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Flashback: the iPad is not just a large iPhone, but never fulfilled its potential

In its first 10 years, the iPhone reached 1.2 billion units sold. The iPod managed 300 million units (for comparison, Sony had sold 50 million Walkmans in the first 10 years). These revolutionized the smartphone and portable music industry, respectively. This year the iPad turns 10 and while it has sold over 400 million units, the new era of computing it promised never arrived. When Steve Jobs…
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How to watch Super Bowl LIV on Android, Chromecast, Android TV, Chromebooks

Super Bowl LIV takes place later today, Sunday, February 2. This year’s game sees the San Francisco 49ers taking on the Kansas City Chiefs in Miami. Here’s how to watch Super Bowl LIV live at 6:30pm ET/3:30pm PT on Android, Chromecast, and other platforms. Super Bowl LIV: How to stream on Android, Chromecast, Chromebooks, or Android TV For Android and Android TV, there are three apps…
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GamingNews

Adapter turns power wheelchairs into Xbox controllers

The Xbox Adaptive Controller already makes gaming more accessible if you’re in a wheelchair, but wouldn’t it be better if you could use the wheelchair itself as a controller? You can now. AbleGamers Charity has unveiled a Freedom Wing Adapter that lets you use…
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How to watch Super Bowl LIV for free on Apple TV, iPhone, iPad, and the web

Super Bowl LIV is set for 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT on Sunday, February 2, with the San Francisco 49ers taking on the Kansas City Chiefs in Miami. Follow along for how to watch the game for free on Apple TV, iPad, iPhone, and the web without a cable login or app subscription. It can often be a hassle to watch major events without a cable login or paid app on streaming devices like Apple TV and…
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AI & RoboticsNews

MIT CSAIL’s RFocus boosts wireless signal strength by a factor of nearly 10

Improving a device’s signal might be as simple as increasing the number of antennas within the said device, according to new research. A team at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) claim they’ve managed to bolster connectivity with what they call RFocus, a software-controlled external  “smart surface” that uses an array of more than 3,000 wireless…
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