Windows 10 Now Runs on the Raspberry Pi
…While it's possible to deploy Windows 10 IoT Core to an RBP, the platform isn't really intended to work with the Windows 10 ecosystem. As of now, that's changed…
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BMWs Will Get a Conversational 'Personal Assistant' in 2019
…BMW says the Intelligent Personal Assistant "will be compatible with other digital voice assistants, thereby providing a link to other rapidly growing ecosystems." BMW earlier this year tried to cap Siri's…
2 Years After Apple Killed the Headphone Jack, USB-C Audio Is a Disaster
…Where Apple went, the Android market has followed -- and the current state of USB-C audio in the Android ecosystem is a disaster. A recent article (Opens in a new window) in…
Xbox Series X Launches in November, Halo Infinite Delayed
…The reason Microsoft can make this kind of claim is due to backward-compatibility with previous generations of consoles. For the PC space, this kind of announcement would be met with puzzled…
Oculus slashes Rift prices as sales sag
…Palmer Luckey himself came under heavy fire for earlier promises to foster an open VR ecosystem followed by attempts to lock content to the Oculus Store. Oculus' new VR discounts work as…
SC19: Intel Unveils New GPU Stack, oneAPI Development Effort
…The company has articulated a multi-faceted future that leverages FPGAs, CPUs, GPUs, and other accelerators from the Loihi and NNP-I/NNP-T families to create an overall product ecosystem. We…
IBM unveils Power8 and OpenPower pincer attack on Intel's x86 server monopoly
…Tyan, with help from Google, will create third-party motherboards that are compatible with the Power8 chip, with the goal of producing cheap, Power8-based machines for internet-scale server farms. Nvidia…
Android Ice Cream Sandwich: A coming of age and homage to Windows Phone 7
…Ease-of-use, a consistent user experience paradigm, and compatibility are hard to maintain in an open ecosystem. It'll be interesting to see if Google can retain its geeky panache and…
Microsoft's Surface Mini: Will it run Windows 8, or Windows Phone 8?
…With the same kernel in both WP8 and Windows 8 , and app cross-compatibility, it is in theory quite easy for Microsoft to create an almost-seamless ecosystem that spans the gamut…
Amazon Unveils New Alexa Devices Including Upgraded Echos, Smart Microwave
…In Amazon's parlance, Echos are the smart speakers at the heart of the Alexa ecosystem. The other Alexa-enabled gadgets are not standalone Alexa hubs. At the low end is the…