Lenovo’s ThinkPad P40 Yoga is a hybrid PC with pro-level power
Lenovo’s existing ThinkPad Yoga hybrids have some power, but they’re probably not your first choice for heavy-duty graphics work when they’re saddled with integrated video. Thankfully, you now have a beefier option: Lenovo is introducing the ThinkPad P40 Yoga, its first 2-in-1 laptop with workstation-level 3D hardware. It still folds back into a tablet (or tent, or presentation mode), but its Quadro M500M chipset should be speedy enough to handle 3D modelling and other GPU-heavy tasks. You’ll have greater control over those images, too, thanks to an included pen that promises both 2,048 levels of pressure and specially-tuned software that reportedly gets closer to the “pen to paper” feel. Slideshow-344704
Source: Lenovo
Instababies: People are naming kids after Instagram filters
When it comes to deciding on a baby name, you could go with a family name. Or, like several couples did in 2015, you could look to your cellphone photography habit for inspiration. According to BabyCenter, some of the hottest trends in baby names shared monikers with Instagram filters. Yes, really. The site says that names of the photo-sharing apps presets were extremely popular this year for newborns, with Lux being the top choice. Additionally, Ludwig, Amaro, Reyes, Hudson and Kelvin all rose up the popularity rankings for boys while Juno, Valencia and Willow were routinely picked for girls. The site says it gathered its name popularity and trend data from 340,000 parents from around the world to compile the stats. Here’s to hoping the trend continues in 2016 with babies named Lo-Fi, Inkwell and Nashville, because the internet.
[Image credit: Shutterstock]
Via: Time
Source: BabyCenter
Researchers confirm Humpty Dumpty really can’t be put together again
Researchers at the Federal University of ABC, in Brazil, have made a major breakthrough: they’ve confirmed that thermodynamic processes cannot be reversed, even in a quantum system. This revelation not only explains a fundamental aspect of our universe but could also influence how quantum computing systems are designed.
Via: Phys.org
Source: Physical Review Letters
Motorola’s Moto 360 Sport is coming to the U.S. on January 7 for $299
Alongside the second-generation Moto 360 at IFA 2015, Motorola announced a variant of the hit smartwatch for the fitness-minded folks out there. It was called the Moto 360 Sport, and up until now, the wearable has been completely MIA. But today, thanks to a new posting on Motorola’s Official Blog, the company has finally given us pricing and availability details on the new watch.
The Moto 360 Sport will be available in the U.K. and France on Friday, December 18th. U.S. customers will need to wait a bit longer, as the watch won’t be available on Motorola’s website until Thursday, January 7th starting at $299. On Sunday, December 10th, the 360 Sport will be available in Best Buy stores across the nation and in the new Moto Shop in downtown Chicago. The company says the watch will also launch in Brazil, Canada, China, Mexico and Spain sometime in the new year.
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The Moto 360 Sport has essentially the same specs as the Moto 360 proper, with a few added features thrown in. It comes with a silicone band, a built-in GPS that works with Motorola’s Moto Body application, and a new feature called AnyLight which will allow you to see things much more clearly both indoors and out. The company says the display works just like a normal LCD display when using it indoors. But outdoors, it will reflect natural sunlight, making the screen much easier to read.
If you’d like more information or to sign up for updates, head to Motorola’s website for all the details.
Moto 360 Sport set to launch later this month in the UK with the US shortly after
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The fitness centric variant of the Moto
Instead, the Moto 360 Sport is constructed of a durable silicone which doesn’t absorb sweat and is resistant to fading and staining. It carriers a IP67 water-resistant rating which clears it as being completely protected against dust and protected against immersion between 15cm and 1 meter. Although, Motorola is quick to note that it is not water proof. The Sport carriers a 1.37-inch LCD-based round AnyLight display that is designed to give you optimal viewing indoors and outdoors. It carries a pixel density of 263ppi with a resolution of 360 x 325. You will also find built-in GPS to track your workouts along with the usual accelerometer, gyroscopes, ambient light sensor, and vibration motor.
Official additional spec details:
•AnyLight Hybrid Display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3
•45mm diameter case, 11.5mm thick
•Weighs 54g
•300mAh battery (full day life with mixed ambient use)
•Snapdragon 400 1.2GHz quad-core processor
•Adreno 305 graphics with 450MHz GPU
•4GB storage
•512MB RAM
•Bluetooth 4.0
•Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
•Heart rate monitor
•Dual digital mics
The Moto 360 Sport will launch in Black, White and Flame Orange. As for pricing and availability, well, those in the US wanting to put one on their Christmas wish list will miss out. The Moto 360 Sport is set to launch in the UK and France on December 18th. The US will be seeing the device live on January 7th through Motorola.com with a price tag of $299. On January 10th is goes to other locations such as Best Buy and the Moto store in Chicago. Motorola will be pushing the device to Brazil, Canada, China and Mexico later next year.
Source: Motorola
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Facebook’s Instant Articles come to Latin America
Facebook’s Instant Articles haven’t been available in many parts of the world so far, but that’s improving today. The social network’s speedier, simpler reading feature has launched on iOS devices in Latin America, initially pulling in content from 40 sites across Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico. You’ll have to wait until sometime in the “coming weeks” to catch up on news from your Android phone, but there’s now at least one way to keep up with Interactive Sport and Telemundo while you’re scanning your Facebook feed.
Via: The Next Web
Source: Facebook (translated)
Details of FBI’s National Security Letter revealed for the first time
The FBI has been secretly tracking user information without judicial oversight since 2001. Ever since the Patriot Act’s controversial expansion of the Bureau’s authority, tens of thousands of National Security Letters (NSLs) have been issued every year without warrants or evidence of probable cause. The content of these letters, accompanied by a gag order that prevents the recipient from ever talking about the information demanded, have stayed under wraps until now. In a recent landmark ruling from the federal district court, a gag order imposed on Nicholas Merrill, owner of an Internet service provider, has been lifted in full for the first time. Even though the court’s ruling invalidated the FBI’s gag order in September, following procedures the contents of the NSL only became public this week.
Source: The Hill
DirecTV will begin live 4K broadcasts early next year
4K is the way of the future, but until now, the selection of ultra-high-def content has been limited. Enter DirecTV. In an announcement made at New York’s TranSPORT conference, the company noted that it will start broadcasting live 4K content in early 2016. The firm stated that it already has the technology in place and wants to start streaming UHD shows before its competitors. However, DirecTV wants to make sure that it has an impressive arsenal of broadcasts ready before launch, as “content is king,” (that’s a direct quote). Services like Roku and TiVo have both released 4K-capable set-top boxes but don’t have a lot of UHD content to offer, which makes the technology somewhat moot.
Via: Ars Technica
Source: Advanced Television
Huawei may be in running for next Nexus 7 tablet
It has been a while now since Google released a small tablet device, the last of which was the 2013 Nexus 7. Both the first generation and second generation Nexus 7 were produced by Asus for Google. Riding on the recent release of the Nexus 6P, the latest rumors hint at Huawei being a strong contender to produce a new Nexus 7 tablet for 2016.
According to a post on Weibo, the Nexus 7 (2016) project is already underway with a projected release date for later in 2016, likely October. No manufacturer has been officially named yet. If true though, Huawei would join companies like Asus, Samsung and HTC that have produced tablet devices for Google. Except for the Nexus 9 produced by HTC, Google’s tablet devices tend to be seen as more budget-oriented in terms of pricing, so it will be interesting to see what Huawei could squeeze into a device with a relatively low price point if the trend continues.
Although the tablet market seems to be cooling down, Google did announce back in December that they were bringing the Pixel C to market. The Pixel C is a high-end device that appears to be a competitor for the Microsoft Surface or Apple iPad Pro by blurring the lines between a laptop and a tablet device.
source: PhoneRadar
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The head of Tesla’s Autopilot feature now works for Google
There seems to be a trend with companies that are vying for the top spot in the race to build the first completely autonomous car – poaching other companies’ employees. Numerous reports claim that Tesla and Apple have been trading employees as of late, and many other companies do the same. Now, according to a new discovery made by 9to5Google, Google is getting in on the fun. Robert Rose, the man in charge of Tesla’s wonderful Autopilot feature, now works for Google.
According to Rose’s LinkedIn page, he left Tesla in October 2015 (right after the launch of Autopilot), and began working on Google’s Robotics team as of November. Prior to Rose working at Tesla for just six months, he worked as a software engineer and Director of Flight Software at SpaceX for more than five years.
It’s not entirely clear whether or not Rose is working on Google’s Self-Driving Car Project. His LinkedIn profile says he’s a software engineer at Google Robotics, though 9to5Google points out that Google has used similar language when referring to job listings for its autonomous car project. It’s possible Rose also could be working for another Google-owned project such as Boston Dynamics.
This news comes just months after Google hired John Krafcik, former CEO of Hyundai. Google has been working hard to ramp up its self-driving car initiative over the past few years. It’s been testing cars in both Texas and Virginia and plans to expand the testing process into 2016.
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