Move over, Siri. Google is reportedly planning to launch its Google Assistant iOS app this week, according to Android Police. The annual Google I/O conference takes place Wednesday through Friday near the company’s global headquarters in Mountain View, California. CNET will be on the ground covering the event live. Assistant is Google’s AI helper designed to compete with Apple‘s Siri, …
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It looks to me like Microsoft has wrestled control of our creative future from Apple and Adobe. When you combine Microsoft’s two most recent updates of its Windows 10 operating system — the first Creators Update and the just-announced Fall Creators Update — with its aggressive work in mixed-reality and computing-related hardware, it looks like Windows is becoming the go-to …
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Now playing: Watch this: Turn your selfies into Google emojis 1:43 Make your own emojis with Google’s Allo. Google Attention, all recovering Bitmoji addicts and people love the sight of themselves in cartoon form: Google just introduced a new way to turn your selfies into fun emojis that actually look like you using the art of Lamar Abrams. It’s all …
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Now playing: Watch this: iPhone 8 expected to cost the same as a MacBook 1:29 I hope you’ve been saving up for the next iPhone. Goldman Sachs said in a research note Thursday that the iPhone 8 could start at a whopping $1,000. The next iPhone will boast a 5.8-inch display with OLED technology and 3D-sensing augmented reality capabilities, the …
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Apple is giving display maker Corning some love. The tech giant said Friday that it would give $200 million to Corning as part of its Advanced Manufacturing Fund. The money will go toward funding Corning’s research and development and its glass processing. Corning has been a critical supplier of Gorilla Glass displays to the iPhone, and the hope is that …
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Now playing: Watch this: OnePlus 3T ups the ante on an already great phone 2:11 Last week, OnePlus confirmed that its next flagship phone, the OnePlus 5, will be released this summer. So far, that’s the only official thing we know. But since then, there have been several rumors circulating — all of which speculate towards a pretty powerful, photography-friendly …
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Now playing: Watch this: The LG G6 gives the people what they (mostly) want 2:41 LG‘s flagship of the year, the G6, is now available unlocked for purchase at online retailers and for preorder at LG’s site. Though Amazon currently lists it for about $630, others like B&H and LG are selling it for $700. The phone marks LG’s return …
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And so continues the battle over Qualcomm’s licensing practices. The US Federal Trade Commission on Friday defended its antitrust lawsuit from January, saying in a legal filing with the US District Court in San Jose, California, that the court shouldn’t dismiss its complaint against Qualcomm. The group has accused Qualcomm, the world’s biggest mobile chipmaker, of forcing Apple into an …
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The iPhone’s selfie camera might enter the third dimension. Apple is reportedly working with LG Innotek, a branch of LG that makes electronic components, to supply the world’s first 3D facial recognition-capable camera to the iPhone 8, according to Korea Economic Daily (via The Investor). 3D facial recognition would give the camera the ability to sense depth, which can in …
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A lot of people, myself included, find sharing files across phones and PCs to be challenging. Wireless seamless phone-to-computer sharing, however, is starting to happen. Microsoft’s newly announced Windows 10 Clipboard, a feature of Windows 10 Fall Creators Update unveiled at Microsoft’s Build developer conference, shows a lot of promise. Clipboard allows sharing by copy-and-paste from Windows 10 machines to …
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