The Morning After: Weekend Edition

It's Saturday, December 09, 2017. Hey, good morning! You look fabulous. Welcome to the weekend. We have some relatively normal Apple news to discuss, the most powerful GPU ever and a movie trailer that anime fans just can’t miss. Congratulations on making it a week without any emergency patches. Your regularly-scheduled Apple news On Friday Apple said that “with the completion of Apple Park,” famed designer Jony Ive is again directly leading its design managers and teams -- duties he gave up in 2015.  Finally, there’s a rumor from TechCrunch that a deal to buy Shazam could be announced as soon as Monday. That price. NVIDIA's 'most powerful GPU’ ever. Meet the Titan V. Powered by NVIDIA’s Volta tech, the company said is the “the world’s most powerful GPU for the PC.” With 110 teraflops of power (9x more than the previous Titan), this $3,000 card isn’t built for gamers. Instead, it’s aimed at scientists and researchers working on “AI, deep learning and high performance computing.” Really? Sony’s plans for VR include ‘Wipeout’ and ‘The Last Guardian’ At last night’s PlayStation Presentation Sony had several announcements (MediEvil is coming back), but we’re focusing on its VR news. Early next year the Wipeout Omega Collection will get an update for PlayStation VR, while a free VR demo for The Last Guardian is due to arrive on December 12th. There’s also a 4v4 squad shooter for VR called Firewall Zero Hour. Uncanny. James Cameron's 'Alita: Battle Angel' stars CG anime eyes We’re betting there’s something you’ll notice in the trailer for Alita: Battle Angel. After years of development, this Robert Rodriguez-directed anime adaptation starring Rose Salazar and Christoph Waltz will debut next year. You don’t always want to yell ‘pause’ to pick up a phone call. Google re-enables touch controls for audio playback on the Home Mini A creepy glitch caused Google to disable the top button on its Home Mini speaker, but now touch playback controls are back. With a software update, owners can long-press the side buttons to play or pause audio. How do you think he sees you when you’re sleeping? Bad Password: All the cool gifts are made for spying on you Columnist Violet Blue explains how 1984 might be hiding inside your next present. That’s one way to handle it. Bungie feeds ‘Destiny 2’ trolls a ridiculously overpowered gun The randomly-dropped Prometheus Lens weapon has a glitch that’s unbalancing Destiny 2 PvP. Bungie’s quick answer? Make it available to everyone this weekend via its exotic weapons sales-alien Xur. But wait, there's more... 1. 'Always connected' Windows 10 PCs with 20-hour batteries are here from HP and Asus 2. How many people are really watching Snapchat's shows? 3. Patreon's fee change punishes supporters who make small pledges 4. Destroying net neutrality will hurt artists and small businesses the most 5. Google pauses Android accessibility crackdown that could hurt apps like LastPass and Tasker 6. My $200,000 bitcoin odyssey or How not to store your bitcoins 7. The Big Picture: LiDAR strips landscapes down to their bare glory 8. NASA wakes up Voyager's slumbering thrusters 37 years later The Morning After is a new daily newsletter from Engadget designed to help you fight off FOMO. Who knows what you'll miss if you don't subscribe. Craving even more? Like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter. Have a suggestion on how we can improve The Morning After? Send us a note. Copyright © 2016 Aol Inc. All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: AOL 770 Broadway #4 New York, NY 10003 You are receiving this email because you opted in at engadget.com. Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe from this newsletter.

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Bitcoin Surges Past $16K: Will the Bubble Burst?
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Machines Could Become Driving Force Behind CX

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Bitcoin Surges Past $16K: Will the Bubble Burst?
Cryptocurrency bitcoin soared to $16,777 on Thursday, reaching a market
capitalization of $274 billion, according to Bloomberg's composite of
exchanges. That was up from just $10,000 last week, and up some 1,500
percent from the beginning of 2017. The latest price increases have come
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GoGo's In-Flight WiFi Goes in Fits and Starts
Why is it that in-flight WiFi is almost always problematic? Every time I
take a commercial flight, I sign up for the GoGo WiFi service -- and
every time I am disappointed by something. My experience last week
flying on Delta was no exception. After takeoff, I struggled to connect
my iPhone. After spending quite a long time making unsuccessful
attempts, I gave up in frustration.
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Machines Could Become Driving Force Behind CX
Customer experience improvements have become an important part of
companies' digital transformations, according to survey results Mitel
released Tuesday. More than 2,500 senior IT decision makers across North
America, the UK, France, Germany and Australia responded to the survey.
The participants represented businesses ranging from 250 to 10,000-plus
employees in a wide range of industries.
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The Morning After: The Game Awards

It's Friday, December 08, 2017. Hey, good morning! You look fabulous. There’s plenty of news from last night’s Game Awards, plus a ride in the surprisingly tech-heavy 2018 Ford Mustang. Everybody’s pregnant. The Game Awards 2017 Last night’s event was about more than just trophies (congratulations to GotY The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild) -- we also got some big premieres and announcements. Think Bayonetta 3 as a Switch exclusive, and a new DLC for Zelda that’s ready for you to play right now and an… interesting eight-minute trailer for Kojima’s Death Stranding. The future of technologies like AI, 5G, AR and VR. Why Qualcomm’s Tech Summit mattered During a three-day tech summit, Qualcomm showed off a new high-end mobile CPU, a USB-C audio DAC and laptops that blur the line between PCs and phones. Catch up on all you may have missed with this short video. More brains to go with its brawn. 2018 Ford Mustang GT review While the Mustang’s exterior, tire-spinning power and roar make it seem like a big dumb (but fun) animal, this pony has gotten an impressive tech upgrade. Curious. Uber paid off a 20-year-old Florida man to destroy hacked data The individual, whose identity Uber refuses to disclose, received $100,000 hidden as a “bug bounty” for destroying the info, which exposed the personal data of roughly 57 million customers and drivers. The ride-hailing firm then kept quiet about the breach for more than a year.  With double the maps. ‘PUBG’ will hit v1.0 on December 20th PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is already a phenomenon in Steam Early Access, but in a couple of weeks, it’ll be ready for an official release. Don’t expect much to change, including the price, but there’s a second map that brings its battle royale gameplay to a new desert setting.  Hot wallet. Cryptocurrency mining marketplace loses $64 million to hackers Someone nabbed 4,700 bitcoin from the NiceHash marketplace. They were worth $64 million at the time, but with the cryptocurrency’s skyrocketing exchange rate, the heist’s value is now $76 million. ‘tis the season. The best gifts for the PC gamer in your life If you need headphones, a mouse, keyboard, mic, webcam or actual games, then we’ve got you covered. But wait, there's more... 1. This wireless VR tech could make it easier to play with others 2. This is why you don't look directly at a solar eclipse 3. Ubisoft delays 'Far Cry 5' and 'The Crew 2' 4. Sharp wants a Japan alliance to boost OLED TV competition 5. Sony has sold 2 million PSVR units, and 70 million PS4s The Morning After is a new daily newsletter from Engadget designed to help you fight off FOMO. Who knows what you'll miss if you don't subscribe. Craving even more? Like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter. Have a suggestion on how we can improve The Morning After? Send us a note. Copyright © 2016 Aol Inc. All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: AOL 770 Broadway #4 New York, NY 10003 You are receiving this email because you opted in at engadget.com. Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe from this newsletter.

Editor's Pick: Google and Amazon Square Off, Ignoring Customers in the Middle

Google and Amazon Square Off, Ignoring Customers in the Middle

David Jones Dec 7, 2017 11:47 AM PT

A long-simmering dispute between Google and Amazon has escalated into a front-burner feud, following Google's decision to block its YouTube video service from Amazon's Echo Show, effective immediately, and from its Fire TV, effective Jan. 1. Google apparently decided to cut off YouTube as retaliation for Amazon's refusal to carry its products, including Chromecast and Google Home, on its website. [More...]

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Machines Could Become Driving Force Behind CX Customer experience improvements have become an important part of companies' digital transformations, according to survey results Mitel released Tuesday. More than 2,500 senior IT decision makers across North America, the UK, France, Germany and Australia responded to the survey. The participants represented businesses ranging from 250 to 10,000-plus employees in a wide range of industries. [More...]

GoGo's In-Flight WiFi Goes in Fits and Starts Why is it that in-flight WiFi is almost always problematic? Every time I take a commercial flight, I sign up for the GoGo WiFi service -- and every time I am disappointed by something. My experience last week flying on Delta was no exception. After takeoff, I struggled to connect my iPhone. After spending quite a long time making unsuccessful attempts, I gave up in frustration. [More...]

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