When it comes to AI, Qualcomm’s betting big. The company on Wednesday said it plans to start a venture fund to invest at least $100 million in early stage startups working on artificial intelligence. In particular, it will look at companies finding ways to do the intensive data processing on devices instead of in remote […]
Amazon has signed a deal to expand the selection of Apple products on its sites worldwide. The world’s largest e-commerce company said Friday it’ll soon start selling more Apple products directly and have access to Apple’s latest devices, including the new iPad Pro, iPhone XR, iPhone XS, and Apple Watch Series 4, as well as Apple’s lineup […]
How did you spend high school? I spent it struggling to pass math and getting excited about the next Halo game. The kids featured in the new documentary Science Fair by National Geographic Documentary Films spend their teen years doing things like trying to cure disease, develop a 3D-printed stethoscope and redesign aircraft. Science […]
At a New York press event on Thursday, Samsung took the wraps off the Galaxy Note 9, a 6.4-inch phone that features dual 12-megapixel cameras, a whopping 512GB of (optional) internal storage and an embedded S-Pen stylus with Bluetooth connectivity. The phone will go on sale on Aug. 24 with a starting price of $1,000 […]
Samsung is making its digital helper more helpful. The tech giant’s Bixby voice assistant is becoming more conversational and personal, part of an effort to make the service more useful, the company said at its Unpacked press event in New York on Thursday. Samsung used the event to introduce its latest phone, the Galaxy Note 9. […]
The teaser trailer for Spider-Man: Far From Home on Tuesday gave us our first glimpse of classic villain Mysterio in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But he was around long before Jake Gyllenhaal donned the iconic fishbowl helmet. The first person to take the name was special effects artist and stuntman Quentin Beck in 1964’s Amazing Spider-Man No. 13, […]
When sharp-suited superassassin John Wick dives back into the intricately designed cloak-and-dagger universe established in the game-changing 2015 original and 2017 sequel, it’s bad news for just about anyone he meets. But it’s great news for us. Released (or should that be unleashed?) around the world this week, John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum is […]
Samsung could be working to step up its mobile displays with features like an in-screen fingerprint sensor and camera. On Friday, mobile tipster Ice Universe tweeted that Samsung had presented four innovations at its 2018 OLED Forum on Thursday. They include an in-screen fingerprint sensor, a speaker built into the screen, vibrations that come from […]
In these days of exhaustive leaks and unrelenting phone rumors, OnePlus just wants to tell you about its new phone. Specifically that its updated flagship, the OnePlus 6T, has some exciting new features — and it’s coming on Oct. 29. (Yes, it adjusted the original launch date to avoid overlapping with another company unveiling new […]
The movie Searching is a gripping thriller told in an extraordinary way. Starring John Cho, it follows a father trying to find his missing daughter. What makes the film truly inventive is that it uses only laptop and phone screens to drive the story forward. For the majority of the film, Cho literally acts alone.