Someone has sent out a fake but official-looking press release [above] trying to drag Intel into the Israeli/Gaza conflict. “It’s a hoax,” Intel spokesperson Chuck Mulloy told [Business Insider]
Intel is being targeted because it’s a huge employer in Israel and is in the process of building a $6 billion facility there.
(H/Ts: Gerard Murphy/Cian Byrne)
According to Re/Code, Apple will reveal the new iPhone 6 (with A8 processors, an upgraded OIS camera and a choice of 12cm [4.7in] or 14cm [5.5in] displays, as mocked up alongside the smaller 1Phone5 above) at a special event on the 9th of September. The new generation phones will probably be available 10 days later.
(Image: MacRumors)
Ben Senioe writes:
I’m a self employed Irish app developer and noticed you sometimes feature apps. I’ve made an Irish Lotto app for Android that provides the latest results and notifies you when they’re available, as well as letting you check and re-check your numbers. I’m working on an update but the current version is out now and available to download from the Play store
As a promo for his upcoming book Silence Satan, Kyle Winkler demos his Beelzebub-bothering App.
Which is a real thing you can and almost certainly should download this instant.
The International Space Station passses in front of a daytime moon, around 400km above the earth.
Good if you fall down a well. Not so good if you’re a meth-dealing fitness freak.
Symantec has found security risks in a large number of self-tracking devices and applications. One of the most significant findings was that all of the wearable activity-tracking devices examined, including those from leading brands, are vulnerable to location tracking.
MORE: How safe is your quantified self? Tracking, monitoring, and wearable tech (Symantec)
(H/T: Glass Dublin)
Experimental street markings in Washington DC by National Geographic.
Smartphone Zombies, Please Stay Out Of The Fast Lane (Pop Up City)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjLIboukLyI
Released yesterday, ShipAntics – The Legend of the Kiki Beast is the latest puzzle game from Dublin based StoryToys.
They describe it as
ShipAntics stars a madcap crew of seafaring adventurers: Captain Fred, the warm-hearted skipper of the Barnacle, Amanda his precocious, wild and wide-eyed daughter, and Otto, a cheeky young tall-tale touting Octopus. Your orders are to help Amanda and Otto as they venture into the wild blue yonder, solving mysteries and puzzles with Fred and the rest of the crew of the Barnacle.
Which actually boils down to it being a nice little point-and-click type adventure game that reminds me of the glory days of Monkey Island.
It’s a cute little game and the obviously high production values make it a delight to play.
The app is available now on the Apple App Store for €1.99.
Do you have an Irish app (especially an Android one)? Let us know: Broadsheet@broadsheet.ie
The prototype QUANT e-sportslimousine debuted at the Geneva motor show last March – a four-seat roadster with four electric motors (one per wheel) drawing power from redox flowcell technology developed by NASA in the 1970s.
912bhp, 900km range, 0-100km/h in 2.8s, 380km/h – approved this month for use on European roads, so no mere concept.
All generated by nothing more than salt water.
A mere corrupted .exe file of the visualisations on show at the Computer Virus Catalogue – an ‘illustrated guide to some of the worst viruses in computer history’ curated by Bas van der Poel, featuring the work of artists from around the world.
