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VR and AR headsets are going to be powered by phones, via USB-C, in the near future. At least, that’s Qualcomm’s plan. And those headsets could be a lot more capable than you might expect. Eye tracking, full 6DoF positional tracking like Oculus Quest and even controller-free hand gestures are part of the picture. Qualcomm already …

Goodbye swipes. Starting Friday, you’ll be able to access the New York subway and bus system by scanning your iPhone or Apple Watch.  The New York Metro Transportation Authority that day is turning on contactless payments in some subway stations and buses in the city as part of its new OMNY system. You’ll be able to pay for single rides using your …

Apple’s defending its App Store — by publishing an explainer site that breaks down its approval process and guidelines.  “We created the App Store with two goals in mind: that it be a safe and trusted place for customers to discover and download apps, and a great business opportunity for all developers,” Apple said on its new site. “We take …

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 …

A years-old, sometimes emotional division over the web’s core HTML technology has ended with an agreement designed to make it easier to chart the web’s future W3C Standards define how things work together. How far apart are the prongs on an electrical plug? How large is a sheet of letter-size paper? But for nearly a decade, two separate groups have …

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 …

Google on Tuesday launched five new Lens filters for subjects ranging from food to foreign languages. The new Google Lens features will provide better and faster overlays of information over real-world objects, the company said.  Google gave CNET’s Scott Stein an early look at what Lens filters can do just ahead of its I/O developer conference earlier this month. The …

Apple’s emphasis on protecting its customers’ privacy includes putting the processors and components used in its iPhones through  a battery of extreme tests to ensure they’re not vulnerable to attack. The tests, conducted at a secret facility near Apple’s new Apple Park campus, even subjects chips to extreme swings in temperature, The Independent learned during a recent interview with Craig …

Huawei isn’t just in trouble. China’s premiere maker of Android phones and networking equipment is in the kind of trouble that could break its business and detonate its ambitions of surpassing Samsung to become the world’s largest phone brand by 2020. Despite being banned from working with US companies, Huawei is confident its phone business will continue to grow without …

Anyone can get into Nigeria’s tech scene, says Chibuzor Obiora. That wasn’t true just a few years ago. A 29-year-old developer, Obiora began coding in 2014 when he was hired by Andela, a Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative-sponsored tech firm that offers Africans paid training in software development. Back then, his colleagues were all men around his age and older. But in the …