From The Verge: Zelle, a new payment service backed by more than 30 US banks, will launch its standalone app on September 12th to take on competitors like Venmo and Square Cash. The network had been quietly powering money transfers for major US banks including Bank of America, Chase, Wells Fargo...

From PC Mag: 5G is coming fast. The next generation of global wireless networks is presumably going to power everything from huge networks of agricultural sensors and self-driving cars to augmented reality in homes.

Today, Intel announced a test platform that will support the core radio technology...

From PC Mag: Huawei's latest flagship mobile chip, the Kirin 970, places a renewed emphasis on AI and machine learning. Beyond tangible performance boosts, what else does this mean?

While the previous Kirin 960 chip brought machine learning to the table, the emphasis there was on facilitating app...

From The Verge: Samsung Display makes the best smartphone OLED screens in the world, as evidenced most recently by the Galaxy S8 and Note 8. So it makes total sense that Apple is putting a heavy reliance on the company to supply displays for the upcoming top-tier iPhone set to be announced on...

From CNET: File this one under: I wish I had this when I was in college.

Spotify and Hulu are teaming up to give US college students access to both companies' premium services for $5 a month ($4.99 specifically). The new service is aptly called "Spotify Premium for Students, now with Hulu."...

From PC Mag: One of the big differentiators between gaming on a PC compared to a games console is the method of input. On PC, you will more than likely be using a keyboard and mouse, while on a games console it will be a game pad. And that difference has stayed pretty much the same since games...

From The Verge: Microsoft’s Surface chief will hold a keynote speech in London at the end of October. The software giant is holding its annual Future Decoded event in London from October 31st to November 1st, and Microsoft revealed to The Verge today that Panos Panay will be speaking. Microsoft...

From PC World: Bigger is usually better in the world of graphics cards, but these days, plenty of people want plus-sized power in fun-sized packages. Enter Gigabyte’s GeForce GTX 1080 Mini ITX 8G, the smallest GTX 1080 yet—and an early strike against AMD’s incoming Radeon RX Vega Nano.

At 169mm in...

From CNET: The US chipmaker has decided to file another appeal to the Korea Supreme Court regarding an order from the South Korean Fair Trade Commission that resulted in the largest fine in Korean history, the company said Tuesday.

After nearly three years of investigation, the KFTC found Qualcomm...

From PC Mag: With the introduction of the PS4 Pro and soon-to-be-launched Xbox One X, people aren't just talking about 4K resolution anymore. High Dynamic Range (HDR) is also becoming a key term and feature, so much so that even smartphones are adding support for it.

Netflix supports HDR on its 4K...