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Google announces Cloud Internet Of Things public beta

Today Google is officially announcing and launching public beta of the Cloud Internet Of Things Service . This  is a Google scale service, designed for very large, reliable  global IOT deployments millions of devices. Since the private alpha launch,  industries such as transportation, oil and gas, utilities, healthcare and ride-sharing have used the service and provided insightful feedback. I am personally working on this project, proud to be a member of this exceptionally talented infrastructure team. See the Google  blog post  and see the Google IOT Core Developer home.  There are lots of great samples to get you started for MQTT and HTTP protocols. Your data can easily connect to Google's Cloud platforms such as Machine Learning for predictive maintenance analytics, BigQuery for rich analysis, and Analytics for real-time monitoring of the fleet of machines. Utilities can monitor, analyze and predict consumer energy usage in real time Tra...

How a ballistic nuclear missile works and why it's the most terrifying weapon ever created

Ballistic nuclear missiles have made news headlines lately, but little is known about how they work or why it is nearly impossible to defend against them. The general attitude in the United States is that North Korea is  not really a threat despite having ballistic missiles . Just look at the stock market, it is at all time high . In this article you'll learn all about how ballistic missiles work, how they differ from cruise missiles, and why you should be terrified of them. Mr. Trump vs Mr. Kim First let's establish that in fact, the political situation is really bad . Earlier this week, Trump announced at the UN summit that he will “totally destroy“ North Korea. To which the Mr. Kim today called Mr. Trump a “mentally deranged U.S. dotard” who had “ denied the existence of and insulted me and my country in front of the eyes of the world .” Mr. Kim vowed to take the “highest level of hard-line countermeasure in history. ” Note that Mr. Kim to the eyes of the North ...

Xbox One and Playstation 4 highest user-ranked games of all time

I made a top 100 list of PlayStation 4 and Xbox One games,  by user rating . I could not find this anywhere so I made my own list. I think the user scores are more honest than critic scores because many critics only play the game for an hour before making a decision, while users play them all the way through (I used to be a critic so I know this!) For example the #3 highest user rated game on PS4, Bloodborne, got a lousy 40th rank by critics! The #5 game, Pillars of Eternity, was ranked 70th by critics. Top PS4 games by user rating User rating Release date Critic rank (1=highest) The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt User: 9.2 5/19/2015 10 The Last of Us Remastered User: 9.1 7/29/2014 3 Bloodborne: The Old Hunters User: 9.1 11/24/2015 43 Persona 5 User: 9.0 4/4/2017 5 Pillars of Eternity: Complete Edition User: 8.9 8/29/2017 70 Bloodborne User: 8.8 3/24/2015 9 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Blood and Wine User: 8.8 5/30/2016 11 Dark Souls III User: 8.8 4/12/2016 24 Sonic Mania User:...