Perhaps in retaliation for the mean things people said about the brand after Dieselgate, Volkswagen has decided to inflict a convertible crossover on the motoring world with today's release of the T-Roc Cabriolet.
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A beating heart relies on a healthy circuitry of electrical signals to maintain a steady rhythm, and when that system breaks down it can lead to grave consequences. Pacemakers and medications can be enlisted to correct these kinds of irregular heartbeats, but scientists are now reporting a new way forward that involves neither, instead using fine carbon threads as electrical bridges to keep the signals circulating.
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In June, Apple recalled MacBook Pro laptops sold between September 2015 and February 2017 due to batteries that posed a fire risk.
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Tweeting Live Photos is coming
Today, Twitter announced plans to bring a number of new features to its platform. Reported by The Verge, they made the announcement at a press event hosted by the company in an effort to showcase future feature releases and answer questions from reporters.
The first feature to roll out for users to test is the ability to follow topics. Outside of the Explore tab where people could follow select Moments from time to time, users have historically only been able to follow accounts, so this move is a sizable shift that could change the way people experience Twitter.
Following Topics is testing first on Android and users will be limited to following sports related topics, but that will eventually expand to include other topics such as television shows and celebrities. You'll also be able to mute topics, so if you just want a break from following a certain topic but not to unfollow entirely, you'll be able to do so.
For Apple customers, Twitter announced plans to support Live Photos on its platform, giving you the ability to finally tweet a Live Photo. You can currently upload a Live Photo to Twitter, but it will treat it as a normal, unmoving photo to people that view it. Once this feature goes live, the motion in your Live Photos will be able to seen by all. While the reports specifically mention support for iOS, we have yet to learn if this support will also come to Live Photos uploaded to Twitter from the Mac.
Other features announced at Twitter's event today include the ability to search your Direct Messages, reorder photos in a tweet, and adding separate lists that can be customized with both accounts and topics.
A randomized clinical trial taking place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been terminated early due to the extraordinary success of two drugs being investigated to treat the Ebola virus. Four new treatments were being tested in the trial, but two have displayed incredible survival rates, especially if given at the earliest stages of infection.
.. Continue Reading Ebola virus is no longer incurable, Congo trial reports over 90 percent success
Images sent back by ESA's Rosetta comet probe show that it wasn't only thing orbiting comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (67P/C-G). A comparison of images taken four years ago when the comet was closest to the Sun shows a piece of debris about 4 m (13 ft) in diameter circling 67P/C-G like a mini-moon.
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This might seem like common sense: if your 2015 MacBook Pro with Retina Display is a fire risk, you can’t bring it on an airplane. But Bloomberg is reporting that the FAA is taking the extra step of explicitly banning those recalled MacBook Pros from being brought aboard as cargo or carry-ons — seemingly singling out these devices like it did with the infamous Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phone.
We’ve asked the FAA and TSA to confirm that the MacBook Pro is getting singled out like the Note — we’re not yet seeing any sort of emergency order like before — but if true, a specific ban on the MacBook Pro could be mighty hard to enforce.
Unlike Samsung’s Note 7, which at least had some distinct design characteristics to set it apart from other...
Already the go-to for light, packable origami-inspired kayaks, Oru is now launching its lightest, most portable model to date. Sized down for the everyday commute, the new grab-and-go Inlet kayak rides to the water on your shoulder and sets up in under five minutes. It's the perfect watercraft for anyone who has limited space in a small apartment, tiny home or teardrop trailer but still wants to get out on the water regularly.
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