Sky will show Premier League highlights on-demand next season
It might have lost the Champions League and Europa League to BT, but Sky still dominates when it comes to the Premier League. Along with live coverage for 126 matches, the broadcaster has announced that it’ll be offering “extended highlights” for every game on-demand starting next season. While Sky has offered these condensed replays before, they’ve been limited to its traditional TV channels. Now, starting with the 2016/17 season, football fans will be able to watch abridged matches whenever they like. Almost whenever they like, that is. Sky will release one full match — with no edits whatsoever — at 8pm each Saturday, followed by “extensive highlights” from the remaining fixtures at 10:30pm. Similarly, highlights from weekday fixtures will be available after 10pm.
Source: Sky
Doctors treat drug-resistant leukaemia with ‘gene editing’
Doctors at Britain’s Great Ormond Street Hospital believe that they’re on the cusp of a breakthrough in how to treat genetic diseases. Researchers have successfully — so far — implemented a method of editing genes that can seek out and eliminate conditions without the use of drugs. It’s very early days as yet, but the procedure has already been used to save the life of a one-year-old with a terminal case of drug-resistant leukaemia.
Via: Reuters
Source: New Scientist, GOSH
Uber launches in Edinburgh, its second Scottish city
Scotland, get ready for your second dose of Uber love. The company is launching UberX, its cheapest service, in Edinburgh this afternoon following a successful roll-out in Glasgow last month. Once you’ve downloaded the app and set up an account, you should be able to request a car starting from 4pm. It’s promising rates that’ll make it cheaper than alternative modes of transport — a journey from Edinburgh Airport to the Balmoral Hotel, for instance, should cost £16, while Edinburgh Castle to Royal Yacht Britannia should set you back £8.25. While the demand for such a service is never guaranteed, Uber does have some data to go on; in the last six months, more than 65,000 people have opened the app inside the city. Given the service was never live, that’s a pretty good indicator for pent-up demand.
Via: BBC
Japanese ‘Star Wars’ trailer has new ‘Force Awakens’ footage
Well this is a surprise. A trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens has just popped on Disney Japan’s YouTube account, and it’s full of unseen footage. Without spoiling too many surprises, you’ll see Rey and Finn first introducing themselves, BB-8 watching an explosion, Han leading the heroes into a new location, a possibly important new line of dialog, and a shot with Rey and Kylo Ren. Enjoy!
Via: Ali Arikan (Twitter)
ICYMI: Astronaut recruitment, kegels for men and more
Today on In Case You Missed It: A Kickstarter project called KGoal Boost is aimed at helping men strengthen their kegel muscles (the ones at the base of the pelvis) and we had to give it the ICYMI treatment. NASA will begin recruiting astronauts for a new class on December 14. And Lytro announced a new virtual reality camera that would change the traditional multi-camera set-up to collect VR content and turn it into needing only one (very expensive) camera.
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I didn’t listen to a pair of $55,000 headphones
I was supposed to try out Sennheiser’s new Orpheus headphones yesterday. Priced at $55,000 and a decade in the making, they’re a reimagining of the company’s 1990 model of the same name. But just as I put their opulent band over my head, before even a single note had played, the prototype headphones stopped working. I was crestfallen. But the more I think about it, the more it doesn’t matter. Slideshow-339272
Marshmallow update coming to BlackBerry Priv in the new year
Despite the lack of a launch event, the BlackBerry Priv has finally arrived this month, although you may still have to wait a few days before the phone starts shipping out. BlackBerry has also been dishing out a few more details about the handset lately and has announced that an Android 6.0 Marshmallow update is planned for the future.
According to BlackBerry’s President of Devices, Ron Louks, a Marshmallow update will be heading to the Priv “sometime in the new year.” That may sound like a pretty wide release margin, but it is reassuring to know that ongoing support for the handset is planned. It certainly wouldn’t be a good start to BlackBerry’s Android career if the company failed to bring the latest version of Android to its only handset.
BlackBerry has also recently announced that the phone will be receiving monthly Android security updates, at least so long as you buy it through the BlackBerry shop. The manufacturer is planning to roll out updates within a month after Google releases them, at least in Europe. Carrier branded handsets may have to wait a little longer, and we can assume that the same will be true for the Marshmallow update.
See also: BlackBerry Priv to receive monthly Android security patches
Do you think that BlackBerry is setting itself up for success with the Priv? Are you planning to buy one?
Snapdragon 820 powered Xiaomi Mi 5 rumored for December 3rd launch
Xiaomi has had a few opportunities to launch its next flagship smartphone, the Mi 5, this year, but the handset has remained elusive so far. The latest rumor is now pointing to a possible December 3rd announcement, while a new Mi Band could be unveiled next week.
According to the tipster, the Xiaomi Mi 5 will be powered by Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 820 processor. The chip isn’t expected to appear in devices until 2016 but there’s nothing to stop companies announcing phones before then. The rumor also states that Qualcomm may officially launch its latest mobile chip on November 20th. Qualcomm has gradually been dripping out little pieces of information about its chip over the past couple of months.
See also: Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 said to be 50% stronger than the Samsung Exynos 7420
Other rumored specifications for the Xiaomi Mi 5 include a 5.3-inch QHD (2560×1440) display, 4GB of RAM, a 16 megapixel rear camera, 3,030mAh battery, and either 16GB or 64GB of internal storage, but without a microSD card slot. A different report also suggests that Xiaomi may opt for MediaTek’s Helio X20 chip, as the Snapdragon 820 may not be available for a while yet.
Moving on, a separate source has suggested that Xiaomi may launch a successor to its Mi Band next week. The new device is said to incorporate a heart sensor this time around and could cost CNY 99 (approximately Rs. 1,050 or USD$16).
We’ll be sure to keep our eyes peeled for additional Mi 5 rumors and details in the coming weeks.
Motorola launches a faster, pricier version of the Moto G in Mexico
Motorola is extending the Moto G family with the Moto G Turbo Edition, a souped-up variant that just launched in Mexico.
Moto G Turbo Edition is very similar to the Moto G (2015), which was released in July, with a couple of significant differences: a faster processor and quick charging.
While the Moto G (2015) features the entry-level Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 processor, the Moto G Turbo Edition goes a bit more upscale with the Snapdragon 615, the same chip that powers the Moto X Play.
While the Moto G (2015) comes in 1GB RAM/8GB storage and 2GB RAM/16GB storage versions, the Moto G Turbo Edition only comes with 2GB of RAM and 16GB of storage.
Many sites are reporting that the Turbo Edition also comes with an upgraded Full HD display of 5 inches. However, according to the Mexican edition of Xataka.com, that’s not the case: Motorola reached out to inform them that the Moto G Turbo Edition features a 5-inch 720p screen, just like the regular edition.
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Moto G Turbo Edition users will get to fast charge their devices thanks to the inclusion of TurboPower, Motorola’s Quick Charge 2-compatible implementation. This feature is not included on the Moto G (2015).
Details are murky for now, but it looks that other specs remained unchanged, including the 13MP rear camera, 5MP front camera, IP67 certification, and dual-SIM LTE.
In Mexico, the Moto G Turbo Edition will be available from November 13 for 4699 pesos, which is about $280. For comparison, the Moto G (2015) with 2GB and 16GB of storage launched for 4299 pesos ($255), while the base version cost 3699 pesos ($220).
There’s no information on the potential release of the Moto G Turbo Edition in other countries. Motorola launched region-specific variants of its devices in the past, so we wouldn’t be surprised if the Turbo Edition had a limited release.
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