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Charter and New York reach deal allowing ISP to remain in the state
Charter Communications, operating as Spectrum in New York, has reached a deal with the State of New York that will allow the ISP to remain serving its customers. The tentative deal comes after New York sued the company and Charter signed a $174 million settlement.
Scientists build the first light-based hardware that competes with silicon
The rate of progress is slowing, and in the not-too-distant future we’ll need something new. That something new could be chip-scale photonic computing – the integration of light-based hardware to improve performance.
Netflix to invest up to $100 million in New York City production hub
Netflix is expanding its presence in the Big Apple in a big way. Governor Andrew M. Cuomo recently announced that the streaming giant is investing up to $100 million to build a production hub in New York City, a move that’ll bring hundreds of jobs to The City...
Amazon and Google put their video streaming differences aside
The two tech giants in a joint press release on Thursday announced that in the coming months, the official YouTube app will launch on Amazon Fire TV devices and Fire Edition smart TVs. What’s more, the Prime Video app is coming to Chromecast and devices with...
Microsoft announces slimmer and lighter Surface Hub 2S
Microsoft at a press event in New York City on Wednesday introduced a new version of its interactive Surface Hub whiteboard for the workplace.
Boost your laptop’s gaming aptitude with Razer’s new Core X Chroma external GPU enclosure
The new Core X Chroma now includes a 700W internal power supply capable of driving power-hungry cards from Nvidia and AMD. Qualified Nvidia cards include the RTX, GTX and Quadro series; on the AMD side, Radeon and Radeon Pro cards are compatible with the new eGPU. You...
iOS 13 will reportedly introduce Safari and Mail upgrades, a system-wide Dark Mode and more
Sources familiar with the mobile operating system’s development tell 9to5Mac that the long-awaited Dark Mode will finally make its debut in iOS 13. Additionally, iOS 13 on the iPad will allow apps to have multiple windows.
Amazon shareholders to vote on banning sales of facial recognition tech to governments
Last year the world found out about Rekognition, facial recognition technology developed and sold by Amazon. Unsurprisingly, the company came under fire from privacy advocates and civil liberties organizations. But criticism came from within, too, when hundreds of...
Windows updates are at it again, reportedly hanging and slowing down systems
Microsoft has confirmed that the April 2019 cumulative update is not playing well with some PCs. On Tuesday, fondly referred to as Patch Tuesday, Microsoft rolled out the April updates to Windows 10, 8.1, and 7 machines. As has been the case recently, it didn't take...
Digital revenue more than makes up for declining DVD and Blu-ray sales
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) in its annual Theatrical Home Entertainment Market Environment (THEME) report revealed that physical media sales have decreased significantly worldwide over the past five years.