From CNET: Fresh from rolling out a new robot vacuum, Xiaomi today announced a new contactless payment system for its home market in China. The catch? It really only works on one of its phones, the Xiaomi Mi 5.
That's because the Mi 5 is really the only phone in Xiaomi's lineup that supports NFC...
From InfoWorld: Fujistu Semiconductor Ltd. has become the first manufacturer to announce it is mass producing a new RAM that boasts 1,000 times the performance of DRAM but stores data like NAND flash memory.
The new non-volatile memory known as Nano-RAM (NRAM) was first announced last year and is...
From CNET: The Apple MacBook Air used to be the very pinnacle of slim laptops. But today, the 17mm-thick Air feels hefty compared with the HP Spectre (10.4mm) or Apple's own 12-inch MacBook (13mm). Acer is joining the super-slim club with the new Swift 7, a 13.3-inch clamshell laptop that measures...
From PC World: The first smartphones to use Google’s Daydream virtual reality platform are coming later this year, and many could have Qualcomm’s latest processor, the Snapdragon 821.
On Tuesday, Qualcomm shared more details about the new flagship processor, which is the company’s fastest to date...
From CNET: What's next for Nexus? That's the question, following reports from Android Central that this year's generation of the search giant's phones will lose the Nexus branding that they've borne since 2010.
Google's 2016 phones will reportedly come in slightly smaller than the Nexus 5X and 6P...
From InfoWorld: Apple's tax benefits in Ireland are illegal, and the company will have to pay up to €13 billion ($14.5 billion) in back taxes, plus interest.
That's the verdict European Commissioner Margrethe Vestager delivered Tuesday, wrapping up a two-year investigation of the company's tax...
From CNET: Google has a formidable artificial intelligence team working on everything from photo recognition to email spam filtering. But for some tasks, it's looking for the human touch -- yours, specifically.
The online giant on Monday released a new Android app called Crowdsource that lets you...
From PC World: Intel’s Kaby Lake, the company's 7th-generation Core microprocessor, was never meant to be.
Broadwell, then Skylake: Intel’s tick-tock model was supposed to move on from there to the 10-nm Cannon Lake microprocessor next on Intel’s roadmap. Struggles with 10-nm development forced...
From CNET: In the last month, Pokemon Go developer Niantic has been stepping up its banning game, cutting off users who use third-party services to help them become Pokemasters.
Bans were given to players using add-on maps that show Pokemon locations, emulators that allow you to play the game on a...
From CNET: The next iPhone will probably be revealed to the world on September 7. And maybe a watch, too.
Apple made it official today, confirming the previously rumored date of the first Wednesday in September. The venue is once again at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, with the...
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