Report: Intel Considers Buying Broadcom

From PC Mag: If a Broadcom-Qualcomm merger becomes likely, Intel may intervene. It's reportedly considering a bid for Broadcom.

Intel has been watching Broadcom's hostile takeover of Qualcomm, knowing that a potential tie-up represents a "serious competitive threat," according to a new report from...

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Microsoft to unveil new Surface Hub 2 displays in coming months

From The Verge: Microsoft is currently working on a second generation of its Surface Hub, the company’s giant 55- and 84-inch 4K smart displays. “Surface Hub created an entirely new device category and we’re thrilled with the strong momentum we have seen across the globe,” says a Microsoft...

Intel Launches Optane 800P SSDs for Consumers

From PC Mag: if you want a fast PC in 2018, then an SSD is essential as your boot drive while hard drives still have their place in a system, offering terabytes of cheap storage. But there is a third option you'd be forgiven for forgetting about. It's called Intel Optane Memory, was developed by...

Fortnite is coming to mobile with PS4 and PC cross-play

From CNET: Fortnite, released last July for the PS4, Xbox One and PC, is best described as a game that's kinda like PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds. But now it's truly setting itself apart with a mobile port.

The mobile version of Fortnite, announced on Thursday by Epic Games, is ambitious: It'll...

Switching Out of Windows 10 S Mode Will be Free

From PC Mag: Yesterday, Joe Belfiore, Corporate Vice President in the Operating Systems Group at Microsoft, revealed on Twitter that Windows 10 S becomes 10 S mode in 2019. However, today that revelation got clarified and we probably won't be waiting until 2019 to get S mode.

Windows 10 S is a...

Apple sees uptick in supplier labor problems in annual audit

From CNET: Apple uncovered a higher number of serious labor and human rights rules violations at its supplier facilities in 2017, the company said Wednesday in its annual audit of its supply chain.

Apple identified 44 "core violations" of labor rules, according to its 12th annual Supplier...

Facebook Messenger Lite adds video chat

From The Verge: Facebook’s Messenger Lite app for Android is getting video chat, adding the final feature the slimmed-down app needed to become a truly viable replacement for the full-featured Messenger.

It’s an addition that more or less makes Messenger Lite the perfect Facebook Messenger app...

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