Nov 1, 2016

Samsung to invest more than $1 billion in its Austin, Texas chip production facilities


Earlier today, Samsung Electronics announced that it will invest more than $1 billion by the end of next year to increase application processor production in its facilities in Austin, Texas.


Samsung says that it plans to use this investment to boost production output from the existing facilities in the city. Since opening shop in Austin back in 1996, Samsung invested more than $15 billion in the Austin, Texas site, which is the largest international investment in the history of the state. Samsung made no provisions regarding the output increase that it expects to obtain through this investment.


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Samsung to invest more than $1 billion in its Austin, Texas chip production facilities

Adele explains why she doesn't support Trump, we bet he's upset


LONDON — Adele made her presidential pick for the upcoming U.S. election pretty clear last week.


During a performance at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, the British superstar declared a ringing endorsement for Hillary Clinton, who was at Adele’s concert and also happened to be celebrating her 69th birthday.


However, in a recent interview with Vanity Fair, Adele elaborated on why she isn’t Team Trump.


SEE ALSO: Adele disses Donald Trump at concert with Clinton in the audience


“We only know Trump from The Apprentice,” she’s quoted as saying, “so we think a reality star is running for president. …


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Adele explains why she doesn't support Trump, we bet he's upset

Motorola Moto M appears on AnTuTu with Helio P10 chipset under the hood


The Motorola Moto M (XT1662) is the first Motorola Moto model to come with Microsoft apps pre-installed. The version of the phone that is going to launch in China will come with Skype, Office and OneDrive right out of the box. Meanwhile, the Moto M has just been spotted on AnTuTu’s Weibo site which gives us a look at some of the phone’s specs.


The Gorilla Glass 4 protected 5.5-inch screen on the Moto M will feature a 1080 x 1920 resolution. A MediaTek Helio P10 (MT6755) chipset drives the device with a true octa-core CPU, and a Mali-T860 MP4 GPU. 4GB of RAM is inside along with 32GB of native … – Source



Motorola Moto M appears on AnTuTu with Helio P10 chipset under the hood

Twitter’s head of India is leaving the company


On the back of news that Twitter is trimming nine percent of its staff with layoffs, the microblogging company is also losing the head of its business in India. Read More


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Twitter’s head of India is leaving the company

Watch 4 couples share moving stories to support marriage equality


Australia is a country to that can lay claim to the title “last developed English-speaking country to still not permit same sex marriage.” For many people, it’s a title that brings shame, rather than pride.


But one piece of silver lining to be found in the storm that is the “marriage equality debate,” is the release of a series of short documentary-like videos from the Campaign for Equality.


SEE ALSO: Margot Robbie and Kylie Minogue show support for marriage equality in Australia


Featuring stirring interviews with members of the public, pairs of people are sharing their imaginings of what a future with marriage equality would look like — and mean — for them. …


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Watch 4 couples share moving stories to support marriage equality

Flow, Microsoft's IFTTT competitor for power users, is out of beta


Microsoft has a treat for you power users this Halloween. Their automated actions service, Microsoft Flow, is finally out of beta. Flow is part of Microsoft’s new “power trio,” combined with the company’s PowerApps and Power BI tools. While those are mostly only useful to companies, Flow has definite use for normal people. In fact, after just an hour of playing with it, I’m convinced it’s better than the popular IFTTT service.


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Flow, Microsoft's IFTTT competitor for power users, is out of beta

The next president gets Obama's 11 million Twitter followers


For the nation’s first social media president, the peaceful transfer of power includes a little more than turning over the nuclear launch codes to the next Commander in Chief — it also includes handing over access to the official @POTUS Twitter acco… – Source



The next president gets Obama's 11 million Twitter followers

Remains of the Day: Twitter to Let You Mute Specific Words


Twitter will soon be adding the ability to mute tweets that include words of your choice. It’s presumably an effort to curb harassment on the site—assuming you can mute messages that are directed at you—but could also just be a way to avoid spoilers and annoying conversations. That and more in today’s news.



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Remains of the Day: Twitter to Let You Mute Specific Words

Kid Cudi's new music video features Pharrell and a whole lot of strobe lights


Before Kid Cudi checked himself into rehab, he reassured fans that his management would be releasing music videos while he took time to focus on himself. The second of those videos is out for the song “Surfin,'” featuring Pharrell Williams.


The trippy footage shows Kid Cudi bathed in colorful lights, dancing alongside A$AP Rocky, Willow and Jaden Smith and countless others like no one’s watching.


Here’s the mystical ‘Harry Potter’–’Stranger Things’ mashup trailer you you’ve been waiting for


Watch this dude surf through NYC with an amazing Silver Surfer costume


How schools are becoming resegregated, explained by a horrified John Oliver



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Kid Cudi's new music video features Pharrell and a whole lot of strobe lights

WatchOS 3.1 update improves battery life on Apple Watch Series 2 and Series 1


Earlier this month, Apple updated WatchOS to version 3.1, bringing some enhancements and bug fixes to both the original Apple Watch (Series 1), and the Apple Watch Series 2. But a pretty important enhancement seems to have been left out of the WatchOS 3.1 changelog.


According to many Apple Watch users, WatchOS 3.1 considerably improves battery life on the timepieces. Owners of both the Apple Watch Series 1 and Apple Watch Series 2 are reporting that they can now get up to two days of battery life on a single charge. Before the update, recharging every night was … – Source



WatchOS 3.1 update improves battery life on Apple Watch Series 2 and Series 1