This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Everyone’s making avatars now: Nintendo started it with its Mii in 2006, on the wildly popular Wii console. Microsoft quickly “borrowed” that idea for Xbox Avatars. Bitmoji — first an independent company, later purchased by Snap — popularized …
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Former Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs has started a company focused on wireless technology — but that doesn’t mean he’s giving up on his plans to take Qualcomm private. The startup, called XCOM, will work to tackle issues related to next-generation mobile communications, including 5G. Qualcomm’s former president, Derek Aberle, and former chief technology officer, Matthew Grob, also have joined …
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What if headphones didn’t have to touch your head? No earbuds falling out of your ears, no pressure on your skull. A beam of sound only you can hear, coming from tiny speakers mounted on a neckband, or perhaps an article of clothing. That’s what a few developers inside Samsung wanted to build — and they’ve just gotten permission to …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. The Apple TV 4K and iTunes are getting support for Dolby Atmos. Should you care? If you’re an AV enthusiast with an Apple TV 4K, or the desire to get one eventually, the answer is a solid “maybe.” But if you’re not, perhaps you’re …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. iPhones and iPads will soon be able to make a 3D emoji of your own face that moves when you do. Apple calls it a “Memoji,” and it’s an offshoot of Animoji, the animated emoji that live inside iMessage in Apple’s iOS 12 …
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AMD’s having a good year, and it knows it. After having fallen far behind rival Intel in the chip race, the underdog finally found some success earlier this year with a 2.1 percent growth in 2017. While the number might not seem like much, it’s a huge gain for the company considering how dominant Intel is. That’s thanks to its …
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Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 850 platform was announced at Computex 2018, along with the news that Samsung is the latest partner to plan a device around it. Devices based on the 850 should ship in time for your holiday purchasing pleasure, according to Qualcomm. Whether you call them by their marketing moniker, “always-connected computers,” or their more technical description of “Windows on …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. You’re not limited to being a robot or a poop emoji anymore — now Apple lets you make your own Animoji, calling it “Memoji.” At its annual Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, California, on Monday, Apple announced new features coming to Animoji, …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple is getting more serious about augmented reality. The company on Monday announced a new version of ARKit, Apple’s set of tools that let developers create augmented reality apps for iPhones and iPads. The updated version will have multi-user functions, so more than …
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There’s been plenty of iPhone drama this week, but none of it has to do with the big conference–WWDC–Apple’s putting on next week, or even last week’s Samsung court case. Nope. Apple is drawing praise — and much more fire — for apps. Plus, two juicy rumors about future iPhone screens and a third camera. Here’s what happened this week. …
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