Wednesday 15 March 2017

The Morning After: TAG Heuer's pricey smartwatch and a 'Matrix' remake?

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It's Wednesday, March 15, 2017.

Hey, good morning!

Welcome to Wednesday. Remember all those big, beautiful TVs from CES back in early January? Well, we have prices for both Sony and Samsung’s newest screens. And if you can afford a $5 OLED TV, how about a $1,650 smartwatch? Welcome to the big-spender edition of The Morning After.

Everything has a price.

Sony’s first 4K OLED TV starts at $5k

After Sony unveiled the beautiful XBR-A1E during CES, our next question was how much will it cost? Now we know, the price-tags are $5,000 and $6,500 for the 55- and 65-inch models, respectively. That puts them squarely between the mid- and high-end models from OLED pioneer LG, and Sony says they’ll be in stores next month.

Are you ready Neo?

There could be a ‘Matrix’ relaunch on the way

It’s early, but Hollywood news outlets are reporting that Warner Bros. is working on a plan for another movie version of The Matrix. Names tossed around in the rumors include writer Zak Penn and actor Michael B. Jordan, although there’s no word on any level of involvement from the Wachowskis. The only question now is if there’s any thing left that can recapture the magic of the original movie and its bullet-time action sequences that blew away audiences in 1999.

You can swap the smart part out for a mechanical timepiece

TAG Heuer made a modular $1,650 smartwatch

When TAG Heuer released its first smartwatch two years ago, it had a price tag of $1,800 and was dubbed the most expensive Android Wear device on the market. Still, more than 56,000 people bought it, which is certainly enough reason for the Swiss watchmaker to delve into the smartwatch business once again. And so it has.

It’s art

Samsung’s 2017 QLED TVs start rolling out

Samsung is also ready to deliver on its 2017 TV lineup, with LED sets ranging in price from $2,800 for a 55-inch Q7, to $6,800 for a 75-inch Q8. The top of the line Q9 series has yet to appear, however. The company also promised its second-gen Ultra HD Blu-ray player launches next month for $400, and showed off a quirky ‘The Frame’ TV that doubles as a piece of artwork when it’s not in use.

It’s not a mistake this time

'La La Land' composer on electronica's key role in the film

Where does a drum machine fit in with traditional jazz music? That question drives the plot of not-quite Best Picture La La Land, and provided a challenge to its composer Justin Hurwitz. That challenge paid off with an Oscar for Best Original Music Score, and in an interview at SXSW, Hurwitz explains how he pulled off being a both a revolutionary and a traditionalist.

Say hello to Orisa

Your new 'Overwatch' hero is a four-legged robot tank with a lot to prove.

Orisa, the latest character to enter the Overwatch fray, will be widely available on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on March 21st. Orisa is an "anchor tank," as Blizzard calls it -- this means she's the kind of massive, damage-absorbing hero that an entire team can rally behind and use as a home base, even in the middle of hectic fights. Reinhardt is another example of an "anchor tank" in Overwatch. For experienced players, Orisa is described as a mix of Reinhardt (a big, healthy character with a giant shield) and Zarya (who has a laser gun and barriers she can throw onto her allies).

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1. 'Full Throttle Remastered' will tear up the road this April

2. This self-cleaning bag freshens up your smelly gym clothes

3. Microsoft's Slack-fighting 'Teams' app rolls out to all Office 365 users

4. 'Fistful of Stars' lets you experience a stellar birth in VR

5. Russia finds Apple guilty of fixing iPhone prices

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Tuesday 14 March 2017

E-Commerce Minute

E-Commerce Minute: Tuesday -- March 14, 2017

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Intel Bets $15.3B on Mobileye's Self-Driving Car Tech
WhatsApp Field-Trials Business Chat
Google Nabs Kaggle to Stay Ahead of Data Science Curve
IDG's New Pipeline Activator Aims to Get Sales Timing Right

Today's Story Highlights

Intel Bets $15.3B on Mobileye's Self-Driving Car Tech

Intel has agreed to acquire Mobileye, a developer of autonomous vehicle
technology, for $15.3 billion. Intel will integrate Mobileye's computer
vision and mapping technology for autonomous and semi-autonomous
vehicles into its Automated Driving Group, to be led by MobileEye CTO
Amnon Shashua. Intel SVP Doug Davis will oversee engagement across
various Intel groups, and report directly to Shashua.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84372.html

WhatsApp Field-Trials Business Chat

WhatsApp reportedly has been conducting tests of a business chat system
with a number of companies that are part of the Y Combinator startup
incubator. The API gives companies a direct line of communication with
WhatsApp users. WhatsApp CEO Jan Koum last year said the company would
seek to monetize the free chat service by providing businesses with
direct access to consumers.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84370.html

Google Nabs Kaggle to Stay Ahead of Data Science Curve

Data Science Community Kaggle will be joining Google Cloud, said Fei Fei
Li, chief scientist of Google Cloud AI and machine learning, at last
week's Google's Next '17 conference. The Kaggle community, which
includes 800,000 data experts around the world, use the network to stay
up to date on the latest innovations in data science and machine
learning, according to Li.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84368.html

IDG's New Pipeline Activator Aims to Get Sales Timing Right

IDG has launched Pipeline Activator, a global subscription-based service
pinpointing verified projects and active sales prospects for those
selling to enterprise IT. Pipeline Activator, the latest addition to
IDG's ABM360 suite of account-based marketing services, provides sales
and marketing teams with detailed insights on target companies actively
researching products and services for purchase.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84364.html

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The Morning After: Intel's billion-dollar purchase and microwaves explained

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It's Tuesday, March 14, 2017.

Hey, good morning!

Welcome to Tuesday. Intel has just spent over $15 billion shoring up its self-driving car tech, you’ll be playing PS4 games, officially and legally, on your PC and we explain how a microwave works. Because it certainly isn’t a camera.

Smart cars.

Intel buys self-driving tech firm MobilEye for $15.3 billion

MobilEye is one of the big players in autonomous cars and was an early partner with Tesla on its AutoPilot technology. Now Intel has snapped up the firm for $15.3 billion after the two teamed up on tech for BMW’s iNext platform, expected to debut in 2021. MobilEye’s expertise is in the computer vision and machine learning that helps self-driving cars figure out where to go, and Intel wants to make that a piece of its “automated driving solution.”

PS4 on your PC.

PlayStation Now will add streaming PS4 games soon

Sony has been streaming games from the cloud with PlayStation Now since 2014, but so far, that has not included games for its latest console. Now, the company says PlayStation 4 games will join the subscription service, with a “private test” starting in the next few weeks. There’s no word on which games will be available, but remember that Sony is pulling the plug on PS Now for all devices other than the PS4 and PC.

You can decline -- and they can keep your phone

US Senate bill would require a warrant for border phone searches

Border Patrol agents searched 5,000 cell phones in February, up from 5,000 in all of 2015. Usually, authorities need a warrant to search your electronic devices. That rule does not apply for international border crossings, however, where searches of devices and demands for passwords to cloud and social media accounts have spiked. Senator Ron Wyden is introducing a new bill that would require a warrant for search and forbid border officials from asking for your passwords.

The explainer you don’t really need.

No, Kellyanne, microwaves cannot turn into cameras

Everyone's paranoid about cybersecurity and surveillance these days, and rightly so. Thanks to the increase in connected devices in our homes, there are more and more gadgets that can be hacked to spy on you. However, the basic laws of physics still apply. Yesterday, President Trump's senior counselor Kellyanne Conway told a reporter that microwave ovens can turn into cameras for surveillance. Nope.

Inside 'Infinity Room,' a dazzling SXSW art installation

Refik Anadol crafts alternate realities but not for VR headsets

Infinity Room is an enclosed cube measuring 12 feet in all three dimensions. Four laser projectors beam various animations that envelop the square room's walls, while the floor and ceiling are covered in mirrors. The result is an intense space, one that at once offers sensory deprivation and overload. So we put Aaron Souppouris inside it.

It takes an unusual approach to multiplayer VR.

PlayStation VR horror title ‘The Persistence’ lets friends mess with your game

Firesprite’s upcoming PlayStation VR sci-fi horror title The Persistence will include a mobile companion app that lets nearby friends see the game map. Your pals can make your life easier by steering you toward items, or create havoc by running you toward threats -- which probably the fun part. It’ll make it one of the few horror games where the people on your couch may be as much of a threat as those virtual enemies. Friends indeed.

But wait, there's more...

1. Oceans are warming faster, so expect more floods

2. What's on TV this week: 'Fences' and 'Passengers' on Blu-ray, plus 'Iron Fist' on Netflix

3. Luxury phone company Vertu gets sold for a third time

4. Volvo's first EV will cost less than $40,000

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Monday 13 March 2017

Tech News Flash

Tech News Flash: Monday -- March 13, 2017

TechNewsWorld -- All Tech - All The Time
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Donald Trump Should Channel Steve Jobs on Security
Tech Companies Weigh Responses to WikiLeaks Exposure
Nvidia's GeForce 1080 Ti Raises Graphical Chip Bar Yet Again
Autonomous Delivery Robots to Hit Virginia's Streets

Today's Story Highlights

Donald Trump Should Channel Steve Jobs on Security

We saw yet another government breach last week, and more secrets went
out to WikiLeaks. I'm of a mixed mind on this one, because the CIA tools
disclosed likely were emulated by others, and WikiLeaks is helping
consumer technology companies ensure they no longer work. I don't know
about you, but I really don't want any organization spying on me -- not
even my own government.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84361.html

Tech Companies Weigh Responses to WikiLeaks Exposure

Following WikiLeaks' publication earlier this week of classified
documents stolen from the CIA, major technology companies, including
Apple, Samsung, Microsoft and Cisco, have been scrambling to assess the
risks posed to their customers by the revelations. The so-called "Vault
7" leak includes information about methods and tools the CIA crafted to
hack into products produced by those companies.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84367.html

Nvidia's GeForce 1080 Ti Raises Graphical Chip Bar Yet Again

The first reviews of the newly released Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti came
out on Thursday, and by all accounts this card has performed beyond
expectations. Nvidia's new GPU can perform 35 percent faster than its
GTX 1080, the company has claimed. Based on Nvidia's Pascal
architecture, this flagship gaming GPU includes next-gen 11-Gbps GDDR5X
memory, and an 11-GB frame buffer.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84365.html

Autonomous Delivery Robots to Hit Virginia's Streets

Autonomous delivery robots will be able to travel on sidewalks,
crosswalks and shared-use paths throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia
this summer. Gov. Terry McAullife recently signed a law permitting the
use of Starship Technologies' Personal Delivery Devices. The six-wheeled
robots, which resemble coolers, are designed to deliver parcels,
groceries and food within a two-mile radius.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84362.html

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