BRITAIN’S first 15mph speed limit is on its way. The move, down from the current 20mph, will prioritise pedestrians and cyclists. Alamy The UK’s first ever 15mph speed limit is on its way in an attempt to slash traffic across the Square Mile[/caption] The hit on motorists was voted for by the City of London Corporation. Its leaders want to slash traffic
The 1992 version of Aladdin is among Disney's most beloved animated movies, so it'd be easy to dismiss Guy Ritchie 's live action remake as utterly redundant. Luckily, Ritchie goes far beyond a straight copy and paste, opting to update the classic -- based on a story from an Arabian folktale One Thousand and One Nights -- with fancy CGI visuals, some
A rendering of a binary asteroid system European Space Agency A "potentially hazardous" asteroid and its smaller sidekick are zipping by Earth Saturday, and both amateur and professional astronomers are checking out the rare sight. The unnamed space rock designated as Asteroid (66391) 1999 KW4 is a binary system, meaning it's composed of one large
(Reuters) - U.S. real estate title insurance company First American Financial Corp said on Friday it had learned of a design defect in one of its production applications that had made possible unauthorized access to customer data. The statement was sent in response to a report by security news website Krebs on Security, which said First American’s
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A tax withholding plan in Mexico for drivers at ride-hailing firms envisaged as voluntary when it was unveiled earlier this week could become obligatory in 2020, Spanish company Cabify said on Friday. Mexico’s government on Monday outlined the scheme due to be implemented on June 1, and Cabify, Uber Technologies and several
Marwan Kenzari as in Disney's live-action Aladdin. Daniel Smith Forget being stuck as a genie in a lamp for eternity in the desert, Aladdin villain Jafar could have been thrown in the slammer for more than 164 years if he had committed his crimes in the US today. To celebrate the release of the live-action Aladdin movie , online resale site DeCluttr
CLOSE (Photo: First American Financial) An estimated 885 million digitized documents from mortgage deals dating back to 2003 have been exposed by First American Financial Corp, a provider of title insurance and other services to the real estate and mortgage industries, according to a report by the KrebsOnSecurity security news site . That exposure
AN electric car that let in rain and was branded a potential death trap has topped a poll of the ten worst motors ever. Indian-built Reva G-Wiz was so feeble kids of 16 could drive it after a motorbike test. Peter Tarry Indian-built Reva G-Wiz was so feeble kids of 16 could drive it after a motorbike test[/caption] Auto Express said it had “crooked
The substantial camera on the OnePlus 7 Pro could see a few more upgrades. Juan Garzon/CNET The OnePlus 7 Pro smartphone is getting a couple of improvements to its camera system, according to a report. HDR and Nightscape mode will both be improved in an update, TechRadar said, citing a OnePlus staffer. Other changes will also make "photos look substantially
Another day, another example of an organization leaking sensitive data through basic errors. Graphic by Pixabay/Illustration by CNET A website for a major title insurance company exposed hundreds of millions of records including bank account information, Social Security numbers, images of drivers' licenses and mortgage and tax records, security expert
A screenshot from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered, not to be confused with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare The first Modern Warfare was called Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare , so it’s only natural that the fourth Modern Warfare is called Call of Duty: Modern Warfare . Confused yet? That’s video games for you. News of this year’s strangely named
If you're the kind of person that camps at busy Superchargers until your car is fully juiced, then expect big changes. Tesla If you've spent much time in a Tesla , you've probably found yourself at a Supercharger station, and that also means you've probably been stuck waiting for a charger to become available. The problem is that many people try to
Using virtual reality can be uncomfortable. VR headsets are typically bulky, fit poorly, and have too many wires. Facebook set out to solve this problem with its new Oculus Quest, which went on sale this week. Its wireless design sets it apart from most headsets, and the adjustable straps help make it fit more snuggly. To put Quest through its paces,
Enlarge Image IndyCar's new driver protection tech is called Aeroscreen. It's basically a polycarbonate screen in a titanium frame. IndyCar Part of the excitement of open-wheel racing like that found in Formula One or IndyCar is the ability to see the driver in their cockpit, working to keep their (hopefully) land-based missiles under control. Unfortunately,
Tornadoes are tearing up the Midwest, Airbnb calls truce, and we've got some books for your long weekend. Here's the news you need to know , in two minutes or less. Today's Headlines Tornadoes are tearing up the midwest. So why are they so hard to predict? Over 200 tornadoes have hit the Midwest in the past week alone, wreaking havoc on the towns they
The Sonic the Hedgehog movie has been delayed from November 2019 to 14 February 2020 in the US in order to tweak the design of the CG Sonic character, according to a tweet from director Jeff Fowler. Taking a little more time to make Sonic just right. #novfxartistswereharmedinthemakingofthismovie pic.twitter.com/gxhu9lhU76 — Jeff Fowler (@fowltown)
In today's roundup we're dissecting Apple's latest patent filing, which reveals new details of Touch ID 2.0 and could come to the next generation of iPhones . We're also breaking down all the most important changes to the new MacBook Pros, including what the company's doing about the keyboard. And in case that wasn't enough, Apple also sent out WWDC
After a solid decade of nonstop corporate data breaches and exposures you'd think large organizations would have at least fixed the most basic and obviously damaging types of data mishandling. But there's clearly still a long way to go. On Friday, independent security journalist Brian Krebs revealed that the real estate and title insurance giant First
The Huawei P30 Pro's amazing Leica quad-camera system makes it one of the best and most unique phones released this year. If you pride yourself as a phone camera enthusiast the P30 Pro is worth your consideration. But with the recent news that the White House banned US companies from doing business with Huawei , you might feel a little nervous dropping
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Uber’s first employee and one-time chief executive Ryan Graves will step down from the company’s board of directors, Uber said on Friday. Graves this week informed the company of his intention to resign from the board, beginning Monday. Graves started at Uber in 2010 as the first employee and held a brief stint as CEO until