Bixby’s big chance: why Samsung’s Galaxy Note 8 is the perfect relaunch Siri, Alexa, Google Assistant, Cortana… every huge brand is diving into the robotic world of digital assistants. Facebook and Amazon are standing shoulder to shoulder with Google and Apple in making artificial intelligence a key part of future plans, but Samsung has been notable …
The Morning After: Wednesday, August 23rd 2017 Take that, Amazon Prime.Walmart has a new partner to help take on Amazon: Google The latest attempt by Walmart to get a leg up in online sales is a partnership with Google on two fronts. A new tie-in links Walmart accounts to the Google Assistant AI, allowing easy ordering …
The Cloud Computing Era Could Be Nearing Its End Fasten your harnesses, because the era of cloud computing’s giant data centers is about to be rear-ended by the age of self-driving cars. Here’s the problem: When a self-driving car has to make snap decisions, it needs answers fast. Even slight delays in updating road and weather …
Bethesda confirms release dates for Doom, Skyrim and Fallout 4 VR Bethesda has announced release dates for its three big incoming virtual reality games – VR takes on Doom, Skyrim and Fallout 4 – which will all emerge before the year is out on a mix of PC and PS4 platforms. Ahead of the start of …
Blizzard’s making ‘Overwatch’ competitive seasons short and sweet [embedded content] The biggest change is that Blizzard is shortening competitive seasons to last two months instead of three. According to VP Jeff Kaplan, this will make the experience more fun and rewarding, while preventing it from stagnating. He added that despite the smaller seasons, you should still …
HP caters to gaming enthusiasts with new overclockable OMEN X laptops HP has been producing some solid gaming hardware as of late — the OMEN 17 laptop I reviewed and the cube desktop built by Maingear are good examples. However, HP has yet to go all out with their OMEN X brand — the “X” denoting the …
Your Handy Guide to the Many Tech Anxieties of Our Time Our tech-enabled lives are ruthlessly efficient, endlessly entertaining—and completely panic-inducing. Whether you’ve become uncomfortably dependent on your digital assistant (heyyy, Alexa), addicted to the deluge of political tweetstorms, paralyzed by phishing attacks, or terrified of a robot uprising, well, frankly, your concerns are valid. So …
We’ll be live at Samsung’s Galaxy Note 8 launch today Today’s the day! Samsung’s latest Unpacked event kicks off at 8am PDT, 11am EDT, 4pm BST and the South Korean firm will unveil its latest phablet – the Samsung Galaxy Note 8. We’ll be reporting live from the New York event to bring you all the …