed that the PS4 Ultimate Player Edition will be coming to the UK on July 15th priced at £349.99, but unfortunately it’s not going to include the refreshed hardware Japanese consumers have on offer right now. Original article… Microsoft was first, announcing a 1TB Xbox One just before E3, and now Sony is following in its footsteps. The company just confirmed a 1TB PlayStation 4 will
SIM only deals If you’ve come to the end of your contract but you’re happy with your current phone, you might want to consider picking up a SIM only deal. By dropping down to a SIM only deal, you’ll be paying a lot less every month and in many cases you’ll be getting more minutes, texts and data. The fact you’re not paying for an expensive phone means the best
The Apple Watch may not seem like the perfect swimming companion — it only has a waterproof rating of IPX7, which should be enough to protect it from a few rain drops. But the wearable surprised everyone when one brave YouTuber uploaded a video of him taking the Watch on a few laps of the local pool. Developers Active in Time have gone one step further, and released a video
Introduction and design Lulzbot 3D printers are visually distinctive with their black steel metal frames and show of 3D printed parts. The inner workings are all on display and make the printer look like it’s been taken from some kind of science lab. Actually that’s not too far from the truth as Aleph Objects, the company behind the Lulzbot line of printers, bases much of its products on the work
(Reuters) – Online polling company SurveyMonkey has named former HP executive Bill Veghte chief executive, succeeding Dave Goldberg, who died in an accident in May after helping build it into one of the biggest privately held companies in Silicon Valley. Veghte will join the company Aug. 3 and will also take a board seat, SurveyMonkey said in an announcement. A former Microsoft executive who joined HP in 2010, Veghte takes
Best full frame pro DSLR Most professional photographers swear by full-frame DSLRs. They’re larger and heavier than APS-C-format models, but are built to survive daily abuse. What’s more, with the same megapixel count, a full-frame sensor will have much larger photosites (pixels) than an APS-C chip because it has roughly twice the sensor area. Result? Better image quality at higher ISO sensitivities. Full-frame DSLRs aren’t just for pros though, as
The New Horizons team is breathing a big sigh of relief this Monday. Over the weekend, the NASA team resolved a glitch that caused their Pluto probe to go into “safe mode” on July 4th. After a couple hours of analysis and troubleshooting, mission researchers reported that they identified the issue, and the spacecraft is back to normal.
