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SPONSORED: Sponsored by Intel Black Ops is back, Call of Duty fans — like you didn’t know that already. As always, the game is full of some down and gritty multiplayer combat that’s as smooth and fluid as a pour of Mountain Dew, the biggest Zombies…

Intel revealed what it is calling the “best gaming CPU ever” last week with the Core i9-9900K. That chip is selling for $580, and it debuts October 19. It also doesn’t come with a cooler, so you’ll have to buy one separately. But if what if you want to…

(Reuters) — The world’s largest online social network, with 1.5 billion daily users, has stopped short of banning all false or misleading posts, something that Facebook has shied away from as it would likely increase its expenses and leave it open to…

If you want to livestream to Twitch, Mixer, or YouTube Live, you’ve had two options when it comes to video encoding. You can set your CPU to do software encoding. You could alternatively select your Nvidia GPU to handle that task. Each of these have their…

Jaunt’s last two months have been pretty eventful: Originally known for virtual reality experiences, the company recently shifted into providing augmented and extended reality technologies to other companies, and even installed a new CEO. Today, it…

Artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud service are big business. Total investment in AI reached $26 billion to $39 billion in 2016 — triple 2013’s numbers, according to a recent survey conducted by Harvard Business Review. And in the next 15 months,…

Briefly announced alongside Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon Wear 3100 chipset, the luxury-class Montblanc Summit 2 smartwatch is officially shipping now — and might win some fans despite its $995 starting price. While Summit 2 is powered by the latest…

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) today announced a $1 billion initiative to reshape how the college operates and make artificial intelligence a part of its curriculum for all students. The shakeup is being made, MIT president L. Rafael Reif…

You can finally show off your world-class Fortnite skills without having to abandon your day job. Epic Games is introducing in-game tournaments to its battle royale megahit. This new feature enables players to join open, multihour competitions. And this is yet…

VB EVENT: “We use gaming GPUs,” says Dr. Andrew Siemion, director of the Berkeley SETI research center. “We use the GeForce series from Nvidia. We use consumer level flash drives.” Siemion is one of the speakers at VB Summit, coming up on October 22-23…

Microsoft’s wearable initiatives haven’t worked out so well — its wrist-mounted Band series of smart watches began to peter out just as early Apple Watches were gathering steam. But the company hasn’t stopped thinking about wearables, as a newly…

Electronic Arts and its Maxis studio are adding augmented reality to the iOS version of The Sims FreePlay via a new update dubbed Brilliant Backyards. The new AR multiplayer feature for iPhone and iPad uses Apple’s new ARKit 2, and the updated game is now…

REVIEW: During a splashy event last week in New York City, Google unveiled the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL, the first in its Pixel smartphone series to support wireless charging. They’re compatible with any Qi charger, including (but not limited to) accessories…

REVIEW: Google debuted the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL with dual front-facing cameras and glass body last week, and while there are notable hardware improvements, it’s things like being able to screen calls with your own conversational AI or make reservations…

Blizzard Entertainment announced nerfs for three Hearthstone cards today. The changes to the PC and mobile digital card game will go live on October 15, and they will impact the Neutral minion Giggling Inventor, the Mage minion Mana Wyrm, and the Druid…

Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, and Apple today announced they will disable Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.0 and 1.1 by default in their respective browsers in 2020. TLS 1.2 will thus be the default version, unless of course TLS 1.3 is available. TLS is a…

Apple thoroughly revamped the look and feel of the Mac App Store this year, debuting “editorial” recommendations and an iOS-inspired interface for its macOS software storefront. But a new survey from CleanMyMac developer MacPaw suggests developers remain…

HP today announced new ZBook laptops and services for creative professionals at Adobe’s Max 2018  conference in Los Angeles. The portfolio fits on the Z by HP product group name and includes computing, print, and other services aimed at digital creators.…

Spil Games‘ Operate Now: Hospital surgery simulation game has surpassed 30 million downloads on mobile devices. Amsterdam-based Spil Games said that the game, which also lets you manage a hospital, saw 15 million downloads in the last six months, showing…

Today marked the kickoff of Adobe’s annual Max conference in Los Angeles, and the company wasted no time announcing updates across its product families. It took the wraps off Project Aero, an augmented reality (AR) authoring tool; Project Gemini and full…

Full Photoshop CC for the iPad wasn’t the only thing Adobe announced at its Max conference in Los Angeles this morning. The San Jose company also took the wraps off a new version of Adobe XD — its user experience design app — with enhancements on the…

Adobe Premiere Rush (previously Project Rush) is, as you might recall, a cross-platform video editing app for smartphones, tablets, and PCs. It became available in beta this summer for select customers, and today during Adobe’s annual Adobe Max conference in…

Rolls-Royce today announced that it would use Intel chips as it develops a global system for autonomous ships that carry cargo on the high seas. The partnership follows the announcement last year of an ambitious timetable to have fully autonomous shipping…

Adobe today announced the private beta of Project Aero, an augmented reality authoring tool and content delivery platform for smartphones. Project Aero will allow creatives to make augmented reality artifacts without the need to learn how to use things like…

Adobe kicked off its annual Adobe Max conference with a bang — and two of its announcements brought new and improved apps to Apple’s iPad lineup. Today, the San Jose company announced Project Gemini — a new drawing and painting app for iOS tablet devices…

Roughly once a month, Apple quietly purchases a small company — or just hires its key employees — to add some new twist or features to its existing capabilities. Now it has reportedly acquired Asaii, a two-year-old music analytics company that claimed to…

REVIEW: Starlink: Battle for Atlas is a significant step forward for the toys-to-life movement. This petered out after Disney killed Infinity and Activision didn’t make plastic figures for Skylanders in its last go. And that’s fine. The games were OK, but…

Cybercriminals seem to be increasingly concentrating their significant firepower on businesses and their treasure troves of data rather than on individuals, according to a new report from cybersecurity firm Malwarebytes. The company today released…

Vindicia said it will provide the infrastructure for subscription payments for Turner Internacional Argentina, a division of Turner International, for its game streaming service Gloud. Gloud aims to use cloud technology to offer a simple, affordable, and…

The U.S. states and metro areas with large tech industries — most notably Silicon Valley and the Bay Area — are adding jobs and residents and seeing incomes rise at a faster rate than other parts of the country. This polarization has prompted…