AMD strengthens gaming and VR on Linux with graphics improvements

From PC World: Windows is the indisputable platform of choice for gaming and VR, but Linux is catching up fast as graphics companies ramp up driver and hardware support for the OS.

AMD is showing more love for Linux than ever before. The company on Thursday announced some hardware and driver...

Spotify said to drop bid to buy SoundCloud

From CNET: It looks like the musical mashup of Spotify and SoundCloud won't be happening after all.

The Financial Times reported in September that music-streaming service Spotify was in "advanced talks" to acquire rival streaming service SoundCloud. However, months of discussions between the two...

Samsung still struggling with recovery of Note7 phones from users

From InfoWorld: Samsung’s recall of Galaxy Note7 smartphones because of exploding batteries is far from complete, with some users—for example, in Canada—still not turning in their devices for a refund or exchange.

The South Korean company has now decided to cut these phones from the network...

HTC launches Vive Studios to develop VR content

From CNET: HTC today announced Vive Studios, a new branch of the consumer electronics company dedicated to expanding its virtual reality content. According to the official press release, HTC plans to work internally on these projects, as well as with outside publishers and developers.

Along with...

AMD's Radeon Software Crimson ReLive debuts with features galore

From PC World: There’s a chill in the air, and the leaves are falling off the trees en masse. You know what that means: It’s time for AMD’s huge annual Radeon software update. Like 2014’s Catalyst Omega and 2015’s Radeon Software Crimson, this year’s refresh packs in some huge new features and...

Amazon: No, we're not opening 2,000 stores

From CNET: Can't wait to shop at an Amazon supermarket? Well, you may have to wait a very, very long time.

Two days after The Wall Street Journal reported that Amazon plans to open "more than 2,000 brick-and-mortar grocery stores under its name," the company knocked down the idea as false.

"It's...

IBM Bluemix wants to take the drudgery out of devops

From InfoWorld: With Bluemix, IBM set out to create a cloud environment rich with tools that developers could then harness to their benefit. Next step for IBM: Make it easy to string together and use those tools in common workflows, without reinventing the wheel with each new project.

That’s the...

Pokemon Go gets new Pokemon as Sprint stores become hubs

From CNET: Sprint is giving Pokemon trainers a reason to come into its stores.

The nation's fourth-largest wireless carrier is partnering with Niantic, the developer behind the smash hit Pokemon Go, to turn more than 10,500 Sprint, Boost Mobile and Sprint-RadioShack stores into PokeStops and Gyms...

US Supreme Court leaves gap in Samsung-Apple patent ruling

From PC World: The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled in favor of Samsung Electronics and its backers in the industry in a design patent dispute with Apple, when in a 8-0 decision it said that “the term 'article of manufacture' is broad enough to embrace both a product sold to a consumer and a...

Apple Music surpasses 20 million subscribers

From CNET: Apple Music appears to be growing on listeners.

The music subscription service has surpassed the 20 million subscriber milestone just 18 months after its launch, Billboard reported Tuesday. That number represents growth of 15 percent since the company announced in September it had...

Subscribe to Daily Computer + Technology News, Reviews, Discussion