The Qualcomm-Apple lawsuit regarding patent infringements have been set in motion with the pre-trial hearing concluding. The pre-trial aims to rule what is and what isn’t allowed to be used in court for evidence. And it’s advantage Apple after the Qualcomm legal team messed up. Qualcomm chose not to argue Apple’s claims that the Cupertino-based…
Immersive technologies are moving from “hypothetical to pragmatic use” in industrial companies, with AR emerging as the early winner, says a new Capgemini report. Jessica Twentyman looks at its findings. Aerospace giant Boeing is using augmented reality (AR) to give technicians instructions for airplane wiring schematics. By putting them directly in workers’ fields of view…
Unity Technologies, the highly valued startup behind one of the most popular game development tools, lost its CFO Mike Foley last week, Business Insider (paywalled) reported. A company spokesperson confirmed the CFO’s departure, saying it was a “friendly and mutual decision between both parties,” while also noting that the company was searching for a replacement…
At a symposium in Washington DC on Friday, DARPA href=”https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2018-09-07″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>announced plans to invest $2 billion in artificial intelligence research over the next five years. In a program called “AI Next,” the agency now has over 20 programs currently in the works and will focus on “enhancing the security and resiliency of machine learning and…
A day after cutting the ribbon on its second (and largest) cashier-free convenience store in Seattle, Amazon has confirmed it will be bringing the Go concept to the City that Never Sleeps. The Information first noted the news through a number of job listings last night. The company has since confirmed its plans in an…
After a string of executive departures over the past several months that continued Friday with the resignations of two people in high-profile positions, CEO Elon Musk announced a series of promotions and job updates in an email sent to employees. To be clear, these are not new hires and some of these promotions were already…
After a string of executive departures over the past several months that continued Friday with the resignations of two people in high-profile positions, CEO Elon Musk announced a series of promotions and job updates in an email sent to employees. To be clear, these are not new hires and some of these promotions were already…
Audio enthusiasts often pride themselves on their ability to discern the tiniest nuances of a recording. They’ll research the best gear they can afford and seek the highest quality music formats to play on it. That last bit has led to a classic debate among the hi-fi crowd: Can you hear a difference between lossless…
A highly popular top-tier app in Apple’s Mac App Store that’s designed to protect its users from adware and malware threats has been, ironically, found surreptitiously stealing their browsing history without their consent, and sending it to a server in China. What’s more concerning? Even after Apple was warned a month ago, the company did…
The Xperia XZ3 proves it’s a great time to be a Sony fan. But Sony’s got a lot of competition in the battle for your pocket space, and the Galaxy Note 9 is one of its biggest rivals. Which is better? We found out. The post Sony Xperia XZ3 vs. Galaxy Note 9: Can Sony…
