Microsoft is ending support for mobile push notifications on its Windows Phone 7 and 8 software by February 20th. Devices on Windows Phone 7.5 and 8.0 will no longer receive notifications, according to The Verge. They will also lose the useful live tile updates that displayed information at a glance, and users will no longer be able to locate devices with the “find my phone” feature.
Uber CEO Predicts Marketing Of Flying Taxis Within 5-10 Years
According to Chief Executive Officer, Uber Technologies Inc, Dara Khosrowshahi, the commercialization of the Uber Air flying taxi service could happen within the next five to 10 years, he predicted.
Khosrowshahi made the disclosure on Tuesday, while speaking at an investor forum in Tokyo on his first visit to Asia as Uber CEO.
The U.S. ride-hailing app maker has said it expects flying vehicles to eventually become an affordable method of mass transportation.
Facebook To Pay $125 Million Fine After Losing Court Case
Facebook in an unusual turn of events has been fined up to 100 million euros ($125 million) after a Belgian court threatened it of persistently breaking privacy laws by tracking people on third party websites.
In a case brought by Belgium’s privacy watchdog, the court also ruled on Friday that Facebook had to delete all data it had gathered illegally on Belgian citizens, including persons who were not Facebook users themselves.
German Court Says Facebook Violated Users Privacy
A Berlin regional court has ruled that Facebook’s use of personal data is illegal because the U.S. social media platform did not adequately secure the informed consent of its users.
The verdict, comes as Big Tech faces increasing scrutiny in Germany over its handling of sensitive personal data that enables it to micro-target online advertising.
The Federation of German Consumer Organisations (vzvb) said that Facebook’s default settings and some of its terms of service were in breach of consumer law and that the court had found parts of the consent to data usage to be invalid.
Rolls Royce Set To Unveil Its First Luxurious SUV
Just as it promised it would three years ago, Rolls Royce is set to reveal its all new high sided SUV, which it revealed will be called "cullinan" coined, named after the largest diamond ever discovered.
The hatchback off-road vehicle has been called "project cullinan" since its development was first announced. But a recent release was the first confirmation that the car's name had apparently been hiding in plain sight.
"It is the most fitting name for our extraordinary new product," said Torsten Muller-Otvos, Chief Executive Officer of Rolls Royce.
Scientist Say There Will Be Cooler 2050
A study published in the Chicago-based journal Astrophysical Journal Letters, says the Sun might be unusually cool by 2050, according to a new study.
Based on the cooling spiral of recent solar cycles, scientists from University of California, San Diego believe the next “grand-minimum” is just decades away, during which the Sun will be seven per cent cooler.
A grand-minimum, according to the study, is a period of very low solar activity, which will lead to lower temperature on earth.
During the grand-minimum in the mid-17th century, named Maunder Minimum, the temperature dropped low enough to freeze the Thames River.
Large Size Asteroid Set For Flight Past Earth – NASA
An asteroid up to 40 metres in size and only discovered five days ago, is due to skim past the Earth on Friday. Asteroid 2018 CB will pass by at just less than one-fifth the distance between the Earth and the Moon. It was first spotted by the Catalina Sky Survey in Tucson, Arizona, a Nasa-funded project to record potentially hazardous asteroids. However, while the pass is relatively close in astronomical terms, it's nowhere near enough to be a threat.