Windows 10 is perhaps the most polarising operating system Microsoft has ever released. It’s adoption rate is both lauded for its speed but mocked for only matching Windows 7 given it is free.
Microsoft has announced it will step up the intensity of its ‘Get Windows 10’ campaign for Windows 7 and Windows 8 users. The nagware has already been heavily criticised for its persistent attempts to push consumers but now business users are going to get the same treatment.
Self-driving cars have a new supporter: President Obama.
After talking in his last State of the Union address this week about investing in the country’s transportation system, Obama and his Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced a 10-year, $4 billion plan to fund pilot projects that would accelerate the adoption of self-driving autonomous vehicles. Such programs, if funded in the fiscal year 2017 federal budget, will test connected vehicle systems in “designated corridors” around the country and work toward a multi-state regulatory framework that covers the industry.
But scientists have discovered a method of data transmission more than 100 times faster than traditional WiFi, and it only requires that you turn on a light.
LiFi is a category of Visible Light Communication; an LED light flickers at speeds undetectable to the naked eye to transmit data — a bit like high tech morse code. In fact, scientists have demonstrated in a lab that they can transmit information at as much as 224 gigabits per second, the equivalent of 18 movies of 1.5 GB each being downloaded every single sound. In an office setting, they were able to achieve speeds up to 100 times faster than average WiFi speeds.
A feature in the next version of Apple’s mobile operating system will improve health by helping you sleep better.
Night Shift for iOS 9.3 filters light from electronic displays so it won’t disrupt your body clock. Based on the time and location, an iPhone or iPad will shift on-screen color away from blue when it’s dark outside.
Kia Motors has announced plans to introduce autonomous vehicles with smart technology that will enable them to partly drive themselves.
Kia will develop intelligent vehicles that feature a range of Advanced Drive Assistance Systems (ADAS) to control them and keep them safe on public roads. It will begin manufacturing partially autonomous cars by 2020 and aims to bring the first fully autonomous vehicle to market by 2030.
