Tech News Today

Apr 11th 2017

Tech News Today 1744

Hasta la Vista

Haptic hugs for all

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Guests: Mike Murphy
Category: News

Windows 10 Creators Update is now available with a number of low-level updates including CPU and GPU prioritization for reducing background tasks during gaming, and the ability to stream gameplay from any PC at low latency.

An update to Instagram Direct brings ephemeral messaging into the app's one on one and group messaging functionality, allowing for the sharing of disappearing photos and videos inside the chat threads, and outside of the existing "bubble up top" approach.

Qualcomm is suing Apple claiming that the company intentionally limited the performance of the iPhone 7 (running Qualcomm chips) and then tried to cover it up. Qualcomm also attests that Apple breached and mis-characterized agreements.

Plus, Google Autodraw turns bad artists into clip art masters, the Parihug is a robotic plushie that won't let go, how suppliers who are dependent on Apple's business should have a backup plan, and we say farewell to Windows Vista.

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