Labo VR modes come to ‘Super Mario Odyssey’ and ‘Breath of the Wild’
Still on the fence about Nintendo’s latest push into VR? There’s one more thing to know about Nintendo Labo VR: it will work with hit Switch titles Super Mario Odyssey and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. According to Nintendo you won’t have… …read more
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Judge orders Elon Musk and the SEC to settle Tesla tweet dispute
Tesla chief Elon Musk told reporters outside the Manhattan Federal Courthouse that he was “very happy” over the outcome of the SEC’s latest complaint against him. The commission sought to hold him in contempt for violating their previous settlement o… …read more
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Verizon’s 5G network is live and fast, if you can find it
In a bid to claim the title of the first consumer-ready 5G network in the world, Verizon surprised us by lighting up its 5G nodes across Chicago and Minneapolis ahead of schedule. Obviously, there was no way we couldn’t book a flight to the Windy Cit… …read more
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Google dissolves newly formed AI ethics board
Google’s Advanced Technology External Advisory Council was supposed to oversee its work on artificial intelligence and ensure it doesn’t cross any lines. Now, the council wouldn’t be able to do any of that, because the tech giant has officially cance… …read more
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Samsung sees its Q1 profit drop 60 percent from last year’s record
Samsung just released guidance for its Q1 2019 earnings report, and estimates an operating profit of 6.2 trillion won (about $5.5 billion), which is less than half of the $14.4 billion profit it recorded in the same period last year. Samsung had issu… …read more
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Faraday Future pins hopes on China-exclusive EV
Faraday Future’s first car, the FF91, has yet to hit the market, but that hasn’t kept the company from looking ahead. A new teaser poster for the V9 — a car it’s developing as a joint venture with Chinese gaming company The9Limited — reveals few de… …read more
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Amazon is working on an Alexa-powered AirPods competitor
Apple’s new AirPods give you hands-free access to Siri, and it sounds like Amazon is working on something similar for Alexa. Bloomberg reports the online retail giant is working on its own true wireless earbuds that will also be its first Alexa weara… …read more
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Skype doubles group call limit to 50 people
Skype has expanded the capacity of group calls to 50 people and has added a notification feature for such calls. It started testing both features last month, and they’ll be live for everyone starting today. The larger conference call option is a smar… …read more
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Twitter is testing new labels for conversation threads
In a tweet today, Twitter announced that it’s experimenting with new labels on conversation threads. The labels — author, mention and follow — are another attempt to make the platform more conversational and easier to follow. This may never move pa… …read more
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Netflix ‘Cowboy Bebop’ series casts John Cho and Mustafa Shakir
Netflix’s upcoming live-action Cowboy Bebop series has a cast. According to Variety, John Cho will take up the lead role of bounty hunter Spike Spiegel. Alongside him will be Luke Cage star Mustafa Shakir, who will play Spiegel’s partner Jet Black. D… …read more
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