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 ...

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 ...

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 – ...

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 ...

This year has been good for Vivo, with the company doubling its market shares in the first quarter of 2019; hopefully, the release of Z1Pro will make it even better for them. This mid-ranger’s main selling points are its hole punch selfie camera and triple rear camera, topped by a modest price.– 6.53″ display, FHD+, IPS LCD– Corning Gorilla Glass, 6th gen– Snapdragon 712 CPU– 4/6GB RAM, 64/128GB storage, microSD up to 256GB– 16mpx (f/1.78) x 8mpx x 2mpx main camera– 32mpx (f/2.0) selfie shooter– 5000mAh battery, 18W charging ...

Both devices receive the update simultaneously, though the update is not the same for both of them. Pixel phones have drawn the long straw in this contest, getting not only a number of security fixes, but also a a small list of improvements:Improves “OK Google” and music detection (Pixel 2 and newer),Fixes an issue for some devices getting stuck during boot (Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL),Fixes an issue for some devices getting stuck in EDL mode with a blank screen (Pixel 3 and newer),Improves Unicode Japanese language support (All Pixel smartphones),Improves Titan M module (Pixel 3 ...

Project Equiano is the third one of its kind. The first one, connecting Chile and Los Angeles, is already complete; second one, a cable laid between France and USA, will be completed next year. Equiano, as you can see on the above graphic, will be an underwater cable laid between Portugal and South Africa Republic, with Nigeria in-between the two. The goal of Equino is to allow a broadband internet connection between these countries. Cool, I guess. Tweet Vote on HN ...

Good, old cannons are slowly being pushed away by the new tech, at least in the US Navy. Their place will be taken by the futuristic electromagnetic cannons, also known as railguns (video game shooter players will certainly recognize the name). A video has just been released online in which the weapon is being talked about in detail. Not too much detail, of course: the system is still experimental, and whoever gets to crack its workings first will possess a weapon significantly stronger than those of other world’s militaries. Electromagnetic cannons shoot projectiles with a speed of 7 ...

We have already heard that this phone will sport a 32mpx selfie shooter; when paired with a 48mpx triple main camera with Sony IMX586 sensors, it sounds like it will be a really good picture taker. Mi CC9’s other specs include Android 9 Pie, Snapdragon 730 CPU and 6.39 AMOLED display and. Tweet Vote on HN ...

Finally Smaung is making an attempt to fight with companies such as Xiaomi.Their upcoming model called Galaxy A90 will come in two variations.First one called SM-A905 will 4G support, with a 6.7-inch screen, an in-display fingerprint sensor. On the back of this device we will find triple rear camera setup with 48 MP + 12 MP + 5 MP resolution and a new feature called”Tilt OIS”.Second model called SM-A908 will be nearly identical.It will have 5G support, the same screen (with the in-display fingerprint, but a slightly different 48 MP + 8 MP + 5 MP rear camera setup.Both version ...