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Solar plane lands in New York City

A solar-powered airplane finished crossing the United States on Saturday, landing in New York City after flying over the Statue of Liberty during its historic bid to circle the globe, the project team said.  The spindly, single-seat experimental aircraft, dubbed Solar Impulse 2, arrived at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport at about 4 a.m. local time after it took off about five hours beforehand at Lehigh Valley International Airport in Pennsylvania, the team reported on the airplane's website.  Such a pleasure to land in New York! For the 14th time we celebrate sustainability," said the project's co-founder Andre Borschberg on Twitter after flying over the city and the Statue of Liberty during the 14th leg of the trip around the globe. The Swiss team flying the aircraft in a campaign to build support for clean energy technologies hopes eventually to complete its circumnavigation in Abu Dhabi, where the journey began in March 2015. The solar cr...
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Biggest update to fix Android framework

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Samsung, LG and Google have vowed to give month to month security overhauls to cell phones running the Android working framework. In July, a noteworthy bug was found in the product that could let thieves access information on up to a billion telephones. Producers have been moderate to reveal a fix on the grounds that numerous varieties of Android are generally utilized. 
One Android master said it was "about time" telephone creators issued security alters all the more rapidly.Android has been working to patch a vulnerability, known as Stagefright, which could let hackers access a phone's data simply by sending somebody a video message.

Image result for Biggest update ever' to fix Android flaw"My guess is that this is the single largest software update the world has ever seen," said Adrian Ludwig, Android's lead engineer for security, at hacking conference Black Hat. LG, Samsung and Google have all said a number of their handsets will get the fix, with further updates every month.Android is an open source operating system, with the software freely available for phone manufacturers to modify and use on their handsets. The Google-led project does provide security fixes for the software, but phone manufacturers are responsible for sending the updates to their devices. Some phones running old versions of Android are no longer updated by the manufacturer. Many companies also deploy customised versions of Android which take time to rebuild with the security changes.

Apple and BlackBerry can patch security problems more quickly because they develop both the software and the hardware for their devices.

BlackBerry's software is reviewed by mobile networks before being
Image result for Biggest update ever' to fix Android flaw sent to handsets, while Apple can push updates to its phones whenever it wants."The very nature of Android is that manufacturers add their own software on top, so there have been delays in software roll-outs," said Jack Parsons, editor of Android Magazine. "In the US it's even worse because mobile carriers often add their own software too, adding another layer of bureaucracy holding up security fixes. "There's no real villain here, that's just how the system works. But there will always be security concerns with software, so it's right that some of the manufacturers are stepping up to deal with this now."
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