[ad_1] It seems Remedy is interested in bringing the mystery adventure to more platforms after it was previously only available on Windows PC, Xbox 360 and Xbox One (via backwards compatibility). “The only thing we want to clarify, now that Remedy owns the publishing rights, is that we could bring Alan Wake to different platforms […]
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HTC Vive will help more companies jump into VR
[ad_1] Take Ovation, for example: It’s a public speaking training tool that uses the Vive Pro Eye’s gaze-tracking to detect where exactly you’re looking. After running through a demo, it told me I was staring at the teleprompter, instead of looking at the audience. (In fairness, I wasn’t prepared to recite a speech during a […]
Jony Ive reportedly felt that Tim Cook wasn’t interested in design
[ad_1] Ive reportedly started showing up at Apple’s offices less often after the release of the Watch. Rather than an iPhone peripheral, Ive saw it was a fashion accessory, clashing with Apple executives over how to position it. The resulting device, at $349, sold only 10 million units (a quarter of the forecast), while “thousands” […]
Countries back plan to create ‘free flow’ of data across borders
[ad_1] The signatories include major countries like the US, China and Russia. However, there are already concerns as to whether or not this will lead to concrete action. Some of the participants are highly protective of their country’s data, for various reasons. China and Russia, for instance, tend to insist on companies storing data locally […]
Chance the Rapper’s first two mixtapes hit Apple Music and Spotify
[ad_1] Before Chance the Rapper released his 2016 streaming-only album Coloring Book, he shared his first two mixtapes, 10day and Acid Rap, for free on SoundCloud. They’ve lived there since 2012 and 2013, respectively, but as of today, they’re available on Apple Music, Spotify and other major streaming services, too. As Engadget’s Billy Steele wrote […]
Apple will reportedly manufacture its $6,000 Mac Pro in China
[ad_1] According to Wall Street Journal sources, Apple will work with Quanta Computer Inc., out of a factory near Shanghai. That facility is close to other Apple suppliers, which could help the company lower its shipping costs, and manufacturing labor costs in China are still much lower than those in the US. Apple has a […]
Apple Music now has 60 million paid subscribers
[ad_1] Apple Music now has 60 million paying subscribers. The company’s Eddy Cue, a senior vice president of services, confirmed the milestone with French business publication Numerama today. According to Music Business Worldwide, Apple also noted that Beats 1 has “tens of millions of listeners.” [ad_2] Source link
Amazon’s Counter package pickup comes to the US via Rite Aid
[ad_1] The Counter service was originally available in the UK and Europe, where customers could collect parcels from post offices and newsagents. Now it’s coming to the US as well, arriving first at 100 Rite Aid stores and expanding to all 1,500 stores by the end of the year. Rite Aid stores already host Amazon […]
eBay promises ‘can’t-miss’ deals if Amazon crashes on Prime Day (again)
[ad_1] In fact, you might actually be crossing your fingers that Amazon’s servers buckle under the Prime Day pressure again. If the sale does force Amazon offline for a spell, that’ll trigger a bunch of “too-good-to-be-true” deals on eBay. As things stand, eBay says you can claim more than 50 percent off goods from the […]
Facebook, Google and others come together to set benchmarks for AI
[ad_1] The benchmarks, named MLPerf Inference v0.5, center around three common machine learning tasks: image classification, object detection and machine translation. Given the different processing abilities of different devices, there are separate benchmarks for AI across various platforms, such as smartphones, servers and chips. As well as providing best practice guidance for companies in the […]