GoPro Drones-Bad News

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After reporting Q3 2016 earnings, the company has revealed it's new bad news for the drones losing power while in flight. So because of the loss of power they were forced to recall over 2500 drones that customers will receive full refunds. The company has went down in their shares in the stock market by 5.5% which drops to about $10.86 a share. They are currently working with the Consumer Product Safety Commission and the Federal Aviation Administration to ensure the Karma is properly recalled and taken out the air.There has been no property damage or injuries reported as a result the Karma falling out the sky.

Classic Nintendo

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Earlier this year Nintendo had announced plans to launch a mini-sized version of the classic Nintendo game system with all of your childhood games like Mario. Now they have stuffed like 30 of it's classics into one system like Mario, Zelda, Pac-Man, and Castlevania to name a few. The console will be (5in. x 4in. x1.6in.) and it is due out on November 11th tomorrow. It will be one-two players but comes with only one controller if you want an extra it would be an additional $10. The system itself will be around $60. The setup will be easy too, just by connecting the system to a monitor or TV by HDMI.

Contol Sphero with the force

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Sphero's BB-9 star wars toy has been on the market for a few months now. Until now you could only control it with your smartphone or a tablet. Now you can control it with the force, gestures that are picked up by a wearable wrist band that connects wirelessly to the robot. Wearing sphero's band, will go on sale this fall

COD Infinite -The future is dated.

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So thy are saying that space battles, interstellar conflict and wisecracking robots were some of the things they did not expect to see in a "Call of Duty" game. It has a lot of massive, exploding set pieces, fast paced multiplayer and, a new Zombies mode. This video starts off on their planet and quickly starts off into space where majority of the game takes place. The Zombies mode is better than the last couple of COD and Black ops  video games.

Silicon Valley Cyber Attack

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A major attack on the Internet on Election Day could effect voter turnout. Basically, if an organized group could take down a huge service like Google Maps through a brute force attack or security hole,  could prevent voters from finding their way to their voting locations. Not too long ago big services like Twitter, Netflix,  and Spotify suffered outages the month of October from prolonged cyber attacks. Their saying that it could mostly effect young voters mostly that rely on their phones to get places and may lean toward to vote for Democrats because it.

Google fiber??

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In the past Google has rarely seem to take a really good finances they spend for their big ideas and creativity. Since restructuring as Alphabet (GOOGL, Tech30) a year ago, the company has pushed for more cost management, sometimes to the frustration of the employees working on the huge projects. "They see fiber as a huge market opportunity," says the Alphabet CFO, Ruth Porat. She also went on to say, "They want to make sure they are making sure they are executing against a largely and attractive market in the most effective and efficient way. So, they are basically trying to go the way with fiber, but in a less costly and more effective/efficient way with their finances and product.  

Going into Space is a pain

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A six month stay at the international space station can be a big pain in the back. While they may gain 2 inches of height while space temporarily, that accompanies weakening of the muscles supporting the spine. Astronauts have been reporting back pains since the late 1980's, up to 28% said that there was moderate to severe back pain sometimes it lasts for the whole duration of their mission. In the first year after their mission, they have a 4.3 times higher risk of getting a herniated disk.

Ubers "Flying cars" idea

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So Uber isn't trying to build it's own flying vehicle of it's own, it's actually trying to collaborate with other companies, governments, and communities to push the nascent forward. Uber is surrounding tech  impact on transportation, ranging, from taxis to flying cars  and self driving trucks. They say, "it's good to have ideas (set goals/dream) it forces everyone to start thinking differently outside the box so to speak. Flying cars face numerous obstacles, like cost, regulations, and public acceptance.  

Tesla

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The electric car maker company is gearing up to make a bid for SolarCity (SCTY) in the stock company on August 1st. The CEO, Elon Musk, SolarCity stock has fallen 62.6%  just this year. The stock price remains low because below the price of Tesla. They are basically trying to have it where your Tesla car can be charged up at home with energy gathered from the rooftop Tesla solar panels. They also sell batteries to store excess energy for whenever you may need it.