According to the Tech blog Ata Distance, the leak that has later been officially confirmed by Octopus Cards Limited, iOS 13 will be released with built-in support for the Octopus contactless payment system. Snippet of the code has been spotted in Apple’s online JSON-based Apple Pay pass identifie; it showed references to Octopus.iOS 13 will hit Apple smartphones sometime in Fall; it is expected to support Octopus Transit Card right off the bat. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Monthly Archives: July 2019
Bitcoin mining uses up more energy than whole Switzerland
Maybe that is because they do not use electric watches? 😀 According to the scientists from the University of Cambridge, energy consumption of Bitcoin mining has reached great/hilarious/horrible proportions. Using a so-called CBECI (Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index) engine, the scientists calculated that Bitcoin mining is responsible for 0.25 percent of worldwide electrical power usage. That is more than the aforementioned Switzerland, a modern country, requires to keep running. Creating Bitcoin currency requires 8 gigawatts of electrical power per day, or 61,76 ...
Creators of new Modern Warfare have come out about its new multiplayer mode, Gunfight
Gunfight will consist of six short rounds, 40 seconds each. Two teams of two players each will fight in small maps made specifically for this game mode. Gunfight will not allow for healing or picking up teammates – the whole point is for the matches to be fast and short. Interestingly, players will not pick up their own weapons. Instead, the game will give both teams a set of random guns every two rounds.Over an hour long stream from Gunfight can be watched under here – ...
Official renders of Samsung Galaxy Note 10 are out
Access to these graphics has been granted to the German website Winfuture.de. The new pictures show front, back and sides (in this link – https://ocdn.eu/pulscms-transforms/1/aMNk9kpTURBXy8yMWNhNWE3YWQxZGQ5ZWQ5NDRiNzVmZmY2MDE1ODExOC5qcGeSlQLNAxQAwsOVAgDNAvjCw4GhMAU) of the upcoming device. Some of the more noteworthy elements of Note 10’s design are selfie shooter placed in the middle of the upper front panel, triple main camera (supposedly quadrupal in the Galaxy Note 10+) and gradient colour variants.Price of this device is yet to be announced. We will probably learn it on ...
Ad posters for Huawei Mate X have appeared in China. Is the device finally coming out?
Posters depicting Huawei’s upcoming superproduct have just popped up in the company’s store in China. The poster does not depict Mate X’s specific release date, but its very existence suggests that it will take place soon. Rumour is that Mate X will be released in China at the turn of July and August: release date for the rest of the world is unknown. I am curious as to what will be released first: Mate X or Galaxy Fold. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Samsung Galaxy A80 now up for pre-orders in the UK
The very first Samsung smartphone with a rotating camera can now be pre-ordered in the United Kingdom. Phone’s price is £579; upon pre-ordering, it will reach its buyers on July 19th. If you pre-order now, you will also receive a free bonus in form of a pair of AKG Y500 wireless headphones, normally worth £129. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Whoops, the communist regime did it again. This time China was caught forcing tourists to download a spyware app
Xinjiang, border crossing between China and Kyrgyzstan. There, chinese border agents have requisitioned some of the Muslim tourists crossing into China to hand over their smartphones, as well as share any passwords and unlock codes they deem neccessary. Border agents then analyze the tourist’s smartphones via a spyware application, scanning it for one or more of the 73,000 content types deemed dangerous by the regime. At least afterwards they return the phones and not burn them on a stake… Still, the tourists are not informed of the process, and agreeing to it is mandatory for ...
LG G7 ThinQ finally upgraded to Android 9 Pie
The device has been running 9 Pie in Korea ever since January, but the rest of the world had to wait for that upgrade. Thankfully, it is finally here. Users in the US, Borneo and some European countries report their smartphones downloading the new OS. The update brings with it a wagonload of new functions: adaptive battery, app actions and much more. If you are interested in buying one, they go for $379.99 to $399.99. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Australians believe Samsung is not as waterproof as it advertises itself to be, takes it to the court
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, ACCC, believes that the advertisement that shows Samsung smartphones’ waterproof capabilities are in fact misinforming the potential client. The issue, according to ACCC, is that the IP68 waterproof certificate ads only mention sweat water, as opposed to salty water that the whole continent is surrounded by. ACCC is taking the case to the court, and it will be very interesting to see how it ends. We will keep you informed. Tweet Vote on ...
LG Stylo 4 with a 200 dollars discount now on Best Buy
Stylo 4 may not be the newest of LG smartphones, with its successor, LG Stylo 5 already out, but it is still a reasonable buy for reasonable price. Right now, thanks to a special deal on Best Buy, picking up that device is even more of a reasonable idea: you can buy it for $99.99 instead of the usual $299.99! 66% off seems to be a bargain for a device of this quality. Speaking of quality, Stylo 4’s specs include a 6.2-inch display, 3300mAh battery, Snapdragon SDM450 CPU, 13mpx main camera, 2GB RAM and 32GB storage.Sadly, there are a few strings attached if you want to get yourself a ...