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Intel CEO dives straight into Spectre, Meltdown at CES keynote

It was supposed to be about the future, but things haven't exactly been going as planned for chip manufacturer Intel . The cause of the new public relations ...

Facebook updates 'M' - removing humans from virtual assistant

M, which was first announced in August 2015 , used a mixture of artificial intelligence and human "trainers", to answer Facebook user's questions in the Messen...

Samsung flags record 4Q profit but misses expectations

Revenue was estimated to have increased 24 percent to 66 trillion won, against analysts' average forecast of 66.8 trillion won. Shares of LG Electronics clo...

Google search now involves looking for bikes taken from its campus

It has been known for a while that Google's iconic colourful bicycles - used by employees to transverse the enormous campus - often go missing. One turned up in...

Nope, AT&T isn't selling a Huawei phone

It remains to be seen if the Mate 10 Pro will be sold only unlocked, or if Huawei finds another carrier partner for the phone's United States release. Huawe...

What's the difference: Nokia 6 vs Nokia 6 (2018)

The company had already started releasing the Android Oreo beta update in other countries, which has now been extended to the Indian users. The Finnish manufa...

United States records costliest disaster recovery year on record

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Center for Environmental information (NCEI) said in a Monday report that the 16 disaster...

Honor View 10 AI Launches in UK

The smartphone not only belong to Honor's quad camera lineage but also flaunts the ongoing trend of edge-to-edge display . Launch offers have now been detail...

DJI unveils new Osmo Mobile 2 smartphone camera stabiliser at CES 2018

Additionally, the stabilizer is now lighter and can hold the device in portrait mode as well, making it easier for you to leverage the dual-camera capabilities ...

Notebook 9 Pen, Notebook 9, and Notebook 7 Spin — New Samsung notebooks

The accessory is ideal for to draw a sketch or jot down notes on the fly. Users can log in with Windows Hello by just scanning their fingerprint through the lap...

One Google Home device sold every second since October

Google chose to brag a bit about how successful its Home speakers have been in a blog post published yesterday. The Google further said, the Assistant is now ...

Apple release iOS 11.2.2 update to address Spectre

The Meltdown was previously addressed in the initial macOS High Sierra 10.13.2 update and Apple stated that it would further introduce a further reducti...

HTC Vive announces Vive Pro, featuring higher resolution, improved audio & wireless adapter

The headset is compatible with exiting SteamVR base stations. Wireless capability could previously be achieved with third-party accessories, but HTC wants you...

James Damore sues Google for firing him over his gender memo

James Damore's class action lawsuit , filed January 8 with the Santa Clara Superior Court in California, alleges that employees who fit that description were ...

Toyota unveils self-driving concept vehicle for rides, deliveries

A video presentation showed customizable options for the e-Palette, from mobile hotel, to ride-sharing vehicle, to restaurant, retail store and more. Toyota's...

Byton electric crossover now with multiple interior screens

The SUV will come with Level 3 autonomous capabilities. The company was co-founded two years ago by Breitfeld, who previously headed up BMW's hybrid auto ...

GoPro exits the drone business, confirms job cuts

GoPro will discontinue production and sales of its Karma drone , which it claims reached the number two market position in its price band in 2017. The company ...

Acer showcases 'thinnest laptop in the world,' along with two other remodels

Acer has also updated its Spin 3 2-in-1 with an 8-gen Intel processor. The innards include Intel's 7th gen Core i7 processor with at least 8GB RAM and 256...

Intel launches the most powerful NUC ever made

Azor added, "We're getting a thinner form factor, smaller overall form factor, lighter weight". And that's yer lot as far as consumer Radeon graphics is con...

LG Display has made a 65-inch rollable OLED

This huge 4K TV is a 65-inch OLED panel, which is nearly as thin as a sheet of paper and can be rollable. The South Korean company also unveiled its 88-inch 8K ...

Baidu and ZF tap Nvidia Drive for self-driving compute tech

Buzz electric microbus for the announcement. The company teased about the Xavier Drive a year ago. More than 20 fully electric vehicle models are planned by 2...

Samsung's new 8K TV features AI, can upscale video to 8K

The real technological breakthrough here, however, isn't the size but the new MicroLED tech. That said, although the model Samsung showed off at its First Loo...

Welcome to the new world of 65-inch PC gaming

The displays will also have Nvidia's Shield integrated into them, so there will be plenty of streaming apps and support for the Google Assistant . Whatever...

SpaceX successfully launches top-secret Zuma spacecraft

SpaceX successfully sent something into space for the U.S. government, and that may be all we'll ever know about the so-called "Zuma" mission that Elon Musk'...

SpaceX to launch 'world's most powerful rocket' with Tesla on board

Watch the live stream from SpaceX below. Nothing is really known about Zuma other than that it was commissioned by Northrop Grumman for an unknown customer ...

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai abruptly cancels CES appearance

As Pai was chairing an agency vote to overturn the Obama-era net neutrality rules last month , the meeting room was abruptly evacuated because of a bomb threa...

Enchantress revealed; early access starts January 9

Enchantress displays her supernatural abilities in a new gameplay trailer released Friday as she takes on her Suicide Squad counterpart Deadshot. Enchantr...

Apple: All iPhones, iPads and Macs affected by chip flaws

Separately, US-CERT has changed its guidance for protection from replacing processor boards to simply applying patches. They work across PCs, mobile devices a...

AT&T Announces Plans to Launch Mobile 5G This Year

In 2017, the company started to roll out its 5G Evolution network that reached 23 markets and in addition to their mobile 5G this year it plans to bring 5G E...

Reliance Jio revises existing plans, offers 1 Gb for Rs 149

Both the plans also gives unlimited voice calls including roaming calls, 100 SMS per day, and premium access to Airtel services such as Airtel TV and Wynk M...

Sandstone OnePlus 5T listing confirms white color, 8GB/128GB memory

OnePlus has announced today that it's bringing a brand new colour scheme to the OnePlus 5T . Upon further digging, the new variant will only be made available ...

United States imposes sanctions on 5 Iranian entities

The protests, which began over economic hardships suffered by Iran's young and working class, have evolved into an uprising against the powers and privileges of...

Spotify's Content Chief Blom Exits In Wake Of IPO

Spotify was recently served a lawsuit that demanded up to $1.6 billion in compensation for a number of songs that the company allegedly uploaded without acquir...

Intel is rising after saying it's fixed the 'Spectre' CPU flaw

Meltdown allegedly affects all systems running Intel x86 chips and is present across all popular operating systems, including Windows, Linux and macOS. "All ...

Apple confirms software slows phones with old batteries

News.com.au reported earlier this week that two Australian firms are looking to file a class suit against Apple for the latter's admission of deliberately sl...