Self-Driving Cars Can be Turned Into Lethal Weapons: BlackBerry CEO Autonomous vehicles, despite being dubbed as the future of transportation, are inherently controlled by programs which are not 100% hack proof and can be exploited by malicious parties to wreak havoc. BlackBerry CEO John Chen stressed about hacks and attacks around self-driving cars and talked about the possibility of them being used as a‘fully loaded weapon’. “A car could easily be infected with viruses [and] is literally a fully loaded weapon....

Uber Unveils New Logo, Changes Mission Statement as Part of Corporate Overhaul As part of a corporate re-branding expected to roll-out fully over the next few months,Uberhas unveiled all-new logos for both its primary ride-sharing app, as well as its food-delivery service,Uber Eats. The company also changed its mission statement from“Make transportation as reliable as running water, everywhere, for everyone”to“We ignite opportunity by setting the world in motion”. In a press statement, Uber said thatthe change was implemented to help the brand stand out from its competitors....

Xperia Ear Duo Update Brings Voice Notifications on iOS, Audio Enhancements Sony’s Xperia Ear Duo wireless earbuds are getting a new update which brings a host of noteworthy features such as a ‘Dynamic Normalizer’, improvements to the Adaptive Volume Control (AVC) system, caller name read-out function on Android, touchpad gestures.Unveiledat MWC 2018 back in February, the latest Xperia Ear Duo update also brings voice notification to iOS, a feature which has so far been exclusive to the Android platform....

‘Apple Watch Edition’ Discontinued With Apple Watch Series 4 With theintroduction of the Apple Watch Series 4devices on Wednesday, the Cupertino-based tech giant killed off its much-ridiculed‘Apple Watch Edition’which changed from its garish gold avatar in its first iteration to a relatively more understated ceramic finish in Series 2 and Series 3, but failed to make an impression among consumers nonetheless. The company on Wednesday showed off itsnext-gen smartwatchin the standard metallic casing, but didn’t give any indication that an over-the-top, super-luxe‘Edition’model will be in the offing going forward....

Alleged Leaked Images of iPhone Xc’s SIM Trays Depicts Five Color Options Apple is all set to announce the new line line-up of iPhonestoday, and this year, the company is expected to unveil three new iPhone models that will reportedly be called the iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, and the iPhone XC. Just a few days ago, dummy models of the iPhone XC were leaked which depicted the device in red, blue, gold, and white color options....

Alleged Pixelbook 2 Spotted in New Google Assistant Ad Another Pixel 3 teaser was spotted recently in a bunch of Facebook ads and while this wasseemingly a case ofpoorPhotoshop,another device which may have been revealedahead of theGoogle event on October 9. This alleged device is the upcoming iteration to Google’s Chromebook sensation last year – the Google Pixelbook – and has beenspotted at two different instances. The first one, of course, is theGoogle Assistant adwhich shows a Chromebook not unlike the last year’s Pixelbook, but with much narrower bezels....

Apple Watch Series 4 With ECG Feature Launched at $399 At its iPhone event being held in Cupertino, Apple has unveiled the new Apple Watch Series 4. The watch comes with anedge to edge display that’s now 35% larger, and to go with the new display, the company has redesigned the entire UI of the Apple Watch. There’s also a new watch face, which we’ve seen in the leaks before; it comes with a whopping8 complications on the watch faceitself, and you can customise the complications to make it suitable to your personal needs....