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Ford and VW now own an equal stake in Argo AI, the self-driving car startup

VW is pouring $2.6 billion into the autonomous vehicle startup

By Adrian Potoroaca, July 12, 2019, 4:26 PM

Gaming

Ubisoft bans user-created XP-farming quests in Assassin's Creed Odyssey

It's a single-player game -- who cares if someone wants to max out their character in a few minutes?

By Cal Jeffrey, July 12, 2019, 4:03 PM 13 comments

Industry

Hulu re-introduces 4K streaming, adds live TV programming guide

Hulu originals are again available in 4K

By Shawn Knight, July 12, 2019, 2:45 PM

Tech Culture

Hyperloop One aims to connect North Carolina's 'Research Triangle'

The region is 'prime' real estate for a loop

By Cohen Coberly, July 12, 2019, 2:12 PM 6 comments

Tech Deals Software

Master the world of Python coding, starting at less than $20

Pay what you want and become a Python pro

By TechSpot Deals, July 12, 2019, 1:51 PM

The Web Google

Google is redesigning its News tab in Search to be more readable

Unfortunately it is at the cost of wasted screen space and more scrolling

By Cal Jeffrey, July 12, 2019, 12:58 PM

Tech Deals The Web

Amazon previews Prime Day 2019 tech deals

Christmas in July is just around the corner

By Shawn Knight, July 12, 2019, 11:10 AM

Gaming

TurboGrafx-16 mini gets full game list, launch date

Relive the thrill and emotion from back in the day

By Shawn Knight, July 12, 2019, 10:13 AM 7 comments

Industry Electronics

Amazon is reportedly developing a high-end Echo with a focus on sound quality

To better compete with the Sonos and HomePods of the world

By Shawn Knight, July 12, 2019, 9:40 AM 6 comments

Google Mobile

Google is working on a social network that brings people together based on shared interests

Quite different from Facebook and Google+

By Rob Thubron, July 12, 2019, 9:07 AM 7 comments

Science

Japan's Hayabusa2 makes history by successfully collecting samples from distant asteroid Ryugu

A second touchdown on a 1 km-wide rock in space, 300 million km from Earth

By Humza Aamir, July 12, 2019, 8:43 AM

Industry

PC shipments grow in Q2 on back of Windows upgrades and improved Intel CPU supplies

The threat of increased tariffs also helped

By Rob Thubron, July 12, 2019, 8:07 AM

Gaming

Call of Duty Modern Warfare introduces Gunfight: 2v2 multiplayer, close quarter multi-round cage matches

More details on the game's multiplayer modes will be revealed on August 1

By Humza Aamir, July 12, 2019, 7:42 AM

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Software

Facebook's poker-playing AI beats world's top pros in multiplayer game

Read 'em and weep

By Rob Thubron, July 12, 2019, 7:15 AM

The Web

Twitter will pilot the ability to hide replies to tweets in Canada

The replies can be hidden but not removed

By Adrian Potoroaca, July 12, 2019, 6:47 AM

Testing AMD's new Radeon Image Sharpening: Is It Better than Nvidia's DLSS?

FEATURE By Tim Schiesser, July 12, 2019, 6:11 AM TechSpot Hardware

Today we're taking a deeper look into one of the new features that shipped with AMD's latest Navi GPUs: Radeon Image Sharpening. In short, RIS is a post-processing sharpening feature for games that AMD says carries nearly no performance penalty. How does it compare to GeForce's DLSS?