Mossberg: The 9.7-inch iPad Pro might be your lightest laptop, thanks to Logitech
Welcome to Mossberg, a weekly commentary and reviews column on The Verge and Recode by veteran tech journalist Walt Mossberg, now an Executive Editor at The Verge and Editor at Large of Recode. When the iPad came out in 2010, I wrote that it might upend the laptop if it could perform enough of the scenarios a user performed on his or her laptop, using its modern, full-screen, touch-centric software. For me, personally, it performed quite a few, and I used my laptop less and less. Years later..>> view originalHow Facebook's Ad-Blocker Blockers Are Exactly What You Asked For
'Self-driving' in spotlight again as China sees first Tesla autopilot crash
BEIJING Tesla (TSLA.O) said on Wednesday that one of its cars had crashed in Beijing while in 'autopilot' mode, with the driver contending sales staff sold the function as 'self-driving', overplaying its actual capabilities.Tesla said it had reviewed data to confirm the car was in autopilot mode, a system that takes control of steering and braking in certain conditions. The company, which is investigating the crash in China's capital last week, also said it was the driver's responsibility to m..>> view originalThe Good, The Bad And The Ugly Of 'No Man's Sky'
NBCUniversal Hopes Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat Help Goose Olympics Ratings
NBCUniversal has deployed round-the-clock Olympics coverage on social media. NBCU, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat NBCUniversal is already breaking ad-revenue records for the Rio Olympics, and while early ratings were significantly below those of the 2012 Summer Olympics, the gap has been closing a little more each day. Interest has been building in part thanks to what the company is calling "the most social" Olympics ever. To that end, NBCU has teamed with every major so..>> view originalGoPro will start selling its six-camera VR rig on August 17th
GoPro has announced that it will open up sales of its six-camera "Omni" virtual reality rig when the company starts shipping preorder units on August 17th. The $5,000 setup includes six Hero 4 Black cameras, the cube-shaped metal housing, and all the hardware and software that is necessary to film and stitch the 360-degree footage that Omni captures. We actually got a demo of the final production version of Omni a few weeks ago in The Verge’s New York office and the whole package left us really..>> view originalApple Seeds Fifth Beta of macOS Sierra to Developers [Update: PB4 Now Available for Public Beta Testers]
Apple today released the fifth beta of macOS Sierra, the newest operating system designed for the Mac, to developers. macOS Sierra beta 5 comes one week after the release of the fourth beta and approximately two months after the software was first unveiled at Apple's 2016 Worldwide Developers Conference. Developers can download today's beta update through the Software Update mechanism in the Mac App Store or through the Apple Developer Center. macOS Sierra is a major update that brings S..>> view originalIntel, Apple Add to Artificial-Intelligence Deal Wave
Technology companies are hurriedly snapping up startups in the field of artificial intelligence, and Intel Corp. is the latest to join a buying spree fueled by one of the hottest trends in the tech sector. The chip maker on Tuesday announced plans to pay an undisclosed amount for Nervana Systems, a 48-employee company working on semiconductors, software and services to exploit a popular AI technique called deep learning....>> view original
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