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It Looks Like Segway’s New Owners Finally Found a Way to Make Segways Fun
Promotional images of a Ninebot-branded Segway go-kart were posted to the Chinese micro-blogging site Weibo last week, which the official Segway Weibo site shared, without denying the product exists. The kit appears to add a seat, steering wheel, frame, pedals, and a set of front wheels, with the Segway miniPro itself being used as the…
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Prankster Tricks Wyoming City Into Growing Weed
Photo: Getty Park department employees in Powell, Wyoming, found marijuana budding out of decorative planters in the downtown area last week. The workers had been unwittingly watering and tending to the plants for weeks before realizing the growth spouting out of the zinnias and marigolds was illegal, reports the Powell Tribune. Powell Police Chief Roy…
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Rolls-Royce showed his own flying taxi
British automaker Rolls-Royce has introduced the concept of private flying taxi at the air show “Farnborough-2018”. The development is described as the vehicle EVTOL — electric vertical takeoff and landing. A taxi can carry four to five passengers at speeds up to 400 km/h on distance to 800 km. Rolls-Royce expects that design will be…
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The day began the nuclear age
July 16, 1945 was the first successful test of a nuclear weapon. Namely, in the state of new Mexico (USA) at the Alamogordo landfill as part of the Manhattan project was detonated a plutonium bomb, dubbed “little Thing”. The operation itself is inspired by the poetry of John Donne scientists have dubbed as a test…
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The cheapest Nokia smartphone is already available in Russia
Company HMD Global has announced the beginning of sales of smartphone Nokia 1 in Russia. This is the budget smartphone Nokia at the moment. It runs on Android Oreo Go edition is a special version of Android optimized for devices having memory and at least one Gigabyte. The smartphone allows you to use changeable covers…
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Chinese manufacturer of high-quality leaked images of the iPhone 9
Case makers are often the source of information about the design of future smartphones. This time, the render of the forthcoming 6.1-inch iPhone in case from a Chinese manufacturer Sanfeng has published a resource GizmoChina. According to earlier leaks, the fall Apple will release two OLED models with a diagonal of 5.8 and 6.5 inches,…
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After the release of the next “scary” smartphone Huawei
The Indian unit of Huawei and Amazon officially confirmed the release date of the smartphone Huawei Nova 3 and Nova 3i. Their release will take place on 26 July 2018. Recall that Huawei has already published a description of the Nova 3 in its online store, but has not yet announced the price. Powerful smartphone…
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Trump ‘Hadn’t Thought’ About Asking Putin to Extradite Alleged Russian Hackers Until He Was Asked About It
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Report: Apple Restructuring Its India Sales Division After Weak iPhone Sales in First Half of 2018
An Indian man talks on his iPhone in New Delhi in May 2016.Photo: Tsering Topgyal (AP) Apple has been having a rough time in India including the loss of three key executives as it continues to struggle to beat single-digit market share in the country, which is the third-largest market for smartphones in the world,…
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Policing Police Drones, Inheriting Facebook Messages, and Unexplained Sounds: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week
Photo: Getty. Illustrations: Axon, Shutterstock/DESY, Science Communication Lab/Anjelica Alzona (Gizmodo) We here at Gizmodo had a lot of questions this week, and we did our best to give you some answers because you’re probably wondering some of the same things. For instance, if you’ve ever asked yourself who is regulating police drones to keep them…