On Wednesday, all Windows 10 machines currently running Microsoft Edge will be updated to use Chromium-based Edge. It’s the end of Microsoft’s last attempt to create an alternative to Chrome, and I’m somewhat sorry to see it go. It’s not that I ever particularly liked Edge. It’s never worked all that well and it seems to struggle rendering ordinary websites that neither Chrome nor Firefox have issues with. From the launch of Windows 10 up until now, Edge has used the EdgeHTML proprietary rendering engine, which was intended to be fully compatible with WebKit-based products (Safari, Chrome, various others).
LAS VEGAS – CES 2020 cemented its role as the most important show for automotive technology, with a handful of new car introductions (and re-introductions) plus lots of standalone technologies this week. Most US auto shows other than perhaps LA don’t generate a critical mass of tech-oriented auto company people, analysts, and journalists. CES certainly did. Some might snicker when Byton CEO Daniel Kircher called the M-Byte EV “the first smart device on wheels,” but not the people attending this show. Of the vehicle introductions and concept cars, all were electrified – EVs or plug-in hybrids – with no gas-engine-only vehicles introduced.
Today you can take advantage of a promo code to get get a fantastic 15.6-inch 2-in-1 Dell notebook for the low price of just $499.99. Dell built this 2-in-1 laptop with a 1080p touchscreen display with active pen support. This makes the system highly versatile and easy to use for hand writing notes and hand drawing images on screen. You can also get this system at a remarkably low price with promo code DBLTINSP157 that drops the price from $878.99 to $499.99. Google’s Pixel 4 comes equipped with Qualcomm’s SnapDragon 855 SoC and 6GB of RAM.
With a nearly unimaginable array of products and concepts on display spread across all of Las Vegas, it is hard to pick out a final few each year for our wrap-up. But here are those we found of particular interest. Lenovo ThinkPad X1 “Many-in-1” Foldable The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold is the world’s first folding display tablet. (There are obviously several designs that have separate displays on each section, but not a single folding display.) I got to demo one this week and I’m really impressed with the design. The display is protected front and back by an integrated leather cover.
LAS VEGAS – There have been a lot of debates over how humanoid robots should be designed, and at what point their resemblance to humans becomes a problem. Samsung’s NEON subsidiary (part of the company’s STAR Labs) has taken a deep dive into the same territory by launching a family of 2-D “artificial humans.” The company has made some amazingly bold and possibly scary claims about its plans for the life-like avatars, which they began to reveal at CES this week. NEON Wants to Make Max Headroom a Reality For those who aren’t familiar, in the TV series of the same name, Max Headroom is the digital embodiment of his human alter ego, Edison Carter, in the computer realm.
IT professionals need certifications that accredit their skills and knowledge, and Cisco is one of the most popular certification providers out there. Before you pursue a Cisco certification, you should make sure that the information you’re learning is up to date. Cisco’s current CCNA certification will be updated as of February 2020, so if you want to learn the most up-to-date skills in IT, The Complete 2020 Cisco CCNA Certification Prep Course features over 30 hours of training content across 64 lectures. This updated guide will teach you the wireless and security fundamentals that you need to know to ace the CCNA 200-301 exam.
LAS VEGAS – Can you engineer a planned city that works over the long haul? Toyota wants to give it a try with Woven City, a 175-acre site at the base of Mount Fuji, 90 miles southwest of Toyota’s Tokyo headquarters. There will be hydrogen fuel cells and rooftop solar panels providing power, native vegetation, and hydroponic gardens. There will also be in-home robotics, primarily wood buildings with traditional Japanese wood joinery, and in-home sensors and robotics to help with daily living. What’s missing from Woven City? Traditional passenger cars and SUVs, of which Toyota made some 8 million last year.
The chances of picking up malware on a mainstream Android phone with default settings are extremely low, but there are uncountable Android devices in the world. Not all those phones are entirely trustworthy, either. Some little-known phones have shown up with pre-installed malware thanks to unscrupulous suppliers or manufacturers. One such device has , and it’s being promoted as part of a government program. Oops. The smartphone in question is the Unimax (UMX) U686CL, which you’ve most likely never come across. It runs Android 8.1 Go Edition with 1GB of RAM, 8GB of storage, and a removable 2,000mAh battery.
Ever since two Boeing 737 Max planes crashed, Boeing has been playing a frantic game of damage control. In our early reporting on this issue, we emphasized the need for deliberate analysis and evaluation rather than leaping to conclusions. Nearly a year after Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 slammed into the ground, killing all aboard, it’s evident that the rot at Boeing went very deep indeed. The company has turned over a tranche of internal email documents that emphasize just how ugly the situation got — and how much Boeing knew about it. I’ve personally read all 117 pages of Boeing emails and created a series of images to illustrate what, exactly, Boeing employees were talking about.
