Mobile chips don’t necessarily need to get faster, they just need to get smarter, at least that’s what video processing specialist Movidius believes, and it’s launching a highly-focused vision processor, Myriad 2, to prove it. The follow-up to the original Myriad 1 co-processor – found inside Google’s Project Tango 3D-scanning tablet – Myriad 2 promises a 20x boost in performance … Continue reading
Tablet sales “are crashing” Best Buy’s CEO has warned, describing a resurgence in laptops he ascribes to users stumbling across the limits of the “post-PC” revolution. The ominous news comes on the heels of Apple recording a drop in iPad sales in the most recent quarter, while tablet demand as a whole has dropped across the industry. According to the … Continue reading
It’s so horrible, the things Deadpool is about to do to your senses. If don’t know who Deadpool is when you’re reading this sentence, turn around and head into a comic book shop immediately. Or just search Google for “Deadpool comic-con exploits”. Search for Deadpool here on SlashGear and you’ll find a collection of sad stories. game developers being fired … Continue reading
When the Chinese government lifted ban of gaming consoles after having the restriction in place for almost 14 years, console makers have been gearing up for entries into potentially one of the world’s largest gaming market. Microsoft says it will start selling the Xbox One in China starting Sept 23rd for a price tag of 3,699 Renminbi – round up … Continue reading
Though it’s being launched for Xbox One this week with much fanfare, Sony’s response to EA Games initiative with all-you-can-eat gaming may have dire implications. Apparently EA went to Sony as well at Microsoft about EA Access and only Microsoft said yes. Sony decided the program wasn’t worth the hassle. A Sony representative let it be known this week with … Continue reading
Tougher crash testing has exposed the worrying deficiencies in some of the most popular small cars on the market, with safety regulators warning that the shortcomings could lead to head and leg injuries. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) put twelve small cars currently available in the US through the small overlap front crash test, which examines how a … Continue reading
This week one of the most prolific makers of custom gaming PCs, Maingear, has let loose the Spark. This device weighs less than a pound and is 2.34 inches tall, 4.23 inches deep, and 4.5 inches wide. That’s a palm-sized high-powered PC. Inside this PC you’ll find a 4-core AMD A8-5557M APU with a Frequency of 2.1GHz and a Turbo … Continue reading
HTC will hold an event on August 19th in New York City, where the recently rumored Windows Phone version of the HTC One M8 may well make its official debut. Invitations to the launch were sent out this morning, and come amid speculation over the past few days of a “One (W8) for Windows” handset that would build on the … Continue reading
Though not exactly following the design philosophies of Android Wear, Samsung appears to be rolling out plans for their next smartwatch collection in the round. A set of patents has appeared, filed all the way back in March of 2014, readying Samsung for a more circular approach to the wearable game. What you’ll find here is a charger on the … Continue reading
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade; when it hands you the keys to five brand new BMW 2 Series M235i Coupés and the empty streets of Cape Town, you go drifting. BMW’s M-badged two-door may be one of the smaller cars the company offers, but it’s still capable of some mighty entertaining driving when you put a team of … Continue reading
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