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Apple might actually approve the Steam Link app with today’s tweak

Two weeks ago, Apple crushed some gamers’ dreams by rejecting the Steam Link app for iOS, which would have allowed users to stream games from their beefy computers to an iPhone or iPad.  But today, it’s looking like the Steam Link iOS app might have a real chance of being approved — because Valve has …

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Garmin’s newest Vivoactive 3 smartwatch adds music, improved sleep tracking

Garmin makes a lot of fitness watches. The Vivoactive 3 is the company’s general all-around fitness smartwatch, and the newest version, the Vivoactive 3 Music, adds music storage much like Garmin’s more runner-focused (and expensive) Forerunner 645 that arrived earlier this year. The $300 watch is available now. The Vivoactive 3 Music has a pretty complete set of features: onboard …

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British boarding is making students turn in their phones at night

Many of us scroll through our phones just before falling asleep and immediately after waking up. But first-year students at Eton College, an English boarding school for boys, no longer have that luxury. The students have been ordered to turn in their phones at night because of concerns around the pressures of social media, according to The Guardian. Eton College …

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Firefox makers working on voice

Mozilla, the organization behind Firefox, is exploring a very different web browser called Scout that’s operated by voice rather than keyboard, mouse or touch-screen taps. The nonprofit revealed the Scout project in an agenda item for an all-hands meeting taking place this week in San Francisco. “With the Scout app, we start to explore browsing and consuming content with voice,” …

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Samsung’s startup arm launches AI

Samsung’s making another big bet on artificial intelligence. The company on Wednesday said its Silicon Valley-based Samsung NEXT business has launched a new fund to invest in early-stage startups “solving AI problems, as well as those using AI to solve computer science problems.”  The Q Fund doesn’t have a cap, but it falls under Samsung NEXT’s overall $150 million investment …

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The cost of Samsung’s foldable phone? Almost $2,000, analyst says

The latest buzz on Samsung’s rumored foldable phone? It may cost you the thick end of $2,000, if the latest analyst speculations are to be believed.  According to the Korea Times, analyst Park Hyung-woo from Shinhan Financial predicts initial parts suppliers will start production in November in time for a 2019 launch. And Kim Jang-yeol from Golden Bridge Investment speculates that the …

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Surface Pro 6 could be ‘heavily redesigned’ for 2019, dual

Microsoft’s Surface Pro hasn’t changed a lot in recent years. After a year-and-a-half wait, the 2017 version was primarily a spec bump, with only minimal changes to the body and Microsoft’s trademark kickstand and stylus. The 2018 model merely added an optional LTE antenna for cellular connectivity. But according to ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley, a “heavily redesigned” Surface Pro 6 …

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Chrome extensions soon only available from Google’s website

If you want to install Chrome extensions, Google’s Chrome Web Store soon will be the only place to get them. Extensions — the software that lets you do things like block ads, manage your tabs better, explore art on your new-tab page or cover your screen with doge dogs — can be useful and fun. Unfortunately, they can also be …

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Microsoft’s next HoloLens may cost less and arrive early 2019

You may have heard of Microsoft’s augmented reality device, HoloLens, but odds are you haven’t tried one yet. That could change next year. Microsoft is aiming to release its next-gen HoloLens in the beginning of 2019, according to tech site Thurrott. The report says the new HoloLens could be lighter, more comfortable to wear, have a better holographic display and …

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More ‘proof’ that the 2018 iPhone X Plus may get a third camera

Last week’s iPhone gossip just took a turn for the best: The rumored tripl-camera iPhones of 2019 might come a year earlier. One of the models could even sell for less than the iPhone X, if word on the internet is to be believed. Here are the juiciest iPhone rumors of the past week. The iPhone X Plus could pack …

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