The search engine giant has reported another collision of a normal car with an autonomous car of its own, and that too entirely because of human error.
Google Inc has been rolling out tests for its self-driving cars for quite some time now and so far, it has reported quite a few accidents that have been made by the automotive cars. Reports suggest that the firm’s cars are now being turned into machines that are well aware of the demands of the people and are being built accordingly.The data that is required to make these automatic cars good enough to be put on the road is being continuously fed into it, which shows just how much time and money the tech giant is spending on the venture. According to a recent report, it was informed by the firm that a new test will be carried out of the cars in Austin in the upcoming weeks. The self-driving car is Lexus RX450h, the sport utility vehicle chosen by the firm to install the self-driving techniques in, and the tests are to be carried forward with a total number of 25 cars.The upcoming cars that Google is currently planning to test in Austin look like mini vans and are still going through the process of receiving more information on how to work on the roads before the test is done. A recent report on the car was given by the leader of the automotive program for self-driving cars that are being made by the search engine company, and it came around that the cars that have been brought to the road so far around completing around 10,000 miles of autonomous activity every week, and that too on the roads that are being used by the general public.Furthermore, the tech giant is presently a little away from making the big launch by making the cars safe for public usage. It has been a long time enough for the firm to be testing the autonomous cars and it is being stated that the company could be looking for a couple of more years before passing all the tests and clearing out all the speculations the public has towards the new technology.Even though there have been a couple of harmless accidents that took place while testing the autonomous cars, so far no casualties have been reported apart from minor scratches and bruises that the people present on the location received. Recently, a collision was reported to the press which was also due to a human error and was not at the machine’s end, as by pressing the brakes too hard, the driver present in the car stopped the car all too suddenly which caused the car at the back to hit the rear end of Google’s autonomous car.
The tech company has made incredible releases in the recently held E3 conference which has attracted quite a lot of attention of the gamers.
Microsoft Corporation was seen to hold the much anticipated E3 conference in which it made announcements that took the investors and analysts by quite a lot of surprise. The software firm was seen announcing some of the most interesting gaming features that it has been working on which included backwards compatibility in the Xbox One, something that got the whole industry talking.The software giant has planned to come up with a set of 100 titles that belong to the Xbox 360, however making them compatible with the new Xbox One. These games that are going to be released by the end of the current year of 2015 will be available for the users of Xbox One to obtain without any charges and they will work fine with their new gaming gadget, despite the fact that they belong to the previous gaming device launched by the company.This move of Microsoft business has been taken well by the analysts who believe that since the Xbox One will now be able to have a hundred more games on it, the users will not only enjoy but for those who are still using the Xbox 360, it will become a necessity to upgrade. This is also being taken by the analysts as an attempt to prove itself better than rival companies like Sony, which was recently seen to sell its PS3 games to the users of PS4 with charges.Microsoft plans also included the idea of making developing games to the gamers before the launch so that the excited games can get a look on the upcoming games before and test them to their satisfaction. As for Minecraft, which has been announced by the tech firm as a headset for HoloLens, a demo was provided to the attendees at the conference.According to the New York Times, it was seen that Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella expressed his views about taking over Minecraft. It was recorded that Nadella believed that to enhance HoloLens, the presence of Minecraft was essential which is why it was bought for around $2.5 billion. New technology games are also being developed by the firm along with help taken by companies like Mass Effect in order to make HoloLens experience better for the users.According to the press release that was made following the conference, it was seen that Microsoft is planning to launch Minecraft in a specialized version for HoloLens in the upcoming times, after it is launched for the very first time in the market. As per the rumors, the HoloLens is expected to be valued at around $1000.
The wireless company has decided to provide Motorola Droid Turbo in a contract with a lesser price tag than before.
Verizon Communication (VZ) news update talks about the offer that the wireless providers have made to the customers in which Motorola Droid Turbo has been made available with a new price which is $100 lesser than the original price. The previous year, it was recorded that the wireless carrier made an offer to provide the same phone for around $599.99 which even though was deemed as quite expensive, analysts agreed to it as the phone has qualities that are worth the price tag. However, the recent decrease that has been made by the wireless business has been taken as a pleasant surprise by the users and analysts alike.The Turbo phone is being offered by Verizon wireless in a contract in which the device will be made available in red, black and nylon and the phone will also have a built-in memory of 32GB. As for the 64GB Droid Turbo, the smartphone has been made available to the market for $149.99 if taken without a contract. Under a contract, the phone will be offered with a price tag of $549.99. The only difference is that the in 64GB, nylon is not going to be offered for sale. Droid Turbo has been installed with new technology which has been appreciated by the users in large.The phone has a huge screen of around 5.2 inches whereas the display resolution comes to be around a massive 2560x1440. On the other hand, the phone will also be powered with Adreno 420 processor that will be compatible with a graphics system. The most attractive part for users that love to take pictures with their phones is that this device made by Motorola has a primary camera of 21 MP, something that is not very common and is sure to delight the photographers who love capturing pictures. As for the secondary camera, it comes with 2MP.The Motorola Droid Turbo will also be compatible with 2G, 3G and 4G LTE which makes it all the more attractive for the customers. As for more details, the phone also can be charged wirelessly with a new feature of Turbo Charging. This new model of the company has not been upgraded to Android 5.0 and is expected to get an upgrade to 5.1 Android soon.Analysts believe that only some of the smartphone making companies have succeeded in making the new phone that deserve to be appreciated. Since all the attention of users is now being given to Samsung’s new phone model Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge, Droid Turbo has not quite received the attention that it deserves.
