Friday, February 10, 2017

Will 2017 Be the Year Virtual Reality Gets Real? and other top stories.

  • Will 2017 Be the Year Virtual Reality Gets Real?

    Will 2017 Be the Year Virtual Reality Gets Real?
    TOP OF THE NEWS   JANUARY 3, 2017 PERSONAL TECH Self-Driving Startups To Watch in 2017 Investors are already taking notice.
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  • Rugged Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Spotted In Benchmark With Android 7.0 Nougat On Board: Update Imminent?

    Rugged Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Spotted In Benchmark With Android 7.0 Nougat On Board: Update Imminent?
    It looks like Samsung has an update in tow for its rugged Galaxy S7 Active, as the handset was just spotted on GFXBench with Android 7.0 Nougat on board. If this listing is anything to go by, the Samsung Galaxy S7 Active should soon move from Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow to Android 7.0 Nougat. Other Samsung devices expected to get a taste of Nougat soon include the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge, the Galaxy S6 and S6 edge, and the Galaxy Note 5 phablet. Samsung has already started testing Android Nougat be..
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  • Lenovo has made an Amazon Echo lookalike, but with better speakers

    Lenovo has made an Amazon Echo lookalike, but with better speakers
    Lenovo, the world's largest PC maker, is getting into "smart" speakers. The company just unveiled the Lenovo Smart Assistant, a tall, tubular speaker that has Amazon's virtual assistant Alexa built in. Lenovo says it worked directly with Amazon to ...
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  • CNN Shows Fallout Computer Terminal In A Video About Russian Hacking

    CNN Shows Fallout Computer Terminal In A Video About Russian Hacking
    In a video from December 30, 2016, CNN used footage from Fallout’s hacking mini-game as B-roll to illustrate reports of recent, real-life hacks committed by the Russian government. The similarity appears to have been first spotted by one Poofylicious on Reddit, who put together the following explainer: The footage in question occurs right around a minute into the video while the presenter discusses President-elect Trump’s reaction to Moscow’s alleged involvement in what the White House has..
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  • How carpool apps could take 10000 taxis off NY streets

    How carpool apps could take 10000 taxis off NY streets
    Research shows exactly how threatening ride-hailing services could be to taxis. Photo by Declan McCullagh/CNET The uneasy relationship between taxi companies and ride-hailing startups got a little more tense today thanks to research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It's no secret that carpooling can help reduce traffic. But what if everyone in New York turned on the carpool option in ride-hailing ..
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  • Lenovo's Y520 and Y720 laptops launch new 'Legion' brand of gaming hardware

    Lenovo's Y520 and Y720 laptops launch new 'Legion' brand of gaming hardware
    It looks like Lenovo’s toe-dip in the gaming laptop market has been successful enough to make the company’s gaming aspirations more permanent. Announced at CES on Tuesday, Lenovo’s gaming laptops have been spun off to a “Legion” sub-brand—which is definitely more fitting than the “IdeaPad” designation of the 2016 models. The new Y520 and Y720 models will be the first to bear the Legion name. Lenovo The laptops include the obligatory under-the-hood tune ups one would expect of a 2017 upda..
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  • Hands on: Dell turns the XPS 13 into a 2-in-1

    Hands on: Dell turns the XPS 13 into a 2-in-1
    Dell has just improved its already brilliant XPS 13 -- it will now be available as a 2-in-1, which means the device has the versatility to be a laptop or a tablet. I had the chance to play around with the device prior to CES. It has a clever design and wowed me with its sleek design and edge-to-edge screen, but it won't come cheap. The starting price of the XPS 13 2-in-1 is US$999, and it'll start shipping this month. That's about $200 more than the starting price of the XPS laptop. You ..
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  • Twitter China Chief Kathy Chen Departs

    Twitter China Chief Kathy Chen Departs
    BEIJING—Twitter Inc.’s controversial China chief has departed after only eight months, the latest executive to leave amid a global reorganization. A stream of executives has left the company since it announced layoffs in October amid continued losses. Profitability has long been a challenge for the popular social network and its revenue growth...
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  • CES 2017: Fiat Chrysler And Google Band Together, Unveil Uconnect System Running Android 7.0 Nougat

    CES 2017: Fiat Chrysler And Google Band Together, Unveil Uconnect System Running Android 7.0 Nougat
    It seems that Fiat Chrysler Automobiles liked what Google has done to its hybrid Pacifica minivan so much that it announced a new collaboration with the tech company, and this time, it involves the development of its Uconnect infotainment system based on Android Nougat. Android Auto Plus UConnect A working prototype will be showcased at CES 2017, and it will be outfitted in the dashboard of a Chrysler 300 sedan. Consumers can expect a modified Android build, tailored according to the current Uc..
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Two New Real Life Moto X (2017) Images Surface .List: Ban 'echo chamber,' 'post-truth,' 'bigly' and 'dadbod' .
Solution to Memphis' false alarm problem may be at hand .Striking Lufthansa pilots ground nearly 900 flights .

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