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Sony receiver lowers the costs of Android Auto and Apple CarPlay

@ 2016/08/24 read/post comments(0)

It's not easy to add smartphone-based infotainment to your existing car, especially if you prefer Android Auto. Many aftermarket head units are either devoted solely to Apple CarPlay (like Pioneer's AppRadio 4) or mind-numbingly expensive (such as t... Go To Full Article

Analogue's beautiful, aluminum NES gets a smaller spin-off

@ 2016/08/24 read/post comments(0)

The NES Classic is equal parts neat and limited -- after all, it has the correct look, but can't be expanded beyond the 30 games built into it and won't play nice with existing NES controllers. Cheap? Sure, though it's… Go To Full Article

MIT is exploring phones that put themselves together

@ 2016/08/24 read/post comments(0)

We've seen a tiny chair that can assemble itself from MIT, but now the lab responsible for that adorable experiment has their eye on a much more complicated project: self-assembling cellphones. Specifically, MIT's Self-Assembly Lab is looking at how...… Go To Full Article

Apple bought a company that tracks chronic health issues

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Apple has purchased Gliimpse, a startup that helps users collect and personalize their health records, according to Fast Company. In a vague statement, Apple confirmed the acquisition -- which reportedly happened earlier this year -- but declined to... Go To Full Article

PCIe 4.0 Will Arrive in 2017

@ 2016/08/24 read/post comments(0)

Al Yanes, president and chairman of the PCI-SIG, told PCMag that version 4.0 of the PCIe specification will be out early next year. According to this article, PCIe 5.0 is already on PCI-SIG's future roadmap. PCIe 4.0 will essentially double… Go To Full Article

Review concludes UK bulk surveillance powers are necessary

@ 2016/08/23 read/post comments(0)

Prior to the UK's Investigatory Powers Bill being voted through the House of Commons in June, the surveillance legislation faced criticism from several top Labour MPs. Former Home Secretary and now Prime Minister Theresa May was able to get the… Go To Full Article

AMD claws back some discrete-GPU market share

@ 2016/08/23 read/post comments(0)

At the Polaris launch in Macau earlier this year, spicy food aficionado and Radeon Technologies Group leader Raja Koduri noted that one of his goals with the new product family was to retake a significant share of the discrete GPU… Go To Full Article

Close-by exoplanet may have an oxygen-rich atmosphere

@ 2016/08/23 read/post comments(0)

At last, scientists might have spotted a rocky exoplanet with an oxygen-heavy atmosphwere... only it's not the alternate Earth you might be hoping for. Astronomers have determined that GJ 1132b (aka Gliese 1132b), a relatively close 39 light years a... Go To Full Article

How to Change the Windows 10 Lock Screen Timeout

@ 2016/08/23 read/post comments(0)

By default, Windows 10’s lock screen times out and switches off your monitor after one minute. If you’d like it to stick around longer than that–say, if you have background picture you like looking at or you enjoy having Cortana… Go To Full Article

AMD Athlon X4 880K Review @ Vortez

@ 2016/08/23 read/post comments(0)

In the realm of desktop processors it is no secret that the AMD gears have slowed down, cautiously preparing the up and coming 'Zen' microarchitecture. In the meantime, AMD remind us that those gears have not stopped with a small… Go To Full Article

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