As of this morning, NVIDIA is in the game publishing business. In its own weird, roundabout sort of way. The company has pushed its first title out to Steam, offering players seven mini-games under the Funhouse umbrella (with a total of ten planned for eventual roll out). But while the Funhouse is as fully playable… Continue reading NVIDIA releases its own VR game ‘Funhouse’ to the masses through Steam
Google is continuing the expansion of Android Pay in Asia Pacific after the mobile payments service went live in Australia today, its most significant launch in the region to date. Android Pay initially landed in Asia with a launch in Singapore last month, and today it is in Australia, which has a population of around… Continue reading Android Pay launches in Australia
The woes of BlackBerry Limited, the Canadian company that produces the BlackBerry range of smartphones seems to be deepening every day. Last year, reports coming in from Morgan Stanley indicated that the BlackBerry Classic and Passport brought in combined sales figures as low as 8,000 units in March 2015, a few months after their release.… Continue reading The BlackBerry story keeps rolling down the hill
Facebook has also joined encryption gang and will be bringing end-to-end encryption to its Messenger platform. The world’s most widely-used social network says the new encryption feature for its instant messaging platform is meant to support conversations about sensitive topics. You will now be able to create one-to-one conversations in Messenger that will be end-to-end… Continue reading Facebook’s instant message app now has end-to-end encryption
Antivirus giant Avast is making moves to acquire its competitor, AVG, for $1.3 billion. If the deal does go through, all antivirus products of both companies will be merged. Czech Republic-based Avast says it has already reached an agreement that will it buy out AVG in an all-cash deal which will be implemented via cash-on-hand… Continue reading Antivirus giant will acquire AVG for $1.3B
If you have been on the Internet, or outside of it, over the past few days, you may have noticed some talk on a mobile game called Pokémon Go that is taking the entire world by storm. If you were born before 1984, this may leave you wondering what the hell is going on. Nintendo… Continue reading Here is everything you need to know about Pokémon Go
What is the iPhone 7 going to look like? While nobody knows for sure, some leaks are starting to emerge with a common trend — the iPhone 7 is going to look an awful lot like the iPhone 6s. Based on today’s leak coming from Nowhere Else, there are just a few changes from the… Continue reading This could be the iPhone 7
A team of four MIT researchers has developed a new wearable sensor that can detect toxic gases and talk to smartphones or other wireless devices to warn users when they are in danger. Using these sensors, the researchers hope to design badges that weigh less than a credit card and can be easily worn by… Continue reading MIT researchers develop wearable toxic gas sensor
Google’s Self-Driving Car Project is one step closer to becoming its own independent business. Recode has confirmed that the autonomous-driving company under the Alphabet umbrella has hired The Climate Corporation’s chief legal officer, Kevin Vosen, as its first general attorney. He’s slated to begin later this month. Currently, Google’s self-driving unit is under the company’s experimental… Continue reading Google’s Self-Driving Car Project has a new legal lead
They’re cute and cheery, but are also packed with some of the advanced auto technology we may not be aware of. This team of 10 robot cheerleaders from Japanese electronics maker Murata was on show here on Thursday. Each robot balances freely on a ball and is able to roll around in formation with the… Continue reading Robot cheerleaders demonstrate today’s advanced car technology
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