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Epic Games Builds its own Steam

Epic Games, the company that launched the free, multi-user game “Fortnite,” wants to take on Apple and Google with a new “Epic Games Store.” Since it’s launch in September of 2017, Fortnite has skyrocketed in popularity to become an international household name. Epic Games says that more than 200 million accounts have been registered in Fortnite across the many platforms it can be played on, and currently more than 80 […]

todayDecember 11, 2018

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Net Neutrality: It’s Not Over Yet

Dec. 10 is the deadline for Congress to vote on the Congressional Review Act (CRA), which has the potential to reverse the FCC’s repeal and preserve net neutrality.  A CRA resolution passed the Senate in May. If it passes both houses of Congress, it still has to be signed into law by President Trump to officially turn back the repeal. The FCC's decision to repeal net neutrality rules has sparked […]

todayDecember 10, 2018

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Amazon Music coming to Android TV

It appears that Amazon Music is making its way to Android TV. A listing for the TV version of the app has shown up in the Google Play Store with an option to pre-register for the service. There are a few screenshots of Amazon Music on the app listing that give a preview of how it will look, and the interface looks really clean.   Amazon Music comes bundled with […]

todayDecember 6, 2018

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Are You Ready for 8K TV’s?

There was much talk of the impact of artificial intelligence on everything from washing machines to ovens, but it was a QLED 8K TV which was the only standout new product to be unveiled. "Open your mind to innovation" was the order from the stage at the Samsung press conference in Berlin.   As ever, we heard big claims about the amazing new experience this television would deliver - "perfect […]

todayDecember 5, 2018

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Nintendo Opens Doors to Youtubers

Nintendo has relaxed its rules for video-makers who share their gameplay on websites such as Twitch and YouTube.   Unlike Microsoft and Sony, Nintendo had restricted what it let video-makers share online and took a slice of advertising revenue from YouTuber, but its new guidelines lift most of the restrictions and no longer ask gaming vloggers to register for Nintendo's revenue-sharing scheme.   Many video-makers had complained about Nintendo's policy […]

todayDecember 4, 2018

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New Tech Lets People With Paralysis Use Tablets

Tablets and other mobile computing devices are part of everyday life, but using them can be difficult for people with paralysis. New research from the BrainGate consortium published November 21 in PLOS ONE, shows that a brain-computer interface (BCI) can enable people with paralysis to directly operate an off-the-shelf tablet device just by thinking about making cursor movements and clicks.   "For years, the BrainGate collaboration has been working to […]

todayDecember 3, 2018

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Instagram to Crack Down on Fakers

Influencers and brands who use bot apps to boost their popularity and increase audience growth may be in big trouble, thanks to a new initiative just announced by Instagram. In a recent blog post, the mega popular social networking service said it would start removing fake likes, follows, and comments by implementing new "machine learning tools" it had built.  Instagram states the initiative is targeting "inauthentic activity" from third-party apps […]

todayNovember 29, 2018

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Bill Gates says “Silicon Valley” Captures a lot of Truths

While some people in the real-world Silicon Valley think that HBO's "Silicon Valley," the network's long-running satire, is too critical of the tech industry, Microsoft's multi-billion dollar co-founder disagrees.  In fact, in a new blog entry, Bill Gates puts it bluntly: lighten up. "I have friends in Silicon Valley who refuse to watch the show because they think it's just making fun of them," writes Gates. "I always tell them: […]

todayNovember 28, 2018

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Make Your Own Memoji on the New iOS 12

"Be yourself or whoever you want to be." That's Apple's latest mantra when it comes to the coolest new feature of iOS 12, Memoji. Memoji are the next tech-evolution birthed from Animoji, the animated characters that use the iPhone's front facing TrueDepth camera system to create cartoon caricatures that mimic the user's expressions. And if you've been on social media in the last couple of months, chances are you've seen […]

todayNovember 27, 2018

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