If you want proof of the idea that electric cars are more economic than diesel, look no further but at the story of Wiebe Wakker. This wacky Dutch, member of the Plug Me In initiative, has taken it upon himself to travel around the world in his electric Golf. Wakker’s journey has begun on March 15th 2016, and in a little over three years he has traveled through thirty three countries across the globe, starting his journey in Amsterdam and ending it in Australia. During this time, Wakker has spend around 300 dollars on recharging his Golf; it has been calculated that, were he to travel ...

Star Trang is the newest item in Xiaomi’s offer. Interestingly, it is not a smartphone, tablet, smartwatch nor such; no, Star Trang is a telescope. This device is one of many created by Xiaomi for this year’s Mi Fan Festivaland as such it is not of the hiqhest quality, as it can be bought for mere 599 juan (roughly 90 dollars). For this price, we will receive a telescope with aspherical eyepieces of 23mm (21.7x) and 10mm (50x), both with 60 degrees view, glass lens with a full-surface multi-layer coating, AZ theodolite and a relatively sharp image reproduction. It comes with ...

Oppo has released an official statement about Oppo Reno’s release date: this smartphone will come out on April 24th. The premiere will take place in a special event in Zurich. As for the phone’s specs, all we know for certain is that it will have:– Sony IMX586 main camera, 48mpx x 8mpx x 13mpx, 10x optical zoom,– Snapdragon 855 CPU,– 8/12 GB RAM memory.Other, less certain sources believe that Oppo Reno will have a large battery with quick charge, retractable camera and display that covers 93% of front panel. All of that will cost something around 784 ...

Normally, this device would cost 349 USD. The 15% drop in price is global, meaning that HomePod can be bought for (relatively) cheap in every country it is available from: in the UK, the device has dropped from 319 to 279 pounds. Apple counts on that this will burst HomePod’s sales up, making up for the more lukewarm reception than expected. Tweet Vote on HN ...

The unlucky devices in question are Redmi 3S, Redmi 3X, Redmi Note 3, Redmi Pro, Redmi 4, Redmi 4A oraz Redmi Note 4. These smartphones will not receive neither the upcoming MIUI 11 nor any other large updates. The best they can count on are small security updates, and only until Xiaomi completely abandons them. Tweet Vote on HN ...

Redmi Note 5, one of the most successful Xiaomi smartphones in India, has lately been hurting for MIUI updates. Not anymore, though, as Xiaomi is just now releasing the MIUI build number 10.2.1. Update fixes a large number of issues with an earlier build 10.0.4. The full list of fixes is as follows:PhoneNotifications about incoming calls will no longer disappear if you’re in a video callIncorrect UI elements for switching between the front and the back cameras during video calls is now fixedThose who couldn’t send SMSes during conference calls will now be able to do ...

Plain, old fashioned tickets? Forget it. Commuters in Singapore can now pay for their public transporation needs with Google Pay. This was made possible by the cooperation between the Land Transport Authority and Samsung. Payment can be made contactless with a MasterCard, and since these cards work with Google Pay, the latter now allows seamless payment option. All you need to do is unlock your phone and hold its display on the fare reader; voila, done.LTA has announced that, while the payment can only be done with MasterCard for now, Visa cards will also be supported ...

Over 36 thousand points is a number high enough to consider this device a decent flagship. As far as specs go, the list tells us about a popular Snapdragon 855 with Adreno 640 GPU, a somewhat lacking 6GB RAM, very reasonable 128GB flash space and a FHD+ display. All of it works under the command of Android 9 Pie. Time will tell whether or not these specs are real. Tweet Vote on HN ...

Tencent Keen Security Lab employees have put Tesla cars under a series of tests to, well, test their defenses against hacking attempts. Those defenses have been found lacking to say the least: as it turned out, a really Keen hacker (see what I did there?) could gain access to the autonomous vehicle with just a gaming pad, whether or not the car is currently working on an autopilot. This as well as other ways to hack Tesla have been presented on this video. As for Elon Musk, he thanked Keen for their work at finding security holes in his cars and promised, that they have been or are being ...

The products in question are iPhones XS, XR, 8 and 7, as well as some of the iPods, Mac computers and Airpods. iPhones’ prices have decreased from 300 to 500 juan – 45 to 75 dollars. Also, according to CX Live and CNBC, Chinese customers who have bought their Apples in the last two weeks and for old prices will reportedly be able to receive partial refunds. Hmm.Apple has not released any official statement explaining this course of action. It is believed that this is due to the company’s sales getting pretty low in China: Apple was only the 4th best-selling mobile brand ...