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Bloodhound SSC 1000mph Supersonic Car- Engineers from the swansea University, college of Engineering team are engaged on the supersonic automobile project - The bloodhound SSC for quite some time now. in a very recent paper, that they printed within the Journal of Automobile Engineering, they've described the aerodynamic characteristics of traveling at 1,000 miles per hour. what's being referred to as the foremost most enjoyable and dynamic engineering challenge, the bloodhound SSC project is gripped the eye of all automobile enthusiasts over the planet. once driven at such an implausible speed, simulations currently show however the automobile shall deal with the supersonic rolling ground, rotating wheels and ensuing shock waves in shut proximity to the test surface.

Social networking platform Facebook is planning to introduce its own cryptocurrency next year, reported BBC. Dubbed GlobalCoin, the new offering is expected to be made available in around 12 countries by the first quarter of 2020 following a trial later this year.

Teradata rolls out a number of analytics enhancements. One of the problems with hybrid cloud is the impact that it has on data analytics as it often results in difficulties in locating data, and slows the whole process. Teradata believes it has solved this problem with Borderless Analytics.

Stop using passwords that are hard to remember but easy for computers to guess A long string of memorable words is much more secure than a short set of random characters. A brilliant and very topical password strength comic strip here from the geniuses over at XKCD. What do you think?

Barry Scott, EMEA Chief Technology Officer at Centrify, outlines the IDaaS concept and how to choose the right one for your business. Whether it be on premises, cloud-based, software as a service (SaaS), or mobile, the number and variety of apps being adopted by organisations is rapidly increasing.

Company's flagship smart watch will go on sale in the US in March, according to reports. New reports claim that the much-anticipated Apple Watch will go on sale in March. Apple has previously hinted at a release date in early 2015, but according to 9to5mac the device will be rolled out across the US in March.

There is no doubt that Android has become the dominant smartphone presence across the world over the last few years, as it takes advantage of Apple's staggered release schedule to flood the market with devices.

San Francisco's BART system is overhauling its rolling stock for the first time since it launched in 1972. Up to 1,000 new cars will be introduced between 2017 and 2023 as the original cars are phased out. Abi Millar finds out how these new railcars are being designed to meet today's transport needs, and examine how real-world testing is informing the final product.

Startup Splice Machine recently rolled out its relational database management system (RDBMS) into public beta. Introduced in May 2014, the Splice Machine system combines the Java-based Apache Derby relational database with technology from the Apache HBase NoSQL database,