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28 May
Looking Glass Pro is a $6,000 holographic PC for conjuring 3D objects
The teeth in the thick-walled glass box look like they’re embedded, a 3D model in a cube. Walk closer, and you can see that this box is a display, and it’s all pixels. The Looking Glass Pro feels like a magic box. But the box is actually a PC, and the whole system is meant to look at objects that …
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28 May
OnePlus 7 Pro vs. iPhone XR, Galaxy S10E: We compare every spec
OnePlus launched its newest phone, the OnePlus 7 Pro, Tuesday. With a 90Hz OLED display and a pop-up selfie camera, the new phone is a massive upgrade from last year’s 6T. It starts out at $670, $80 less than Apple‘s iPhone XR and Samsung’s Galaxy S10E. The OnePlus 7 Pro shows how much the Chinese phone maker can flex its chops and …
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28 May
Walmart snags Google and Amazon alum as CTO
Walmart has named former Google, Amazon, Microsoft and IBM exec Suresh Kumar as its chief technology officer, a newly created position. Kumar will use his experience in e-commerce, cloud and machine learning for the role, Walmart said in a blog post Tuesday. First spotted by CNBC, Kumar will report directly to CEO Doug McMillon, who said Kumar “has a unique …
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28 May
Faster Ice Lake laptop chip gives Intel some of its mojo back
After four years, Intel finally has a new processor design. And it’s something the company doesn’t have to be ashamed of. Ice Lake — officially Intel’s 10th-generation Core processor — clocks in at roughly 18% faster than its predecessor, Intel said. The processor’s graphics speed is 50% to 80% faster, and dedicated circuitry will boost AI software and double video-handling …
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28 May
New Ikea app will save you a trip to the store
IN 2017, Ikea came out with an app, called Ikea Place, to let customers see how furniture would look in their homes via augmented reality, but it didn’t allow you to buy items. A new app from the home furnishings company will change that. The upcoming Ikea app will let users buy the furniture they want as well as see …
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28 May
Dell and EyeSafe partner to tackle the blue light blues
As bad as excessive exposure to artificial blue-light wavelengths may be, the current mainstream fix of shifting the screen display to yellow doesn’t cut it. Even if your eyes find it restful, it can be aesthetically unpleasant to look at and can be useless if you’re streaming video, photo editing, or performing other tasks that require accurate colors. Dell’s first …
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28 May
Huawei’s HongMeng Android alternative launch date uncertain
Huawei’s Android replacement is not, apparently, right around the corner. After reporting that Huawei was preparing its new operating system for a possible launch, Huawei has told TechRadar that its home-grown OS will not be rolled out next month. Instead, the company plans for the OS to be ready in China later this year, with an international launch in 2020. Huawei did …
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28 May
TikTok owner reportedly developing its own phone
ByteDance, the Chinese company behind the TikTok social video app, is working on its own phone, a report said Monday. It’ll preload the phone with its own apps, including TikTok, newsfeeds and games, according to the Financial Times, which cited two anonymous sources. The device, which ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming has wanted for a while, comes after the company acquired …
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28 May
Steelseries Apex Pro keyboard’s switches autoadjust for hard or soft touch
Sometimes you need to pound and sometimes you need a light touch. Steelseries has developed new mechanical switches that can automatically change the amount of pressure required to register a press depending upon what you’re doing, such as gaming or working, and used them in its new Apex Pro and Apex Pro TKL keyboards. Enlarge Image The keyboards have a …
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