Low environmental impact!? How can they say that without the level of irony in their heads generating a cosmic singularity that swallows the entire earth? Here's a tip to any Microsoft executives or developers reading; most cities in the world are already developed. If you are wondering about how to implement "smart cities", you should be wondering about how to implement it upon already built and lived in cities, not new developments.

I unlock my phone multiple times per day in situations where my face wouldn't be visible to the face id sensor. Not only that even in situations where face id WOULD work a fingerprint sensor is faster anyway, because your finger can have unlocked the phone before you've even bought it up to your face from your pocket. This is apple hurting usability to serve design once again. When the technology to have fingerprint scanners under the screen is finally ready they will look like fools.

You can't grow crops effectively at high latitudes due to there being no light at all for half the year. Also deserts are growing faster than permafrost melts, so there is still a net loss of farmable land. Thirdly, human accelerated climate change will not give time for many species of plants and animals to adapt as they have in the past, leading to a global crash in biodiversity. Get your head out of your ass

It nailed him? It was shoved up his ass? Finally a real use for a fitbit.

Sure, a rifle and a goddamn plane are totally comparable. Ignoring the huge false equivalency argument, AK47s aren't even particularly good weapons. They are reliable and were made by the millions so they're readily available for whatever insurgency you feel like starting, those are the only good things about that gun.

That's not really true, the hardware in ps4 and Xbox one is highly customised, for instance Xbox one's APU has on die high speed dram, and the ps4 has an additional BUS that allows the gpu to directly address the cpu's L2 cache, to speed up gpu compute. There are many other differences as well if you care to look. If you wanted to run ps4/xb1 exclusive software on a pc you would need a very complicated software emulator and a powerful enough computer to overcome the missing hardware. Just because they are x86 doesn't mean that they're "pcs in a box" You can fit a porshe 911's engine into a vw camper, but does that make it a sports car? No.

Ps4 hardware has specific modifications that makes native pc play impossible For instance the gpu can directly address the Cpu l2 cache

Guess what, they already offer all of the things you asked for, it's called a ps4

Didn't BMG do those things? And then the controversy came out just after Sony acquired them?

If the scanner is on the side of the phone then it has the ergonomic benefit over the home button scanner, and the practical benefit of being usable while the phone is flat on a table. Plus on the side is likely where the lock button is anyway and is where your thumb will naturally fall while taking the phone out of your pocket, so it will be already unlocked when you bring it up to your face. Unfortunately Sony are the only company that do this that I know of

Wow, that's one hell of a false equivalence argument.

Since when did the government install a camera specifically to observe your private garden?

They only cover public areas, but if you are one of the few with a camera in view of your windows then you can send them a request to mask it. They have software that puts a black box over where your window is so bored operators can't see what you're having for breakfast.

CRISPR is a huge leap in genetic science, and could potentially eliminate all genetic diseases with enough widespread research. This patent is adding another barrier to the implementation of a treatment that could save millions upon millions of lives and save many many more from horrible suffering. If karma has a rock bottom, I think they just found it.

The law that requires European union countries to collect taxes was created in the 50's, and Ireland pledged to follow that law when they joined the EU. Member countries can set their tax rates to be whatever they want, all that's required is that they collect them and give no corporation special treatment over another.