From CNET: Samsung has published an open letter of apology to its customers following numerous reports of its Galaxy Note 7 handsets overheating catching fire that led to the handset's recall.
"We recognize that we have not lived up to your expectations, or our own high standards. For this we are...
From PC World: AMD is excited about its Polaris GPUs and upcoming Zen-based PC and server chips, which the company hopes will end years of struggles.
A step forward for AMD is the release soon of its Radeon Pro WX graphics cards, targeted at content creation for 4K games or virtual reality. These...
From CNET: LG is stepping up its Android game, on Tuesday beginning the rollout of Android 7.0 Nougat to the G5.
That makes the G5 the first non-Google phone to receive the update. Meanwhile, the recent Google Pixel and LG's V20 were shipped with Nougat.
LG said G5's in South Korea will get the...
From InfoWorld: Owners of WeMo home automation devices should upgrade them to the latest firmware version, which was released this week to fix a critical vulnerability that could allow hackers to fully compromise them.
The vulnerability was discovered by researchers from security firm Invincea in...
From CNET: "Who's LeEco?" you may be asking. You might still be asking after finding out it's predominantly a successful Chinese conglomerate which started out in online video distribution and expanded into India and Europe with phones. But if you watched the occasionally surreal press conference...
From PC World: At US $6.99, a new Raspberry Pi competitor called Orange Pi Zero costs less than some sandwiches in New York City.
The Orange Pi Zero can be used to make electronics or robots, or it can fill in as a file or media server. Such developer boards are also used to create and test...
From CNET: Samsung plans to launch an artificial intelligence digital assistant with its upcoming Galaxy S8 phone, the company said Sunday according to Reuters.
The announcement comes a month after Samsung revealed it had agreed to acquire the artificial intelligence startup behind Viv -- a voice...
A few weeks back, I was driving home after a long day at work. I was waiting in a left turn lane, when I peered over my shoulder and spotted a girl singing and dancing in her car while waiting at the red light. I felt like I knew who she was, but I could not put a name on her. I also kept staring because she just kept dancing. She then suddenly turned over and looked at me. We locked eyes, and the next few seconds felt like an eternity as I tried...
A few days ago, I was planning to take my old Honda Civic in to do some maintenance, since the check engine light has been on for a while. Even though I had already known that the maintenance must be done for the sake of safety, a little thing called laziness assisted me in postponing the date of taking the car to the mechanic day after day. Until yesterday, I thought I could still wait before taking the car in, but I smelled that something was...
From CNET: Samsung US has issued a voluntary recall on 2.8 million top-loading washing machines due to concerns over injury risks.
"The voluntary action was driven by reports highlighting the risk that the drums in these washers may lose balance, triggering excessive vibrations, resulting in the...
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