GamingNews

Xbox One update helps you buy the games your friends are playing

November 20, 2019
It could soon be all too easy to cave into peer pressure if you’re an Xbox One owner. Microsoft is trotting out a Guide update that not only lets you obtain more info about the games your friends are playing, but buy them, install them or play them. It can even take you to the game’s official club if you’re interested more than just purchasing. You just have to select a…
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GamingNews

Google Stadia’s data use is over 100MB per minute at 1080p

November 20, 2019
Google Stadia is every bit the data hog that everyone was expecting. The service warns that it can use between 4.5GB and 20GB of data per hour. Where you’ll fall within that range depends on the quality of the video feed you get from Stadia. But I didn’t want to just take Google’s word for this, so I set up a quick test. At 4K and 60 frames per second, 20GB per hour seems right in line with…
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MobileNews

Xiaomi’s Xiao AI assistant passes 49.9 million users

November 20, 2019
Today marked the kickoff of Xiaomi’s annual Mi Developer conference in Beijing, and the tech giant wasted no time in announcing updates across its AI portfolio. It took the wraps off the latest release of Mobile AI Compute Engine (MACE), its open source machine learning…
ComputersNews

HP rejects Xerox buyout offer

November 18, 2019
HP has been receiving buyout offers as of late, but it’s not ready to lose its independence — at least, not yet. Thetech pioneerhasrejecteda Xerox proposal to buy the company for $22 per share, arguing that the current offer “undervalues” HP and isn’t in shareholders’ “best interests.” It also cast doubt on Xerox’s…
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ComputersNews

President Trump will visit Apple's Mac Pro factory on November 20th

November 17, 2019
Apple is determined to win as as many tariff exemptions as it can, it seems. The White House has confirmed that President Trump will visit Apple’s Mac Pro factory in Austin, Texas on November 20th, backing up rumors of an impending tour. It’s not clear if Tim Cook or other Apple executives will be present (we’ve asked Apple for details), but it wouldn’t be surprising…
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