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Google's new SDK lets devs add spatial audio to VR apps and games

Google's launched Resonance Audio, an SDK for adding spatial audio effects to your VR, AR, gaming, and 360-degree video projects.

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Apple denies it's avoiding taxes by stashing money offshore

The Paradise Papers show that Apple has stashed billions in profits outside the US and may have avoided paying taxes in its home country.

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OnePlus must be crazy for thinking fans will pay to watch its 5T launch

Call me a cranky old cynic, but I see no reason why anyone would spend their time and money watching the OnePlus 5T launch event at a movie theater.

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This site uses machine learning to enhance your low-res photos for free

Got a crappy low-res photo you wish you could use? You can now try an AI-powered image enhancing tool for yourself with just a couple of clicks.

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Google is mapping out air pollution levels on Google Earth

Google has teamed up with envirotech firm Aclima to map out air pollution levels across the state of California using Street View cars.

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Google's new file manager lets you beam content between Android devices

Google's building its own tool for Android file manager, and it's worth a try if you're looking for more functionality in your file explorer.

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Protecting Bitcoin from Replay Attacks

Bitcoin is soaring. Just when it seems like the cryptocurrency has hit a new, unfathomable value, it just continues to accelerate and proliferate further. Just last month Bitcoin surpassed ...

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Here’s the standalone Animoji app Apple should have built

Unlikely we’ll find it in the App Store anytime soon

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Xiaomi expands into western Europe with flagship Mi Mix 2 at the vanguard

Xiaomi, one of the big stars of China’s explosive growth in online and smartphone sales, is coming to Europe, and it’s doing so with a grand launch event in Spain’s capital today.

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Google updates Pixel 2 XL with new color display modes

The update also packs a fix for the smaller Pixel 2's "clicking noise" bug.

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Airbnb taps San Francisco's biggest landlord for short-term rentals

Veritas Investments owns 5,000 units in Airbnb's hometown.

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Quark fusion makes ten times as much energy as nuclear fusion

It would also produce eight times as much power as a hydrogen bomb.

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Cost of wind keeps dropping, and there’s little coal, nuclear can do to stop it

An annual look at the costs of generating power.

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Supreme Court won’t hear Apple v. Samsung round two

Apple has $120M final resolution in one of its two big cases against Samsung.

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Drop test concludes iPhone X is the “most breakable iPhone”

Consumer sites find iPhone X's glass back and high repair costs could lead to frustration.

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Could Disney finally give us the remastered, unedited Star Wars we want?

A rumored sale of Fox assets to Disney adds a new wrinkle to our 2014 analysis.

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An AT&T drone is now providing cellular service to people in Puerto Rico

Cellular network still devastated; carriers scramble to reconnect residents.