Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google, facing the growing possibility of antitrust action and legislation to rein in their power, are spending freely to gain influence and access.
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Startling study finds US fertilizer industry emits 100 times more methane than estimated
A disturbing new study from researchers at Cornell University and the Environment Defense Fund has independently measured methane emissions from a number of ammonia fertilizer plants. The startling results suggest methane emissions are 100 times higher than industry estimates, and three times higher than the Environmental Protection Agency's estimate for all industry methane emissions in the United States.
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Looking to upgrade? These are the best iPhone deals for June 2019
Apple devices can get expensive, but if you just can't live without iOS, don't despair: We've curated an up-to-date list of all of the absolute best iPhone deals available for May 2019.
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MIT developing autonomous self-docking Roboats to reinvigorate Amsterdam canals
MIT has unveiled the latest version of the robotic boats it is developing for the city of Amsterdam that are intended to autonomously move passengers, goods and maybe garbage along the city's 165 canals in the near future. The new iteration of these "Roboats" has been given the ability to locate and dock with one another, even in difficult conditions.
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Trakka's latest camper van heads for the Outback with off-grid power and slick versatility
We've been watching the new third-generation Mercedes-Benz Sprinter morph into different camper vans in Germany, the UK and the US. Now Australia's Trakka, builder of small on- and off-road motorhomes, has given us our first look at a gen-3 Sprinter camper van from down under, and it's arguably the most impressive yet. The Jabiru camper van uses a full off-grid power suite and multifunctional, space-optimizing components to support highway and backway adventurers as they escape on quick holidays or extended off-grid expeditions.
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Ford China introduces its first all-electric SUV and it looks surprisingly cool - Roadshow
The Territory EV is an electrified version of a little badge-engineered SUV built by Ford's Chinese partner Jiangling.
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Chernobyl: Why did the nuclear reactor explode and could it happen again? - CNET
What is a positive void coefficient and how did it contribute to the reactor explosion on April 26, 1986?
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Mercedes-AMG just broke our brains with the M139, a 416-hp 4-cylinder engine - Roadshow
AMG is effectively telling the laws of physics to hold its beer while it turns the wick up to insane levels on a production engine.
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Mona Lisa's smile could be a lie, neuroscientists say - CNET
If you had to sit still for hours, you might not be able to muster a genuine smile either.
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Dark Phoenix review: The rise of X-Men's most compelling villain - CNET
Spoiler-free: After a shaky opening, Sophie Turner's Jean Grey takes us on a wild ride to complete an era of mutant adventures.
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FoodShot Global is digging up innovation for soil health as part of its first prize competition
FoodShot Global, a prize platform devoted to transforming the world’s food and agriculture industries, has awarded the first round of prizes for its Innovating Soil 3.0 competition.
Trace Genomics, a startup developing an analytics service for soil health to optimize the use of farmland, has received an undisclosed investment from FoodShot’s investment partner, S2G Ventures.
Additional awards of $250,000 were given to Keith Paustian to speed up the global adaptation of his COMET tool systems, which provide farmers with metrics and information on regenerative farming; and Gerlinde De Deyn, for her work studying biodiversity over time.
A $35,000 award was given to Dorn Cox to support the development of his open-source data project that will look to catalog knowledge around agriculture techniques and distribute that information freely to a global community of farmers.
“I founded FoodShot Global envisioning a new way to harness the power of innovation, capital, and the collaborative spirit of the world’s leading stakeholders to effect change,” said FoodShot Global founder and chairman Victor Friedberg. “We chose to start with soil because any future that imagines 10 billion people eating healthy and sustainably with equal access will require healthy soil. The three people we announced today are all groundbreakers whose inspired work lays the foundation for the next generation of solutions to the urgency we now face as a civilization. I couldn’t be more impressed and inspired by these inaugural FoodShot Global award winners and look forward to sharing what they’re doing with a larger audience.”
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HTC’s Vive Pro Eye VR headset with eye-tracking arrives for $1,599
Virtual reality and eye-tracking seem like an incredible match — for reasons I’ll illustrate below — and now HTC’s first dedicated stab at an eye-tracking headset has arrived in the US and Canada for $1,599. That’s the word from HTC’s official blog post, following an earlier release for the headset in China and Europe last month.
Why eye-tracking? As my colleague Nick explained when he tried the Vive Pro Eye in January, it not only allows you to control things in VR just by looking at them, but can also produce higher fidelity VR images with less processing power — by only rendering the parts of a scene that you’re actually looking at in high resolution, instead of wasting those resources on your peripheral vision too. It’s a technique...
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Renewed Apple iPhones get big price cuts on Amazon for Father’s Day
If you’re looking to get your paws on an iPhone for yourself or for dad, you’re in luck: Amazon has a few nice Father’s Day discounts going right now on the iPhone 7, iPhone 8, and iPhone X, and we’ve rounded them up right here.
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Fossil drops prices on smartwatches with these Father’s Day promo codes
A watch is a timeless Father’s Day gift, and Dads these days are likely to be sporting smartwatches or hybrids. Score promo codes for deals on an array of smartwatch and hybrid smartwatch models at Fossil.
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B&H slashes up to a whopping $900 from high-powered 2018 MacBook Pros
B&H is emptying their stock of MacBook Pro 2018 models with a huge sale. In order to make room for the incoming MacBook Pro 2019 laptops from Apple, B&H is offering discounts as much as $900, with $200 discounts available for most models.
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Happy Birthday, Tetris. 35 Years Later You're As Addictive And Tetromino-y As Ever
The video game has become one of the most popular and best selling of all time. Its creator, Alexey Pajitnov, says that's because it appeals to humanity's "constructive spirit."
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Sony kicks off E3 with massive Days of Play sale on PS4 games - CNET
This is the time to scoop up PS4 consoles, accessories and games.
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This small robot can help observe aquatic ecosystems video - CNET
The Heron USV created by Clearpath Robotics allows humans to take water samples from hard-to-reach areas, among other duties.
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How to install an iOS beta on your iPhone or iPad using iTunes
What do you do if you can't install the iOS beta over-the-air? iTunes to the rescue!
If you're having trouble installing a beta version of the latest iOS using the software profile and over-the-air (OTA) update, there is another method you can try by connecting your iPhone or iPad to iTunes and loading it directly. Here's how.
Apple occasionally offers updates to iOS, watchOS, tvOS, and macOS as closed developer previews or public betas for iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and Mac (sadly, no public beta for the Apple Watch). While the betas contain new features, they also contain pre-release bugs that can prevent the normal use of your iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV, or Mac, and are not intended for everyday use on a primary device. That's why we strongly recommend staying away from developer previews unless you need them for software development, and using the public betas with caution. If you depend on your devices, wait for the final release.
- Always the first step: Back everything up!
- How to install an iOS beta on your iPhone or iPad through iTunes
- How to downgrade from an iOS beta
Always the first step: Back everything up!
The same way you'd install an OTA beta, the first thing you should do is make an archived backup of your iPhone or iPad. There is always going to be a hiccup along the download and installation path, and you don't want to be "that guy" that loses everything, now do you?
- Connect your iPhone or iPad to your computer.
- Open iTunes on your computer.
- Select your device icon at the top left of your iTunes window.
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Click on Summary in the iTunes sidebar.
- Tick the box for This Computer.
- Tick the box for Encrypt local backup.
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Click on Back Up Now.
- Enter a password to encrypt your backup. Write this down somewhere because you cannot recover it if you forget it
- Open Preferences in iTunes after the backup has finished. You can either hit Command and , at the same time on your keyboard or select it from the iTunes menu bar in the upper left corner of your screen.
- Click on the Devices tab in the Preferences window.
- Right or Control click on the backup you just made.
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Click Archive.
Making an archived backup of your iPhone or iPad will keep it from being overwritten by any backup in the future, just in case you want to revert back to that iOS version.
How to install an iOS beta on your iPhone or iPad through iTunes
Installing a beta through iTunes is called using a "Restore Image." You'll download the file onto your computer, and then load it onto your iPhone or iPad through iTunes.
Note: The developer beta for iOS 13 and iPadOS 13 requires Xcode 11 beta or macOS Catalina beta. You can download the beta for Xcode from Apple's developer download portal in the Applications section. To install the beta for iOS 13 using macOS Catalina, see our step-by-step guide.
- Navigate to developer.apple.com on your computer.
- Click on View all under iOS Restore Images.
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Click on the download link for the device you want to install the beta on.
- Connect your iPhone or iPad to your computer after the file has completely downloaded.
- Launch iTunes on your computer.
- Select your device icon at the top left of your iTunes window.
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Click on Summary in the iTunes sidebar.
- Hold down Option and click Check for Updates at the same time.
- Select the iOS beta software restore image file you just downloaded.
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Click on Open.
The file will install on your iPhone or iPad. When the download is complete, your device will reboot and you can finish the setup process. Make sure you have a wi-fi connection to complete the setup.
How to downgrade from an iOS beta
If you've decided that you don't want the beta on your device anymore, and you've made a backup archive, you can revert back to the version you were using when you made the backup.
How to downgrade from an iOS beta on iPhone and iPad
Any questions?
Do you have any questions about downloading and installing a beta on your iPhone or iPad directly through iTunes? Put them in the comments and we'll help you out.
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Voatz has raised $7 million in Series A funding for its mobile voting technology
Voatz, the four-year-old, Boston, Ma.-based voting and citizen engagement platform that has been at the center of debate over the merits and dangers of mobile voting, has raised $7 million in Series A funding. The round was co-led by Medici Ventures and Techstars, with participation from Urban Innovation Fund and Oakhouse Partners.
Voatz, which current employs 17 people, is modeled after other software-as-a-service companies but geared toward election jurisdictions, working with state and local governments to conduct elections and provide related election management and cybersecurity services.
As we’d reported back in March, the city of Denver agreed to implement a mobile voting pilot in its May municipal election using Voatz’s technology, an opportunity that was offered exclusively to active-duty military, their eligible dependents and overseas voters using their smartphones.
The company hasn’t yet shared how many people wound up using the platform. As Voatz cofounder and CEO Nimit Sawhney told us late yesterday, “Our most recent election in Denver CO finished last night on June 4th and the post election audit will be beginning shortly.”
Denver was not the company’s first pilot program. Rather, Voatz had conducted more than 30 pilots previously, including two in West Virginia last year that had attracted the financial backing of Tusk Philanthropies, the philanthropic operation of investor and strategist Bradley Tusk.
As for where Voatz will be used next, Sawhney says to “stay tuned. The next phase of our pilot programs will be announced by the relevant jurisdictions a bit later in the summer.”
Voatz has become the best-known mobile voting app, which has also made it the target of some unflattering attention, including last summer, when numerous security experts criticized it roundly in a Vanity Fair piece. One said it was “going to backfire.” Another warned that the “United States needs some form of vetting process for online voting in elections.” A software expert separately called Voatz an “horrifically bad idea.”
Apparently, investors, along with growing number of city and state governments, are still willing to bet that it’s better than what’s currently available.
Voatz had previously raised $2.2 million in funding led by the venture arm of Overstock.com.
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Here's Why You May Start Receiving Fewer Robocalls
The FCC wants phone companies to block robocalls by default. "We think these actions will help consumers ... to get the peace and the quiet that they deserve," said FCC Chairman Ajit Pai.
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Last Call For Southwest's 60,000 Point Credit Card Welcome Offers
Update: These offers go away on 6/10, so get your applications in now. I personally got the Priority card!
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