Amazon Prime Day returns July 11 to take all your money

From CNET: In case you didn't already buy too much stuff on Amazon, here's another excuse.

The e-commerce titan said Wednesday its third annual Prime Day will be July 11. The sales day will include hundreds of thousands of deals worldwide and run for 30 hours, starting at 6 p.m. Pacific Time on...

New wearables boast always-on tracking that lasts a week

From CNET: The idea of tracking kids or older loved ones with a wearable band isn't new, but the devices out there don't have great battery life.

Qualcomm's new Snapdragon Wear 1200 chips aim to fix some of these problems by riding a middle ground between high-end smartwatch and regular fitness...

Windows Server gets aboard the fast train

From ComputerWorld: Microsoft must prove that it's able to meet a faster Windows Server release schedule, an analyst said.

"We'll see if they can stick to it," said Jim Gaynor of Directions on Microsoft, about the changes to Windows Server's tempo. "At this point it's aspirational."

Two weeks ago...

Qualcomm's Snapdragon 450 makes $200 phones faster, last longer

From CNET: Having shrunk the gap between premium and midrange phones, Qualcomm now wants to work on making budget phones snappier.

It plans on doing that with the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 octa-core chips. Built on a 14nm process, these new chips offer a load of performance improvements over its...

Progressive web apps challenge native mobile apps

From InfoWorld: Native mobile apps have generally had the edge when it comes to user experience over web-based apps. But the tide is turning, with progressive web apps — a technology spearheaded by Google and Mozilla—catching on at major web properties and developer tools becoming available.

“We’re...

Qualcomm loses bid to squash FTC antitrust lawsuit

From CNET: Qualcomm's legal battle with the Federal Trade Commission will carry on.

A US federal judge ruled against Qualcomm's motion to dismiss an antitrust lawsuit filed by the FTC, the Wall Street Journal reported late Monday. The suit alleges that Qualcomm used its power and position in the...

Pandora CEO Tim Westergren reportedly will step down

From CNET: Tim Westergren, who co-founded Pandora 17 years ago and who's been serving his second round as CEO for the past year, plans to step down, Recode reported Sunday.

Pandora started as a vanguard of music streaming with its digital version of radio, but it has lost steam over the last five...

Google open-sources TensorFlow training tools

From InfoWorld: Over the past year, Google’s TensorFlow has asserted itself as a popular open source toolkit for deep learning. But training a TensorFlow model can be cumbersome and slow—especially when the mission is to take a dataset used by someone else and try to refine the training process it...

Anthem agrees to pay record $115M to settle data breach suit

From CNET: Anthem, the largest health insurance company in the US, has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit over a 2015 data breach for a record $115 million.

The settlement still has to be approved by US District Court Judge Lucy Koh, who is scheduled to hear the case on August 17 in San Jose...

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