Hands-on with Nintendo Switch: Jack of all trades, master of some
Enlarge / What are these Joy-Cons I see before me?Mark Walton + Sebastian's hands reader comments 27 The Nintendo Switch is trying to be all things to all gamers. This can be a strength in some ways, but it's starting to come off as more of a confused weakness. This is the conclusion I've come to after watching Nintendo's jarringly disjointed presentation out of Tokyo Thursday night, and then spending the bulk of Friday trying out the system in person. Nintendo is presenting the Switch as..>> view originalRecord-breaking Takata airbag recall expands again
January 13, 2017 —It's been a very busy week in the auto world–and it's not over yet.Over the past few days, the 2017 North American International Auto Show kicked off in Detroit; Volkswagen's ongoing Dieselgate scandal reached a massively important milestone; and one of the largest recalls in history–the one involving Takata's fatally flawed airbag inflators–added hundreds of thousands of vehicles to its repair list. Now, Ford has pushed this week's Takata additions well over the one-million m..>> view originalFormer Android chief ready to take on the iPhone -- again
Andy Rubin, the guy who created Android, is reportedly starting a new consumer hardware company.Photo by Kim Kulish, Corbis via Getty Images The man who created Android, the most popular mobile software on the planet, is preparing his follow up act and it involves going after his longtime nemesis: Apple's iPhone and its iOS rival software.Andy Rubin, who left Google more than two years ago after selling his start..>> view originalThe best thing about Nintendo Switch is its slick new controller
I spent about 10 minutes strolling through the lush green fields of Hyrule before I decided to change things up. I was playing The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild through a Nintendo Switch docked with a nice big television, which created an ...>> view originalSnap ready to grow up: Hires Sony exec as chairman
Michael Lynton, CEO of Sony Entertainment, was one of Snapchat's earliest investors. Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer, Getty Images Snapchat's parent company is gearing up for an IPO this year, and it's made another personnel change before it goes public. Michael Lynton, chief executive of Sony Entertainment -- Sony's movie, TV and music division -- is stepping down to become Snap's chairman. Sony made the announcement ..>> view originalHow to Watch Today's SpaceX Launch—And Why Success is Vital
Today SpaceX will launch a Falcon 9 rocket, for the first time since the September 1st accident that destroyed another vehicle during a test firing. After months of investigation, SpaceX finally said it had found the cause of that accident earlier this month, and was then given permission to resume launches.The launch, at California’s Vandenburg Air Force Base, is expected at 12:54 p.m. EST, and SpaceX will stream it live here starting a little before that. Get Data Sheet, Fortune’s technolo..>> view originalWhy Amazon's Echo is totally dominating — and what Google, Microsoft, and Apple have to do to catch up
Amazon Echo Dot YouTube/f0t0b0y We're barely halfway through January of 2017, and it's already looking like this is going to be the year of Amazon's Alexa, the virtual assistant at the heart of the Amazon Echo. In 2016, the Amazon Echo line of devices appeared to have a great sales year, with the cheap Echo Dot smart speaker finishing out the holiday shopping season as the best-selling item on all of Amazon.com. Forrester research estimates that 6 million Amazon Ec..>> view originalSamsung Galaxy S8 curved renders surface while flat version also expected, w/ headphone jack [Gallery + Video]
There have been quite a few rumors and alleged leaks of Samsung‘s upcoming Galaxy S8 in the past week-ish, so we figured this could be your one-stop for everything surfaced, from sizes to renders to beloved and slowly fading ports — so let’s break it down… First, let’s talk about variants. Considering Samsung’s approach with the Galaxy S series in the past couple of years, it was no surprise to hear that the company was working on two differently-sized variants. However, rumor had it that th..>> view originalEncrypted messaging platform WhatsApp denies “backdoor” claim
A security issue has been flagged in the hugely popular mobile messaging app WhatsApp that could allow for messages sent via the encrypted platform to be intercepted and read. The Guardian report, which describes the vulnerability as a “backdoor”, notes that independent security researcher Tobias Boelter identified the issue in April 2016, when he says he reported it to Facebook, only to be told it was “expected behavior”, and that the company was not actively working on fixing it. The newspap..>> view original
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