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US Air Force to keep the ugly, deadly, and uniquely capable A-10 in the air through 2022
The Air Force has finally backed down on replacing the venerable and highly effective A-10 with the F-35 — at least, not any time soon. The A-10 will continue flying for another six years.
Le mot de la semaine : convaincre
Chaque semaine, redécouvrez de manière ludique le vocabulaire de la vente avec la définition d’un mot extrait de l’ouvrage de Jérôme Grajezyk, le Dictionnaire engagé du vocabulaire commercial.
Soft Machines claims its cutting-edge VISC CPU cores can outperform Intel, ARM in performance per watt
Soft Machines has released new data on its VISC (Variable Instruction Set Computing) architecture, including performance data on how it should compare against current Intel and ARM CPUs. The company claims it can offer dramatic improvements in performance per watt … Continue reading
Android Wear 1.4 brings new gestures, speech-to-text messaging, voice calling
While Google’s Android blog post doesn’t specifically identify the release number, other Google sources have verified the update is Android OS 6.0 and Android Wear 1.4.
‘Cell phone towers cause amputees pain,’ UT Dallas study doesn’t find
Misleading press for a much-hyped study claims to prove that cell tower emissions can cause pain in amputees. No, Virginia, you are not allergic to your cell phone signal.
Le mot de la semaine : client
Chaque semaine, redécouvrez de manière ludique le vocabulaire de la vente avec la définition d’un mot extrait de l’ouvrage de Jérôme Grajezyk, le Dictionnaire engagé du vocabulaire commercial.
Nintendo nixes its bizarre bedside sleep tracker
Nintendo won’t be releasing a bedside sleep tracking device after all. The company best known for making game consoles announced the health-tracking product in October 2014, promising the ability to monitor body movements, heart rate, and movement over radio waves. … Continue reading
ET deals: Dell XPS 15 quad-core 15.6-inch laptop for $1080
Today, Dell is offering up the XPS 15 9550 laptop at a 10% discount. With a quad-core Skylake processor, a full HD display, and a discrete graphics card, this powerful laptop has a lot to love at a very reasonable … Continue reading
How much RAM do you need, should you upgrade it, and will it speed up your PC?
If you’ve got questions about RAM, RAM standards, or RAM upgrades, you’ve come to the right place. This guide breaks down whether or not high-speed RAM can improve game or application performance, whether or not it’s a good idea to … Continue reading
Security camera riddled with flaws that let attackers hack your video and your network
An in-depth analysis of yet another Internet-connected security camera has revealed a host of software problems. Alex Farrant and Neil Biggs, both of the research team for Context Information Security in the U.K, analyzed Motorola’s Focus 73, an outdoor security … Continue reading
