Qualcomm just announced its first portable 5G modem. That’s amazing, because there’s no official 5G radio standard yet. But with Verizon and Korea Telecom plugging ahead on “5G” rollouts for 2017, Qualcomm decided it needed to jump on the bandwagon with the new X50. “It’s going to support these early 5G deployments, operating in the 28GHz […]
Hyundai is recalling more than 84,000 cars in the U.S. because a wiring problem can cause the front passenger air bag to malfunction. The recall covers Genesis Coupes from the 2010 to 2016 model years. The company says in government documents that an electrical connector for the passenger seat air bag sensor can become disconnected. […]
Netflix added 3.2 million subscribers of its online video streaming service in the third quarter of 2016, beating its forecast of 2 million new subscribers and sending its stock price soaring by 20 percent on Monday. The company attributed the better-than-expected growth to “excitement around Netflix original content” in its earnings report. “We are fortunate […]
Nvidia today unveiled two new graphics cards—the Pascal-based GeForce GTX 1050 and GTX 1050 Ti, boasting three times faster performance than the 2012 GTX 650. The GPUs are designed to support “all your favorite games,” with a particular focus on e-sports titles, as well as the less-demanding likes of DOTA 2 and World of Warcraft […]
From what’s been revealed thus far, Resident Evil 7 marks a distinct change of pace from the rest of the enduring series. The new first-person view has upset some players—some have criticized its hide-and-seek-styled teasers for failing to align with its action-leaning forerunners—however snippets of familiarity have been steadily unveiled since its E3 reveal. Green […]
South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd , a battery supplier for General Motors Co’s (GM) upcoming Bolt electric vehicles, said on Tuesday it expected the U.S. automaker to sell more than 30,000 of the cars next year. LG Chem vice president Kang Chang-beom made the projection during a conference call to discuss the firm’s third-quarter earnings. […]
Razer, the California-based gaming tech firm, has bought audio-visual entertainment company THX for an undisclosed amount, and now plans to help the firm expand into the growing Chinese cinema market as well as combine the two companies’ strengths in developing virtual reality technology. Tan Min-Liang, Razer’s chief executive and co-founder, said the start-up had acquired […]
Samsung has begun accepting Galaxy Note7 returns at airports in several countries. The action follows the recent ban from the Dept. of Transportation that makes it a federal crime to bring the Note7 on any airplane. Other countries have put similar bans in place. Samsung began accepting Note7 returns at airports on its home market […]
Google has improved its Google Flights tool with new ways to track not only flight times, but flight pricing. Moving forward, Google Flights will alert users about potential price increases. For example, as people search for flights Google will clearly display when it expects prices to change and what the price differential might be. Moreover, users […]
Apple has made iOS 10.0.3 available to the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. This update is targeted at Apple’s newest iPhones and resolves an issue that impacted cellular connectivity. Apple recommends all iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus owners apply the update when possible.
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