Sci-tech
Look out Alexa: Apple announces 'HomePod,' a smart home audio speaker
An internet-connected speaker called HomePod is coming in December for about $350. The company is casting Siri as a music connoisseur that will learn and cater to the tastes of the HomePod's owners, as well as answer questions about the songs as they are played. [Full Article...]
Kerry, Gore blast Trump climate exit
It also includes a commitment by developed nations to support climate vulnerable countries through finance and technology at a level of $100 billion annually until 2025, which would go towards adaptation to impacts of climate change, building resilience and preventing further damage. [Full Article...]
MacOS High Sierra includes changes to Safari, Photos and the file system
The smallest major announcement was the launch of the Amazon Prime video app to AppleTV. While Google has been busy introducing stricter measures for advertising and ad-blocking, Apple has now introduced "autoplay blocking" on the Safari web browser - a really cool feature. [Full Article...]
Apple showcases macOS High Sierra
Until now, macOS hasn't gotten much love from the VR industry. Valve will have base stations available in production quantities starting in November 2017, however developers interested in engineering samples of the new base stations may begin receiving them later this month. [Full Article...]
Xbox Scorpio Development Kit Shown off Ahead of E3 2017
The headline for Xbox fans will be the full unveiling of Project Scorpio , Microsoft's beastly 6 TF console created to power 4K gaming. A new trademark from Microsoft (filed today) might have shed some light on what the upcoming console will be named, well, at least one of the letters in it. [Full Article...]
Virtual reality support officially coming to MacBooks and MacOS
Available in the new 21.5- and 27-inch iMac , it enables fluid content creation with exceptional performance and support for GPU acceleration across a range of creative applications on the Mac platform, such as Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects and Photoshop. [Full Article...]
Apple WatchOS 4 adds new Siri face, enhances Workout, Music apps
You can see what time the sun will set. There's also a kaleidoscope face, which you can rotate to create a "trippy" effect and new character watchfaces with Woody, Jessie and Buzz from Toy Story . A new Music App: Apple acknowledges that music wasn't an Apple Watch strong suit. The OS builds on watchOS 3, which was centered on the importance of the "Dock", a new way to quickly access 10 Ap... [Full Article...]
Soon, iPhones Will Block Texts While Driving
Starting in the fall, Apple Watch compatible equipment will start coming to gyms from companies like Cybex, Schwinn and Matrix. Apple is bringing augmented reality (AR) to iOS 11 as it announced a new ARKit for developers at WWDC 2017 . [Full Article...]