It is the first known case of a head of a state coming under attack from a drone. During the 81st anniversary of a Bolivian National Guard, president of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro has been targeted by a drone carrying an explosive charge. Drone exploded in a fair distance from the president, leaving him and his entourage unharmed but inflicting wounds on seven members of the National Guard. Parts of the attack can be seen in this video.Attack caused panic, during which president has been escorted to safety. A new, mysterious group calling itself Soldados de Franelas, or Flannel Soldiers, has ...

It is not Pistachio after all! Google has officially unveiled its newest operating system, Android 9, to the world. Event has shared much information about the OS, ”most importantly” its name. It turns out that Android 9 P will be called Pie, as in apple pie or cherry pie. Mmm, cherry pie… Anyway, Android Pie is already available for the very first smartphones: Google Pixel, Pixel XL, Google Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL and, last but not least, Essential Phone. The new OS will be downloaded automatically, with no need for manual control over the process (sounds spooky when I put ...

Woohoo! LiS is really getting a sequel! Adventure game from 2015 (though an interactive story is perhaps a more fitting name), Life is Strange is an adult, well-crafted game that impressed the players with a story about a complicated life of a teenage girl with superpowers – and it is much better than it sounds, trust me. The multi-layered story has left us wanting more, and although both the Before the Storm expansion as well as a standalone Adventures of Captain Spirit were good, the second main course is still before us.Game’s teaser trailer can be watched here, ...

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Or so says Evan Blass. According to the all-knowing god of leaks, Google will release Android 9.0 P on August 20th. Blass has not provided any proof to back his claims, but his mostly stellar record on rumours is proof itself.Some of Android P’s more interesting features will include a dark mode for saving battery, Clear All button and a built-in notch. Whether or not P in Android P stands for Pistachio is still up for debate. Tweet Vote on HN ...

What a treat. Google Play offers a Portable Fan app (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.holycoder.holyfan), a small program that imitates sounds made by a cooling fan. The app has been downloaded over 500 thousand times by now, and it looks like a considerate percentage of people who downloaded it are idiots. Why would I think so? Well… because a few thousand people gave the app 1 star out of 5, with their comments saying that they are disappointed that the app does not work like a fan.I just… I… aaaah. *facepalm, Picard ...

Apple’s financial track may be great, but it could be better. According to the IDC report from the 2nd quarter of 2018, company from Cupertino has dropped from the 2nd to 3rd best-selling smartphone brand in the world. Huawei has taken this spot on the pedestal, with 54,2 mln smartphones sold, while Apple has sold merely, hah hah, 41.3 million. In other words, Huawei holds 15.8% of the market, while Apple covers only 12.1%. Both companies are dwarfed by the ongoing lider, though. Samsung has sold 71.5 million devices in the last quarter year, and holds 21.9% of the market shares. 4th ...

As reported by Agence France-Presse, the French government has just passed the law which bans school students under and up to 15 years old from using their phones at school. They can have their phones with them, but they have to be turned off. The law will come into effect this September.What do you think? Would you like your government to pass the same law? Tweet Vote on HN ...

The company wants to change its, quote, ”visual identity&#8221, and changing its icons is meant to be a large part of the process. Mozilla’s designers have lots of ideas for the new icons, but they want to give us, the users, a say in the matter. It is not a poll, no – more like Mozilla gives us an outlet for us to share our opinions on the new designs.Offered icons are grouped into two sets. Mozilla wants to choose icons that will make us, the users, realize that Firefox is much more than just a web browser. Among the proposed designs are icons for Firefox Quantum, ...

Dark Mode is nothing new on YouTube: PC and iOS users have had it for a few months. Android users have been left in the dark – until now. A small number of Android-wielders are reporting that they now have access to YT’s Dark Mode. Anyone lucky or uninterested enough to receivet he update is reportedly being informed by a special message appearing in the bottom window of the app. The function can be turned on in the app’s settings, just like in the iOS version.Dark Mode appearing on a selected few Android devices is probably a part of a closed test of the function. We do ...