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The discounted service is available internationally. It won’t necessarily tear you away from rivals, who might offer more of what you’re looking for (such as bundled video services or more exclusives). SoundCloud can still count on its massive library of community tracks as an ace in the hole, at least. This might be your pick if you’re just as likely to listen to a DJ set on your trip to school as you are a hot new album.
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Although Fuell evokes Buell’s name (and ironically fossil fuels?), the new company is not a one-man team. Buell partnered with Frédéric Vasseur, team principal of the Sauber F1 team and CEO of Sauber Motorsport, and entrepreneur Francois-Xavier Terny. Vasseur has experience with electrics as the founder of Spark Racing Technology, which develops and builds Formula E race cars, and Terny has experience as a consultant and investor for other motorcycle ventures. In theory, it sounds like a talent-filled dream team.
But even the best minds can’t make a company successful if the product is not good. According to a press release, the idea of the company is to “offer a complete and unique selection of innovative, electric, and attractive 2-wheelers to cover all the needs for urban ‘macro-mobility’ — city journeys that require a personal vehicle to cover distances greater than 3 miles — and therefore replace cars and public transportation.”
With the announcement of the company came two starting points: an electric motorcycle and an electric bicycle. These are not exactly ground-breaking things, considering they both already exist many times over, but the Fuell team thinks it can improve on the current current through style and driving experience. Just because it’s electric doesn’t mean it has to be dull, dorky and dinky.
The motorcycle is called the Fuell Flow-1, and it comes in two power variants: 11 kWh, which is about equivalent to a 125cc bike, and 35 kWh. A motor is integrated into the rear wheel, opening up the space for 13 gallons of internal storage within the body. Fuell did not mention range statistics for the Flow, but estimates it to have a starting price of $10,995. The motorcycle seen in the photos is the higher-performance model called the Flow-1S.
The Fluid-1 is for those who want something a bit more simple than the Flow-1. The bicycle has an integrated electric motor, a carbon belt, and internal hub gears, and relies on two removable batteries that add up to 1 kWh of power. Fuell claims up to 125 miles of city range. The standard model has a 20-mph maximum speed, while an S model can get up to 28 mph. The Fluid-1 is estimated to start at $3,295.
Fuell sweetens the deal with mentions that its products are infinitely customizable and have upgradable parts for the motors, batteries and chargers. Both the bicycle and motorcycle offer connected technology, as well.
Fuell says it will have a fully functioning website with all the details and purchase options on both the Fluid-1 and the Flow-1 by mid-April. It estimates first Fluid deliveries will come in 2019, while first Flow deliveries will come in early 2021.
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Something about multiple reviews calling You a pulpy stalker drama put me off watching it as soon as it became available on Netflix. But one weekend, while scrolling through shows and not having anything particular in mind, I hit play and watched one episode after another. Is it as trashy as the reviews say it is? Probably. It definitely knows its audience: teens and young adults who enjoy soapy thrillers like Pretty Little Liars.
Personally, I think Penn Badgley’s portrayal of a charismatic creeper made up for the cheesier elements of the show — his blank, unfocused gaze even reminded me of Christian Bale’s in American Psycho. His surprising creeper rivalry with one of the other characters and his evolution from what seemed to be a garden-variety stalker into a full-blown murderer were enough to keep me watching until the middle of season one. Yes, I stopped watching then, because a huge plot development deterred me from seeing the rest of the episodes… or maybe it’s just because I’m not really big on soapy thrillers. If you are, though, this one is certainly worth a shot.
You first aired on Lifetime and is currently streaming via Netflix. Season two will premiere on Netflix later this year.
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Sometimes when you pick a movie to stream, you’re not looking for the best movie — just the weirdest one. As a possible solution for that issue I submit The Lobster, a 2015 flick from Yorgos Lanthimos that is about as strange as they come.
Even as Netflix ramps up its library of romantic comedies, this one bends sharply in the other direction. It depicts a dystopian future where being single is illegal. Adults who can’t find a partner are shuttled to a hotel for one last ditch effort lest they face the consequence of being turned into an animal. Did I forget to mention the part where guests hunt wild “loners” on the weekend with dart guns and earn extra time credits for each one they bag?
This is also a universe where Colin Farrell remains unpaired, and takes the fateful last vacation along with a dog that used to be his brother. The Lobster is a comedy, but it earns its stripes as a dark one quickly. If you’re looking for something light then I wouldn’t recommend it, but the movie is as complicated as real relationships can be and puts several interesting spins on the question of what true love is and why some people pursue it.
The Lobster is currently streaming in the US via Netflix.
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The new feature can switch Roku TVs on or off and change channels with spoken commands. You can also adjust the volume by saying “Alexa, turn up the volume on Roku.” Quite a mouthful, but certainly useful if you don’t want to be bothered finding the remote. You can also ask the voice assistant to search for entertainment (“Alexa, find [shows] on Roku”), pause your device (“Alexa, pause Roku”) and launch particular apps (e.g. “Alexa, open Hulu on Roku).
To be able to access the feature, your Roku devices must be running OS 8.1 or greater. If they are, then fire up your Alexa app, select TV & Video under settings and enable the skill to link your accounts.
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Note: The video above mistakenly states that the Novation Circuit does not have velocity sensitive pads. The review below correctly reflects that it does.
Synthesizers and samplers are starting to look more and more like consumer electronics….
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Intellectual Property publication IAM reports that Apple snapped up a total of eight patents and patent applications very soon after Lighthouse ceased operations. Some cover typical security camera features — like two-way communication between a camera and other devices — but others specifically relate to the 3D depth-sensing technology that allowed Lighthouse’s camera to distinguish between pets and people, as well as to recognize faces. One also notes a system used for “visual authentication,” which Apple already utilizes on the iPhone and could one day let you gain access to your vehicle.
Does this mean Apple will soon release its own security camera? That’s not outside the realms of possibility. However, with other phone makers introducing their own versions of Face ID, the company will be keen to improve the speed and detection rate of its facial recognition system. Next year’s iPhones are also rumored to include a new 3D camera setup that users a laser scanner to detect depth information at greater distances. This could not only further Apple’s augmented reality push, but also give its portrait mode photo smarts a boost.
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In his interview, Murry seems to indicate that the technical irregularities the NSA experienced last year started its predicament. According to The New York Times, those technical problems contaminated the agency’s database with information it had no authority to collect. Officials were forced to purge hundreds of millions of call and text logs it got from phone companies as a result.
If you’ll recall, Snowden leaked the NSA’s surveillance activities to the media back in 2013. This particular program gathered domestic phone calls’ metadata that shows callers, recipients and the time of contact. It allowed the agency to find associates linked to terrorism suspects. Under the program’s original form, phone companies had to hand over all the logs they collect to the government. The USA Freedom Act approved in 2015 due to intense backlash from Snowden’s revelations softened its power to an extent. Now instead of automatically handing over data to the agency, phone companies keep what they collect and only give investigators access to records relevant to a terrorism investigation.
While the Freedom Act cut down the number of records the NSA collected from billions per day to a few hundred million per year, its scale remained huge. The agency got access to 151 million call logs in 2016, even though it only obtained court orders for 42 targets. In 2017, it got its hands on 534 million records despite investigating 40 suspects only.
Daniel Schuman, the policy director of civil liberties group Demand Progress, told NYT that if the government truly hasn’t used the system over the past six months and the “sky hasn’t fallen,” then its advocates will have to prove that it’s worth the effort. Murry’s disclosure “changes the entire landscape of the debate,” he said, especially since it was previously established that the program hasn’t actually prevented a terrorist attack yet.
Neither the agency nor Representative Kevin McCarthy of California, for whom Murry works, would confirm his statements. An NSA spokesperson told NYT back in January that officials are still discussing whether to ask the government to extend the Freedom Act beyond 2019.
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Outside, the EV’s most notable features are its bulging fenders, rounded one-piece bubble roof/windshield, suicide rear doors, very stubby nose, high-mounted turn signals and fresh take on the company’s ‘tiger nose’ grille. With smooth curving top line, it was designed to be as aerodynamically slick as possible.
Kia didn’t say much about the motor and battery, other than that it’s “underpinned by a low-mounted, induction-charged battery pack that powers a compact drivetrain.” Since the car will never be sold, that hardly matters anyway.
Imagine by Kia is the company’s first EV concept, so it went all-in on the marketing-speak, too. “There’s a great sense of tension and purity in the car’s tautly-drawn sheetmetal and the crisp shoulder-line crease that runs around the entire car,” said Kia design VP Gregory Guillaume. ” I wanted to introduce an element to create a rippling effect in the metal, much like the shockwaves you would see if you threw a stone into a perfectly still mountain lake.”
It would be easy to dismiss that as so much gobbledygook, but so far Kia has more or less walked its talk when it comes to EVs. We were quite impressed by its all-new Niro EV, calling it an “electric crossover for the people” thanks to its 240 mile range and zippy performance. If the Imagine by Kia is anything to go by, it’s next-gen of EVs will look sharper too, but hopefully Kia will use just a couple of displays.
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Unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show, the new Q4 E-Tron Concept takes the formula of the automaker’s electric EV and shrinks it down a bit. The vehicle has an expected range of 280 miles and will probably compete with the Tesla Model Y more than the Model X. The crossover will be the first Audi to give owners the option to customize the headlight startup signature.
Ahead of the show Audi showed off it’s 2019 plug-in hybrids (A6, A7, A8 and Q5) plus the A3 and Q7 will return with a plug-in option. The automaker clearly wants to be seen as king of sport and luxury electrification. If it keeps it up at this pace, it’ll that could come to pass.
The automaker also showed off the E-Tron sport back in camo. We’ll see it without the cover by the end of the year. Audi says it’s a sleeker and sportier version of its E-Tron SUV. It’ll have an expected range of over 248 miles.
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Netflix has released a trailer for its Ultraman CG anime series before the kaiju killer blasts his way to the streaming series on April 1st. The sneak peek shows high school student Shinjiro Hayata as he assumes the mantle from the original Ultraman, his father Shin. It looks like the new show is set a few years after the events in the Japanese live-action series from the 1960’s. In the new anime, Shinjiro has to take over his father’s role and fuse with the “giant of light” to transform into Ultraman when a new set of invading aliens arrives after a period of peace.
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