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Samsung Electronics has completed the development of its second-generation 10-nanometer process, the company said.The 10-nanometer Lower Power Plus (10LPP) increases performance by 10 percent and consumes 15 percent less power than its predecessor the 10-nanometer Lower

At the second day of its F8 Conference, Facebook announced the second-generation Surround 360 VR cameras, and the company is serious about commercializing them, as opposed to last time's strategy. Facebook Outs 2nd-Generation Surround 360 Cameras Facebook unveiled the first Surround 360 camera last year not as a full-fledged product, but as an open-source guide for third-party developers to build upon. The second-generation Surround 360 cameras have been upgraded into two iterations, one of which is a bigger, more capable model; the other is

Last Friday, New York legislators agreed on a budget that includes funding for tuition-free education at public colleges and universities. That plan, the Excelsior Scholarship, maintains most of the features of a proposal Governor Andrew Cuomo introduced earlier this year, including tuition-free enrollment at the City University of New York and State University of New York systems to students of families earning up to $125,000 per year. In some ways, the announcement is a return to a past lineage. While the

Australia's National Broadband Network (NBN) company has reaffirmed its commitment to implementing gigabit speed-enabling upgrades on the cable portion of its network rollout, on Thursday announcing that it has joined international research and development organisation CableLabs.Calling

Three years after one of the worst aviation disasters in history, Malaysia Airlines is banking on technology to prevent another one from happening. Malaysia Airlines has inked an agreement with Aireon LLC, SITAONAIR and FlightAware LLC to use a space-based satellite technology to monitor its fleet. The technology is targeted for a 2018 completion. On March 8, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 lost communications and disappeared in the Indian Ocean together with all 239 people onboard. The plane remains missing to this day. Space-Based Monitoring According to

One of the most important trends in the automobile world is making cars smarter. I'm not talking about autonomous cars, but rather connected features on new cars and retrofitting existing cars with digital intelligence. Two of the most popular add-ons for new cars are Apple's CarPlay and Google's Android Auto; many manufacturers—including GM, Mercedes, Honda, Hyundai, VW, and Volvo—offer both in new cars. I recently went to an auto show in San Francisco, and auto dealers told me that CarPlay and Android

A Lake Jackson resident suffered second-degree burns thanks to his iPhone 6s. The horrific incident occurred when the Apple smartphone burned the owner while he was asleep. iPhone 6s Lake Jackson Burn Incident: What Happened? On Saturday, April 15, Luke Schilhab, a resident of Lake Jackson, accidentally entered the pool along with his iPhone 6s. Schilhab noticed that the iPhone switched off automatically soon after. On reaching home, Schilhab put his iPhone 6s in a container full of rice, hoping that it would effectively

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AMD is stepping up its game with the launch of Radeon RX 500 series, its new GPU aimed at giving rival Nvidia a run for its money. The Radeon RX 500 cards are aimed directly at gamers to woo them back to the AMD bandwagon when the series launches this May. AMD released on April 11 the critically acclaimed Ryzen 5 processors aimed at the mid-range market. The announcement is good news for gamers, but can be a letdown for those expecting

There is yet another Twitter clone floating in the ether. It's called Mastodon, and it's getting enough attention that analysts and pundits are chiming in, including former PCMag EIC Lance Ulanoff. Ulanoff and I used to go back and forth with contrary opinions, and I was hoping to do that again, but his argument is pretty much based on the fact that he could not cajole William Shatner to connect with him on the system. It seems like that's a deal

Google Earth now also features a 3D button, to see locations such as the Grand Canyon, the Château de Chambord, and Burning Man from any angle.

Once upon a time, over a dozen large technology conferences and trade shows dotted the landscape—from COMDEX and CTIA to TechEd and WinHEC. They had a mechanical regularity: details about Windows in the early spring, x86 chip announcements in early autumn, and COMDEX in November. Now, with news of IDF's demise, only Computex, CeBIT, Mobile World Congress (MWC), and CES remain, with company-specific developer gatherings like WWDC and Google I/O picking up some of the slack. Intel says it has "evolved its

A new study advocated that vaccinating one's child is beneficial and may be instrumental in saving their life. Vaccination for children has its share of controversies all around the world. While doctors say this method is necessary to protect people from many harmful diseases, others question the effectiveness, necessity, and safety of the same. This argument has effectively led some communities to disown the vaccination practice completely, leading to massive epidemics and high death rates in that community. The latest study contradicts the anti-vaccination argument.

Left to right: DTA interim CEO Nerida O'Loughlin, new DTA CEO Gavin Slater, and Assistant Minister for Cities and Digital Transformation Angus Taylor

Australian telecommunications provider TPG has announced spending a further SG$23.8 million on acquiring more mobile broadband spectrum in the Singaporean market, winning 2x 5MHz in the 2.5GHz band during the general spectrum auction this week.

The Mac Pro, Apple's flagship desktop Mac model, is getting a major overhaul — but it won't arrive anytime soon. To show its commitment to the line, however, the company has upgraded current Mac Pro specs with faster Intel Xeon chips, updated GPUs, and promised that it's "completely rethinking" what the Mac Pro is, or what it should be. The newly redesigned Mac Pro won't be coming until next year, Apple confirmed Tuesday, April 4. But for those who simply can't

American tech workers are no doubt feeling vindicated, rejoicing at what they feel is a long-overdue, reversal of fortunes.You could not have a more ominous beginning to the beginning of the H-1B lottery than the events

Netflix started allowing iOS and Android users to download movies and TV shows earlier this year and now the option is also available for Windows 10 PCs. Offline viewing has been among the most highly requested features ever for the streaming video platform and it's long been in the works. Back in January this year, Netflix offline viewing finally became a real option, enabling Android and iOS users to download Netflix content to watch later, even if they don't have an

Turnstyle also offers analytics tools that provide insights into customer behavior, such as visit frequency and duration.Reviews website Yelp said Tuesday that it has acquired Toronto-based Wi-Fi marketing analytics firm Turnstyle Analytics for approximately $20 million

In Oath, there's definitely a secret handshake and a weird hat. (via PCMag)

Microsoft's Windows has long been the world's most popular operating system, but not anymore. Windows is no longer on top. For the first time ever, Google's Android mobile operating system has managed to trump Windows and become the world's most popular OS. This further goes to prove how mobile has soared and in today's mobile-driven world, Android rules the game. Android Dethrones Windows Web analytics firm StatCounter published its latest report on global internet usage across all platforms and found that for the

ODG's new R-7 HL goggles.Osterhout Design Group (ODG) announced a new pair of wearable googles aimed at hazmat workers. Dubbed the R-7 HL, ODG says the googles are a ruggedized enhancement of the its

Something is coming to Overwatch, as teased by Blizzard through a short video uploaded to the game's official Twitter account. The tweet, a cryptic one as with previous Overwatch teasers, hints at a major announcement for the game on April 11. Blizzard 'Overwatch' Announcement On April 11 "Initiating archive declassification

Pegasus spyware is used to monitor activities of individual targets.

A company in Sweden is tapping on a relatively new technology to give their employees the ability to do things with just a wave of the hand. The technology also has the potential to track what employees do. Swedish company Epicenter offers to implant its workers with microchip the size of a grain of rice. Injecting the microchip that functions as swipe card for opening doors and operating printers with a wave of the hand has become so popular among Epicenter

Head and neck scans are one of the areas where Google's DeepMind will be finetuning its health skills.

Facebook will cooperate with the South Korean government to help mentor promising local virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) companies and expand them globally, the social network giant has said.Facebook will work together with Korea

Mental health isn't exactly one of the things that come to mind when the topic of climate change is discussed - more often, the environmental, health, economic, and sometimes even political impacts of climate change are in the spotlight, whereas mental health is pushed aside or not discussed at all. A collaborative study is now revealing that not even mental health is safe from the global effects of climate change. Following a 2014 report on the mental health effects of climate change,

HealthEngine announced on Tuesday that it has raised AU$26.6 million in a Series C round led by Sequoia India, who is joining existing investors Telstra Ventures and Seven West Media on the company's board.Alium Capital and

An executive of Marvel may have let slip that the PlayStation 4 exclusive Spider-Man being developed by Insomniac Games will be released this year. Spider-Man, one of the biggest surprises in last year's E3, is being primed as Marvel's answer to the Batman: Arkham franchise developed by Rocksteady. There has been no release date yet for the game, but it would seem that it is coming sooner than later. 'Spider-Man' For PlayStation 4 To Be Released This Year? In a clip that was posted to Neogaf, Marvel

M1 has introduced two mobile plans tailored for business users as it looks to increase its service offerings for the local enterprise market.The Singapore telco announced the M1 Enterprise Mobile 6 and 12 plans, offering unlimited

Apple is reportedly working on a premium TV bundle that could seriously disrupt the scene, rocking three premium U.S. networks - HBO, Showtime, and Starz - in the same package. A new report indicates that Apple is in talks with the three networks to deliver this premium TV bundle to viewers via iOS and Apple TV devices, which could be a real game changer. Why Apple's Premium TV Bundle Could Be A Game Changer Apple already offers each of these channels individually, but packing