When it comes to innovation, HP Inc. is no laggard. And according to President and CEO Dion Weisler, it was a high school intern that prompted his team to create the company’s new blockbuster printing device, the HP Sprocket. It started after a presentation HP’s interns deliver to company executives, when Weisler asked the 14- […]
Summer is almost here, which means it’s time to take a trip. But before you send that “out of office” email, you have to book your flights, reserve a rental car and plan an itinerary. It can be a real headache. Here are four apps that’ll make planning your trip a little bit easier. Lola […]
FILE PHOTO: A man exits the Uber offices in Queens, New York, U.S., February 2, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo More (Reuters) – Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] said on Tuesday it underpaid its New York City drivers for the past two-and-a-half years, an error that could cost the ride-hailing company tens of millions of dollars. Uber […]
Every spring, Samsung introduces a new Galaxy phone; every fall, Apple (AAPL) counterpunches with a new iPhone. At the moment, we find ourselves in mid-cycle: Samsung has just released its Galaxy S8, and the iPhone 8 is still a summer away. The S8 is a gorgeous phone. It’s a hardware masterpiece, it’s getting rave reviews, and—hey!—so […]
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—The company responsible for a large fraction of the hours we while away on the web isn’t happy with how inefficiently we spend that time on our phones. At its I/O conference here, Google (GOOG, GOOGL) touted the progress of Accelerated Mobile Pages, an ambitious initiative to remake the mobile web into a […]
https://vid.thestreet.com/p/105/sp/0/playManifest/protocol/https/entryId/0_bkb868m3/format/url/flavorParamId/35/video.mp4 Best Buy (BBY) wants to get people in and out of its stores with a pricey new Apple (AAPL) or Samsung smartphone as fast as possible. Top News: Bullfrog Gold Raises $816,000 Of Equity To Advance Its Nevada Gold Project “[We are] revamping the mobile departments in our stores and enhancing the online presence […]
Who wants an 18-core, 36-thread desktop processor? Well, this could be on the cards in the near future as the latest rumor points at Intel not stopping at just a measly 12-cores with its imminent launch of its X299 platform and Skylake-X processors. Instead, there could be 14-core, 16-core and even 18-core processors that sit […]
Security experts recommend enabling two-factor authentication to make your accounts as hack-proof as possible. Sometimes that means receiving one-time verification codes via a text message. Other times it might mean swiping your finger across a sensor. NEC Image: NEc NEC thinks verifying your identity is something that can be done without any extra effort on […]
High resolution bathymetric map of the Gulf of Mexico The Gulf of Mexico has had an incredible history, leaving scientists to puzzle over a landscape peppered with channels, canyons, domes, pockmarks, faults, and mini-basins. Now, with the recent release of a giga-pixel (1.4 billion pixel) bathymetric map of the Gulf of Mexico seafloor scientists are able to […]
An Otto driverless truck at the Uber unit’s garage in San Francisco. By Alan Ohnsman and Matt Drange As Uber fights claims that it stole self-driving vehicle trade secrets from Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo, the rideshare giant quietly dropped the name for its driverless truck unit, “Otto.” The change was made last month in the wake […]
Taking a look back at seven days of news and headlines across the world of Android, this week’s Android Circuit includes hacking the Galaxy S8 Iris scanner, details on the new Google Pixel 2, leaked images of the Nokia 9, rumors of the Galaxy S8 Active, how OnePlus is catching up to Samsung, a review […]
Article by: Laurie Winkless New data suggests that the days of using variable speed limits to manage traffic could be over I think you probably know by now that I’m not a fan of the hype the floats around driverless cars. Don’t get me wrong, I love the tech behind them, and I am genuinely […]
