Apple managed to buy from Fujitsu trademark iPad

The story repeats - Apple is already the second time comes on the raking rake and the second time successfully unscrewed from an uncomfortable situation. The first time there was tension between Apple and Cisco for the iPhone trademark, and then Yabloko battled for the letter "i" for a new product - the iPad. About this funny story, we reported back in late January, but now it seems to have come to a logical and quite predictable end.

Let's remind the essence of the matter - back in 2002, the Japanese company found a "handheld computing device for wireless network access" running Windows CE.NET 5.0 and decided to name it iPad. Then the Apple iPad appeared (or rather was announced) and, of course, Fujitsu immediately remembered about its iPad.

The end of the story is positive and expected - the companies have agreed. Otherwise, it could not be, because after investing so much money in the promotion and advertising of its device, Apple lawyers simply had to find a way out. And they found it - on March 17, Apple managed to get full rights to the trademark, just before April 3 - the launch of iPad sales.

Alienware Area 51 - the first computer based on Intel Core X and AMD Ryzen Threadripper

At the end of last month, at the Computex 2017 Consumer Electronics Show, Intel and AMD officially unveiled their most powerful Intel Core-X and Ryzen Threadripper processors, respectively. At the same time, not a single ready-made solution based on new chipsets was announced. The pioneer decided to become the company Dell. It showed an updated version of the flagship game desktop Alienware Area 51, which will be released both in the version with Intel processors, and with solutions from AMD.

The new Alienware Area 51 is available on request with optional accessories. Intel fans can choose a six-core Core i7 7800X, an eight-core Core i7 7820X or a ten-core Core i9 7900X. As a graphics subsystem, there can be one NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti in a minimal configuration or two NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti in a SLI bundle in the top configuration. If you prefer solutions from AMD, Dell offers in the maximum version three video card Radeon RX 580, united in AMD Crossfire.

It is known that models with Ryzen Threadripper processors will go on sale on July 27, and versions with Intel will have to wait until August 22. The cost of the computer has not yet been announced.

All-metal Cubot Note Plus will be presented in mid-August

Until mid-August, Cubot promises to introduce another low-cost Note Plus smartphone. Little is known about the apparatus itself. It will receive an all-metal case and a 5.2-inch display with Full HD resolution. On the reverse side, he will have a fingerprint scanner. But its main feature should be high-quality cameras.

According to the available information, Cubot Note Plus will be equipped with a quad-core processor MediaTek MT6737T with a clock speed of 1.5 GHz, 3 GB of RAM and a built-in 32 GB storage.

The main "chip" Cubot Note Plus should be a front camera with a resolution of 16 megapixels, which will make high-quality and highly detailed selfi. It will be equipped with a lens with a f / 2.0 aperture, so the selfie can be made even in poor lighting conditions. Also, the front camera has a flash and support the function of improving the face in the photo. The main camera also promises to be no less impressive. It will receive a 16-megapixel sensor from Sony.

More information about the smartphone will be known after the official presentation. There is also information that it will go on sale in mid-August.

Batteries from MXene nanomaterial are charged in fractions of a second

Supercapacitors, which unlike accumulators are charged in seconds, not hours, differ much faster self-discharge. Scientists at Drexel University offered the best option and developed batteries based on nanomaterial MXene, which offers charging in fractions of a second, so that in the future, users can almost instantly charge a smartphone or electric car.

The flat battery design contains a metal and hydrogel structure. According to the researchers, in the laboratory such batteries replenish the capacity for "tens of milliseconds".

As usual, the technology will be difficult to implement in commercial battery designs, and the development of the product on the market can take years. Meanwhile, the MXene project will make ultra-fast charging more realistic.

Gone Segment in 20 seconds

Hackers regularly crack digital gadgets, and now they have reached transport. Recently, a video appeared on the network, on which Segway Minipro leaves uncontrollably from a nearby owner. It turned out that the "focus" was the work of the burglars: a vulnerability in the security system of the segway allows you to deprive the owner of the vehicle in just 20 seconds without having to approach it closely. Evidence of the hacking was provided by Thomas Kilbridge, a consultant to Seattle company IOActive, which specializes in security.

Video hacking can be seen here . The expert stopped one segment on the move, dropping the driver, and another vehicle cracker and did steal in 20 seconds through a Bluetooth-enabled smartphone. At the same time the owner of the scooter was nearby and observed theft.

"After a small update of the system, the attacker bypasses the defense mechanisms and can remotely turn off the segway engine on the go," Thomas explained. - The attacker uses system access to hack the gadget over the wireless network. With the new hacked firmware, a hacker can steal a device, change the colors of the LED backlight and even drop the owner from his transport. 

The hacker said that all segways use the same code for authentication, and for hacking it is enough to download the software distributed on the Internet. Kilbridge also noted that the search function of the nearest drivers in the Ninebot application helps to search for new victims with GPS enabled.

To protect yourself from hacking, a specialist recommended using Bluetooth authentication and hiding your location from others. Kilbridge also advised time to update the software segwayev and stay away from unnecessary remote control functions.

Update Telegram brought biographies and self-destructive media files

In May, for the Telegram messenger, there was a major update, which added the opportunity to make purchases with the help of bots, view news and articles by reference without leaving the application, and send short video messages, and at the end of last month, advanced features for the supergroup creators and block bypass function were added . Now an update to version 4.2 was released, which brought a number of useful changes, including self-destructing messages with media files.

Now in the settings of the messenger you can specify a biography so that your interlocutors can immediately find out information about you. Especially this function will be useful in supergroups, so that people understand with whom they communicate.

List of all changes in Telegram 4.2:

• The ability to send self-destructive photos and videos in any chat room;
• The built-in photo editor has been improved for more convenient image processing;
• The opportunity to indicate your biography;
• Media download from public channels is faster due to the use of a new type of encryption;
• The list of stickers now opens almost to the full screen.