Monday, December 31, 2018
Kim calls for corresponding US measures, ready to meet Trump | News
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has renewed his commitment to denuclearisation but warned that he may have no option but to seek an alternative course if the United States does not take corresponding measures and maintains sanctions. Kim made the comments on Tuesday during his annual New Year’s Day address laying out Pyongyang’s top priorities for the 12 months ahead. In a 30-minute speech 
Netflix stops paying the ‘Apple tax’ on its $853M in annual iOS revenue – TechCrunch
Earlier this year, Netflix was seen testing a bypass of iTunes billing across dozens of markets worldwide. As 2018 draws to a close, Netflix – the App Store’s top grossing app – has ditched the ability for new users to sign up and subscribe to the streaming service within its iOS app across all global markets. The change means Apple will miss out on hundreds of millions in App Store revenue per 
The New Horizons probe buzzes the most distant object ever encountered first thing tomorrow – TechCrunch
Four billion miles from Earth, the New Horizons probe that recently sent such lovely pictures of Pluto is drawing near to the most distant object mankind has ever come close to: Ultima Thule, a mysterious rock deep in the Kuiper belt. The historic rendezvous takes place early tomorrow morning. This is an encounter nearly 30 years in the making, if you count back to the mission’s beginnings in 
A look inside the Taipei 101 New Year’s Eve fireworks show as it goes green – TechCrunch
One of the tallest buildings in the world, Taipei 101’s New Year’s Eve fireworks have become an iconic celebration since the first show at the end of 2004. But despite being a major tourism draw, the fireworks haven’t been immune to criticism. Over the past couple of years, as poor air quality becomes an increasingly serious issue throughout the country, the show has been targeted by Taiwanese 
Saddam Hussein’s daughter publishes last message before his death | News
The daughter of the late Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has posted on her Twitter account what she said were the last words her father had for the Iraqi people, four days before his execution on December 30, 2006. Raghad Hussein, who has been living in Jordan ever since the United States invaded Iraq in 2003, posted the message on the 12th anniversary of her father’s death. “Oh honourable people
What to Expect From Apple in 2019: New iPhones, Modular Mac Pro, iPad mini 5, Updated AirPods and More
2019 promises to be a major year for Apple, with a number of exciting products on the horizon. Apple’s promised modular Mac Pro for its professional user base is expected to come out in 2019, and there’s a new TV service under development that’s going to come out during the first half of the year. Apple is working on a new iPad mini, a new lower-cost HomePod, over-the-ear headphones to go along 
MIT researchers are now 3D printing glass – TechCrunch
While the thought of a machine that can squirt out endless ropes of molten glass is a bit frightening, the folks at MIT have just about perfected the process. In a paper published in 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing, researchers Chikara Inamura, Michael Stern, Daniel Lizardo, Peter Houk, and Neri Oxman describe a system for 3D printing glass that offers far more control over the hot 
Sunday, December 30, 2018
Death toll in Philippines floods, landslides rises to 61 | Philippines News
The death toll from flash floods and landslides caused by torrential rains due to a tropical depression in the eastern Philippines has jumped to at least 61, with 18 still missing, according to officials. Fifty of the victims were reported in the eastern region of Bicol, located south of the main island of Luzon, the national disaster risk reduction office was quoted as saying on Monday by dpa 
Greece child protection services ‘disjointed and inadequate’ | Abuse
Athens, Greece – When two children from the small, remote Greek island of Leros were taken to one of the largest paediatric hospitals in Athens for a psychological evaluation, one of the country’s rarely-talked-about problems was about to come to a head. After the siblings were examined by doctors, the youngest of the two, a six-year-old boy was released back to his parents while the 11-year-old
Saturday, December 29, 2018
Bangladesh elections: Voting under way amid threats of violence | Bangladesh News
Dhaka, Bangladesh – Millions of Bangladeshis head to polling stations to vote in Sunday’s parliamentary elections amid concerns expressed by rights bodies over “restrictive electoral environment”. Voting started at 8 am local time (0200 GMT) and is expected to conclude at 4 pm (1000 GMT) across more than 40,000 polling stations. Counting will begin soon after the voting ends. Prime Minister 
Citi slashes sales outlook for iPhone XS Max by nearly half – TechCrunch
Citi Research has joined a growing list of analysts to lower first-quarter production estimates for Apple’s iPhones amid weakening demand for the smartphones. Citi Research analyst William Yang cut the overall iPhone shipment forecast by 5 million to 45 million for the quarter, reported Reuters. That’s a sting that falls in line with others such as influential TF International Securities 
2-year-old Yemeni boy whose mother sued US to see him dies | News
The two-year-old son of a Yemeni woman who sued the Trump administration to let her into the country to be with the ailing boy has died, the Council on American-Islamic Relations has announced. Abdullah Hassan died on Friday in UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital in Oakland in the United States, where his father Ali Hassan brought him to get treatment for a genetic brain disorder. Ali Hassan is a 
Netflix’s New Interactive ‘Black Mirror: Bandersnatch’ Episode Doesn’t Work on Apple TV
The latest episode of popular horror series “Black Mirror” is available on Netflix today, but you’re not going to want to watch it on the Apple TV. “Bandersnatch,” the new episode, is an interactive choose-your-own adventure style show where you make the decisions on how the story progresses. As it turns out, the interactive feature does not work on the Apple TV, Chromecast, the Windows App, or 
Friday, December 28, 2018
India approves budget for first manned space mission in 2022 | News
The Indian government has announced it is allocating 100 billion rupees ($1.43 billion) for its first manned space mission, set to be launched by 2022. “Today the Cabinet has given the go-ahead to the Indian Human Space Flight Initiative,” Information Technology Minister of India Ravi Shankar Prasad told reporters in New Delhi on Friday. “We will send a 3-member crew for 7 days into space. We 
Netflix No Longer Offering In-App Subscription Options on iOS Devices
Netflix is no longer allowing new or resubscribing members to sign up for a Netflix subscription using an in-app purchase via the App Store, Netflix today told VentureBeat. The change appears to have been implemented late last month. Earlier this year Netflix experimented with disabling in-app subscription options for Netflix subscribers in a number of countries, and as of today, Netflix says the
2018’s Biggest Apple Leaks: iPhone XS and XR, iPad Pro, Macs, and More
As 2018 comes to a close, it’s a great opportunity to take a look back at the year that was. Yesterday we shared our review of everything Apple announced during the year, and today we’re taking a look at the rumors and leaks that gave us details on Apple’s plans ahead of those announcements. This year saw the typical iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch updates, although there were a few wrinkles 
The Very Slow Movie Player shows a film over an entire year – TechCrunch
It seems someone took Every Frame a Painting literally: The Very Slow Movie Player is a device that turns cinema into wallpaper, advancing the image by a single second every hour. The result is an interesting household object that makes something new of even the most familiar film. The idea occurred to designer and engineer Bryan Boyer during one of those times we all have where we are sitting 
MacRumors Giveaway: Win a 2018 11-Inch iPad Pro and a Copy of AnyTrans
For this week’s giveaway, we’ve teamed up with iMobie to offer MacRumors readers a chance to win a 64GB 11-inch iPad Pro and a copy of the company’s AnyTrans software, designed to let you easily manage the content on your iPhone or iPad. The 11-inch iPad Pro is Apple’s newest iPad, released in October. It’s the first iPad with an edge-to-edge display, no Home button, and support for Face ID. It 
Smart speakers hit critical mass in 2018 – TechCrunch
We already know Alexa had a good Christmas — the app shot to the top of the App Store over the holidays, and the Alexa service even briefly crashed from all the new users. But Alexa, along with other smart speaker devices like Google Home, didn’t just have a good holiday — they had a great year, too. The smart speaker market reached critical mass in 2018, with around 41 percent of U.S. consumers
911 emergency services go down across the US after CenturyLink outage – TechCrunch
911 emergency services in several states across the U.S. remain down after a massive outage at a CenturyLink data center. The outage began after 12pm ET on Thursday, according to CenturyLink’s status page, and continues to cause disruption across 911 call centers. Some states have seen their services restored. CenturyLink has not said what caused the outage beyond an issue with a “network 
Is a new hypersonic arms race underway? | Russia News
President Vladimir Putin says Russia will soon be first to deploy ‘invincible’ hypersonic missiles. He says the Avangard weapon guarantees Russian security for decades to come. Supersonic is slow compared with hypersonic. Flying at many times the speed of sound, they’re are designed to evade missile shield systems to attack anywhere in the world. Wednesday’s test-firing hasn’t been independently
Apple Releases New ‘Color Flood’ iPhone XR Ad
Apple today shared a new iPhone XR ad entitled ‘Color Flood’ on its YouTube channel. With Cosmo Sheldrake’s “Come Along” as the soundtrack, the ad features a cast of hundreds dressed in colorful jumpsuits running through an otherwise empty town. In one easily missed touch, there’s a quick glimpse of purple-suited cast members pouring out of the back of a van that sports the license plate 
Put down your phone if you want to innovate – TechCrunch
We are living in an interstitial period. In the early 1980s we entered an era of desktop computing that culminated in the dot-com crash – a financial bubble that we bolstered with Y2K consulting fees and hardware expenditures alongside irrational exuberance over Pets.com. That last interstitial era, an era during which computers got smaller, weirder, thinner, and more powerful, ushered us, 
This wristband detects an opiate overdose – TechCrunch
A project by students at Carnegie Mellon could save lives. Called the HopeBand, the wristband senses low blood oxygen levels and sends a text message and sounds an alarm if danger is imminent. “Imagine having a friend who is always watching for signs of overdose; someone who understands your usage pattern and knows when to contact [someone] for help and make sure you get help,” student Rashmi
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