iPad Pro 2 Release Date, News & Update: Apple Tablet In Three Variants, No Audio Jack; Apple Pencil in 2017? and other top stories.

• iPad Pro 2 Release Date, News & Update: Apple Tablet In Three Variants, No Audio Jack; Apple Pencil in 2017?

  

  Rumors suggested that the three variants of the iPad Pro 2 will be composed of a different screen size, which include 12.9-inch, 10.5-inch, and 9.7-inch.(Photo: Getty Images/Justin Sullivan) The upcoming iPad Pro 2 is rumored to be made available in three variants. The new Apple tablet is said to sports revolutionary specs and features, which include the A10 chipset, Apple Pencil, as well as AMOLED display panel. After a no-show at IFA 2016 in Germany, it is believed that the tablet might b..

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• Explorers have found the deepest underwater cave on Earth

  

  Explorers in the Czech Republic have just completed an expedition to the underwater cave Hranická Propast - also known as the Hranice Abyss - verifying for the first time since its discovery in 1999 that it really is the deepest underwater cave on Earth. The team, led by Polish diver Krzysztof Starnawski, managed to reach a depth of 404 metres (1,325 feet) using a remotely operated vehicle (ROV), which means this limestone cavern is 12 metres (39 feet) deeper than the second deepest underwater ..

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• Fewer marques make for poorer Paris Motor Show

  

  Some of the bigger marques stayed away but there was plenty to see in Paris, says Hannah ElliotIN 2014, no fewer than 1.25 million people filled the Paris Motor Show floor to ogle the latest from Bugatti, BMW, Maserati, and Mercedes. The biennial show was the industry’s most populated event that year. For those returning this year, they will likely be disappointed. The 488 Spider Ferrari is presented on the first day of the press days of the Paris motor Show, on September 29. Picture: Miguel Med..

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• Forza Horizon 3 Review: A Driving Masterpiece

  

  Forza Horizon 3 The good Giant open-world Huge car list Gorgeous visuals Top-notch soundtrack The bad High specs needed to reach 60 fps on PC Too much DLC Verdict If you're looking for a driving game this fall, Forza Horizon 3 offers one of the most exhilarating and satisfying racing experiences around on console or PC. I'm bombing down a jungle dirt road in The Outback chasing a jeep suspended from a helicopter  while ..

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• 3D-printed fish fossil offers clues to the origins of human teeth

  

  ACTON, Australia, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Scientists believe a 400 million-year-old fish fossil holds clues to the evolutionary origins of human teeth. Upon excavation, it wasn't clear whether the ancient armored fish had jaws or teeth. But CT scans allowed scientists to create a 3D-printed model of the fossil, revealing both a jaw and teeth. How and when teeth first appeared on the evolutionary timeline remains an unanswered question for biologists. Buchanosteus, from the extinct placoderm group, ma..

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• Melbourne Airport rail link reconsidered during secret tourism talks

  

  A high-powered group of advisers set up by the Andrews government secretly reconsidered a rail link to Melbourne Airport as one of several "strategic investments" to boost Victoria's tourism prospects.Almost two years after the idea of train connection between Tullamarine and the CBD was shelved when Labor came to office, a cabinet-in-confidence document reveals it was briefly put back on the table as part of deliberations by a reference group chaired by infrastructure tsar Sir Rod Eddington. ..

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• Amazon Offers $2.5 Million Alexa Prize For Talking AI: Hurry 26 Days 'Til Deadline

  

  First Posted: Oct 01, 2016 04:16 AM EDT Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft, Google, And IBM form 'Partnership on AI' To Develop Artificial Intelligence. (Photo : Jeff Spicer / Getty Images) Amazon has offered a $2.5 Million to the first team who develops Alexa to a conversational AI. The Alexa Prize will be given to the developers who turns Alexa, the voice service into a social AI capable of conversing with humans for 20 minutes. What is the Alexa Prize? The Alexa Prize, which was announced on..

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• World on track to reach 2°C warming by 2050, scientists warn - Energy Live News

  

  The Earth is on track to warm up by 2°C unless governments double their efforts to limit greenhouse gas emissions. That's according to a report by climate experts led by Sir Robert Watson, former Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

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