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Trapped Florida mosquitoes found to contain Zika virus

Qualcomm has a plan to make VR headsets a whole lot cheaper

At a quiet, barely-attended press conference on the far side of Berlin, Qualcomm revealed its plan to get the cost of VR headsets to plummet. [Read more...]

Sony sold me on Xperia Agent in one cup of coffee

I like coffee. I like robots. So, when Sony's cutesy Xperia Agent offered to serve me up a cup of Arabica at IFA, how could I refuse? Of course I didn't, and it was probably the best cup of show-floor joe that I had this week. [Read more...]

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket explodes on launch pad in Cape Canaveral (updated)

During a pre-launch test this morning, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket exploded in Cape Canaveral, Florida. [Read more...]

ICYMI: Improving pesticide's sticking abilities

Today on In Case You Missed It: MIT researchers created a kind of pesticide that is much more likely to stick on plant leaves because its additives are made of negatively and positively charged polymers that bond together. [Read more...]

Plex adds a DVR feature for over-the-air and CableCARD tuners

Ask any media hound about the best way to stream your your video files, and they'll probably direct you to Plex. [Read more...]

Watson helped make a trailer for a horror movie about AI

IBM Watson can add yet another skill to its resume: the ability to make movie trailers. 20th Century Fox has tapped into the supercomputer's powers to create the first AI-made trailer for its upcoming thriller film Morgan. [Read more...]

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Wednesday, 31 August 2016

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Samsung's Gear S3 watches are more elegant (and rugged) than ever

Samsung's Gear S2 was far from perfect, but it was still a big step forward for the company's smartwatch ambitions. [Read more...]

Samsung delays Galaxy Note 7 shipments over quality tests

If you were planning to buy a Galaxy Note 7, you might not want to count on getting it quickly. [Read more...]

Xiaomi's robot vacuum sucks more than its peers

Xiaomi has yet to make a dent in the Western world, but back in China, it continues to expand its presence with smartphones and smart home products -- the latest of which being the Mi Robot Vacuum announced today. [Read more...]

With Wavework app, it's who you don't know

Ready to eliminate the need for business cards? With Wavework, you can network with people at events you're already attending: concerts, sporting events and more. Event organizers can also harness the app's powerful platform to engage attendees. Download Wavework in the App Store or Google Play now!

Acer's latest PCs include the first curved screen laptop

You no longer have to stick to your desk to enjoy a flashy curved display. Acer is unveiling flood of new laptops at Germany's IFA show, and the highlight by far is the Predator 21 X -- according to Acer, the world's first curved screen laptop. [Read more...]

Google hopes AI can improve head and neck cancer treatment

Google's DeepMind division launched its Health initiative earlier this year in an effort to use machine learning for medical purposes. [Read more...]

Theranos' Zika test is under FDA scrutiny

That didn't take long. Theranos pulled the emergency request for its Zika-testing miniLab following an FDA inspection that revealed shortcomings with patient protocol, according to The Wall Street Journal. [Read more...]

Apple launches 2TB iCloud storage for $20 a month

Apple has introduced a way to stop that annoying "full storage" iCloud message from popping up in the near future: a new tier that offers 2TB of space. [Read more...]

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Tech News Flash: Wednesday -- August 31, 2016

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Intel's Kaby Lake Chip Promises Deeper Internet Immersion
Zen's Place in the Computing World
Election Season Spawns Scams With Political Twist
Nextdoor Tackles Racial Profiling at Street Level
Snazzier Fitbits Sport Beefed-Up Feature Sets
StandWithLeslie and Obliterate Internet Trolls
The Peppermint Twist Is Still Cool

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Intel's Kaby Lake Chip Promises Deeper Internet Immersion

Facing a shrinking market for personal computers and a stalled market
for tablets, Intel on Tuesday unveiled its 7th-generation processors,
code-named "Kaby Lake," which deliver more speed and power than its 6th-
generation chipsets, while improving battery efficiency. Intel has
positioned the new Kaby Lake chipsets as ideal for the immersive
Internet.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83857.html

Zen's Place in the Computing World

AMD, which has been clawing its way out of the doldrums, recently
showcased its octacore, 16-thread Summit Ridge desktop processor
featuring its Zen core in a performance match-up against Intel's
octacore Broadwell-E Core i7-6900K CPU. The two similarly configured
processors were locked at 3 GHz for the test, in which they ran the
multithreaded Blender rendering application.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83853.html

Election Season Spawns Scams With Political Twist

Dirty tricks during political campaigns are nothing new, but the
Internet and the proliferation of mobile devices have allowed tricksters
to up their games a notch. It came to light last week, for example, that
Donald Trump's campaign app was hoovering the address books on his
supporters' phones. Trump's app wasn't doing anything illegal. It wasn't
even trying to hide what it was doing.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83854.html

Nextdoor Tackles Racial Profiling at Street Level

Nextdoor last week rolled out to all 110,000 of its neighborhoods a new
form-based process for making crime and safety reports. Implementation
of the tool reduced incidents of racial profiling by 75 percent in areas
where it was tested, according to CEO Nirav Tolia. Some Nextdoor members
had begun using the site to post problematic messages targeting racial
minorities.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83850.html

Snazzier Fitbits Sport Beefed-Up Feature Sets

Fitbit on Monday announced two new fitness trackers with sleeker looks,
more durable construction and greater data-gathering capabilities. The
Fitbit Charge 2, priced at $149.95, features continuous heart-rate
tracking. It uses the data to generate a cardio fitness score and
provides guidance for improving it over time. The Charge 2 displays
real-time exercise stats.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83849.html

StandWithLeslie and Obliterate Internet Trolls

I think there's a legitimate argument for removing one category of folks
from the gene pool, because they spend the little time they are given on
Earth making other folks' lives miserable. Back when I was playing MMOs,
some twisted folks -- known as "griefers," would lie in wait to mug
lower level characters and find creative ways to destroy the fun in a
game, often eventually killing it.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83843.html

The Peppermint Twist Is Still Cool

The Peppermint operating system is built around a concept not found in
most Linux distros. It is a hybrid combination of traditional Linux
desktop applications and cloud-based infrastructure. Peppermint 7 is a
lightweight distribution based on Ubuntu 16.04. The key to its process
of linking full desktop functionality to cloud apps is an in-house
developed application dubbed "Ice."
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83846.html

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