2019 is already shaping up to be a busy year for Samsung, which has a slew of hardware releases teed up that includes everything from new flagship phones to foldable devices — and, according to a new report, an expansion of its mid-range tablet lineup. A new Samsung Galaxy Tab A model has apparently been […]
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Facebook Bug Exposes Users’ Photos
A Facebook bug has exposed the private photos of up to 6.8 million users. The bug means thousands of third-party apps had potential access to photos they didn’t have permission to view. The worst thing is the amount of time Facebook took to disclose the incident. Facebook’s Very Bad Year It’s fair to say Facebook […]
Switch-only ‘Netflix for comics’ launches December 17th
You might not turn to your game console to read comics, but InkyPen is determined to change that. It’s launching a comic subscription on December 17th that’s arriving first for the Nintendo Switch. It will offer “thousands” of indie comics and webcomics (and eventually manga) on the hybrid console for a $8 flat rate (€8 […]
Influential Apple analyst cuts iPhone shipment estimates
TF International Securities Apple analyst extraordinaire Ming-Chi Kuo delivered a less than stellar iPhone forecast this week with the straightforwardly titled note, “2019 iPhone shipments likely to be under 190 million units.” The letter puts the number of Apple handsets well below previous analyst predictions of 212 million for next year. Kuo is largely regarded […]
Sonos Beam sound bar is back on sale, and Amazon’s secret Sonos deals are still live
Another day, another discount on a great smart speaker from Sonos! If you missed out on Sonos’ Black Friday sale, you’re in luck because the All-new Sonos Beam Compact Smart TV Soundbar is back on sale at a $50 discount. It’s Sonos’ most compact sound bar by a wide margin, but it still packs the […]
Intel graphics cards release date, news and rumors
For the longest time, the best graphics cards have been an all-out war between Nvidia vs AMD. However, there have been rumors floating around for a while now that Intel is building a team of GPU talent to jump in on the action. In a marketplace where Nvidia is charging exorbitant prices for the RTX […]
Google teams up with Lime to put more people on electric scooters and bikes
Google is no stranger to Lime or its popular electric scooters and bikes. The company already invested in Lime’s last $335 million investment round this summer. But now Google is going even further to help put riders on Lime’s micro-mobility vehicles. Starting today, Google Maps will feature Lime’s electric scooters, e-bikes and pedal bikes as […]
High-efficiency discovery drives low-power computing
Challenge any modern human to go a day without a phone or computer, and you’d be hard pressed to get any takers. Our collective obsession with all things electronic is driving a dramatic daily drain on the world’s power. In fact, according to studies from the Semiconductor Research Corporation, if we continue on pace with […]
Using AI to Improve Electronic Health Records
Electronic health record systems for large, integrated healthcare delivery networks today are often viewed as monolithic, inflexible, difficult to use and costly to configure. They are almost always obtained from commercial vendors and require considerable time, money, and consulting assistance to implement, support and optimize. The most popular systems are often built around older underlying […]
Apple China says it will push software update in bid to resolve Qualcomm case
Apple, facing a court ban in China on some of its iPhone models over alleged infringement of Qualcomm patents, said on Friday it will push software updates to users in a bid to resolve potential issues. Apple will carry out the software updates at the start of next week “to address any possible concern about […]
Physics Explains How to Build a Time Machine Using This Simple Construction
The concept of time travel has always captured the imagination of physicists and laypersons alike. But is it really possible? Of course it is. We’re doing it right now, aren’t we? We are all traveling into the future one second at a time. But that was not what you were thinking. Can we travel much […]
INTEL ANNOUNCES FASTER PROCESSOR PATCHED FOR MELTDOWN AND SPECTRE
Intel just announced their new Sunny Cove Architecture that comes with a lot of new bells and whistles. The Intel processor line-up has been based off the Skylake architecture since 2015, so the new architecture is a fresh breath for the world’s largest chip maker. They’ve been in the limelight this year with hardware vulnerabilities […]