Year: 2019

Star Trek’s William Shatner would travel into space with Elon Musk

CompuScoop Staff February 15, 2019 0

Billionaire Elon Musk created SpaceX and OpenAI in the hopes of one day colonizing faraway planets and exploring the stars -- a mission that has long defined Star Trek. As far as achievements go, if Musk were a member of Starfleet, he would be a science officer, but is he good enough to be a member of the Enterprise crew?

William Shatner, who originated the iconic role Captain Kirk on the original series, said he would love to go into space with Musk, provided he sits next to him during the trip. Shatner tweeted, "I’ll hold his hand during takeoff as an added bonus!"

Founded in 2002, Musk's SpaceX is creating new generation spacecrafts and rovers made to explore the surface of Mars. He sent the liquid-propellant Falcon 1 into orbit in 2008, and the second Dragon into the International Space Station in 2012. One of SpaceX's Falcons was able to orbit the sun; the other engineered the first-ever propulsive landing of any orbital rocket. Musk is working on an upgraded version of the Dragon, to better transport astronauts into space and return them safely to Earth.

Via: Comic Book Resources

IOS 12.1.4 Has a Great Secret Feature that you should know about

Dan Uff February 15, 2019 0

Despite some problems with iOS 12.1.4, there is an undocumented feature that end users should know about.

Spotted by the eagle eyes of MacStories editor Federico Viticci, iOS 12.1.4 has a significant undocumented change to make managing App Store subscriptions easier and more intuitive.

Before, iPhone and iPad owners previously had to navigate through an overly complicated path (Settings > iTunes & App Store > Apple ID > View Apple ID > Subscriptions), now iOS 12.1.4 upgraders simply tap their profile icon in the App store (top right corner) and ‘Manage Subscriptions’ is there.

For those who like to toggle subscriptions (for example, sports apps during the offseason) this switch will be very welcome. For iPhone and iPad owners who may simply have forgotten what they are subscribed too, it is also now quick and easy to find out. Checking may even save you some money you didn’t realise you were spending.

Source: Forbes

Apple’s new Streaming Service May not launch right away – maybe even as late as Fall

CompuScoop Staff February 15, 2019 0

Although Apple is now widely predicted to reveal its streaming video service on March 25, the actual launch could still be months away, a report said on Thursday.

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