Snapchat adds ticket buying through SeatGeek integration

From CNET: Snapchat users can buy tickets to games and concerts after the social media platform teamed up with SeatGeek.

Fans can buy tickets directly from the teams and artists by swiping up, selecting their tickets and checking out within the Snapchat app.

Snapchat started working on e-commerce...

Alienware's AW988 is a premium wireless headset for a premium price

From PC World: When Alienware stepped back into peripherals last year with its AW568 keyboard and Elite Gaming Mouse, I figured a headset was sure to follow. It took about six months longer than I expected, but sure enough I was right: Alienware unveiled the AW988 wireless headset on Wednesday. Just...

ZTE gets a deal with the US that brings it back from the brink

From CNET: The US appears to have struck a deal with Chinese telecom giant ZTE, resolving a controversy that had put the Chinese telecom giant in peril.

The deal includes a $1 billion penalty against ZTE, and a compliance team, chosen by the US, will be embedded at the company, Commerce Secretary...

BlackBerry Key2 specs leak just a day before its launch

From CNET: The BlackBerry Key2 will launch tomorrow, but there may not be much left to reveal.

On Wednesday, tipster Evan Blass tweeted out what appears to be a spec sheet for the upcoming device. The phone is expected to have a keyboard design similar to the KeyOne, and the leaked sheet lists a 4...

Toshiba Sells PC Business to Foxconn-Owned Sharp

From PC Mag: Toshiba has been a pioneer in laptops, but on Tuesday it decided to depart with the company's declining PC business and sell it to the Foxconn-owned Sharp.

Toshiba is offering the 80 percent stake in the PC unit for a mere 4 billion yen or $36 million, according to its financial filing...

Intel Celebrates x86 40th Anniversary with 5GHz Core i7

From PC Mag: Intel's big announcement yesterday at Computex was Whiskey Lake and Amber Lake eighth-generation Core processors alongside showing off a prototype 28-core chip. But there was another reveal which is sure to excite performance junkies: Intel is releasing a limited edition anniversary...

Microsoft buys GitHub for $7.5 billion

From InfoWorld: After several days of rumors to the effect, Microsoft today revealed it had reached an agreement to acquire popular code-sharing site GitHub, for $7.5 billion.

With the acquisition, Microsoft plans to accelerate enterprise use of the platform, which has held repos for open source...

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