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The $180 Amazon Echo is still probably the best smart speaker powered by Amazon’s Alexa Voice Service, while the $50 Echo Dot is the cheapest. In between is the $130 Amazon Tap, which is bigger than the Dot, smaller than the Echo, and battery-powered, making it the only truly portable model in Amazon’s current lineup. […]
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The $180 Amazon Echo is still probably the best smart speaker powered by Amazon’s Alexa Voice Service, while the $50 Echo Dot is the cheapest. In between is the $130 Amazon Tap, which is bigger than the Dot, smaller than the Echo, and battery-powered, making it the only truly portable model in Amazon’s current lineup. […]
Amazon Tap is on sale for $70 today is a post from: Liliputing
AT&T seemingly on track to buy Time Warner despite Trump’s anger at CNN.
Enlarge / President Donald Trump tweeted a video of himself wrestling CNN. (credit: President Donald Trump)
AT&T seems to be on track to close its purchase of Time Warner Inc., but President Donald Trump's hatred of Time Warner property CNN could still be a "wild card" in the deal.
Trump's feud with CNN was described yesterday in a New York Times article titled, "The Network Against the Leader of the Free World." Within that article is one tidbit that could affect AT&T's proposed $85.4 billion purchase of Time Warner, which owns CNN and other media properties such as HBO and Turner Broadcasting System:
White House advisers have discussed a potential point of leverage over their adversary, a senior administration official said: a pending merger between CNN’s parent company, Time Warner, and AT&T. Mr. Trump’s Justice Department will decide whether to approve the merger, and while analysts say there is little to stop the deal from moving forward, the president’s animus toward CNN remains a wild card.
Separately, The Daily Caller wrote today that Trump doesn't want the merger to be approved unless CNN President Jeff Zucker is fired. The conservative news website attributed the information to "a source familiar with President Trump's thinking."
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Wall chargers for smartphones aren’t all that big when compared with a typical laptop charging brick. But the developers of the Kado wall charger figure there’s demand for something a little more compact. The Kado charger is thinner than a smartphone, making it easy to slip into your pocket, or maybe even a wallet. But […]
Kado is a super-thin, kind of pricey phone charger (crowdfunding) is a post from: Liliputing
Wall chargers for smartphones aren’t all that big when compared with a typical laptop charging brick. But the developers of the Kado wall charger figure there’s demand for something a little more compact. The Kado charger is thinner than a smartphone, making it easy to slip into your pocket, or maybe even a wallet. But […]
Kado is a super-thin, kind of pricey phone charger (crowdfunding) is a post from: Liliputing
Selbst einfache Handys brauchen einen Akku – nicht aber das Gerät, das Forscher der Universität Washington entwickelt haben: Das Mobiltelefon wandelt Sprache in Vibration um und überträgt diese als Radiosignale. Der Strombedarf wird durch ein winziges Solarmodul und die Basisstation in der Nähe gedeckt. (Wissenschaft, Instant Messenger)
Selbst einfache Handys brauchen einen Akku - nicht aber das Gerät, das Forscher der Universität Washington entwickelt haben: Das Mobiltelefon wandelt Sprache in Vibration um und überträgt diese als Radiosignale. Der Strombedarf wird durch ein winziges Solarmodul und die Basisstation in der Nähe gedeckt. (Wissenschaft, Instant Messenger) 
It’s been a few years since we’ve seen a Nokia smartphone with ZEISS technology for the camera… but it looks like that’s about to change. HMD has announced it’s partnered with ZEISS to work together on upcoming Nokia-branded phones, possibly including a dual-camera model that will launch later this year. It’s not clear exactly what the […]
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It’s been a few years since we’ve seen a Nokia smartphone with ZEISS technology for the camera… but it looks like that’s about to change. HMD has announced it’s partnered with ZEISS to work together on upcoming Nokia-branded phones, possibly including a dual-camera model that will launch later this year. It’s not clear exactly what the […]
HMD will use ZEISS optics in future Nokia phones is a post from: Liliputing
Kunden von O2 müssen den Netzbetreiber anrufen, um sicherzustellen, dass sie keine EU-Roaming-Gebühren mehr bezahlen. Die Verordnung enthält unklare Formulierungen, die die Betreiber ausnutzen. (Telefónica, Mobilfunk)
Kunden von O2 müssen den Netzbetreiber anrufen, um sicherzustellen, dass sie keine EU-Roaming-Gebühren mehr bezahlen. Die Verordnung enthält unklare Formulierungen, die die Betreiber ausnutzen. (Telefónica, Mobilfunk) Der deutsche Browsergamesanbieter Gamigo (Fiesta Online) kauft Mediakraft Networks. Das Kölner Unternehmen ist vor allem für die Vermarktung von Let’s Playern und anderen Youtubern bekannt. (Free-to-play, Soziales Netz)
Der deutsche Browsergamesanbieter Gamigo (Fiesta Online) kauft Mediakraft Networks. Das Kölner Unternehmen ist vor allem für die Vermarktung von Let's Playern und anderen Youtubern bekannt. (Free-to-play, Soziales Netz) Mit Railcar veröffentlicht Oracle auf Github eine Rust-Implementierung des OCI-Runtime-Spec. Crashcart ist ein Microcontainer Debugging Tool. Orcale bietet damit Alternativen zu den Diensten von Docker oder CoreOS. (Oracle, Applikationen)
Mit Railcar veröffentlicht Oracle auf Github eine Rust-Implementierung des OCI-Runtime-Spec. Crashcart ist ein Microcontainer Debugging Tool. Orcale bietet damit Alternativen zu den Diensten von Docker oder CoreOS. (Oracle, Applikationen) Predicting the unpredictable: What fractals can tell us about a coin toss.
Enlarge / Chaos looks different for everyone (Hitchcock included), but order can sneak up on you as quick as a deadly bird. (credit: Alfred Hitchcock / Archive Photos / Getty Images)
Back in the dark days of the last century when I was a university undergraduate, chaos theory was my first love. Quantum mechanics was, to me, a mess of contradictions, but I felt like I might actually understand something about chaos. More the fool me, I guess.
I got sucked into optics, and, like all summer romances, nonlinear dynamics—the broader field in which chaos theory sits—became a sepia-colored memory. Until this year at least. Unexpectedly, I had to teach a course on it. And that led me to pay more attention to current research, which managed to generate this article on Ars Technica. Yes, my brain is a nonlinear dynamical system that defies prediction (unless you are my wife; she probably saw this coming).
When we teach nonlinear dynamics in classes, the equations are always naturally dissipative. That means there is some mechanism for energy loss in the equations. However, we always balance these with an external energy input. For instance, a set of equations describing an idealized climate allows energy to be radiated out into space, but that is balanced by energy from the Sun. However, there are many places where balance doesn't exist: a coin toss, a roulette wheel, or a pinball machine are classic examples.
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Der Hersteller von Durex-Kondomen hat durch die Ransomware Petya noch immer Probleme bei Produktion, Auslieferung und Rechnungsversand. Auch der Schokoladenhersteller Milka musste die Produktion zeitweise stoppen. (Ransomware, Applikationen)
Der Hersteller von Durex-Kondomen hat durch die Ransomware Petya noch immer Probleme bei Produktion, Auslieferung und Rechnungsversand. Auch der Schokoladenhersteller Milka musste die Produktion zeitweise stoppen. (Ransomware, Applikationen) 
