Microsoft is coming up on its self-imposed deadline to launch the Fall Creators Update, which has an estimated delivery date in September. Given this relatively short time frame, we’d have expected Windows 10 Insider builds to be feature-complete by now, and we’ve covered what some of those features are and …
Read More »Cable Lobby Claims US Is Just Bursting With Broadband Competition
Everyone’s favorite organization, the NCTA (now known as The Internet and Television Association), has released a report claiming an overwhelming number of people now have access to multiple internet service providers and plenty of competition in that market. This may come as a shock to anyone living in an area …
Read More »How the Lily Camera Took the Internet by Storm, Then Imploded
Back in 2014, a pair of Berkeley alumni, Antoine Balaresque and Henry Bradlow, had an idea for a camera-equipped drone that had the potential to change the entire drone market. The Lily Camera, “built” by Lily Robotics, was advertised as a dead-simple device that anyone could operate, mostly because it …
Read More »Microsoft Makes Windows 10 Creators Update Available to All
For the past few years, Microsoft has been pushing the idea of Office and Windows as a service that’s continually updated rather than as discrete products you purchase off the shelf. At various points throughout 2017, the company has been synchronizing and simplifying its update schedule. Now it’s unveiled the …
Read More »Microsoft Boosts Phone Linking, Cortana in Windows 10 Fall Creators Update
Microsoft is coming up on its self-imposed deadline to launch the Fall Creators Update, which has an estimated delivery date in September. Given this relatively short time frame, we’d have expected Windows 10 Insider builds to be feature-complete by now, and we’ve covered what some of those features are and …
Read More »Wattpad takes ‘chat fiction’ beyond text with launch of Tap Originals
Chat fiction apps are among some of the most popular in the App Store, thanks to their highly engaged, largely teenage to young adult fan base who enjoy reading thrilling stories told in the form of text messages. Today, one competitor in this space, Wattpad, is rolling out an upgrade …
Read More »AMD Threadripper Delidded, With a Multi-Core Surprise Under the Hood
One of the topics we’ve been covering in the past month is the behavior of the Core i9-7900X when overclocked, as well as the performance characteristics of the X299 chipset. In both cases, Intel has been criticized. First, for a CPU that traps a great deal of heat below the …
Read More »Google’s cord cutter app YouTube TV reaches 2 million downloads
Approximately 2 million people have installed the YouTube TV app, Google’s live TV service aimed at a younger generation of cord cutters, as well as those who never signed up for traditional pay TV in the first place. That download figure comes from app store analytics firms Sensor Tower and …
Read More »Ryzen for the Rest of Us: AMD’s New Ryzen 3 Takes On Intel Core i3
It’s been a little less than five months since AMD launched its first Ryzen 7 products, and the company is finally ready to introduce its Ryzen 3 family of CPUs. While Ryzen 7 and Ryzen 5 may have captured more headlines, Ryzen 3’s lower price points are targeted at the …
Read More »AMD Launches Massive Radeon Driver Update 17.7.2
AMD released the latest version of its Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition (whew) last night, with a significant performance and feature boost for Team Red GPU owners. It’s part of a significant transformation in how AMD handles its drivers that kicked off in earnest back in November 2015, with the …
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