New reports churning out from Silicon Valley rumor mill indicate a likely postponement of Microsoft Surface Pro 5’s release in 2017. The Redmond-based tech giant is apparently itching to install Intel’s latest Kaby Lake processor but the chipmaker said that it couldn’t hurry mass production in such a very limited timeframe this year.
Sony has just announced a follow-up and planned release of Xperia XA Ultra- the Japanese tech giant’s ultimate response to selfie addicts’ obsession. The latest flagship update of the X series is reportedly armed with 16MP front and 21MP rear cameras.
Chris Bosh may be facing the worst times in his NBA career amid a looming possibility of a medical retirement following recurring bouts of blood clots. The franchise fears that he might not be medically cleared to play again which affects how the team plans for the future.
The referees officiating the critical last minute of Thunder-Warriors Game 1 of the Western Conference finals have been blasted again for a missed call on an obvious traveling violation by Russell Westbrook. Warriors coach Steve Kerr was, of course, mad but wasn’t really a fan of NBA’s two-minute reporting.
OKC Thunder center and New Zealand native of British and Tongan descent Steven Adams apologized for his ‘quick little monkeys’ comment in a post-game interview following his team’s Game 1 upset of the Golden State Warriors’ championship repeat campaign. Warriors, on the other hand, made no response to his seemingly harmless statement.
If luck does his bidding, LSU star player Ben Simmons would want to play for the highly marketable west coast franchise, the Los Angeles Lakers, to sign in to a $10-million sponsorship (plus a number of perks) offer by German footwear giant Adidas. Simmons, represented by Rich Paul’s Klutch Sports Group, prefers Adidas’ juicier deal over Nike’s $7-million (with less incentives) offer.
Seven-time F1 World Champion Michael Shumacher is reportedly ‘reacting’ according to former Ferrari exec Luca Di Montezemolo who expressed confidence in his gradual. The racing legend has been out of the prying media’s eyes following a media blackout since his tragic skiing accident more than two years in the Swiss Alps.
Google is switching to HTML5 wherever possible following its decision to end support for Adobe’s Flash software. The software makes multimedia rich content run on a particular web page but a number of security holes make Flash vulnerable to exploitation by hackers.
Microsoft has recently announce the shutdown of Project Spark, the software giant’s free-to-play platform and free creation suite similar to LittleBigPlanet and Super Mario Maker. Apparently, the platform’s lack of money-earning prospects forced the company to pull the life-support plug on August 12 this year.
Dark Souls 3’s recent anti-cheating patch update resulted to an unintended freezing which prompted game developer ‘From Software’ to roll back the patch. Meanwhile, From Software continues to affirm that the game’s Poise stat is not a glitch, contrary to the widespread view held by some gamers.
Cybersecurity and anti-virus pioneer John McAfee has reportedly tried to mislead reporters into believing that he had sabotaged Facebook-owned WhatsApp’s end-to-end encryption. Apparently, this isn’t the first time that the self-styled libertarian gained media attention for such outlandish claims like when he told the FBI that he’ll help them hack into the San Bernardino attacker’s iPhone.
Swedish virtual reality developer Starbreeze has recently teamed up with Taiwanese tech giant Acer in making the StarVR headset that compete directly with Facebook’s Oculus Rift and HTC’s Vive. The StarVR headset is reportedly designed for use in ‘location-based entertainment’ or theme parks owing to its outstanding wide field view that increases the immersive depth of VR experience.
Americans are now limiting the amount of the transactions they make online highlighting the fears in the age of online digital insecurity, a recent survey by the US Department of Commerce revealed. Concerns over privacy and online security have been cited as the main reasons why more than half of surveyed American households have shied away from transacting online.
Beta testing for ‘Pokémon Go’ is currently ongoing as new updates indicate that the testing phase is probably in its final stages. Meanwhile, game developer Niantic has recently announced the expansion of the beta field testing to the United States following a series of beta tests in various locations around the world.
Recently, a number of MacBook Pro 2015 users as well as owners of other Mac devices have reported widespread freezing issues. The sudden unresponsive system is blamed on El Capitan’s latest OS update version called the OS X 10.11.4 which was rolled out in March.
