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• 2020 Ford Super Duty Pickup Truck Preview
• Russia plans new missile systems to counter U.S. by 2021
• Apple Watch ‘fall detection’ feature credited with saving man’s life

2020 Ford Super Duty Pickup Truck Preview Posted: 05 Feb 2019 01:31 PM PST 2020 Ford Super Duty Pickup Truck Gains More Powerful Engines The battle for heavy-duty pickup truck supremacy rages on, as each major competitor updates and redesigns their entries. Ford is the... This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Russia plans new missile systems to counter U.S. by 2021 Posted: 05 Feb 2019 07:30 AM PST President Vladimir Putin said at the weekend that Russia had suspended the Cold War-era Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF), which bans both nations from stationing short- and intermediate-range land-based missiles in Europe. Moscow and Washington accuse each other of violating the treaty and Putin said Russia had acted after the United States announced it was withdrawing from the pact. Washington had made clear it planned to start research, development and design work on new missile systems and Moscow would do the same, Putin said. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Apple Watch ‘fall detection’ feature credited with saving man’s life Posted: 05 Feb 2019 01:27 AM PST One of the more interesting things about the Apple Watch is how the narrative behind the wearable has seemingly done a 180. Early on, the Apple Watch was positioned as something of a fashion accessory. Remember, for instance, the outrageously expensive Apple Watch Edition? Today, in sharp contrast, Apple prefers to tout the device as a fitness tracker and health monitor. Over the last few months, we've seen quite a few stories involving the heart rate monitor on the Apple Watch being used to detect potentially life-threatening health conditions. Indeed, it's no exaggeration to say that the Apple Watch has helped save numerous lives at this point. And now comes word that the fall detection feature first introduced on the Apple Watch Series 4 has started saving lives as well. According to a report from NRK, a 67-year old from Norway named Toralv Østvang credits his Apple Watch with saving his life. The story is that Østvang experienced a serious fall in his bathroom whereupon his Apple Watch automatically contacted rescue personnel. Recall, the Apple Watch, upon detecting a fall, will send a message to local emergency services -- along with information regarding your location -- if it detects that a user has been immobile for a full minute following a fall. About a half hour after the fall, rescue workers arrived on the scene and found Østvang lying on his bathroom floor, unconscious and bloody. In the midst of the fall, Østvang also sustained three fractures to his face. The fall detection feature on the Apple Watch is obviously geared towards older folks and, as a result, is off by default unless a user happens to be 65 or older. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

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