Tag: Tech
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Chinese Computer setting record speeds
For seven consecutive years, the Chinese supercomputer has been listed as the word’s faster computer and has now been built without any American technology. This year’s champion is the Sunway TaihuLight which was developed by China’s National Research Centre of Parallel Computer Engineering & Technology. The software is intended to be used for engineering and research…
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Drones are taking Walmart employees’ jobs
A huge supermarket chain fires all its human workers and replaces them with robots. The robots are far more efficient, overall cheaper and easier to manage than their human counterparts, but hundreds of people are now out of jobs. Think we’re talking about a new futuristic scifi hit? You thought wrong. Walmart is actually, legitimately,…
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ANZ is the first Australian bank to switch on Apple Pay
ANZ has become the first bank to support Apple Pay meaning those with an ANZ Visa card can make payments using their iPhone. Users will be able to register their cards and use their iPhones or Apple Watches to pays for goods on payment terminals that support tap and pay. They’ll also be able to use…
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Apple stocks take historic dive
There’s a first time for everything, but Apple’s recent firsts aren’t something to celebrate. For the first time in its existence, iPhone sales have fallen 16% year-over-year. Apple has also posted its first year-over-year decline in quarterly revenue in 13 years, as profit and revenue growth have slipped. The company’s quarterly profit fell 22.5% as…
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Apple launches new 12″ MacBook
Attention early adopters, teenage girls and all those obsessed with anything and everything rose gold, Apple has debuted a new 12″ MacBook that comes in (you guessed it) rose gold! Apple’s goal with the ultra-thin MacBook is to do the impossible, “engineer a full-size experience into the lightest and most compact Mac notebook ever.” The new laptop…
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The Gloves That Are Revolutionising the Way We Communicate with the Hearing-Impaired
Two sophomore students at the University of Washington have been granted $10,000 as part of the Lemelson-MIT Student Prize. The two boys named Navid Azodi and Thomas Pryor, studying business administration and aeronautics and astronautics engineering, respectively, won the prize with ‘SignAloud’, the gloves that will monitor hand movements in sign language and translate it into verbal…
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Uber ordered to pay up $10 million
Uber has been ordered to pay at least $10 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the company of misleading customers about the safety of its service. Foremost in this lawsuit was the accusation that Uber’s background checks on its drivers were not as thorough as advertised to customers. The conclusion of the lawsuit “sends…
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A Step Closer To Holographic Technology
The Microsoft HoloLens begins the first round of shipments to developers. Last year Microsoft announced that they would be releasing an augmented reality headset that creates interactive holographic images. This first release of the HoloLens is for developers and enterprise users only, meaning that it is still a way away from making it to your…
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Watch: There Is A New Smart Watch On The Market
Fitbit, a brand typically known for its fit watches, has brought out a smart fit watch… The Fitbit Blaze. This watch looks unavoidably similar to the apple watch and has a lot of the apple watches perks. Coming in at $329.95 the Fitbit Blaze is sure to shake up the smart watch market. For more…
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Googles New Android System
Google is showcasing its new android operating system two months ahead of schedule to boost its reachability to more devices. It will initially only work on a select set of phones and tablets before expanding its reach. The software now referred to as Android N offers a split screen interface capability much like the one…