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Check for Update Button on Pixel, Nexus Devices to Finally Work in 2018

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HIGHLIGHTS Internal testing is underway, public release to happen in 2018 Latest version of Google Play Services required to get instant updates Feature not exclusive to Android Oreo The Check for update button on Pixel and Nexus devices has in recent times become a redundant feature, which ends up annoying users who love to press it despite knowing that it doesn’t really work. All that is set to change, for good, in 2018 when Google issues an update that puts the button to good use. Back in September, Googler Elliott Hughes had posted on Google+ that the Check…

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American education leader visits Imperial

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A US scientist visited Imperial to speak about innovative new teaching methods put into practice at Cornell University. Professor Peter Lepage, Goldwin Smith Professor of Physics at Cornell in the USA, gave a lecture about the potential of active learning – a teaching method where a class is made up of a series of interactive exercises, with less time dedicated to traditional lecturing. This way of teaching is already being put into action at Imperial, in line with the College’s new Learning and Teaching Strategy. There’s such enthusiasm within the College…

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Toyota and Panasonic launch car battery study

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Toyota and Panasonic are to launch a study into a partnership to develop battery technology for electric cars. The move by the Japanese carmaker and the world’s biggest supplier of automotive batteries signals a deeper push into the development of electric vehicles. In a rare public appearance, Akio Toyoda, Toyota’s president, and Kazuhiro Tsuga, his counterpart at Panasonic, announced the companies would look at joining forces to speed up commercialisation of next-generation battery technologies. The tie-up could give Toyota confidence over battery supply. The company aims to hit annual sales of 5.5m electrified vehicles, which…

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Samsung Is Using This Silicon Valley Startup’s Tech in Its Self-Driving Cars

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Samsung, the world’s largest smartphone maker, has turned to a comparatively tiny Silicon Valley startup to help it test, develop, and one day even deploy commercial fleets of self-driving taxis. The collaboration is a boon for Renovo Auto, a startup that has developed an operating system of sorts that integrates and manages all the software needed for a commercial fleet of shared autonomous vehicles. Renovo Auto’s operating system works similar to Google’s Android or, even AmazonWeb Services’ on-demand cloud computing platform. The company isn’t developing the AI algorithms that help the…

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expert witness testimony

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In the world of business, knowing the truth of a company’s financial information and its true worth is key. Companies need to establish trust if they are to succeed in our competitive marketplace, but the reality is that many companies come under scrutiny if their financial house is out of order. When problems arise in business, due to financial misdeeds (like unpaid loans or books that misrepresent a company’s true financial situation), companies can be at risk of legal exposure. That’s why it is so important for businesses that want…

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New High-Speed Quantum Encryption Could Thwart Hackers: Study

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Scientists have developed a high-speed encryption system that can protect against the common security attacks, even if the equipment has flaws that could make it vulnerable to leaks. The system is capable of distributing encryption codes at megabit-per-second rates, five to 10 times faster than existing methods and on par with current Internet speeds when running several systems in parallel. In a study, published in the journal Science Advances, the researchers demonstrate that the technique is secure from common attacks, even in the face of equipment flaws that could open up leaks.…

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