[ad_1] The Samsung Galaxy S8 is set to launch soon, and a unique new feature of the phone that has generated a lot of buzz is its ability to convert into a desktop computer via the DeX dock. While certainly not a full desktop replacement, the DeX could be a ...
Read More »Verizon restructures, hires former Ericsson CEO to lead network team
[ad_1] Verizon said on Friday it would reorganize its operating structure to focus on three core business areas: media and telematics, network and technology, and customer and product operations. The telecom giant has also hired former Ericsson CEO Hans Vestberg to lead its new network and technology team. Vestberg will ...
Read More »Weekly Rewind: SpaceX’s future, Samsung Galaxy S8, and a Tonka truck for grownups
[ad_1] A lot can happen in a week when it comes to tech. The constant onslaught of news makes it nigh impossible for mere mortals with real lives to keep track of everything. That’s why we’ve compiled a quick and dirty list of this week’s top 10 tech stories, from how Samsung plans to ...
Read More »Xiaomi Builds Second Manufacturing Plant In India
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has cooperated with Foxconn in the building of its second Indian manufacturing plant, which is located in Sri City, Andhra Pradesh. Xiaomi entered the Indian market in 2014 and the company started local production one year after. Xiaomi’s first plant in India is not exclusive and ...
Read More »Stealthy gaming company Wonder is ready to tease its new mystery hardware
[ad_1] Wonder, the incredibly stealthy new gaming company, has quietly created a signup page for information and perks related to its plans for global domination of the gaming market from its Los Angeles headquarters. The company is calling its new campaign the “Alpha Program”, and folks that are interested can ...
Read More »NASA tests robotic tools to crack the surface of icy moons
[ad_1] While the Mars rovers are assiduously searching the red planet for water over the next decade, there are whole moons full of the stuff just waiting for us to come visit. At least, that’s the theory. But missions to Europa and Titan are still hypothetical, so in the meantime ...
Read More »When the 'S' in HTTPS also stands for shady
[ad_1] But like so, so painfully many great ideas from the tech sector, Let’s Encrypt apparently wasn’t built with abuse in mind. And so — of course — that’s exactly what’s happening. Because it’s now free and easy to add HTTPS to your site, criminals who exploit trusting internet users ...
Read More »How Stories Search makes Snapchat a real-time YouTube
[ad_1] Snapchat is shifting from a social network limited to content shared by people you follow to an ephemeral, real-time database of what’s going on now everywhere. Today Snapchat launched Search for Stories submitted to its public Our Stories. It makes Snapchat as deep as whatever the world is sharing, ...
Read More »Can LeEco outrun cash problems to achieve its Tesla-sized dreams?
[ad_1] CHINA’S tech jack-of-all-trades LeEco, which is also the self-professed rival to Tesla, has experienced a period of turbulent fortunes over the last 24 hours. The company has just announced it has acquired US$2.2 billion equity injection from new investors, Tianjin Jiarui Huixin Corporate Management Company, and Tianjin-based property developer ...
Read More »We need a New Deal to address the economic risks of automation
[ad_1] Rob LoCascio is the founder and CEO of LivePerson. More posts by this contributor: Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has a surprisingly naive take on the issue of AI and robots replacing human jobs. Mnuchin, who said earlier, that human obsolescence is “not even on our radar screen…50–100 more years away” ...
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