Engineers wanted to design custom chips for Facebook in its ongoing efforts to break through in AR, in addition to Oculus‘ ongoing VR work. That’s according to a report in The Information (paywalled) that found several job listings over the past few days. For example, the listing for a Digital Design Engineer provides more details …
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Samsung ‘s new Core i7 hexacore laptop with Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 graphics is now available in the US, over five months after its launch. The company announced its rebooted gaming laptop series with the 15.6-inch Odyssey Z during Intel’s 8th-generation Core i CPU launch in April. It only comes in one model, with a 1,920×1,080-pixel IPS display, a 256GB SSD and 16GB …
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Google announced on Tuesday that its Family Link app has been updated with more teen-focused options, such as allowing them to turn off supervision, but letting parents know that they’d done so. Google launched Family Link a year ago, giving parents the ability to manage the active hours, available apps and phone time for kids’ Android — and later Chrome OS — …
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Check out CNET’s full reviews of the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL, now! There’s still got three weeks until Google’s Oct. 9 announcements — expected to include the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL phones to challenge the new iPhone XS and XS Max — and there isn’t much left to leak, except maybe the official press materials. Oh, wait. The first purported …
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OnePlus has been one of the few phone companies sticking with analog 3.5mm headphone jacks rather than joining the crowd switching to USB-C-based digital audio. But today, the company announced its first USB-C headphones, the Type-C Bullets, which are perfectly priced for bundling at $20, presaging its move away from the legacy jack in its imminent upcoming phone. The company confirmed …
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Welcome to the 2018 Apple September launch event, where the company delivered the long-awaited (well, since this time last year) details on its new iPhones, the flagship iPhone XS Max, its little buddy the iPhone XS and a mainstream replacement for the iPhone X, the iPhone XR. Plus, the Apple Watch Series 4 goes all-in on health with a built-in …
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We’re expecting Google to announce its next-generation Pixel 3 phones on Oct. 9, but a better, faster dongle has surfaced early for your Pixel phone’s pleasure. Google’s store page says its upgraded $12 (£12) USB-C Headphone Adapter “now provides 38 percent more playback time and has a 53 percent improvement on plug-in latency than previously available Pixel 2 headphone adapter.” …
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A year since it launched the new-and-improved model of its Android-based Shield video streaming and gaming console, Nvidia’s still adding features in software. The latest update, Shield Software Experience Upgrade 7.1, includes support for 120Hz monitors (which can reduce tearing and other refresh-rate-linked artifacts). Its new Nvidia Shield TV app for iOS and Android makes logging in to various services …
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A Wi-Fi certification record appeared in the Wi-Fi Alliance’s database, indicating that an unnamed Samsung Chromebook has passed. The model number, XE525QBBI, places it as a Chromebook; for instance, the model number for the recently released Samsung Chromebook Plus V2 is XE521QAB. Enlarge Image The Wi-Fi Alliance certificate for an unnamed Samsung Chromebook, model XE525QBBI. Screenshot by Lori Grunin/CNET Spotted by About …
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Xiaomi Director of Product Management Donovan Sung on Monday posted a photo on Twitter of a new phone, widely believed to be the Mi Mix 3, asking, “Does anyone see anything interesting?” The answer is yes, as it shows 5G active in the status bar as well as a display with its cell connection info behind it. The phone is …
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