2015年9月18日 星期五

2015-09-19 Ghana Sci/Tech


NBCNews.com
   
EPA Says VW Intentionally Violates Clean Air Standards   
ABC News
The Environmental Protection Agency said Friday that Volkswagen intentionally skirted clean air laws by using a piece of software that enabled about 500,000 of its diesel cars to emit fewer smog-causing pollutants during testing than in real-world ...
VW cheated on US pollution tests for 'clean diesels'   Los Angeles Times
EPA: Volkswagen used 'defeat device' to illegally skirt air-pollution controls   Washington Post
VW `Clean Diesel' Scheme Exposed as Criminal Charges Weighed   Bloomberg
CNET   
WIRED   
Examiner.com   
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Forbes
   
Destiny: Xur's 'Three of Coins' Exploit Is What I Love About This Game   
Forbes
Gamers can be a strange sort. We seem, in a strange way, to do anything to not have fun. When presented with what appears to be an enjoyable world and some tools for moving through it, but we possess an almost preternatural ability to render any game ...

Review: Destiny: The Taken King - Assume the Throne   Examiner.com
The Taken King lets you love a game that doesn't love you back   Ars Technica
Destiny Team Smashes Taken King's Raid In Seven Hours   Kotaku
KpopStarz   
Tom's Guide   
Kotaku Australia   
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Hindustan Times
   
Apple customers report devices crashing on iOS 9 update   
Hindustan Times
A sales assistant shows features of iOS 9 on an Apple iPhone 6 at an Apple reseller shop in Bangkok. Photo: Reuters. A significant number of Apple Inc customers are reporting their mobile devices have crashed after attempting to upload the new iOS 9 ...

Enabling of Ad Blocking in Apple's iOS 9 Prompts Backlash   New York Times
Facebook's 'Like' Button Another Casualty of Ad Blockers   Wall Street Journal (blog)
Ad blockers help some and hurt others: Top Apple iOS app pulled for being too ...   ZDNet
Irish Examiner   
Reuters   
Apple Insider   
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IBNLive
   
Apple explores rules of the road for self-driving cars   
IBNLive
San Francisco: The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) on Friday said that it met with Apple to discuss rules of the road regarding testing self-driving cars. "The Apple meeting was to review DMV's autonomous vehicle regulations," a ...
Apple's DMV talks point to self-driving car ambitions   San Jose Mercury News
Report: Apple met with California auto regulator to discuss self-driving cars   Fortune
Apple did what anyone wanting to use California's roadways must do: Talk to ...   VentureBeat
The Next Web   
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Fortune
   
Sharp to sell world's first 8K TV in October, for about $125000   
Fortune
8K, also called Super Hi-Vision, is shorthand for a resolution of 7,680 pixels by 4,320 pixels—16 times that of today's high-definition televisions. First there was 1080p. Then there was 4K. Now, Japan electronics giant Sharp will begin limited sales ...
World's first 8K TVs to sell for $133000   CBS News

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The Australian
   
Student suffers 25 stings to net IgNobel   
Irish Examiner
Studies fitting chickens with prosthetic “dinosaur tails”, looking at the plausibility of fathering 888 children, and discovering the most painful bee sting points on the body are all among the latest winners of “Ig Nobel” awards. The awards, parodying ...
25yrs of Ig Nobel awards: 10 of the world's most trivial scientific discoveries   RT
Osaka doctor wins tongue-in-cheek Ig prize for study on kissing as allergy relief   Asahi Shimbun
How long does it take to pee? Harvard's Ig Nobel Prize honours the year in ...   National Post
Arab News   
The Straits Times   
Washington Post   
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Telegraph.co.uk
   
Virus gives poker cheats a hand online   
The Times (subscription)
Hundreds of online poker players have had their computers infected with a virus that tells cybercriminals what cards they are holding, according to a security researcher. The malicious software, named Odlanor, takes snapshots of their hands while they ...
Online poker scam lets hackers cheat their way to winning   WTSP 10 News
Online poker players' cards snooped on by malicious virus   Telegraph.co.uk
Hackers Use Malware to Cheat at Online Poker   Motherboard
CNBC   
Irish Independent   
PC Magazine   
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ABC News
   
Amazon.com Fires Back at Apple With Its Own Onslaught of New Products   
Fox Business
Amazon.com can't let Apple have all the fun. While the Mac maker unveiled a slew of new gadgets last week, including the iPad Pro, iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, and Apple TV, Amazon is firing back with no less than 7 new "members of the Fire family." The new ...

PC And Console Gamers: The New Amazon Fire TV Gaming Edition Is For You   Forbes
Amazon Fire tablet specs, release date: Officially launched for $49.99   MNR Daily
Amazon is adding a low priced option to their Kindle family   Examiner.com
USA TODAY   
CNET   
Digital Trends   
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Bidness ETC
   
AT&T now throttles “unlimited data” after 22GB instead of 5GB   
Bulletin Leader
The United States carrier had a limit of 5GB in place for unlimited data plans, and passing this bar would cause connectivity to the internet to be limited altogether. The company now gives customers 22GB of high speed data before throttling. “We will ...
AT&T to ease throttling on unlimited data plan and other business news   KPRC Houston

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Channel News Asia
   
EU ministers unite on climate mandate ahead of Paris summit   
Reuters
... * Polish elections complicated the debate. * Environment campaigners say EU position still too weak. * Deal includes regular reviews, long-term goals. By Barbara Lewis. BRUSSELS, Sept 18 (Reuters) - EU ministers on Friday finalised what they said ...
EU Calls for Five-Year Emission Target Renewal   Wall Street Journal
India will not pay to clean up 'world polluted by the West'   TODAYonline
EU united for ambitious, binding agreement at Paris talks, says climate chief   The Guardian
Rappler   
Gulf Times   
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