Sprint nabs Essential Phone exclusive

From CNET: Andy Rubin's recently unveiled Essential Phone will be exclusively available on Sprint in the US, according to USA Today.

Rubin, known as the father of Android, worked at Google for many years. Now he's back in the US with a high-end device designed to breathe new life into the concept...

Core ML brings machine learning to Apple developers

From InfoWorld: Earlier this week Apple unveiled Core ML, a software framework for letting developers deploy and work with trained machine learning models in apps on all of Apple’s platforms—iOS, MacOS, TvOS, and WatchOS.

Core ML is intended to spare developers from having to build all the platform...

SteelSeries QcK Prism Review (Page 1 of 4)

As I mentioned in a previous review, my trip with my friend to San Francisco was a pretty fun experience, but there were also learning experiences along the way. When we arrived at San Francisco International Airport, we took the Bay Area Rapid Transit directly from the airport to a station in downtown San Francisco. The idea was for us to get off there and walk to our accommodation. We stayed at a place called Nob Hill, so by the name we knew we...

Acronis True Image 2017 | Reports

A couple of months ago, I was finishing up an assignment for one of my classes the night before it was due. Everything was going swimmingly, until my computer, for no apparent reason, shut down. I freaked out a bit. It was not a big assignment, but it was long enough that I would have had to spend a couple more hours trying to finish it. With my heart thumping, I attempted to turn my computer back on. Nothing. I opened it up and prodded around...

SoftBank to acquire Boston Dynamics from Alphabet

From CNET: Japan-based tech giant SoftBank has agreed to acquire robots pioneer Boston Dynamics from Google parent company Alphabet, the companies said in a joint statement Thursday.

Terms of the deal weren't revealed.

As part of the deal, SoftBank has also agreed to acquire Schaft, a Japan-based...

Apple TV gets cozy with Amazon Prime, so where does that leave Netflix?

From Tech Hive: Apple CEO Tim Cook spent less than two minutes talking about Apple TV during the company’s WWDC keynote this week, but that was enough time for two revelations: First, Apple’s TV guide app now pulls in movies and shows from more than 50 streaming video sources. Second, Amazon Prime...

Google bestows Android O with the 8.0 version number

From CNET: We may not know what delicious dessert the next version of Android will be named after, but the mystery of what its official version number will be has been solved.

Android O, the next version of Google's mobile operating system, will be (drumroll, please) Android 8.0, according to...

No, AMD didn't slash Ryzen prices ahead of Threadripper launch

From PC World: Sorry, Internet: AMD didn't officially "slash," "cut," or even nick prices of its Ryzen CPUs in anticipation of the company's Threadripper CPU, the company said.

AMD sought to squash several news stories that have circulated over the last few days, saying AMD trimmed prices of its...

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