iPhone users can finally give Google Lens a try

From CNET: Google will soon give iOS users the chance to try Google Lens, the technology that lets you use your camera to search for info. Over the next week, you'll be able to try Google Lens in the Google Photos app for iOS, the company announced Thursday. The feature will roll out over the next...

Sega Genesis Classics Coming to PS4 and Xbox One

From PC Mag: Get ready for a blast from the past, 90s gamers: Sega today announced plans to bring more than 50 of its classic games to today's consoles.

The Sega Genesis Classics collection (aka Sega Mega Drive Classics in the UK) includes Sonic the Hedgehog, Altered Beast, Streets of Rage, and a...

Microsoft’s new gaming cloud division readies for a future beyond Xbox

From The Verge: Microsoft shipped its first video game in 1981, appropriately named Microsoft Adventure. It was an MS-DOS game that booted directly from a floppy disk, and set the stage for Microsoft’s adventures in gaming. A lot has changed over the past 37 years, and when you think of Microsoft’s...

Logitech Adds Reactive Lighting to G560 Speakers, G513 Keyboard

From PC Mag: It's quite difficult to stand out from the crowd when it comes to computer accessories. Be it a mouse, keyboard, or speakers, beyond the stats they all end up looking quite similar. Logitech has found a new way to make us take notice of its latest speakers, though: reactive lighting...

Google: Android is just as secure as the other guys

From CNET: In the list of big security flaws that could let hackers compromise phones, there's one name that comes up a lot: Android.

In 2015, we learned that Google's operating system for phones was vulnerable to the StageFright bug, which hackers could exploit just by sending a text message. In...

Faster Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ Launches

From PC Mag: When the first Raspberry Pi single-board computer arrived in early 2012, it triggered a revolution in how small and cheap computers could be. Since then we've had many challengers to the Raspberry Pi, and it's fair to say on performance the Pi is falling behind. However, the little...

Broadcom officially withdraws $117B Qualcomm offer

From CNET: Broadcom, which makes chips for everything from TV set-top boxes to servers, has withdrawn its $117 billion bid to acquire Qualcomm, the world's largest maker of chips for smartphones, according to Reuters. The move comes two days after US President Donald Trump signed an executive order...

New $200 Fitbit Versa undercuts Apple Watch on size and price

From CNET: Fitbit Versa is the company's third attempt at a full-on smartwatch, and the company may have finally nailed a good design at a really good price. It's fully compatible with all of the apps designed for its more expensive predecessor, the Fitbit Ionic, which debuted just five months ago...

Trump Blocks Broadcom's Bid for Qualcomm

From PC Mag: The Trump administration on Monday blocked Broadcom's bid to acquire Qualcomm, citing national security threats.

"There is credible evidence that leads me to believe that Broadcom...through exercising control of Qualcomm...might take action that threatens to impair the national...

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