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Microsoft’s HoloLens is adding a few new tricks to its augmented repertoire, it revealed at Build 2018 on Monday. While this AR headset, and the broader Microsoft “mixed reality” VR headset platform, were not a major focus of the conference, two new software apps show off the potential for AR/VR in industrial and business settings. Microsoft Layout is a program for …

Android phones allow for greater flexibility with voice assistants than Apple’s iPhone, giving you the freedom to pick the specific helper that answers the call whenever you give the home button a long press. Alternatives like Microsoft’s Cortana were already available to play with — but now, Amazon’s Alexa is in the mix, too. Enlarge Image Android users can now swap Alexa …

For years, technology features for people with disabilities have felt like an afterthought. Microsoft is hoping to change that. The tech giant announced Monday a $25 million, five-year program to encourage software and device developers to design products using artificial intelligence that are aimed at the disabled community. Think apps that describe what people see, better text-to-speech technology and predictive text …

Starting in July, iOS developers won’t be able to update their apps unless they play nicely with the iPhone X‘s notch. Apple on Monday issued the following statement on its developer page: “Starting July 2018, all iOS app updates submitted to the App Store must be built with the iOS 11 SDK and must support the Super Retina display of …

Pokemon Go is reviving its festival in Chicago, after the confab was a mess last year, and spreading the concept to Europe and Asia this summer.  Pokemon Go Fest: A Walk in the Park will take place July 14 and 15 in Chicago’s Lincoln Park, with single-day tickets on sale Friday for $20 on the event’s website, according to an update on …

Samsung is bumping up the storage options on its Galaxy S9 phones just in time for summer vacations and events.  The S9 and S9 Plus announced back in March, but it only made 64GB versions available to carriers. You’ll now be able to pick up both models with 128GB or 256GB of built-in storage. You can then add up to …

Microsoft is launching a new app to allow you to access your phone from within Windows so that you can send and receive messages, notifications and photos across your mobile devices. It sounds similar to the way iOS and MacOS devices work, but Microsoft’s solution will embrace other platforms, such as Android and iOS. it’s not a new concept, but …

LG’s next smartwatch is all but confirmed, now that an FCC filing has surfaced for a brand-new Wear OS wearable. The FCC filing describes an LG “portable wrist device” that runs Wear OS, with the model number LM-W315. The listing doesn’t give away too much, but it does hint at a circular display and provides pictures of the device’s app icons. Enlarge …

We’ve now lived with the pre-production LG G7 ThinQ for five days (that’s pronounced thin-kyoo, not “think,” by the way). We know a little more about how it compares to phones like the Samsung Galaxy S9,  Pixel 2 and the iPhone 8 Plus. The LG G7 is up-to-date on the most crucial specs, like two rear cameras, the newest Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor, Android …