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Apple has unveiled its long-rumoured iPhone X to mark the 10-year anniversary of the first ever iPhone. Pronounced 'iPhone ten', like the Roman numeral it represents, the device was launched alongside the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus during an event at the coompany's new "spaceship campus" in California. Along with a radical new edge-to-edge design, the iPhone X includes new tech that enables users to unlock the handset with their face, as well as animated emojis called 'Animojis' that mirror the user's facial expressions. Here's everything you need to know about the iPhone X: All-glass design Instead of the aluminium casing used in last year's iPhone 7, the new iPhone X has an all-glass enclosure. This isn't the first time Apple has used glass in its iPhones. The iPhone 4 and 4s had glass front and back panels, with a stainless steel band sandwiched between the two. However, these phones were plagued by durability issues, wi...

Apple has unveiled the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, alongside the much-rumoured iPhone X at one of its "special events" in California. While the iPhone X was the star of the show, the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus represent substantial upgrades over last year's iPhone 7 and 7 Plus - including a new glass and aluminium design, an A11 "Bionic" chip and wireless charging. They are also significantly cheaper than the iPhone X, so if the price of the top-of-the-range model makes your eyes water, these are definitely worth considering. Here's everything you need to know about the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus. All-glass design Apple has introduced major design overhaul for the iPhone 8. Instead of the aluminium casing used in the iPhone 7 , Apple has moved to an all-glass enclosure. This isn't the first time Apple has used glass in its iPhones. The iPhone 4 and 4s had glass front and back panels, with a stainless steel band sandwiched between the two. How...

The last Apple TV was everything we wanted from a set-top box -- except for 4K support. That's being fixed this year with the Apple TV 4K. It finally gives Apple fans a way to watch higher-resolution streaming video and, not surprisingly, it'll also accompany the debut of 4K video on iTunes. Naturally, you'll also be able to watch high-res content on Netflix and other services, as well as take advantage of high-dynamic range lighting with HDR10 and Dolby Vision. The new set-top box puts Apple on a level playing field with competitors like Roku and Amazon, which have offered 4K and HDR support for a while. Surprisingly, Apple isn't planning to charge more for higher-resolution versions of iTunes films. Your existing HD iTunes purchases will be upgraded to 4K/HDR for free, and the company says new 4K releases will cost the same as existing films. That's notable since services like Vudu charge a premium for higher-res releases. As you'd expect, Apple ...

The new Apple Watch is now official, offering one big highlight upgrade over the previous version: Built-in cellular support. Wireless cellular connectivity provided by a built-in chip means the new Apple Watch will be able to stay connected even when it’s not tethered to an iPhone, which is a huge step forward in terms of making it an independent mobile device. Basically, it means you can make and receive calls, as well as messages, while away from your iPhone using just the Apple Watch. The Watch will use a separate connection when away from the phone, but it will still use the same phone number so that messages and texts all get to you regardless of whether you have your phone or watch with you or not. The new Apple Watch is visually quite similar to the existing version, with backwards compatibility with existing straps and bands. There’s a new Blush Gold color to match the new iPhone color option, and a new Ceramic Gray for the higher-end models that joins the existing white...

Project CARS is the most authentic, beautiful, intense, and technically-advanced racing game on the planet. Create a driver, pick from a variety of motorsports, and shift into high gear to chase a number of Historic Goals and enter the Hall Of Fame. Then test your skills online either in competitive fully-loaded race weekends, leaderboard-based time challenges, or continually-updated community events. Featuring world-class graphics and handling, a ground-breaking dynamic time of day & weather and deep tuning & pit stop functionality, Project CARS leaves the competition behind in the dust. system, Features The finished product is intended to represent a realistic driving simulation. In order to differentiate the game from the established industry leaders, Gran Turismo and Forza Motorsport, Slightly Mad Studios' aim is a "sandbox" approach that allows the player to choose between a variety of different motorsports paths and grants immediate access ...

Photo by Science Shrestha The quake has all left us devastated. Our confidence even in the next second has been shaken. There is real palpable fear that we are all living with. Yes, fear grips everyone and it may stay with us. Those who have not faced more casualty will also face this emotion for days to come. So, how does one deal with this? How do you face it?

Photo by Science Shrestha For relief workers in Nepal after the massive earthquake on April 25, one of the challenges is just knowing where to go: Most roads and buildings don't exist on a map. But that's a situation that's changing, hour by hour, as thousands of volunteers around the world build a detailed  digital atlas of the earthquake zone  as part of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT). Volunteers use aerial images from satellites to mark open spaces where helicopters or planes might land with supplies, highlight streets between towns and villages, and outline buildings that aid groups can use to guess where victims might be. Using OpenStreetMap technology—known as the "Wikipedia of maps"—they build continuously updated maps that can be used online or downloaded into navigation devices. 72 hours after, thousands of amateurs have mapped something like 30,000 buildings. Just two hours after the earthquake hit, the organization's coord...

Patan Durbar Square after the massive earthquake. Photo by Science Shrestha Saturday’s Nepal earthquake has destroyed housing in Kathmandu,  damaged World Heritage sites , and triggered deadly avalanches around Mount Everest. The  death toll is already reported as being in the many thousands . Given past experience, it would not surprise if it were to reach the many tens of thousands when everyone is accounted for. Nepal is particularly prone to earthquakes. It sits on the boundary of two massive tectonic plates – the Indo-Australian and Asian plates. It is the collision of these plates that has produced the Himalaya mountains, and with them, earthquakes. Our research in the Himalaya is beginning to shed light on these massive processes, and understand the threat they pose to local people. The science of earthquakes The April 25 quake measured 7.8 on the  moment magnitude scale , the largest since the 1934 Bihar quake, which measured 8.2 and killed around 10...

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