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Axed, Google Stadia is Shutting Down 

Google is pulling the plug on its cloud gaming project “Stadia.” The giant decided to venture into the challenging lands of cloud gaming in 2019. Google came out the gate swinging, and many believed that if someone could pull it off, it would have been Google. It is another addition to the cemetery of lofty […]

Metaverse Could Accelerate Manufacturing as Well as Social Ills

For companies playing with virtual reality as disparate as plane-maker Boeing Co and online-gaming platform Roblox Corp, forays into the so-called “metaverse” have come with equal parts promise and peril. The U.S. aviation giant is looking to digital technology to accelerate production of new aircraft, said Susan Doniz, Boeing’s chief information officer, at the Reuters […]

ByteDance Plans Music-streaming Expansion to Take on Spotify - WSJ

China’s ByteDance Ltd is in talks with music labels for expanding its music-streaming service globally to compete with industry leaders such as Spotify Technology SA, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. The TikTok parent plans to eventually integrate music streaming within its short-video service and scale it to serve as a major platform for […]

U.S. Scrambles to Prevent Export Curbs on China Chips From Disrupting Supply Chain

The U.S. is scrambling to tackle unintended consequences of its new export curbs on China’s chip industry that could inadvertently harm the semiconductor supply chain, people familiar with the matter said. By late Tuesday, hours before a new restriction took effect, South Korean memory chipmaker SK Hynix Inc said it got authorization from the United […]

iOS 16: Apple's Fixer Upper 

Owned by Apple, Apple iOS is a mobile operating system that runs on iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. Since its inception in 2017, Apple has provided regular updates that introduced new features. The most recent software, iOS 16, was brought to consumers in September of 2022. This update, however, was not without issues. The programmers […]

The Chronicles of Healthcare Alternative Systems

The COVID-19 pandemic gave the world a lot to think about. The world stopped in its tracks. Everything halted. People remained at home, trying to stay safe. While the world bunkered down, one sector was busier than ever. The healthcare sector did not have the option of stopping everything to process the pandemic. Humanity needed […]

Apple, Samsung to Upgrade Phone Software in India for 5G Roll Out by Dec

Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics will upgrade software for their 5G-enabled phones in India by December, the companies said on Wednesday, as Indian authorities press mobile phone manufacturers to adopt the high-speed network. Apple said it would push software upgrades to recent models, including the iPhone 14, 13, 12 and iPhone SE, which, industry sources […]

A Deep Dive into the Meta Metaverse

Tech giants are racing to dominate the future of the internet referred to collectively as the Metaverse. Whereas every tech giant has their own niche to fill, the Meta metaverse version want to be them all, and are investing heavily – to putt lightly – to make it happen. The Meta Metaverse in a Nutshell […]

Meta's New Quest Pro Headset, Mixing Real and Virtual worlds, Makes Debut

Meta Platforms unveiled its Quest Pro virtual and mixed reality headset on Tuesday, marking a milestone for Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg’s break into the higher-end market for extended reality computing devices. The headset, introduced at Meta’s annual Connect conference, will hit shelves on Oct. 25 at a price of $1,500, and will offer consumers a […]