Chinese social media and gaming giant Tencent is taking a 29% stake to become the largest shareholder in Oslo-based Funcom. The indie games developer is responsible for multiple adaptations involving the Conan the Barbarian franchise, such as Age of Conan and Conan Exiles, as well...
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September 30, 2019 albert
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Wilm Ihlenfeld/Shutterstock At Amazon’s annual hardware event, the company revealed a new wireless standard for the Internet of Things and smarthome devices called Sidewalk. Sidewalk promises longer range than Wi-Fi and Bluetooth with lower power usage and complexity than 5G. What Is Amazon Sidewalk? Sidewalk...
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September 29, 2019 albert
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It’s tough to practice real self-care when the internet’s obsessed with #selfcare. Let Mashable help with our new series Me, My Self-Care & I. As the concept of self-care has spiralled out from the original definition, one of its new mutant meanings stands out: Self-care...
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September 28, 2019 albert
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JDM4iK Games Mario Kart Tour, released earlier this week for Android and iOS, is…bad. Not only is it a pretty poor representation of the console game, it’s packed full of the worst kind of mobile microtransactions—including a monthly subscription. To be honest, it’s hard to...
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September 27, 2019 albert
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TL;DR: The super convenient Rollux two-in-one expandable suitcase is on sale for $ 295, saving you $ 54 during this sale in the Mashable Shop. Traveling is no fun unless you can bring a part of the journey back with you. That could mean trinkets...
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September 26, 2019 albert
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Alibaba Group introduced its first AI inference chip today, a neural processing unit called Hanguang 800 that it says makes performing machine learning tasks dramatically faster and more energy-efficient. The chip, announced today during Alibaba Cloud’s annual Apsara Computing Conference in Hangzhou, is already being...
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September 25, 2019 albert
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Kik Interactive CEO Ted Livingston announced today that the company is shutting down Kik Messenger to focus on its cryptocurrency Kin, the target of a lawsuit filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company’s team will be reduced to 19 people, a reduction that...
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September 24, 2019 albert
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HP’s Dragonfly laptop makes no compromises. itbusinessedge RSS Feed
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September 23, 2019 albert
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The digital TV recording company TiVo is back in the spotlight with some upcoming changes and new products. TiVo had its heyday back in the early 2000s before DVR and streaming were everywhere, but it still has a few million subscribers. Those viewers will soon...
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September 22, 2019 albert
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Back in January, Blackstone — the investment firm whose assets under management surpassed a jaw-dropping half a trillion dollars earlier this year — quietly began piecing together a new, growth equity platform called Blackstone Growth, or BXG. Step one was hiring away Jon Korngold from...
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September 21, 2019 albert
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