Thursday, February 25, 2016

Gizmodo Australia


MOBILE 

You Can Now Pre-Order Samsung's New Galaxy S7 And S7 Edge 

Today is the day that you can lock in your pre-order for Samsung’s latest smartphone — and get yourself a free Gear VR virtual reality headset worth $159 for doing so. Here are all the plans from Australia’s major telcos for the 5.1-inch Galaxy S7 and the 5.5-inch Gear S7 edge.
ENTERTAINMENT 

Popcorn Time 'Officially' Announces Its Return 

Popcorn Time is the revolutionary app that’s been continuously dubbed the Netflix for torrents. But after aggressive legal action by the Motion Picture Association of America, the original site Popcorntime.io, shut down indefinitely. After week of mystery surrounding its sudden reappearance, anonymous developers are declaring that illegal Netflix is back, baby.
SCIENCE & HEALTH 

US Congress Considers Moon Camps And a Space Station Hotel For NASA's Future 

Congress held a meeting today on what NASA’s overall purpose should look like under the next few presidents. But agreement on just what that purpose might be — as witnesses discussed everything from the planned Mars trip to a proposal for a space station hotel — seemed far away.
ONLINE 

The Latest Crack Counter-Terror Team Comes From...Facebook? 

The War On Terror™ continues apace, with dedicated agencies hunting all threats both foreign and domestic. The Wall Street Journalhas a new look inside one unlikely group: Facebook.
SCIENCE & HEALTH 

Doctors Find Zika Virus In A Stillborn Infant With Almost No Brain Tissue 

Doctors have discovered Zika virus in a stillborn infant with a severely under-developed brain, according to a chilling report published today in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases.
MOBILE 

Your Next Phone Might Have 256GB Of Storage Thanks To Samsung's New Chip 

I love high capacity things. So when Samsung announced that it’s producing 256 GB flash storage that can be used in mobile devices, I swooned. The memory is two times faster than the previous generation of Universal Flash Storage (UFS) memory, meaning that phones will not only have greater storage capacities, but also breeze reading and writing operations.
ENTERTAINMENT 

We Finally Know Who Has The Impossible Task Of Bringing Marvel's Iron Fist To Live Action 

Netflix already has three major heroes: Daredevil, Jessica Jones and Luke Cage. And now at last, this corner of the Marvel Universe is complete. Game of Thrones actor Finn Jones will play the hero in the upcoming Netflix series, according to Entertainment Weekly. Jones plays Ser Loras Tyrell on Game of Thrones.
MOBILE 

Here's All The Cool Stuff From Mobile World Congress 

We’ve just wrapped up the Mobile World Congress, the annual mobile technology conference in Barcelona. We’ve seen smartphones, VR headsets and some batshit crazy stuff (see photo above) — and almost all of it has been awesome. Here are some of our favourites:
MOBILE 

The Craziest Line In Apple's Motion To Throw Out The iPhone Case 

Apple just took its next swipe in the fight over unlocking a terrorist’s iPhone: a court order to vacate. The company is invoking the First and Fifth Amendments to argue that the court order it received to create a back door for the device is unconstitutional. The motion is embedded below.
MOBILE 

App Deals: Upgrade Your Stargazing App 

Today’s best deals include Star Walk 2 for Android, Audio Memos for iOS and Riptide GP2 for Windows Phone. Deals end without warning, so be quick!
GADGETS 

Using Nothing But Google's Project Tango Tablet To Escape A Maze 

The Palau Nacional (Catalan for National Palace) is a gigantic Renaissance-style palace built in 1929 that now serves as the main art museum in Barcelona. Google sent me into that gorgeous maze of never-ending halls and corridors armed only with a Project Tango Prototype.
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