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180 degrees off Terminator, or how a man hit a robot

Jason Sylvain, 41-years old living in Mountain View (cool surname, by the way), was on his way when suddenly, out of nowhere, an evil, egg-shaped robot assaulted him! Sylvain, hero of humanity, punched the machine, defending mankind against the metal threat. Soon after, he was detained by the human slaves of the robotic overlords…… okay, that is not how it happened XD. Mountain View is a city located in Sillicon Valley, where many tech companies like Microsoft have their campuses. Small part of Mountain View’s security service are the so called knightscopes. Knightscope is ...

How to unlock Motorola Moto X Play using sim unlock code

Lenovo Moto X Play is an interesting smartphone in its price range. This model features a large Full HD display, a powerful eight-core processor, and an almost pure and well-functioning Google Android system. The Lenovo Moto X Play is also a 21 megapixel camcorder that delivers high quality 1080p video and video, plus LTE and NFC connectivity and a very efficient battery. The Moto X Play Phantom screen is protected by the Corning Gorilla Glass 3 glass panel. What You can find in Motorola Moto X Play ?Body Dimensions 148 x 75 x 10.9 mm (5.83 x 2.95 x 0.43 in)Weight 169 g (5.96 oz)SIM ...

How to unlock HTC One ME using sim unlock code

HTC One ME equipped with Helio X10 from MediaTek. The device is a high-end construction, offering very good cameras, a high-resolution screen and a refined HTC BoomSound audio system. The heart of the device is an eight-core, MediaTek Helio X10 64-bit chip clocked at 2.2 GHz. It is powered by the PowerVR G6200 graphics chip and 3 GB of RAM. Traditionally, the device is running Android 5.0 Lollipop with HTC Sense overlay. What is inside Your HTC One ME ?Body Dimensions 151 x 72 x 9.8 mm (5.94 x 2.83 x 0.39 inWeight 155 g (5.47 oz)SIM Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)Display Type ...

Xperia XZ and Xperia X Performance have received Android 7.1.1 update

Rejoice, Sony fans, as your Xperia XZ and X Performance handsets have just received an Android 7.1.1 OS update. This means that a number of new features, like the app shortcuts with a new, compatible launcher, are now available to you. Increased performance of the phones have already been reported by various users. Android Security Patch is now upgraded to 1st April 2017, so your smartphones are now better protected against possible intrusions and viruses. Tweet Vote on HN ...

BlackBerry KeyOne coming to the US on May 31st, Canada sometime around that

According to BlackBerry’s press release, both CMDA and GSM unlocked variants of the phone will be on on sale in the US on the end of May. Other carriers are rumoured to offer the phone later in the summer. As for Canadian release, we do not have its date, but we do know that Canadians will be able to pre-order the smartphone starting May 18th. It will be available at Rogers, SaskTel, Bell, Bell MTS and TELUS Business. The lowest-priced term for the phone will be $199. Tweet Vote on ...

New schematics of iPhone 8 leaked!

Benjamin Gaskin has released on Tweeter what he calls schematics for the upcoming iPhone 8 smartphone. The sketch features a few interesting points whith collerate nicely with what we already heard: yes, there is a dual lens camera, with centered flash indeed; most other elements, like earpiece speaker and sensor, are placed exacly where we thought it will be. One thing, though, is missing; rear-mounted Touch ID is missing from the phone.Cool, uncool? Tweet Vote on HN ...

Smuggler drone, or how to deliver prison contraband with a mini-flier

I am sure you have seen at least a few movies about prison life. Do you remember contraband scenes? Items smuggled in transport cars, delivered to receivers by book or laundry wagons, handed from inmate to inmate until they reach the right hand. Well, I hope you will remember these pictures, because times of contrabanda being done that way seem to be over…21st century sees a drastic increase in science and technology. Some of that tech angers us, some of it helps us. This particular way of using it can be counted as… both? Government of Great Britain noticed an increase in ...

Flying 100mpx. Hasselblad and DJI are working together on a high-quality camera drone

DJI, a company that deals in, among other things, drones, have bought a majority stake at Hasselblad, a high quality camera producer. Together, those two firms have begun and are slowly completing their work on M600, a camera drone. This drone is basically three items melded into one: the drone itself (six batteries, dust resistance, Lightbridge 2 system), 100mpx camera with 53,4 mm x 40 mm sensor and a Ronin-MX gimbal that works as a stabilizator. If you do not know much about that tech (like me), let me rephrase – this will be a high quality, costly drone. We do not know its price ...

How to unlock Alcatel Shine Lite using sim unlock code

The Alcatel Shine Lite features a 5-inch HD display, 2 GB of RAM and a MediaTek processor. The Shine Liste has a fingerprint reader that works pretty quickly and reliably. The front Lite camera uses an LED light and the rear 13-megapixel camera works fine. Some of parameters of Your Alcatel Shine LiteBody Dimensions 141.5 x 71.2 x 7.5 mm (5.57 x 2.80 x 0.30 in)Weight 156 g (5.50 oz)Build Asahi Dragontrail Glass back panelSIM Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)Display Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colorsSize 5.0 inches (~68.4% screen-to-body ...