In April, cable company and internet service provider Comcast announced its new wireless business, Xfinity Mobile, which offers unlimited data plans to Comcast customers that can be as cheap as $45 per month, for those who also subscribe to Comcast’s high-end X1 packages. Today, that service is launching and is open for sign-ups, the company says. Comcast tells TechCrunch the website… Read More
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A new PBS documentary chronicles the impact of the lathe—and next month will release the music contemporary artists recorded on one. The post Rebuilding—and Recording With—the 1920s Technology That Changed American Music Forever appeared first on WIRED.
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The biggest tech headlines of the day include word that new Apple laptops are coming, Google’s Assistant heading to iOS and Instagram Stories getting face-recognition filters.
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The Volkswagen Golf is a dependable thing. It’s just the right side for city living, looks good, and drives well. So what happens when you give it 310 hp?
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According to The Guardian, these filters have actually helped make fake news go even more viral.
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We talk to the creator of the Smalt, a device that connects to your phone via Bluetooth, plays music and dispenses salt.
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Someone who doesn’t play high-end games or has no desire to give virtual reality a try could likely get away with a more entry-level graphics card, and that’s exactly what Nvidia has introduced with its newest GPU, the GT 1030.
The post Nvidia quietly rolls out low-end GeForce GT 1030 to accelerate productivity appeared first on Digital Trends.
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AMD introduced the Ryzen Mobile APU line of chipsets that will mate Vega graphics with Ryzen CPUs to make for competitive new mobile options for notebook makers, offering up to 50 percent more performance with 50 percent less power usage.
The post AMD Ryzen Mobile APUs making their way to notebooks later in 2017 appeared first on Digital Trends.
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Business today means contending with technologies that sound like plot devices from a comic book. Next month, we’ll sit down with the people who made them. The post Andy Rubin, Crispr, and Amazon Star at Wired Business Conference 2017 appeared first on WIRED.
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Opinion: Despite what John Oliver says, the FCC isn’t the one that can solve the net neutrality issue once and for all. Congress can. The post Only Congress, Not the FCC, Can Fix Net Neutrality appeared first on WIRED.
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