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Scientists Start to Defrost Britain's Very Frozen Halley VI Antarctic Base

For the first time in Antarctic history, a team will try to restart equipment and generators that have been sitting at -67°F. It might not work.
Source: Wired

HTC’s killer deal bundles Vive, GTX 1070, and ‘Fallout 4 VR’ for a low price

HTC’s latest promotion for its Vive headset kit for VR includes bundling it with the GeForce GTX 1070 graphics card for PC, and Fallout 4 VR. The game doesn’t arrive until early next month, but you’ll get a pre-order code now.

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Source: Digital trends

BMW, Daimler, Ford and Volkswagen team up on high-power charging network

 BMW Group, Daimler, Ford Motor Company, and the Volkswagen Group (with subsidiaries Audi and Porsche) will join up to create a high-power charging network for electric vehicles called “Ionity,” which will build and operate around 400 charging stations across Europe by 2020. The collaborative venture formed by the automakers is intended to make it easier for Europeans to manage… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Subatomic Particles Reveal a Hidden Void in the Great Pyramid of Giza

Long used to explore the vast void of the universe, muons have turned up a different kind of void deep within the Great Pyramid of Giza.
Source: Wired

How Russia ‘Pushed Our Buttons’ With Fake Online Ads

Psychologists and students of advertising say Russia effectively used fake ads to exploit divisions in US.
Source: Wired

Mapbox acquires Mapdata to help it expand into AR maps

 Two weeks after announcing $164 million in funding, mapping data startup Mapbox has made its first acquisition. The company has acquired MapData, a neural network-based mapping startup based out of Minsk in Belarus. It will be using the deal spearhead the opening of a new office in the city and the hiring of more engineers; and to help build its next big product, an SDK that will let… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Early-bird ticket pricing for Disrupt Berlin ends tonight

 This is it, folks. At midnight tonight, Berlin local time, the countdown clock for early-bird tickets to Disrupt Berlin runs out. And when that countdown ends, so does your chance to save 30 percent on admission to Europe’s best tech conference and startup competition. Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Apple’s record services revenue suggests growth in Apple Pay, Apple Music

 Everyone’s favorite almost-trillion-dollar company reported fourth quarter earnings after the bell on Thursday. And while much of the attention was on stellar iPhone sales, Apple wants to make sure that people know its services business is doing great, too.
“Service revenues reaches all-time high,” was the headline of the press release. But what is services revenue… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Paytm brings messaging features to India’s top digital wallet app

 Paytm, India’s top digital wallet and payment service, has introduced a chat feature to amp up its appeal among an increasingly competitive market. The new ‘Inbox’ feature, which was first outed in August, is initially available on Android, which accounts for the bulk of Paytm’s claimed 200 million users, and not iOS. It allows users to share messages and photos like… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Xbox One X review: This is the ultimate Xbox

 This is the Xbox One X. It’s the fastest and smallest Xbox and the first to offer games in 4K. At $499 the higher resolution comes at a steep price. After a week with the console and hours of gaming, I can firmly state the Xbox One X is the best Xbox to date. This Xbox has everything. Think about it. The Xbox One X is the culmination of the Xbox project and, right now, at this moment… Read More

Source: TechCrunch