The action at E3 2017 has officially started. EA tipped its hand today with an event full of big announcements. If you weren’t able to catch the news on Madden 18, FIFA 18, Battlefront II, A Way Out, Anthem and more earlier today, don’t worry. We’ve…
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There is some bad news today for OnePlus 2 owners who had been hoping to receive the Android 7.0 Nougat update. The company has now confirmed that there’s not going to be a OnePlus 2 Nougat update release even though it has previously promised the exact same thing. The release has been ruled out despite the fact that Android devices are covered for major updates for two years and that OnePlus itself claimed that the OnePlus 2 would receive an update to Nougat.
“When we built the OnePlus 2 we didn’t have the software infrastructure team in place we do now,” the company has said while confirming that it’s not going to release Android 7.0 Nougat for the OnePlus 2 despite claims to the contrary.
What the company has confirmed so far is that it’s going to release Android O for the OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T in the coming weeks. It’s yet to provide a confirmed release date for the update headed to those devices, though. The upcoming handset, OnePlus 5, is going to come with Nougat installed straight out of the box.
This is obviously not going to sit well with OnePlus 2 users who had been given hope that they would receive the Nougat update. If they want to have a taste of Google’s latest software update on a OnePlus device, they now have to purchase a OnePlus 3 or OnePlus 3T.
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Sony’s PlayStation Video app is a great resource if you want to watch movies and TV shows that you have already purchased through the PlayStation Store. Android TV feels like a natural home for this app as it will enable users to view that content on the biggest screen in their home. Sony has figured that out as well which is why the company has released the PlayStation Video app for Android TV.
The app provides users with instant access to their PS Video library so that they can start streaming any and all movies and TV shows that they have previously purchased. They can also purchase new titles directly from the app on Android TV.
Users will be able to stream new release movies without the wait as most movies will become available before or the same day as the DVD release. Major shows from almost all major networks will be available for purchase as well.
This app will be very useful for those who have been using the PlayStation Store to buy movies and TV shows for years on the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4. This app will thus enable them to easily view all of their collections on an Android TV device as well as purchase new titles as and when they feel like it.
The Sony PlayStation Video app for Android TV is now available as a free download.
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We’re getting closer to the official announcement of the OnePlus 5 with every passing day but that doesn’t mean that the rumors about this device are going to stop. We can be sure to hear and read more about this handset in the days to come right up till the official announcement. We’re now getting a look at purported OnePlus 5 specs based off of a listing of the device on Geekbench.
Most of you might be aware that Geekbench is a benchmarking website and it’s not unusual for unannounced devices to make a stop at the benchmarking website while they’re still in the testing stage.
The latest listing on Geekbench reiterates claims that the OnePlus 5 is going to feature 8GB of RAM. The company itself has previously confirmed that the handset is going to be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor.
The rumor mill now believes that there will be two different variants of the OnePlus 5 which will feature 6GB of RAM and 8GB of RAM. It’s likely that these variants will be coupled with 64GB and 128GB of internal storage respectively.
None of this has been officially confirmed as yet, though, so we’ll have to wait for the official announcement from OnePlus to be sure of what its new flagship smartphone has to offer.
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Alphabet, the parent company of Google, has announced its decision to sell Boston Dynamics robot company to Japanese tech conglomerate SoftBank. It was first reported over a year ago that Alphabet was looking to find a buyer for Boston Dynamics as it was divesting its investment in the company. It has found a buyer in Japan’s SoftBank. Alphabet will also be handing over the three big robots that Boston Dynamics created while it was a part of the Google family.
Boston Dynamics has been able to build some great robots that are capable of tasks like getting up after they’ve fallen and even jumping higher than a human. However, all of it has been experimental work.
The company hasn’t created a product that can actually be sold in the market so it hasn’t made money for Alphabet. That’s one of the big reasons why Google’s parent company has decided to sell Boston Dynamics.
“Smart robotics are going to be a key driver of the next stage of the Information Revolution, and Marc and his team at Boston Dynamics are the clear technology leaders in advanced dynamic robots,” said Masayoshi Son, the CEO of SoftBank. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
It remains to be seen what will become of Big Dog, Handle, and Atlas – the three big Boston Dynamics robots, once this deal is closed.
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console that Microsoft has ever made. The company is going to properly unveil the Project Scorpio Xbox at the E3 2017 gaming convention soon. To provide customers an incentive to purchase its existing console, Microsoft has decided to cut the Xbox One S price prior to the Project Scorpio launch.
Microsoft has confirmed via Twitter that the Xbox One S consoles and bundles will be discounted by $50 starting tomorrow just as it launches the Project Scorpio Xbox and confirms crucial details like what it’s going to be called and how much it’s going to cost.
It merits mentioning here that Microsoft has not confirmed if this Xbox One S price cut is going to be a permanent affair or if it’s just a limited time promotion that’s going to end after a certain period of time.
Microsoft later confirmed that the Xbox One S Battlefield 1 500GB bundle and the Xbox One S 1TB Forza Horizon 3 will both be discounted by $50. This means that customers will be able to pick up 500GB and 1TB bundles for $249 and $299 respectively. The company has confirmed, though, that only select bundles will receive the price cut.
It would be nice if the company also confirmed for how long the price cut would remain in affect, or if it has decided to permanently reduce the Xbox One S price by $50.
Summer’s coming.
Get ready to play with $50 off starting tomorrow, June 11: https://t.co/d5itkFCIx8 #XboxOneS pic.twitter.com/l5dIRKygcf— Xbox (@Xbox) June 10, 2017
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Chevrolet’s mass-market electric car, the Chevy Bolt, was first launched in December last year. The car has gradually been made available in more markets across the country over the past few months. General Motors had previously said that the Chevy Bolt nationwide release would take place in September 2017. The company has now moved up its plans so the Chevy Bolt will actually be released in all 50 states a full month before the date previously communicated.
General Motors had previously said that the Chevy Bolt would be released in all 50 states across the United States in September 2017. Fred Ligouri, a representative for the car company, has confirmed that the Chevy Bolt nationwide release is now going to take place in August.
The company’s representative also confirmed that the Chevy Bolt is going to be available in five additional states by the end of this month. That’s going to take the total number of states where the Bolt has been available in since December last year to 21.
General Motors has seen a respectable demand for the Chevy Bolt. It sold almost 6,000 units of the car from January 2017 to May 2017 in just a few markets. It goes without saying that General Motors will see an uptick in sales once the mass-market all-electric car is released nationwide.
It’s primary competitor, the Tesla Model 3, is not that far off either now.
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I have no problem admitting that ARMS has caught me off guard. What I’d initially written off as “just another motion control game” for a largely post-motion control world has turned out to be a very interesting and refreshing take on the fighting genre. Before we dive into the review, though, you should know ahead of time that these impressions … Continue reading
By Joseph Menn and Heather Somerville
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Uber Technologies Inc’s [UBER.UL] board will discuss Chief Executive Travis Kalanick temporarily stepping away from the embattled ride-hailing firm and consider sweeping changes to the company’s management practices at a meeting on Sunday, according to a person familiar with the situation.
The source said it is not clear that the board will make any decision to change Kalanick’s role. The board is expected to adopt a number of internal policy and management changes recommended by outside attorneys hired to investigate sexual harassment and the firm’s broader culture. The outside lawyers made no recommendation about Kalanick.
The meeting, which Uber has not publicized, could be a pivotal moment for the world’s most valuable venture-backed private company, which has upended the tightly regulated taxi industry in many countries but has run into legal trouble with a rough-and-tumble approach to local regulations and the way it handles employees and drivers.
At the Sunday meeting, according to two people familiar with the matter, the seven voting members of Uber’s board, including Kalanick, are expected to vote on recommendations made by the law firm of former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, which conducted a review of the company’s policies and culture.
The review was launched in February after former Uber engineer Susan Fowler published a blog post detailing what she described as sexual harassment and the lack of a suitable response by senior managers. Fowler now works for digital payments company Stripe.
Uber’s board will likely tell employees and the public of its decisions by Tuesday, one of the sources said.
An Uber spokesman had no comment. Neither Kalanick nor Holder’s law firm, Covington & Burling, immediately responded to requests for comment late Saturday.
Kalanick has developed a reputation as an abrasive leader, and his approach has rubbed off on his company. The 40-year-old executive was captured on video in February berating an Uber driver.
Uber board member Arianna Huffington said in March that Kalanick needed to change his leadership style from that of a “scrappy entrepreneur” to be more like a “leader of a major global company.” The board has been looking for a chief operating officer to help Kalanick run the company since March.
The report was prepared by Holder and partner Tammy Albarrán at Covington & Burling. It comes shortly after another law firm, Perkins Coie, submitted a separate report on sexual harassment and other employee concerns at the company.
On Tuesday, Uber responded to that report’s findings by saying it had fired 20 employees for a variety of reasons, and was increasing training and adopting new policies. Uber said that report considered 215 cases encompassing sexual harassment, discrimination, unprofessional behavior, bullying and other employee complaints.
MORE OVERSIGHT ON CEO?
San Francisco-based Uber is valued at nearly $70 billion but has yet to turn a profit.
Some of the recommendations in Holder’s firm’s report would force greater controls on spending, human resources and other areas where executives led by Kalanick have had a surprising amount of autonomy for a company with more than 12,000 employees, one person familiar with the matter said. Uber’s more than 1.5 million drivers worldwide are classified as independent contractors rather than employees.
Less clear is the fate of Kalanick, who with close allies has voting control of the company.
The person briefed on the matter said the board will discuss Kalanick taking time off from the company. The discussion involved the possibility that Kalanick might return in a role with less authority, this person said, either in a position other than CEO or as CEO with narrower responsibilities and subject to stronger oversight.
Kalanick is also facing a personal trauma: his mother died last month in a boating accident, in which his father was also badly injured.
HOLDER INTERVIEWS
Employees and former employees interviewed by Holder’s team complained about sexual and racial bias, bullying and retaliation, according to people familiar with their accounts.
They said that Kalanick and his lieutenants had favorites who played by different rules than other employees, and that even those favorites were nervous that they could fall from grace, which they sometimes did. Uber declined comment on that characterization.
One of the issues that came to Holder’s team’s attention, according to two people familiar with the matter, was the company’s handling of a crisis in India after one of its drivers was arrested for raping a customer.
Though the man was convicted in 2015, Kalanick and other executives became convinced that the crime was a set up by a local competitor, former employees said. Eric Alexander, the head of Asian business, shared medical records internally that he argued showed that the woman had been assaulted but not raped, people who spoke to him said. Alexander was fired this week; he did not return messages seeking comment. Uber confirmed Alexander had left the company but declined to discuss the matter further.
(Reporting by Joseph Menn and Heather Somerville in San Francisco; Additional reporting by Aditya Kalra in New Delhi; Editing by Jonathan Weber and Bill Rigby)
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