Facebook has appointed Xiaomi executive Hugo Barra to lead its virtual reality initiatives, including the Oculus VR business that was acquired in 2014.
Windows 10’s forced auto update feature can be a pain. Dong Ngo/CNET. If you use Microsoft Windows, you can likely relate to my colleague Sean Hollister who recently documented at length the number of times that the automatic Windows Update feature …
One of the few people who is just rich, powerful and inventive enough to actually do something about the legendary traffic congestion in Los Angeles is finally fed up.
Assumed into office, President Donald Trump still uses an unsecured Android device, The New York Times reported. Experts said that this opens up a number of vulnerabilities.
Apple has been found to have the lowest carbon footprint among large tech companies, the third year in a row. More. Apple filed lawsuits against telecommunications equipment company Qualcomm in Beijing, accusing it of abusing its position in the chip …
Facebook has now rolled out an update to its Trending Topics feature, depersonalizing its featured articles, improving the topic selection algorithm, and more.
After having a rollercoaster of a year in 2016, Samsung is looking to start 2017 with a bang, which includes the Galaxy S8. Now there has already been a slew of leaks and rumors surfacing around the Samsung Galaxy S8, which has given us a pretty good …
In Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands, everything in the vast wilds of Bolivia will be playable. If you can see a mountain in the distance, you will be able to go to the top of it and snipe at drug cartel members below.
Blizzard Entertainment is always one to celebrate holidays in style, including the Lunar New Year. Blizzard’s latest game, Overwatch, joins the celebration.
Facebook has announced that it will soon test out ads right on the Messenger app’s home screen. The social media company says that testing will commence “in the coming weeks” to a small group of users in Thailand and Australia.
Resident Evil 7 contains any number of difficult puzzles, but there’s one in particular that might give you a bit of trouble. You should try it yourself first, but if you’re stuck and you need help finding the solution, here’s how to get out of this …
Microsoft calls Project Scorpio – the company’s edgy codename for its revamped, boutique Xbox One due by holiday 2017 – the “most powerful console ever.
Armed with more accurate date like this, you can decide if a place is still worth visiting or if you should seasrch for a less crowded location instead.
Netflix for Android has just gotten a lot better thanks to one simple feature addition. And this particular new feature marks a rare occasion, because it’s nowhere to be found in the iPhone version of Netflix’s app.
Prey looks to be coming along nicely, and apparently, the folks at Bethesda agree, as they’ve recently launched a brand new gameplay trailer (sorry, no coffee mug this time) as well as a launch date for the upcoming first-person shooter.
The U.S. social networking giant is testing another feature that imitates its rival called Stories. It’s a collage of photos and videos that users upload via the main Facebook app which then disappear after 24 hours.
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