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Apple Amsterdam reopened today with a world-class renovation that infuses Apple’s latest retail thinking into the historic store. Upgrades to the space began in March and completed in phases while portions of the store area remained open to customers. The new Apple Amsterdam brings all the signature design elements and features of a modern flagship Apple Store to the Netherlands. A Forum, video wall, Boardroom, Avenues, and indoor trees have been added....

Renzo Racer leaves a lot to be desired, with a multitude of issues covering everything from physics glitches through to the core racing gameplay. Making a good kart racer is harder than it looks. Mario Kart has had what is effectively a monopoly on truly top tier cartoonish racing since the 1990s, even though there have been occasional challengers that have come close. The latest game trying to get in on the action is Renzo Racer....

Mac4Ever is reporting that they know when the September Apple event will take place, where Apple will announce three new iPhones: the OLED iPhone 8 and the iterative ‘7s’ phones. The report says that the event will happen on September 12 citing carrier sources … The site says that mobile phone operators have already been told when to expect the Apple announcement as they have to prepare inventory and marketing for the imminent new devices....

Japanese blog Macotakara has published a new report with details on Apple’s next iPhones expected later this year. Apple’s new flagship iPhone 8 is again said to feature a modern take on the iPhone 4 design in terms of materials. Macotakara also says the new iPhone 7s and iPhone 7s Plus models, which are expected to be iterative updates, may actually be slightly thicker than the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus....

The Resident Evil franchise has been beloved ever since it started. No longer was gaming just a past-time for kids. Games could be something for an older generation of gamers who had already worked their way through the mostly kid-centric catalog of the NES. Resident Evil was a herald of a new era for gaming. Despite the fact that it had some really, really bad voice acting and might be just a little bit dated, the gameplay was solid, and the atmosphere was incredible, not to mention it was one of the first entries into the survival horror genre....

Image via the Oatmeal One of the weird details in the WSJ report on the Apple electric car project yesterday was this bit: This morning’s Reuters report contradicts the earlier WSJ report saying that Apple’s electric car will be autonomous. Other Silicon Valley giants are looking at autos. Google Inc. has been working on a self-driving car for years. The head of Google’s autonomous vehicle project said last year that the company aims to forge a partnership with auto makers to build a self-driving car within the next few years....

James Bond will be replaced as 007 in No Time To Die – but it’s not what fans might think. The upcoming Bond film from director Cary Joji Fukunaga will be the last for Daniel Craig, and the studio has yet to announce a replacement. The question of who that may be has been the subject of wild speculation, and it didn’t help when news leaked that British actress Lashana Lynch would be replacing Craig as 007 in the upcoming film....

Alright, so you are using a device from Tecno at the moment, the Tecno POP 1 Pro. Well, the Tecno POP 1 Pro is indeed a great device for those of you who are looking for something on a budget. Anyways, there is no denying the fact that the Android is one of the most popular and one of the best Operating Systems for Android Devices. But there are times when things do not go too well with Android....

IHS Markit is out with its 2017 data on smartphone shipments. The firms’ numbers are a bit more positive than what we saw yesterday from Strategy Analytics, pointing to a smaller quarterly decline along with a greater increase in year-over-year shipments. The data also puts iPhone in first place with the highest share of holiday quarter smartphone sales. IHS Markits’ analysis shows 2017 global smartphone shipments dropping 4.5% for Q4 with 387....

A new report from Japanese news site Macotakara offers new details and speculation on this year’s iPhone refresh. According to today’s report, the previously rumored 5-inch iPhone is actually the high-end model that has been rumored time and again. The report also claims that Apple may call this high-end model the “iPhone Edition.” This evening’s report explains that Apple is currently testing a variety of different prototypes for its flagship model for this year....

When Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone 4 in 2010, Apple began focusing heavily on the device’s camera as an area for continuous improvement and promotion. That device featured a 5 MP backside camera, and the next three models (iPhone 4s, iPhone 5, iPhone 5s) featured an 8 MP iSight camera with various improvements along the way. That pixel count may not change according to a report from The China Post (via MacRumors) which cites financial group Nomura Securities and falling shares of Largen Precision Company....

It’s a classic sci-fi comedy but is Red Dwarf season 13 going to happen anytime soon? Red Dwarf is a sitcom inspired by the likes of John Carpenter’s Dark Star and Alien tha debuted on the BBC in 1988. The series follows Dave Lister (Craig Charles), a lazy slob aboard the mining spaceship Red Dwarf who is sentenced to suspended animation for bringing his pet cat on board. He awakens to learn an accident has wiped out the rest of the crew, he’s stranded in deep space and that three million years have passed....

Even though we’re still a month away from the iPhone X making its way to consumers, many are already looking towards next year. Building off of reports claiming Apple has a 6-inch iPhone in the work, iDropNews today has shared a new set of renders that imagine that large-screened iPhone… The renders depict a 6.4-inch “iPhone X Plus” that features the same nearly bezel-less design as the upcoming iPhone X, but in a larger overall footprint....

Retrospect offers what the company calls hybrid data protection aimed at small and medium businesses. The product offers cross platform protection for Mac, Windows and Linux clients, and can be used to back up desktops, laptops, and servers. I took the Mac app’s beta version for a test spin in order to test out the Backblaze B2 integration, and it worked as expected. I was able to perform a selective backup of the files on my Desktop, and was able to see the resulting backup files after logging into my Backblaze account....

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills reportedly targeted Denise Richards after Lisa Vanderpump’s exit. The actress and reality star has had rocky relationships with many of her castmates. A lot of the fighting stems from a lack of trust on set. Resident Real Housewives of Beverly Hills bad girl Brandi Glanville attempted to issue Denise a warning that the ladies were gunning for her. Richards ultimately ignored the red flags, due to Glanville’s reputation for inciting conflicts....

Update: Apple issued OS X 10.9.2 the following day, which included a fix for the SSL bug. After Apple fixed the SSL bug in iOS, it’s unclear why three days have passed without an OS X fix after it was revealed by Reuters that the vulnerability was created by an error in a single line of code. As the bug is in Apple’s SSL authentication code, it leaves a whole range of apps vulnerable, not just Safari … Security researcher Ashkan Soltani (via Forbes) tested the apps installed on his own system and found that those vulnerable to the bug included Mail, Twitter, Facetime, iMessage and even Apple’s software update mechanism....

Redmi 8A Dual is one of the entry-level devices from Xiaomi that was launched in February 2020. It’s an improved variant of Redmi 8A that has dual rear cameras, bigger battery with fast charging as well as reverse charging, all-new Aura X Grip design, and more. The handset is currently running on the Android 9.0 Pie on the top of MIUI 11 skin. Now, if you’re one of the Redmi 8A Dual handset user and waiting for the Android 10 update, then check this status tracker article to get updated with all details....

According to the findings of a recently released survey, 99% of respondents reported having had an ML project completely canceled due to insufficient training data, and 100% of respondents reported experiencing project delays as a result of insufficient training data. Using synthetic data is one approach to get around the issues associated with obtaining and using high-quality data from the real world. Today Rendered.ai announced the availability of its Platform as a Service offering for synthetic data engineers and computer vision scientists....

Following a report earlier this week claiming that the launch of Apple’s next-generation iPhone may be pushed to October or November, another report today adds more weight to a possible delay for the device versus the usual early to mid September launch dates of previous generations. The report from Drexel Hamilton analyst Brian White (via CNBC), claims that Apple’s expected high-end 5.8-inch model in the new iPhone 8 could be delayed beyond September due to difficulties related to the 3D sensing technology rumored to debut on the device:...

Last month, the UK National Health Service said that it would release its own coronavirus contact tracing app for iOS and Android, but without using the Apple and Google exposure notification framework. A new report from the Financial Times today says that the NHS has asked its developers to “investigate” switching to the Apple and Google standard. The report cites a contract between the NHSX digital innovation division and Zuhlke Engineering, an IT development firm based in Switzerland....