I run most mornings and bike on the weekends. I’m an active person, and I should probably be taking some sort of supplement other than my daily multivitamin, but dietary supplements have always been a murky area for me. While there are apps that allow you to track what you eat, there’s not much out …
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October, 2016
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17 October
World’s first 5G chip will take future phones supersonic
5G may be in your phone sooner than you think. Qualcomm on Monday unveiled the world’s first 5G wireless chip, the Snapdragon X50 modem. It’s initially aimed at both phones and gear like home wireless networks. And it should be in devices in the first half of 2018. “5G is right around the corner,” Sherif Hanna, Qualcomm staff manager of …
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17 October
Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon processors can hit download speeds up to 1Gbps
Your next phone packing Qualcomm‘s upcoming flagship processor will be able to reach download speeds that rival your wired computer, but only if your carrier’s network supports it. Making the announcement at its 4G/5G Summit in Hong Kong, the chipmaker revealed that its upcoming Snapdragon 800 series processor (likely to be specifically the Snapdragon 830 processor), will feature its X16 …
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17 October
Social media roars for WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange
Julian Assange, social media has your back. The top trending topics on Facebook and Twitter right now are related to a cryptic tweet from the WikiLeaks account sent at about 10:30 p.m. PT Sunday. Since then, supporters of Assange, WikiLeaks’ founder, have marshaled their forces across social media. Social Cues is a daily feature on what’s trending among your friends …
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17 October
Apple hires its first director of AI research
Apple is getting serious about artificial intelligence. How serious? It’s just hired its first director of AI. And not just anyone — it’s hired Ruslan Salakhutdinov, an associate professor in machine learning at one of the top institutions for AI, Carnegie Mellon University. Salakhutdinov has been working on some pretty intense AI research. He primarily researches deep learning and neural …
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17 October
Samsung opens Note 7 exchange booth at Seoul airport
Samsung is so serious about getting Galaxy Note 7 phones out of customers’ hands, the company has apparently opened an exchange booth in South Korea’s Incheon airport (the international outlet for its capital city, Seoul). There, Samsung reportedly swaps out Note 7 phones — which Samsung has now stopped producing following major flaws that have led to some units exploding …
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17 October
Get rid of Siri App Suggestions on your iPhone’s lock screen
After some initial confusion about the iOS 10 lock screen, I find myself frequently using iOS 10’s lock-screen widgets to check my calendar, a sports score or the weather — all without needing to unlock my phone. One lock screen even lets me quickly call home or text my wife. (Check out the 10 widgets that belong on your lock …
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17 October
Qualcomm’s new chips will make dual
Fans of dual-camera phones soon won’t have to spend a fortune on high-end handsets, thanks to Qualcomm’s new batch of processors for mid-range devices. The Snapdragon 626, 653 and 427 chips will support dual-camera phones, which Qualcomm says will take great low-light shots on their phones. They have a similar setup to the Huawei P9, which features dual color and …
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17 October
Samsung Galaxy Note 7’s faulty batteries tested in
Samsung apparently has only itself to blame. The dangerous batteries used in its ill-fated Galaxy Note 7 devices were tested by the company in-house, Samsung confirmed Monday. “Samsung has been testing Galaxy devices including the Galaxy Note7 for CTIA certification aligning with mobile carriers’ requirements in North America through [a] CTIA certified internal testing lab since February 2009,” the company …
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17 October
Samsung: We’re building the best mobile chips, lots of them
Samsung says it’s leading the quest for mobile computing supremacy. The company said Monday it has begun producing cutting-edge 10-nanometer chips in volume, adding that it’s the first electronics maker to do so. Related stories Samsung, in a race to build your next smartphone chip, may just win Why Intel’s new Kaby Lake processors won’t make your computer much faster …
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