In this 50-year retrospective, we’re not just looking at technology year by year, we’re looking at technologies that had an impact on us, paved the way for the future, and changed us, in ways good and bad.
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Spectre chip #security vulnerability strikes again; patches incoming
A Google developer discovered a new way that a ‘Spectre’-style check can be used to attack any computer running any operating system.
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#Facebook and Qualcomm will bring fast Wi-Fi to cities in mid-2019
Facebook’s been talking Terragraph since way back during its 2016 F8 keynote. The social media giant’s ambitious plan to bring fast Wi-Fi to cities is taking another key step toward real world trials with the addition of Qualcomm. The chipmaking giant announced today that it will add the 60Ghz tech to its future chipsets, with […]
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#Microsoft’s new open-source tech turns iPads, Surface Pros into big touchscreen
Microsoft reveals modular mobile system for multi-player games, analytics, air-traffic control, and trading-desks.
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Drink-a-day #startup Hooch raises $5M as it plans blockchain initiative
Right on the heels of launching its concierge service Hooch Black, Hooch announced today that it has raised $5 million in seed funding. The company’s basic subscription of $9.99 gets you one free drink per day from a variety of partner bars and restaurants. Hooch Black (which you have to apply for, and which costs […]
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AI augments and amplifies human cognition
“AI’s role is to augment,” says IBM Watson’s CTO, Rob High. It assists and amplifies. “We need to be thinking seriously about whether AIs are really being deployed that way.”
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Chrome OS tablet, OnePlus 6 confirmed, and #Apple’s new 9.7 inch iPad (MobileTechRoundup #428)
Apple’s new 9.7 inch iPad with Apple Pencil support is available and Matt picked one up while Kevin is excited about the first Google Chrome OS tablet from Acer.
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Next-generation ‘A12’ iPhone processors enter production
The 7-nanometer architecture chip promises more power and better power efficiency.
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Is this the world’s best power bank? The Omnicharge Omni 20 USB-C
Think of this not as a power bank, but a $200 computer-controlled USB charging station.
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HTC U12 Plus, Tab Active2, and new Chromebooks (MobileTechRoundup show #434)
HTC announced the new U12 Plus and it’s fantastic. Acer also revealed four new Chromebooks, one that Kevin thinks challenges the Pixelbook. Samsung released an enterprise-focused tablet too.
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