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IBM Ends China’s 5-Year Reign Atop Supercomputer Rankings (NW)

There’s a shake-up – and a scandal – in the Top500 ranking of the world’s most powerful supercomputers. The U.S. has retaken first place in the Top500 list after five years... More

Apple to Unveil High-End AirPods, Over-Ear Headphones for 2019 (Bloomberg)

The upcoming audio push builds on Apple’s earlier success in the field. The iPod and iTunes digital music store helped revive the industry and began a transformation that turned ... More

AI is Making Hardware Sexy Again (Forbes)

AI is not a new concept, nor are the math fundamentals underpinning it. But for AI to “eat software” and become truly useful it needs hardware: processors and chips fast and st... More

How Will Consumers Make Sense of Wearable Technology? (Forbes)

Industry analysts predict that apparel fitted with intelligent agent technology is where the greatest opportunities lie for the wearable technology market. Smart clothing is just s... More

Instagram Goes Long. Will You Follow? (NYT)

They came for Snapchat. Now they’re gunning for YouTube with hour-long video. The influencers are stoked.... More

Roku to Launch Video Subscription Marketplace (Variety)

Roku plans to launch a marketplace for video subscription services in the coming months, which will allow consumers to sign up for and watch subscription services without the need ... More

NBC Sports Brings World Cup Streams to PlayStation 4 (Engadget)

NBC has brought its sports app to PlayStation 4, which is splendid news for gamers who are also mad about soccer. There's a certain convenience in playing Fortnite and being able t... More

Mobile Industry Completes 5G Standard, Approving Standalone 5G Spec (VentureBeat)

Working under the auspices of international standards organization 3GPP, the mobile industry today confirmed that it has achieved a critical milestone in the race to bring 5G netwo... More

Connected TVs Zoom, Pay-TV Set-Tops Swoon, Gen Edge Looms (VideoMind)

The number of connected Smart TVs in the United States has increased more than 300% since 2014, as consumers continue to choose watching streaming video from an SVOD service or fro... More

The Problem with Personal Device Entertainment on Airplanes (CN Traveler)

From a strictly economical perspective, ditching seat-back screens in favor of fliers streaming content on their personal devices is a good move. Just one seat-back screen costs ro... More

The Podcast Business is Still Teeny Tiny – Which is Great News for Podcast (Recode)

Do you like podcasts? Me too. It’s sort of nuts to imagine a time before podcasts, right? Podcasts are the future. Podcasts podcasts podcasts. You know who’s not sold on podcas... More

Study: 74% of U.S. TV Homes Have at Least One Connected TV Device (B&C)

The number of U.S. TV homes with at least one internet-connected TV device continues to swing upward, Leichtman Research Group found in a new study. Some 74% of those homes have at... More

Mobile is Leading the Digital Transformation (Dealerscope)

When you hear ‘digital transformation’ what comes to mind? Maybe it’s things going from paper to digital. Maybe it’s automated cars. What about robots? The possibilities ar... More

In Five Years, VR Could Be as Big in the U.S. as Netflix (Quartz)

You probably don’t watch videos or play games in virtual reality now, but that could change very soon. By 2022, there will be over 55 million active VR headsets in the US, PwC pr... More

Amazon Unleashes the Fire TV Cube (Twice)

In a move to stitch its smart home tech with video streaming, Amazon introduced the Fire TV Cube, a 4K-capable streaming device that also supports the company’s voice-based Alexa... More

Apple Introduces the AI Phone (TechCrunch)

At Apple’s WWDC 2018 — an event some said would be boring this year with its software-only focus and lack of new MacBooks and iPads — the company announced what may be its mo... More

What 5G Could Mean for CE – And the Retailers Selling It (Twice)

While 5G is still an estimated two years out from deployment, its tremendous effect on the consumer electronics industry is already readily accepted. As with previous next-gen wire... More

Spotify Gets Serious About Hardware, Registers With FCC (Variety)

Spotify really does want to make its own hardware: The company registered with the FCC Tuesday, a key prerequisite to getting devices approved for use in the U.S. Previous reports ... More

Apple Introduces New Controls for Limiting Time Spent on Devices (THR)

Users will soon be able to implement a "Do Not Disturb" mode on their phones and set time limits for specific apps.... More

Oppo 4K Blu-ray Players Get Sony TV Dolby Vision Update (Forbes)

Back in early April, Oppo shocked the AV world by declaring that it was ceasing production of its UDP-203 and UDP-205 4K Blu-ray players. Since then, owners of those outstanding de... More

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