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Samsung Unveils Galaxy XR Headset with Android XR

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San Jose, CA – October 21, 2025 – Samsung has officially launched the Galaxy XR headset, previously codenamed Project Moohan. This device is the first to operate on Google’s new Android XR operating system, developed through a collaboration involving Samsung, Google, and Qualcomm Technologies. The Galaxy XR is priced at $1,799.99 for the 256GB model. Availability commenced on October 21, 2025, in the U.S., followed by October 22, 2025, in Korea. While the announcement event itself was considered by some to be rather dry, the unveiling of a device at half the price of the Vision Pro certainly grabbed attention, … Continue reading Samsung Unveils Galaxy XR Headset with Android XR

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Google I/O 2023 Highlights AI: PaLM 2, Bard, AI-integrated Search, and Project Tailwind

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Google I/O 2023 showcased significant advancements in artificial intelligence (AI), focusing on enhancing user experiences and productivity. The event highlighted several noteworthy developments in the AI domain. PaLM 2 Google’s introduction of PaLM 2 at Google I/O 2023 represents a major advancement in language modeling capabilities. Built on extensive research and advanced infrastructure, PaLM 2 offers a wide range of enhancements and easy deployment options. It supports a broader range of programming languages, empowering developers to leverage its capabilities across diverse coding environments. The inclusion of multilingual commenting facilitates seamless collaboration among users who speak different languages. Integration with Bard, … Continue reading Google I/O 2023 Highlights AI: PaLM 2, Bard, AI-integrated Search, and Project Tailwind

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CES 2022: Major Announcements

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Welcome to 2022; I plan to do my best to publish articles on this site more often. First off, as with every year, let’s start with CES. This year as you can see, I’m doing it a little differently; this article will focus on (summarize) announcements that all the major tech companies made. I plan to write a This Week In Tech article covering things from outside CES (if I have time) and maybe later this week ill write an article about the best things form CES. Computer Stuff AMD At their CES presser, AMD talked about 6000 Series mobile … Continue reading CES 2022: Major Announcements

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Apple Announces Updates to OSs at WWDC 2021

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This week Apple is holding their annual developers’ conference WWDC, and the keynote (where they make most of the significant consumer announcements) was on Monday. They announced details about this year’s versions of each of their OSs and a few other things during the keynote. iOSFaceTime The thing that got the most attention during the iOS section of the keynote was FaceTime. IOS 15 FaceTime will start looking like a more conventional video communication platform because of features such as grid view and the ability to generate links to and schedule calls. The most prominent FaceTime feature announced was SharePlay. … Continue reading Apple Announces Updates to OSs at WWDC 2021

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Yooka Laylee and the Impossible Lair Review

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Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is a super fun platforming game. It’s the sequel to the acclaimed Yooka Laylee. I had a great time playing the game. The graphics are great and the gameplay is pretty good. Gameplay In general, the game is great really fun to play. It makes me wish that I was able to play the original. This game is super difficult but that is balanced with level design to keep the difficulty from giving you that ‘I’ll never finish the level’ feeling. The controls are pretty simple but a couple of the more advanced moves take … Continue reading Yooka Laylee and the Impossible Lair Review