From Mac World: Over the years, the iMac has gone from a candy-colored entry-level machine to one of the most powerful all-in-ones money can buy, but it’s never quite been the best machine for professionals. But with the new iMac Pro unveiled at WWDC on Monday that’s set to launch in December, that...
From CNET: The back and forth goes on in the US Federal Trade Commission's antitrust suit against Qualcomm, the world's largest maker of mobile chips.
Late Friday night, Qualcomm fired the latest salvo in the case, filing documents in which it says, for a second time, that the FTC's suit should be...
From PC World: It’s impossible to buy anything but the most entry level Radeon graphics cards right now.
That’s expected at the high-end, as AMD’s enthusiast-focused Radeon RX Vega graphics cards won’t launch until the very end of July. But even “sweet spot” mainstream graphics cards like the...
From InfoWorld: For Google, it is time to ring out the old and ring in the new when it comes to running native code in the browser. To this end, Google is making the WebAssembly portable code format its solution for native code going forward, displacing the company’s Portable Native Client (PNaCl)...
From PC World: Microsoft announced a major redesign of its Skype app on Thursday, helping users foster an improved social network of sorts among their best friends, while an army of helpful bots stands ready to offer recommendations and cat GIFs.
Skype hasn’t eliminated the ability to chat with...
A couple of years ago in my BitFenix Flo review, I wrote about we know how to "optimize the individual rate allocation to every node in a multi-device MIMO wireless network using fancy techniques like SLP-PA", but "might run into a bit of trouble setting up a $20 Wi-Fi router we buy from the local computer store". By "we", of course, I mean my colleagues -- including Technical Editor Hai Wang, who is doing his PhD right now -- in the Wireless...
As some of you readers may know, I have a sister who is three years older than me. Due to this age gap, I never was in the same school as her once she left elementary school until we were both in university. As the younger one, I sometimes end up with the same teachers as my sister. Whenever this happened, the teacher would ask, "Your name is Aaron Lai... is your sibling (A random name) Lai?" I would always laugh this off and reply no. It was...
From CNET: Apple and Samsung have been fattening their pockets with digital wallets for years, and now LG wants in.
The company rolled out LG Pay in South Korea on Friday, it said in a statement. South Korean users of the LG G6 will be the first to be able to use the service.
LG Pay allows users...
From PC World: The surprise smartphone hit of 2016 wasn’t the Galaxy S7 or the Google Pixel. Rather, it was a mid-range phone from Motorola with a big gimmick: magnetic mods. LG’s modular phone concept spectacularly failed with the G5, but the $450 Moto Z Play hit the sweet spot, with a nice cross...
From CNET: Intel has had enough of chips that sit hidden away inside your PC. It wants you to be able to feel the processing power in your hands, and take it with you wherever you go.
Enter the ComputeCard -- a modular card designed to slide in and out of notebooks, PCs, connected appliances and...
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