Microsoft and Amazon release preview of Cortana and Alexa integration

From The Verge: Microsoft and Amazon are integrating their digital assistants this week. A new preview is being offered to both Cortana and Alexa users that will allow each digital assistant to summon each other and access additional apps and services. The integration was first announced last year...

China Stops Approving New Games for Sale

From PC Mag: China's billion-strong population loves to game which is why it comes as no surprise China is the world's largest gaming market valued at $37.9 billion. But there's a big problem we are only now learning about: the Chinese government has stopped approving new game licenses, and it hasn...

Uber hires former NSA counsel Matt Olsen as chief security officer

From CNET: Uber named Matt Olsen, the former general counsel of the National Security Agency, as chief security officer on Tuesday, the company's CEO confirmed in a tweet.

Olsen replaces Joe Sullivan, who left in the company last November, in the wake of a hacking scandal.

"Thrilled to have Matt...

Cooler Master Announces Its First 360mm AIO Liquid CPU Cooler

From Cooler Master Press Release: Cooler Master introduces its first 360mm all-in-one (AIO) liquid CPU cooler. The MasterLiquid ML360R features addressable RGB LEDs on both the fans and water block and is certified compatible with ASUS, MSI and ASRock motherboards.

The MasterLiquid ML360R RGB...

Nvidia Unveils Turing Architecture For More Powerful GPUs

From PC Mag: Nvidia gave a big hint that new gaming graphics cards are on the way. On Monday, the company announced its latest GPU architecture called Turing, which promises to render graphics six times faster over the company's Pascal architecture from 2016.

The new architecture is designed to...

Trump signs bill banning government use of Huawei and ZTE tech

From The Verge: Huawei and ZTE technology will largely be banned from use by the US government and government contractors. The ban was signed into placed by President Trump today as a component of the much larger Defense Authorization Act.

This caps off months of will-they-won’t-they from...

Cooler Master in Collaboration with AMD Announces the Wraith Ripper

From Cooler Master Press Release: Cooler Master announces the Wraith Ripper, the official air cooler for the 2nd Gen AMD Ryzen Threadripper desktop processor, as part of an exclusive partnership with AMD. The Wraith Ripper is designed, specifically, to keep the 2nd Gen AMD Ryzen Threadripper cool...

Report: 9th Gen Intel Core i9-9900K Launching Oct. 1

From PC Mag: If you're looking to buy or build a new gaming rig, then it's probably worth holding out until October to start deciding on components. It's thought that Intel is getting ready to launch 9th generation 14nm++ desktop Core processors, and the first one looks mighty impressive on paper...

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