PayPal this week laid out its vision for the future of its digital wallet platform and its PayPal and Venmo apps. During its third-quarter earnings on Monday, the company said it plans to roll out substantial changes to its mobile apps over the next year to integrate a range …
Read More »Nuvia Raises $240M
We’ve been following some of the smaller CPU vendors like Nuvia and Ampere that have emerged as potential challengers to x86 in the hyperscale server industry. This time around, Nuvia is the news — I’ll spare you the pun — for raising a massive $240M in funding as it …
Read More »Google Apps On Chrome OS
Google Details Its Plans for Windows Apps on Chrome OS Google announced earlier this year that it plans to enable Chromebook users to run Windows apps thanks to a partnership with Parallels. Now, we have more information on how this will work. A new interview lays out the options Google considered …
Read More »Google Local Store
Google adding local store details to Shopping, free Promoted Pins for Smart campaigns, more Google announced several features and updates Wednesday aimed at helping small and brick-and-mortar businesses re-emerge as local economies begin reopening. Noting some of the ways changing consumer behavior during the coronavirus pandemic has impacted local businesses, …
Read More »Uber details early steps to change culture, and ongoing COO search
Uber held a special press call on Tuesday, hosted by board member Arianna Huffington and staffed with three of its highest ranking female staff, including North American operations lead Rachel Holt, Chief HR officer Liane Hornsey and company comms lead Rachel Whetstone. The call was pretty clearly an attempt to …
Read More »AMD announces, details its new Ryzen 5 mainstream CPU family
Ryzen 7’s debut just under three weeks ago clearly kicked off an upgrade cycle for AMD fans and potentially some Intel converts — in the three weeks we’ve been watching, the Ryzen 1800X, 1700X, and 1700 have all maintained spots in the Top 20, and typically the Top 15. With …
Read More »Full details, photos of the Samsung Galaxy S8 just leaked
It’s never easy keeping a lid on the various details of a smartphone, but some companies try much harder than others. Apple, even in the post-Jobs era, tries to keep some upcoming features on lockdown. Samsung, in contrast, tends to leak like a sieve — and the full details and …
Read More »AMD declares Ryzen will be a four-year architecture, details overclocking plans, emphasizes hard launch
AMD released some additional information about its upcoming Ryzen chips at CES this week. Having spent over four years designing the architecture, the company plans to keep it around for at least that long. That’s according to CTO Mark Papermaster, who was on-hand to discuss the chip. First things first …
Read More »Qualcomm unveils new Snapdragon 835 SoC details
Late last year, Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 835 would be its next-generation smartphone SoC. The new chip is built on a 10nm process in partnership with Samsung, but Qualcomm hadn’t unveiled much in the way of additional details. This week at CES, the company shared new details on the upcoming …
Read More »Prey Gets New Screenshots Revealing New Details About The Gameplay
Prey looks to be one of the most exciting games coming up in 2017- while it looks to be a significant departure from the original Prey, or its cancelled sequel, what we are getting looks to be very exciting, and something that I, for one, cannot wait to get my hands on. …
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