en apple news

Close Galaxy Note 7 vs. S7 Edge drop test Drag The Galaxy Note 7 had an eye-catching Super AMOLED screen with subtle curves on either side. But after seeing so many Galaxy S7 Edge phones fall and crack on the edge, we've leaed this much beauty usually comes at a price.Can a tougher glass and a smaller curve toughen up the Not...

The back-and-forth over which carrier has the best network continues, with Verizon Wireless taking the latest win. The nation's largest carrier also proved to be the best, according to the results taken from the first half of the year from testing firm RootMetrics. Along with the best overall performance, Verizon took the top spot in reliability, speed, data, calling and text message. AT&T finished second in every category except for calls, where Sprint edged out its rival. The results, which didn't differ much from RootMetrics' second-half 2015 test, give Verizon further ammunition as it touts the superiority of its network. These tests are critical to carriers as they sell you on the s...

RoadshowNewsCar IndustrySchedule a test drive where you want with Hyundai and Amazon Close AutoComplete: Massachusetts will tax ridesharing and give that money to taxi companies Drag "Bring it to the mountains, please. I have some, uh, steering tests I'd like to perform." Jos...

...

...

RoadshowNewsCar IndustryA drop in the bucket: Italy fines Volkswagen $5.5M for diesel malfeasance...

Amazon Amazon's Prime Air drone delivery system has been taking some time to get off the ground -- it was aounced in late 2013, and the drone wasn't unveiled until November last year -- but it just got one step closer to the sky. Amazon has aounced that it will be partnering with the UK Govement and the UK Civil Aviation Authority to test the drones for three key areas: operations outside line-of-sight in rural areas; sensor testing for hazard avoidance; and one-person operation of multiple drones. "Using small drones for the delivery of parcels will improve customer experience, create new jobs in a rapidly ...

The rise of virtual-reality headsets, including the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, has led to a surprising arms race in gaming desktops, a category that's languished in the past few years. Adding fuel to the fire is a new generation of graphics cards, the most important component in a gaming or VR-ready PC. Nvidia has new desktops cards, led by the GeForce GTX 1080 (replacing the previous-generation 900-series cards). At around $600 in the US (which works out to £560, AU$815) it's reasonably priced for a...

RoadshowNewsCar IndustryNew UK driving test will assess if you can follow a sat navThe British driving test will now include sat nav directions in a move to modeise the way people lea to drive.The UK's Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) updated the test to reflect the fact that more than half of UK drivers use a satellite navigation device to guide them as they drive."Candidates will be given more responsibility for making decisions during the test," explained DVSA Chief Driving Examiner, Lesley Young. "We want them to show they can cope with distractions and assess risk without the intervention of their instructor or examiner."The independent driving portion of the test will increas...

Facebook has created a way to download and view its videos offline. CNET Facebook will be testing a new feature in which users can download videos from the site and view them at any time, whether online or offline.Starting July 11, the testing will occur among a small group of people in India, according to a Facebook email received by blog site TechCrunch. The company targeted that country because of feedback that "mobile data and Inteet coectivity is limited" in regions like India. Many people there also wrestle with poor-quality video.The goal of the new feature is to let people download the videos over a W...

A major congratulations to NASA, as the space agency successfully completed a second test on a rocket booster created for the SLS program. This is part of NASA's roadmap to Mars, so it's exciting to see progress being made toward sending a crew into deep space. We're also taking a look at Zero Latency's newest partnership. One of our own reporters checked out a test run of Zero Latency's demo last year (and it looks/sounds amazing); now, the company is teaming up with Sega to bring its tether-free VR experience to Japan. ...

Rihaa has already released a line of "StarTrek"-inspired sunglasses in collaboration with Dior, now the singer-songwriter is dropping her Sledgehammer. The single, about which little is known apart from the name, will be included in the soundtrack for upcoming film "Star Trek Beyond."There's a teaser for the track on US iTunes, and Rihaa herself has teased it across social media, including Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. According to fan Twitter account Rihaa Diaries, the pop star may have begun working on the song as early as May 2014. "Star Trek Beyond" is due to arrive in cinemas around the world on July 22, 2016. Let's block ads! بخوانید...

RoadshowNewsCar IndustryIIHS to consider passenger-side small-overlap test after crossovers fail to protectEnlarge ImageThe RAV4 was one of the worst performers in this unofficial test, with pretty severe intrusion into the cabin. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety When the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) created its small-overlap crash test, automakers scrambled to build reinforcements to ensure its cars continued to score highly. But the IIHS only tested the driver's side, and after testing several small crossovers, it's realized that automakers aren't extending the same protection to pass...

The wasteland is about to become a lot more immersive, as massive post-apocalyptic hit Fallout 4 is coming to VR, alongside the recent reboot of the fast-paced first-person shooter, Doom, both from game publisher Bethesda. Despite massive hype over virtual reality headsets such as the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, there's been a distinct lack of recognizable brand-name games for VR to date. Most of the games currently available are indie projects, from adventurous small teams of programmers experimenting with...

RoadshowNewsCar IndustryFaraday Future allegedly preparing to test vehicles in MichiganEnlarge ImageEverything we know about Faraday Future is hidden away in the FFZERO1 concept, which is to say, we don't know much. Faraday Future The power of the Michigan manufacturer plate is a lovely thing. With it, OEMs can run a variety of vehicles that might otherwise be illegal. For example, one automaker uses manufacturer plates to drive a Citroën C4 Cactus in Detroit, while Ford has one of its plates on a Tesla Model X it purchased. Now, it appears Faraday Future wants in on the game, too.Michigan's Department of Tra...

Kelly Nelson/CNET Citizens of Middletown, New Jersey, get ready for a new kind of home Inteet service. AT&T said on Monday that Middletown will join Austin, Texas, as the two locations for using 5G wireless technology as a home broadband service, scheduled for the end of summer. The nation's second largest wireless carrier said early tests with equipment partner Ericsson have yielded speeds of 10 gigabits a second, or 10 times faster than what Google Fiber offers.In comparison, CNET visited Verizon's headquarters and saw its 5G tests run at 3.77 gigabits a second, fast enough to download the entire "Simp...