Xbox Game Pass subscription grants access to 100+ games for $9.99 per month, launches in spring; service works by downloading games, not streaming
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Sources: Apple's next iPhones will have no physical home button, include one curved OLED model and two LCD models, and come with a USB-C power cord
Rival Samsung will be the initial supplier of OLED screens for Apple's 10th anniversary iPhones — TOKYO— Apple Inc. has decided to adopt …
Uber's SVP of engineering Amit Singhal is out after not disclosing to the company that he had left Google amid a dispute over sexual harassment allegation
Amit Singhal, a highly regarded engineer in Silicon Valley, denied the claims after top execs at the search giant presented them to him.
New $10 Raspberry Pi Zero W comes with 802.11n WiFi and Bluetooth 4.0
Although major Raspberry Pi announcements are very few and far between, you know that when there is one, it's worth paying attention. Take for example the Raspberry Pi Zero — the $5 (£4) board that a...
Mozilla buys Pocket, its first acquisition, and says the read-it-later service will continue operating as an independent subsidiary
From browser extension to acquisition — Mozilla has acquired Pocket, a kind of DVR for the internet, for an undisclosed sum.
YouTube viewers worldwide watch more than 1B hours of video a day, a 10-fold increase since 2012, threatening to eclipse US TV viewership
Google unit posts 10-fold increase in viewership since 2012, boosted by algorithms personalizing user lineups — YouTube viewers world-wide …
Porsche Design's Book One has specs similar to a Surface Book, but its hinge can bend all the way over and detach; device will launch in US in April for $2,495
Porsche Design has announced its new 2-in-1, called the Book One, today at Mobile World Congress and it sure reminds us of a Surface Book.
Windows 10 Creators Update will include a feature, disabled by default, that prevents apps that are not from the Windows Store from installing
With the upcoming Windows 10 Creators Update, Microsoft is adding a brand new feature to Windows that will help prevent installation of bloatware in Windows 10.
Google updates Play Store algorithm so that games get promoted based on continued user engagement instead of installs
As this year's Game Developer Conference gets underway in San Francisco, Google says it is making some changes to its Play Store tools specifically to help game developers bring more attention to the...
Sony debuts Xperia Touch projector, an Android-powered computer that turns any surface into a touchscreen, coming to select countries in spring for €1499
Tablets - they're just not very social, are they? Cherlynn Low / Engadget : When we first caught a glimpse of Sony's Xperia-branded projector concept … Michael Simon / Greenbot : Sony's Android-powere...
W3C Web Annotation Working Group publishes data model, vocabulary, and protocol recommendations for web annotations
The Web Annotation Working Group has just published a Recommendation for Web Annotation in the form of three documents: — Web Annotation Data Model …
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai says the AT&T/Time Warner deal won't be presented to the FCC for review, meaning it would only require approval of Justice Department
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge :
Trump's advisers and career civil servants spawn encryption boom in Washington DC, as they try to conceal communications with employees and press
Skype WiFi service, which let users buy WiFi access in public hotspots, is shutting down March 31
Skype, the Microsoft-owned service that helped pioneer and popularize the rise of voice and video calls over the internet, is killing off one of the features that it added in later years …
Owner of an aerial photography firm, who operated a drone that crashed and knocked out a woman, was found guilty of reckless endangerment, sentenced to 30 days
Jillian Stampher / GeekWire :
Google discloses “high-severity” type-confusion bug in IE 11 and Edge after privately reporting the flaw to Microsoft on November 25, 2016; no patch available
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica :
A look at Alibaba's cloud computing business, which generated $254M revenue from 765K customers last quarter, and is said to be China's leading cloud vendor
When you think of the biggest cloud players in the world, one company you might not consider is Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce giant …
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