Today was, for Intel, a day to celebrate its new Skylake 6th Gen Core processor family. However, the real star of its Wednesday morning IFA press conference was the future. The company showed off a variety of forward-leaning technologies, many of which rely on features found in its new RealSense R-200 3D and infrared camera system (the existing forward-facing cameras are called … [Read more...]
Acer Unleashes Monster Phone and Projector Designed for Gamers
Acer's new gaming phone and gaming projector are big, powerful and designed from the ground up for gamers. The company announced the Predator 6 gaming phone Predator Projector at the IFA tech trade show on Wednesday. … [Read more...]
Teen with Cancer Surprised with Celebrity Basketball Game
Hannah Tate was diagnosed with cancer last fall, the day before her 18th birthday. Since then, she's been sharing her now 10-month-long journey with cancer on Instagram, documenting the good days and the bad. … [Read more...]
Kentucky Clerk Still Won’t Issue Same-Sex Marriage Licenses
Kentucky's Rowan County Court Clerk, Kimberly Davis, is still refusing to issue marriage licenses to any couple today, including same-sex couples, despite the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling against her last night, and now a motion for contempt of court has been filed against her. … [Read more...]
Google’s Logo Changes in Preparation of Alphabet Join
Google is refining its famous logo as it prepares to become a part of a new holding company called Alphabet. The revised design unveiled Tuesday features the same mix of blue, red, yellow and green that Google has been using throughout its nearly 17-year history, though the hues are slightly different shades. … [Read more...]
Toshiba Releases 12.5-inch Laptop/Tablet Hybrid with 4K Screen
We've seen plenty of 13-inch laptops with extremely high-resolution screens, but Toshiba's latest laptop/tablet hybrid pushes the envelope by stuffing a true 4K screen (3,840 x 2,160 pixels) into a 12.5-inch device. … [Read more...]
More Than Half of Immigrants in US on Welfare
More than half of the nation's immigrants receive some kind of government welfare, a figure that's far higher than the native-born population, according to a report to be released Wednesday. … [Read more...]
Communists’ Version of China’s Wartime Record Frustrates Taiwan
Maj. Tao Shin-jun, a 97-year-old veteran of China’s fight against Japan in World War II, tears up when asked about Thursday’s military parade in Beijing marking the 70th anniversary of the end of the conflict. It’s not that Tao is sentimental – he’s angry. … [Read more...]