May, 2019

• 19 May

  Galaxy Fold’s next move will make or break foldable phones

  

  When Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Fold, it didn’t just announce another phone — it kicked off a revolution in the way we interact with mobile devices. But the Fold soon suffered screen breakages and other glitches, and the revolution stalled. It’s been nearly four weeks since we’ve heard any details from Samsung about the Fold. …

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• 19 May

  Laura Dern and Booking.com team up to boost young women coders

  

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• 18 May

  The joy of listening to the $130 Micca RB42 speakers

  

  Place the Micca RB42 Reference speaker in the hands of experienced audiophiles and they’ll never guess its price. I didn’t come close, but they’re $130 a pair on Amazon, and the RB42 feels like at least double that. Better still, it sounds right. I couldn’t get over how much bass the RB42 makes from its steel-framed 4-inch paper cone woofer, …

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• 18 May

  We listen to the Bowers & Wilkins Formation Duo wireless speakers

  

  I’m a sucker for style, so even before I heard the Bowers & Wilkins Formation Duo I was ready for something special. Duo tops its all-new Formation line, which includes the single speaker Wedge ($899, £900), Bar (sound bar) ($1,199, £1,000), Bass (subwoofer, $999, £900) and for buyers seeking expanded connectivity options, the Audio ($699, £600) wireless hub. That last …

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• 18 May

  Supreme court lets Apple antitrust lawsuits proceed, Microsoft and Sony team up

  

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• 17 May

  A brother’s love inspires a more accessible Google Assistant

  

  Voice-activated digital assistants like Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa make trivial tasks like playing your favorite song as simple as saying a few words. But for people like Giovanni Caggioni, who has Down syndrome and congenital cataracts, which makes him blind and unable to speak, these tools are inaccessible without some of sort of augmented hack.  Caggioni, 21, loves music …

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• 17 May

  How to watch Twins baseball in 2019 without cable

  

  The Minnesota Twins are on the upswing. After finishing behind the Cleveland Indians the past two seasons in the AL Central, the Twins have the makings of a contender this year. The roster is filled with young talent, starting with Byron Buxton, Max Kepler and Eddie Rosario in the outfield, Miguel Sano at the hot corner and José Berríos on …

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• 17 May

  Facebook cryptocurrency being developed in Switzerland, reports say

  

  Facebook may be a little closer to creating its own virtual money for you to send around to your friends. The social network giant has reportedly set up a company in Switzerland to focus on payments and blockchain, the technology powering cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. A Facebook cyrptocurrency would be tied to the US dollar, Swiss publication Handelszeitung said, and could therefore remain stable …

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• 17 May

  Hewlett Packard Enterprise to acquire supercomputer maker Cray for $1.3B

  

  Hewlett Packard Enterprise is concentrating more supercomputing power in its own hands, announcing Friday a plan to acquire Cray just weeks after the high-performance computing specialist announced it’ll make what could become the fastest supercomputer ever. HPE said it’s agreed to acquire Seattle-based Cray in an all-cash deal worth about $1.3 billion expected to close by January 2020. The acquisition of …

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• 17 May

  The Nebula Mars II portable projector hits its lowest price yet: $330

  

  Got wall? Cool. Let’s turn it into a home theater. Today only, and while supplies last, the Anker-made Nebula Mars II portable projector is on sale for $330 . That’s $30 less than the last time I wrote about it and the lowest price to date. (It normally runs $500.) See it at Amazon The Mars II (sequel to the popular, but …

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