Google Is Opening a Detroit Office to Poach Auto Talent
Where the magic will happen. (Image: Google) Just few weeks after Google got us all excited about its impending fleet of autonomous Chrysler minivans, the company’s Self-Driving Car project announced that it’s packing up at least part of its operation and moving it to Detroit. Ford, hide your engineers! In a short post on its Self-Driving Car blog, Google confirmed that it was opening an R&D center in Novi, Michigan, about a 35-minute drive from Chrysler Fiat’s HQ in Auburn Hills: Many of ou..>> view originalGoogle quietly kills its Nexus Player as Chromecast overshadows Android TV
Google’s own set-top box is no more, again. The puck-shaped Nexus Player is no longer available for sale from Google, as The Verge first reported. Other retailers haven’t stocked the device for months. If you count the ill-fated Nexus Q, the Nexus Player was Google’s third run at creating a set-top box, following a run of over-priced devices powered by the now defunct Google TV. The Nexus Player was first introduced in late 2014 as one of the first devices running Android TV. At the time,..>> view originalE3 2016 for Nintendo: Facts, rumors and speculation
For E3 2016, Nintendo has one thing on the brain: The Legend of Zelda. The developer is forgoing the chance to show off other upcoming titles or even its next console, known only as NX, to focus exclusively on this one title. In other words, great news for The Legend of Zelda fans. For others, not so much. So what's the plan? Nintendo's pre-show conference kicks off June 19, bright and early, at 9 a.m. PT. This is usually a Nintendo Direct packed with announcements and gameplay from u..>> view originalGOP budget bill would kill net neutrality and FCC's set-top box plan
Aurich Lawson / Thinkstock House Republicans yesterday released a plan to slash the Federal Communications Commission's budget by $69 million and prevent the FCC from enforcing net neutrality rules, "rate regulation," and its plan to boost competition in the set-top box market. The proposal is the latest of many attempts to gut the FCC's authority, though it's unusual in that it takes aim at two of FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler's signature projects while also cutting the agency's budget. The plan..>> view originalCan Xiaomi dominate the drone market?
How does Xiaomi do it? Feature-for-feature parity with market leaders, but at a fraction of the cost? The Chinese manufacturer's products are, however, like the worst kind of teases. Showing you all the good stuff, but keeping you — if you live in the U.S. — at arm’s length, since the brand doesn't distribute many of its products here (though there are some). It’s a promise without fulfillment. Will the new Mi Drone be different? Surely, the drone is Xiaomi’s best trick yet. The lightweight, "p..>> view originalMicrosoft won PC but lost mobile, what now?
Microsoft is bowing out of building its own phones for consumers. After dramatically scaling back its Lumia devices last year, Microsoft hammered the final nail in the coffin today with an additional $950 million write off and 1,850 more job losses. Microsoft's Lumia devices still account for more than 95 percent of all Windows phones sold, but a lack of new devices means sales and Windows Phone market share have declined sharply over the past year. Windows Phone is dead, and phone makers aren'..>> view originalAT&T Ups Data on Prepaid GoPhone Plans
AT&T Ups Data on Prepaid GoPhone Plans Prepaid phone users can now get up to 6GB per month. AT&T GoPhone users are getting more mobile data. Starting Friday, users on the $45 or $60 monthly plans will get a data boost—on top of unlimited talk and text and rollover data. New and existing customers can take advantage of the automatic update, turning 2GB into 3GB ($45/month) and 5GB into 6GB ($60/month). Folks can also save $5 a month when they si..>> view originalSources: Smaller Xbox One Coming This Year, More Powerful Xbox One In 2017 [UPDATE]
Illustration by Sam Woolley Microsoft is preparing at least two new Xbox models for release in the next two years, sources tell Kotaku. Later this year we’ll see a cheaper, smaller Xbox One, and next year Microsoft will release a more powerful version of their premiere console. The 2017 Xbox, which is codenamed Scorpio, will have a more powerful GPU, according to three people familiar with this model, speaking anonymously because they were not authorized to speak about Microsoft’s plans. We ..>> view originalPokémon GO launches into beta in the U.S.
Niantic Labs, the game maker that was spun out of Google last year following Google’s move to Alphabet, announced today that its new title Pokémon GO is launching into beta in the U.S. Those early adopters who signed up to become “field testers” earlier in May are now receiving their invites to the game, in order to offer the company feedback ahead of its broader launch. The expanded field tests follow those that are already underway in Japan, Australia and New Zealand, but the expansion to th..>> view original
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