Three Years Later, Google Chromecast Is Back on Amazon

From PC Mag: Planning to buy someone on your list a Google Chromecast media streamer? Now you can order one on Amazon with Prime two-day shipping.

A year after announcing plans to add Google Chromecast back to its digital store shelves, Amazon has finally made good on that promise, as Android...

GE To Spin Off Industrial IoT Business Into $1.2B Standalone Company

From CRN: General Electric revealed on Thursday its plan to spin off its GE Digital business into a standalone industrial Internet of Things company, ending months of speculation about the division's fate.

The Boston-based company also announced that it has reached an agreement to sell a majority...

Intel and ESL Commit $100 Million to eSports

From Tom's Hardware: Intel and eSports organizer and production company ESL have announced this week a commitment to invest at least $100 million to "shape the future landscape of eSports through innovative technology, tournaments and events" through 2021 in what the companies described as "the...

Instacart and Amazon-owned Whole Foods are parting ways

From TechCrunch: Instacart has announced this morning it will no longer be doing business with Whole Foods, a U.S. organic grocery chain the company launched a partnership with in 2014. This comes roughly one year after Amazon closed its $13.7 billion acquisition of Whole Foods; Amazon, of course...

FCC Investigates Wireless Coverage Cheating by Telecom Carriers

From eWeek: The Federal Communications Commission has announced that it’s putting on hold a $4.53 billion payout to wireless broadband providers while it investigates charges that a major U.S. carrier has overstated its wireless coverage. The FCC grants are intended to help cover the cost for...

Intel Adds B365 Chipset to Lineup: The Return of 22nm

From AnandTech: Intel has quietly added a new chipset that is made using the company’s 22 nm fabrication process to its 300-series lineup. As the name suggests, the Intel B365 PCH for desktop PCs has a similar positioning with the company’s B360 chipset, but the two products have many differences...

Phanteks introduces the new PH-TC12LS RGB CPU Cooler

From Phanteks Press Release: Phanteks today announced the new PH-TC12LS RGB CPU Cooler. The already popular CPU cooler now gets a new illumination upgrade from the award-winning Halos RGB fan frame.

Phanteks’ PH-TC12LS_RGB is a low profile CPU cooler designed for cases that are limited in space and...

Intel's 3D Chip Stacking Tech Aims For Smaller, Power-Efficient PCs

From PC Mag: Intel's latest advancement in chip-making is focused on packing the silicon together to create a lean, power-efficient PC.

On Wednesday, the company debuted a new manufacturing technology called "Foveros" that overhauls a PC's internal guts by fabricating the microprocessors on top of...

Epic Is Already Announcing Exclusives for Its Game Store

From ExtremeTech: Epic Games is riding high on the success of Fortnite, which is currently the most popular title in the world by most measures. The company decided recently that gave it enough clout to take on Steam, the largest and best-supported source for PC games. Epic’s storefront launched...

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