Beaucher is undergoing treatment for his injuries and says he hopes to return to his job as a cook and tend to his farm. The “Bao Dai, ” a Rolex that the late emperor bought during Geneva peace negotiations in 1954, was sold to an unidentified phone…
An Apple a day
A New Hampshire man who was injured in a house explosion is thanking Apple ’s Siri for saving his life. Christopher Beaucher says he was checking on his mother’s vacant cottage in Wilmot on May 1 when he saw something suspicious and went inside. When he switched on a light, the house exploded. His face and hands badly burned, Beacher grabbed his cell phone but was unable to dial because of his injuries. He says he somehow asked his iPhone’s voice-controlled virtual assistant Siri to call 911. Beaucher is undergoing treatment for his injuries and says he hopes to return to his job as a cook and tend to his farm. Apple said statistics on Siri being used in emergencies weren’ t available.
Watch out
A Rolex that was owned by the last emperor of Vietnam became the brand’s most expensive wristwatch ever sold at auction, fetching $5 million. The “Bao Dai, ” a Rolex that the late emperor bought during Geneva peace negotiations in 1954, was sold to an unidentified phone bidder after eight minutes on Saturday, according to the auction house. The watch is one of the rarest Rolexes, one of three black-dial models known to exist with diamond hour markers.
The all-too-friendly skies
United Airlines is changing the keypad codes used to open cockpit doors after the previous codes were accidentally posted on a public website. The airline sent a memo to pilots over the weekend telling them to use “alternative security measures, ” a spokeswoman said Monday. The spokeswoman said the breach was not the result of hacking and did not cause any flights to be delayed or canceled. The airline, based in Chicago, said it uses “a number of measures” in addition to the access codes to keep cockpits secure, and it was working to fix the situation as soon as possible.
