A pair of chatbots has recently done something children often do: create a secret language. Last month, researchers at Facebook found two bots developed in the social network’s AI division had been communicating with each other in an unexpected way. The bots, named Bob and Alice, had generated a language all on their own: Bob: “I …

Google is following through on its pledge to make sharing files from one phone to another phone without an internet connection easier. The Nearby Connections 2.0 API, previewed at Google I/O earlier this year, offers offline, high-bandwidth peer-to-peer communication by leveraging Wi-Fi, Bluetooth LE and classic Bluetooth connections. It’s now publicly available on all Android devices running Google Play services …

Advanced Micro Devices has unveiled a gaggle of GPUs designed to give Nvidia a run for its money in high-end PC gaming. Sunday’s announcement of the Radeon RX Vega family marks AMD’s return to this corner of the market after several years of ceding domination to Nvidia in the most-sophisticated gaming PCs. Plenty of teases about Vega have popped up over …

Now playing: Watch this: Battle of the Motorola budget phones: G5 Plus vs. E4 2:09 Australian millionaire Tim Gurner caused a social media storm earlier this year when he criticized millennials for buying avocado toast and four-dollar coffee instead of saving money. But if you like such edible amenities, giving them up to save money is difficult.  Fortunately, you don’t …

According to Spotify, it now has over 60 million paying users. Compared to its biggest competition, that’s double Apples Music’s 27 million subscribers. Spotify updated its subscriber information today with the new number. It’s impressively increased by 10 million over the 50 million subs the company announced in March.   Last month Spotify claimed it had 140 million total users, which …

Laptops are getting lighter and thinner, which flies in the face of the need for more powerful graphics processing, at least for professionals. Powerful mobile workstations are heavy. They’ve long been supplemented by external GPUs to deliver extra power when docked, so at least your laptop is up to the job some of the time. But eGPUs traditionally use consumer …

Apple is facing a lawsuit that claims the company purposefully disabled FaceTime on iOS 6 in order to push people to upgrade to iOS 7. As of last week, the company has failed in its bid to dismiss the lawsuit. US District Judge Lucy Koh ruled that iPhone 4 and 4S users can pursue claims against Apple. Plaintiffs claim that Apple …

Hell hath no fury like a person waiting for their broadband to get hooked up. Vodafone has worked this out, and decided to launch a hybrid modem that will keep you connected to the internet while you wait for your NBN connection to kick in. A SIM card inside the Vodafone Wi-Fi Hub will give you access to Vodafone’s 4G …

LG is expected to announce the LG V30 on August 31 at the IFA 2017 conference in Berlin, but you may have to wait another month before you can get your hands on the phone. The LG V30 allegedly won’t go on sale until September 28, reports Android Authority. The LG V series is the brand’s most premium line of …

Now playing: Watch this: Apple may have leaked the iPhone 8 design 1:00 If Apple sticks to its normal announcement schedule, the official unveiling of the next iPhones should happen during the first or second week of September. But two of the device’s biggest secrets may already be known. The basic design and its rumored facial recognition features appear to …

“Finding Bigfoot” and “House Hunters” are about to have more in common than the reality TV-crafted thrill of the chase. Discovery Communications, which owns channels like The Discovery Channel and Animal Planet, will acquire Scripps Networks Interactive, home of HGTV, Food Network and more, for $11.9 billion, the companies said Monday. The two companies are combining because they want to …

Police in the Netherlands have reportedly arrested a gang they say stole over 500,000 euro (around $590,000) worth of iPhones from the back of a moving truck. According to the Associated Press, five men allegedly removed the Apple devices from the back of a truck by driving up behind the vehicle on a highway late at night and clambering over …

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The second wave of powerful and thin Max-Q laptops has landed and, by the looks of it, they’re up to par with what we’ve seen so far. The Origin PC EVO15-S and NT-15 Quadro laptops are available to purchase online now and pricing starts at $1,609 and $3,073, respectively. International pricing converts to £1237/AU$2,161 and £2,364/AU$4,128. At only only 0.73-inches …

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