Google Maps is now wheelchair-friendly - and it's all thanks to these employees
The wildly popular map app will now tell you whether locations are suitable for people with access needs — and it's thanks to a group of Googlers who worked on the feature in their "20pc time." It's a famous policy of the Californian search giant: Employees can spend 20pc of their time working on other projects unrelated to their main jobs. Gmail, AdSense, and Google News all started as 20pc projects. These days, Google employees need to get permission from managers to get this time, and most..>> view originalBoring! Is Elon Musk digging his own hole?
Name: Boring. Age: John Wilkinson invented the first boring machine tool 241 years ago. Relevance: Elon Musk is getting heavily into it. This sounds like big news. Doesn’t it? Elon Musk achieves anything he sets his heart on. Paypal. Tesla. SpaceX. Maybe Hyperloop one day. Right! This is definitely about Hyperloop, isn’t it? Um ... It must be! Musk is going to bore a load of tunnels underneath the ground, and he’s going to fill it with Hyperloop pods and soon we’ll all be able to commute to wor..>> view originalWaymo's 100 autonomous Chrysler minivans are here
Chrysler has completed the 100 autonomous Pacifica minivans that will join the Waymo (neé Google) fleet in early 2017. The vans, which are plug-in hybrid variants with Waymo's self-driving hardware and software built in, are part of a partnership ...>> view originalOnePlus 3T vs. Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge vs. Google Pixel XL Speed Test: Which Phone Is The Fastest?
The epic battle between OnePlus 3T and the world or, well, the top Android flagships, has finally happened. The matchup, which included the Samsung Galaxy S7 edge and the Google Pixel XL, was primarily aimed to determine the fastest among the bunch. OnePlus 3T vs. Google Pixel XL vs. Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge The test was conducted by PhoneBuff, and to make things more systematic, they devised a course that has put the three handsets through their paces. It involved opening a series of application..>> view originalThe LG G Pad 3's kickstand means no more balancing acts to watch Netflix hands-free
LG has announced a new tablet, the G Pad 3 10.1, and if you’re wondering why it couldn’t hold off for another couple of weeks to show it at CES 2017, it’s likely because the new model won’t be released outside of South Korea. The news broke on LG’s South Korean website, and hasn’t appeared on its international pages at the time of writing. However, things may change in the future, so here’s what you need to know about it for now. The G Pad 3 10.1’s main feature outside of the specification is i..>> view originalHere's why Facebook's massive drone crashed in the Arizona desert
In June, Facebook flew a massive drone with a wingspan surpassing that of a Boeing 737 over the Arizona desert. The unmanned, autonomous aircraft stayed aloft for more than 90 minutes before it crashed upon landing. It was the first flight of Facebook ...>> view originalNew Tool Will Fact-Check Donald Trump's Tweets in Real Time
On Friday, the Washington Post introduced a Chrome plugin that will automatically display commentary next to Donald Trump’s tweets. Spearheaded by the Post’s politics team at The Fix, the plugin provides context and fact-checking of, for example, Trump’s claims that millions of people voted illegally in the November election. The Post has retroactively fact-checked Trump’s recent tweets, and they say they’ll continue adding commentary to new tweets in something close to real time. Get Data Sh..>> view originalWhy Yahoo's Security Problems Are a Story of Too Little, Too Late
In the summer of 2013, Yahoo yhoo launched a project to better secure the passwords of its customers, abandoning the use of a discredited technology for encrypting data known as MD5. It was too late. In August of that year, hackers got hold of more than a billion Yahoo accounts, stealing the poorly encrypted passwords and other information in the biggest data breach on record. Yahoo only recently uncovered the hack and disclosed it last week. The timing of the attack might seem like bad ..>> view originaliPhone 7 Vs Galaxy S7 Review: Should You Upgrade?
Welcome to 2016’s biggest smartphone fight. In the red corner: the Galaxy S7 - arguably one of the best smartphones Samsung has ever released. In the blue corner: the iPhone 7 - arguably the most controversial smartphone has ever released. Both amaze and frustrate, but which should you buy? Note: My thanks to Three UK and Samsung UK for long term loans for the iPhone 7 and Galaxy S7 used in this review. Design - Desirable Durability Finally. After years of pleading, it seems Apple and Samsung..>> view original
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