From PC World: Between the introduction of the Shield lineup, GeForce Experience 3.0’s mandatory registration, and the arrival of GeForce Now’s cloud-based PC game streaming, it’s clear that Nvidia’s been striving to position itself as a one-stop gaming ecosystem for PC gamers, rather than a mere...
From CNET: When the European Union slapped Apple with a $14.5 billion tax fee in August, CEO Tim Cook called it "political crap."
This week, the tech behemoth is fighting back in the form of an official appeal, Reuters reports.
"Apple is not an outlier in any sense that matters to the law," Apple...
Modularity is an interesting topic when it comes to electronics. In the desktop computing world, this is practically an assumed fact. Users can choose their parts, whether processors, memory, storage options, or video cards according to their application and budget. Enthusiasts can throw top of the line parts into their rigs, while those looking for the necessities can make a much more budget build. However, even better is the fact the cheaper...
Happy Holidays! As we move towards the Christmas season, the first thing many people begin to think about is buying a present for that special someone. Being somewhat of a procrastinator, I have yet to do any Christmas shopping, and with such limited time in front of me, panic has begun to set in. As many shoppers do for their loved ones, they try to find a personalized gift, which sometimes is easier said than done. If you are anything like...
From InfoWorld: Netflix has developed a microservices orchestrator called Conductor and is now offering it via open source.
Inspired by the company's need to run business processes for streaming titles worldwide, Conductor was built as a cloud-based orchestration engine. It manages workflows, can...
From CNET: Twitch, a video-centric online community for computer-game fans, launched a new content category Thursday designed to get its users sharing moments from their everyday lives. The Amazon-owned site also said it would bring live-streaming to its mobile app in 2017.
Called IRL -- for the...
From PC World: The BlackBerry smartphone is dead: Long live the BlackBerry smartphone.
A week after it officially pulled out of the smartphone market, BlackBerry has agreed to license its brand to handset manufacturer TCL.
The Chinese company will make and market future BlackBerry handsets...
From CNET: Samsung may give its lower-cost Galaxy A5 phone for 2017 something that right now only its highest-end phones have: a curved screen, according to leaked renderings and rumors that are tied to the phone. Samsung is the only device maker currently selling phones with wraparound displays (LG...
From InfoWorld: In what is likely the largest data breach ever, Yahoo is reporting that data associated with more than 1 billion user accounts was stolen in August 2013.
The incident is separate from a breach Yahoo reported in September involving at least 500 million users that originally occurred...
From CNET: Owners of Pebble's smartwatches don't have to worry about their devices suddenly stopping after the company's acquisition by Fitbit.
The fate of the devices was left in doubt last week after the announcement that Fitbit, one of the biggest names fitness trackers, would acquire the assets...
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