Senin, 15 April 2019
Samsung Galaxy Fold hands-on: more than a concept - The Verge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-O39FAQapSA
2019-04-15 13:40:15Z
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Hackers Got Outlook.com Emails, Maybe Hotmail, MSN Too - Tom's Guide
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- Hackers Got Outlook.com Emails, Maybe Hotmail, MSN Too Tom's Guide
- Microsoft admits Outlook.com hackers were able to access emails The Verge
- Hackers in Microsoft's webmail breach could read some users' messages Engadget
- Outlook.com hack more extensive than Microsoft first claimed, email contents compromised TechSpot
- Outlook.com breach allowed hackers to read (some) emails for months TechRadar
- View full coverage on Google News
https://www.tomsguide.com/us/microsoft-outlook-hack-msn-hotmail,news-29864.html
2019-04-15 13:30:00Z
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Samsung insider suggests the Galaxy Note line will get a major name change - BGR
Samsung is expected to launch up to four Galaxy Note 10 versions this summer, according to the most recent leaks, although two of them will be 5G variations of the two 4G handsets. Still, this is something that Samsung hadn’t done before, with the exception of the Note 4 series, which also featured an introductory Note Edge concept. Samsung supposedly wants to replicate the sales success of the Galaxy S10 by offering buyers multiple Note 10 models to choose from. And, in doing so, Samsung might make a significant change to the Galaxy Note’s name.
An insider who provided accurate details about Samsung in the past shared this purported Galaxy Note 10 name on Twitter.
Ice Universe’s cryptic tweet supposedly mentions the name of the most expensive Note 10 Pro that Samsung will launch this year — styled as “Note10 Pro.” However, we have no context for the name drop. It might be inside information. But what if it’s just a guess?
Previous reports that said the Galaxy Note 10 would launch in two distinct versions drove speculation that a Note 10e will be sold alongside the more expensive model, the regular Galaxy Note 10.
Since its introduction, the Galaxy Note was sold as a “pro” flagship device that featured additional features on top of the most recent Galaxy S handset, many related to the S Pen stylus. It’s not as if the “Pro” particle is needed.
As for the Galaxy S series, Samsung this year launched four models, including the S10e, S10, S10+, and S10 5G. None of them got to be a “Pro.”
Assuming Ice Universe actually knows the name of the device, the Note 10 Pro indicates that the cheaper model will be sold as the Note 10. Additionally, Samsung could also sell two 5G versions of the phones that could be marketed as Note 10 5G and Note 10 Pro 5G. Yes, these handset names are getting sillier and sillier each year.
No matter what Samsung calls them, the new Note phones will likely launch at some point in August.
Image Source: Zach Epstein, BGR
https://bgr.com/2019/04/15/galaxy-note-10-pro-release-date-new-product-name-rumored-5705817/
2019-04-15 10:50:00Z
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Ford cranks up the EcoBoost Mustang with new high performance package - Fox News
The 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 will become the most powerful model in the automaker’s history when it launches later this year, thanks to its 700-plus horsepower supercharged V8, but it’s not the only potent pony car being added to the stable.
Ford is turning up the boost on the Mustang’s entry-level 2.3-liter turbocharged 4-cylinder with a new High Performance Package that adds a new cylinder head, bigger turbo and larger radiator to increase power from 310 hp to 330 hp with 350 lb-ft of torque.
Along with the engine upgrade, the package includes a strut tower brace, new stiffer sway bars, limited slip differential, rear blade spoiler, 19-inch by 9-inch wheels with summer tires and the brakes and front splitter from the Mustang GT to improve handling and track performance.
Unique “2.3” fender badges and dash plaque help identify Mustangs with the package, while an optional handling upgrade swaps in a Torsen differential and a set of wider 9.5-inch wheels with even stickier Pirelli Corsa4 tires.
Ford is pitching it as the ideal twisty road and autocross car and debuting it a the New York International Auto Show to celebrate the Mustang's 55th anniversary on April 17. Pricing hasn’t been announced, but it should end up in the $30,000 range and compete head-to-head with the Camaro Turbo 1LE for the hearts and minds of 4-cylinder muscle car fans when it goes on sale this fall.
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https://www.foxnews.com/auto/ford-cranks-up-the-ecoboost-mustang-with-new-high-performance-package
2019-04-15 10:04:35Z
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Microsoft confirms hackers had access to Outlook accounts for the past three months - The INQUIRER
It doesn't sound like the worst breach of privacy, but it's still pretty creepy
IF YOU HAVE an Outlook.com email address, it's possible you're not the only one who has been reading the email headers.
Microsoft has sent an email out to a number of account holders to warn them that a support agent's login details were compromised and that it's possible limited parts of their email may have been spied on between 1 January and 29 March 2019 as a result.
"Our data indicates that account-related information (but not the content of any e-mails) could have been viewed, but Microsoft has no indication why that information was viewed or how it may have been used," the company wrote in an email.
In other words, they could have seen an email promising you great bargains, but tantalisingly not what the great bargains themselves were.
The company says to those receiving the email that they should be extra wary of phishing attempts for the foreseeable future. Although Microsoft says that login details and personal information couldn't have been stolen through this particular approach, the company is advising you mix up your password anyway for the hell of it, too.
"Microsoft regrets any inconvenience caused by this issue," the email notification ends. "Please be assured that Microsoft takes data protection very seriously and has engaged its internal security and privacy teams in the investigation and resolution of the issue, as well as additional hardening of systems and processes to prevent such recurrence."
Microsoft won't say how many accounts were hit by this particular breach, telling The Verge that it was only a "limited subset of consumer accounts." That sounds low, but "limited" really is a subjective term: technically only a "limited" number of people enjoy the music of Cliff Richard, but it's still too many for comfort. ยต
Further reading
https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3074140/outlook-hack-2019
2019-04-15 08:03:00Z
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AI developed a whole new sport - Engadget
Many existing sports have their roots in hundreds (if not thousands) of years of human tradition. But what if you asked computers to create a sport? You now know how that can turn out. The design agency AKQA has introduced Speedgate, reportedly the first sport envisioned by an AI. The event has six-player teams competing on a field with three open-ended gates. Once you've kicked the ball through a center gate (which you can't step through), your team can score on one of the end gates -- complete with an extra point if you ricochet the ball through the gate. You can't stay still, either, as the ball has to move every three seconds.
AKQA created the game by feeding data on 400 existing sports to a neural network, which then created basic sports concepts and rules. A large chunk of those were completely unrealistic (exploding Frisbees, anyone?), so the team gradually whittled down the eligible characteristics until there were three remaining sports. Playtesting led to Speedgate winning the prize.
The agency even used AI to develop the game's logo and slightly awkward motto ("face the ball to be the ball to be above the ball").
While the sport was created as an exercise for Design Week, it might just become a serious sport. AKQA is talking to the Oregon Sports Authority about Speedgate, and there might be an intramural league in the summer. The company is encouraging others to start their own leagues. Speedgate probably isn't going to replace conventional sports in the hearts of fans, but it is an example of how AI can be useful even in (currently) human-centric fields like sports. It's doubtful that anyone would have easily devised the concept on their own, even if the underlying concepts are relatively simple.
https://www.engadget.com/2019/04/15/ai-sport-speedgate/
2019-04-15 06:10:41Z
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Minggu, 14 April 2019
Stratolaunch, the world’s biggest airplane, takes flight - Ars Technica
Enlarge / The Stratolaunch aircraft takes off on its maiden flight on April 13.
Stratolaunch
On Saturday morning, exactly 45 minutes after the sun began to rise over the Mojave Desert, the largest airplane ever created—and its record-breaking 385-foot wingspan—took off for the very first time. The aircraft, from the company Stratolaunch, has been eight years in the making. By 2022, the company hopes to use the twin-fuselage, six-engined, catamaran-style aircraft to launch satellite-bearing rockets into space.
"All of you have been very patient and very tolerant over the years waiting for us to get this big bird off the ground, and we finally did it," Stratolaunch CEO Jean Floyd told reporters on a press call. The company reported the airplane hit speeds of 189mph and heights of 17,000-feet during its 150-minute test flight, before landing safely at the Mojave Air and Space Port.
"The systems on the airplane ran like a watch," test pilot Evan Thomas told reporters.
One day soon, Stratolaunch hopes to carry 250-ton rocket ships loaded with satellites to a height of 35,000 feet—into the stratosphere. Once at cruising altitude, a rocket's engines would ignite, carrying it and its satellite cargo the rest of the way into space. Only a select few facilities, like the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, can handle rocket launches, which means tight competition for scheduling and long wait times. Airplanes can take off from many more runways, which Stratolaunch hopes will give its aircraft a competitive edge for those wishing to launch satellites into orbit.
The airplane's six Pratt & Whitney engines and 28-wheel landing gear were originally designed for Boeing 747s. In fact, the aerospace company Scaled Composites, which worked with Stratolaunch to build the aircraft, saved money by repurposing three 747s to put it together. The aircraft fills almost every corner of its approximately 100,000-square-foot hangar in the Mojave Air and Space Port. Its maximum takeoff weight is 1.3 million pounds. (It's also worth noting that while the plane is the largest in terms of wingspan, other planes exceed it in length.)
Stratolaunch's ambitions have shifted in past years. It originally intended to carry modified SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets into space, but the two companies soon parted ways. By 2016, it had found a new partner, Northrop Grumman-owned Orbital ATK, which builds the Pegasus XL rocket. Stratolaunch once hoped to build its own rocket ship and rocket engines, but it discontinued that project and laid off some workers earlier this year.
Though representatives for Allen's holding company have said that the billionaire set aside funding for Stratolaunch before his death, the venture's future is not entirely clear. A company spokesperson could not immediately say when Stratolaunch planned to complete additional flights, and the aircraft will need certification from the Federal Aviation Administration before it can begin to carry rockets and satellites into space.
The Stratolaunch project faces outside pressure, too. Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit company seeks to run its own test of a modified Boeing 747 later this year—an airplane also built to carry satellite-bearing rockets into orbit.
And at the back of all these ambitious engineers' and aviation experts' minds, too, is the specter of the Spruce Goose. The airplane, a marvel when completed in 1947 as a pet project of the eccentric business magnate Howard Hughes, flew just a single one-mile flight before retiring to an Oregon museum—where Allen reportedly visited it.
On Saturday morning, though, the Stratolaunch team was in high spirits. "We dedicate this day to the man who inspired us all to strive for ways to empower the world's problem-solvers, Paul Allen," Floyd said. "Without a doubt, he would have been exceptionally proud to see his aircraft take flight."
This story originally appeared on wired.com.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/04/stratolaunch-the-worlds-biggest-airplane-takes-flight/
2019-04-14 23:08:00Z
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