Amazon shows its first games integrated with Twitch

Amazon shows its first games integrated with Twitch

Amazon Games Studios this week showed off the first games that will be integrated with live-streaming site Twitch, which Amazon acquired for over $1 billion in 2014.  The new games will run on Lumberyard, the game engine powered by Amazon Web Services, that debuted earlier this year. These integrations will allow gamers to stream their broadcasts in […]

​iPhone 7 Plus claimed to have exploded, too

​iPhone 7 Plus claimed to have exploded, too

A Reddit user has posted photos of a badly burnt phone that allegedly is the iPhone 7 Plus. iPhone 7 Plus review Perfecting the 6s Plus with water resistance, dual cameras,lightning performance The iPhone 7 Plus is the best iPhone, as it should be. Read More The user, called kroopthesnoop, posted photos on Reddit under […]

Arduino unleashes a serious Internet of Things system for hardware hackers

Arduino unleashes a serious Internet of Things system for hardware hackers

Back in the old days hardware manufacturers felt safe in the knowledge that no mere hardware hacker could attempt to recreate their inventions. From Sony to Philips to LG to Samsung, the consumer electronics industry was locked up and no one could crack the case. Until those meddling Arduino kids came along… Now anyone can […]

Amazon could be working on in-home package deliveries

Amazon could be working on in-home package deliveries

Amazon’s delivery prowess is impressive; just today, it announced free Prime same-day delivery for my home city of Toronto, and the speed and consistency with which they hit their deadlines is astounding. For Amazon’s next act, it might one-up itself by arranging to leave your packages inside your door, or in your garage, when you […]

Facebook at Work will launch on October 10 in London

Facebook at Work will launch on October 10 in London

Some more details are coming through on Facebook at Work, the social network’s big effort to move into enterprise communication services with a business version of its popular platform. Facebook has now sent out invites for a Facebook at Work launch event to take place in London on Monday, October 10. The invite confirms our report […]

Facebook, Amazon, Google, IBM and Microsoft come together to create historic Partnership on AI

Facebook, Amazon, Google, IBM and Microsoft come together to create historic Partnership on AI

The world’s largest technology companies hold the keys to some of the largest databases on our planet. Much like goods and coins before it, data is becoming an important currency for the modern world. The data’s value is rooted in its applications to artificial intelligence. Whichever company owns the data, effectively owns AI. Right now that means companies like Facebook, […]

Microsoft forms new AI Research Group led by Harry Shum

Microsoft forms new AI Research Group led by Harry Shum

Artificial intelligence is quickly shaping up to be one of the key defining technology areas of our time. A day after announcing a new artificial intelligence partnership with IBM, Google, Facebook and Amazon, Microsoft is upping the ante within its own walls. The tech giant announced that it is creating a new AI business unit, the Microsoft AI […]

Twitter finally lets everyone create their own “Moments”

Twitter finally lets everyone create their own “Moments”

Finally, finally, Twitter has rolled out a version of its storytelling feature called Moments that it should have released at launch. Today, the company says that it’s opening up the Moments platform so anyone can create their own stories using tweets and photos uploaded to the service. We already knew this day was coming: in August, […]

Some of Samsung’s washing machines are reportedly exploding now, too

Some of Samsung’s washing machines are reportedly exploding now, too

Probably not the kind of thing Samsung was hoping it would be dealing with in the wake of a massive Galaxy Note 7 recall, but here we are. And here’s the statement from the company’s media relations wing: It is important to note that Samsung customers have completed hundreds of millions of loads without incident since […]