Lexus Jumps Into the Subscription Fray

No doubt courting Millennials who’ve grown used to bundled costs, Lexus plans to offer its new subcompact crossover — hey, something else Millennials seem to like! — for an all-in-one monthly payment. The vehicle, the insurance, and the maintenance are all covered by a no-haggle price over a two-year term. Lexus hasn’t listed what the monthly prices […]

“Always Connected” Windows PCs won’t just use ARM chips as Intel, AMD join the fray

Enlarge / Intel’s XMM 7560 modem is, like Qualcomm’s X16 modem, capable of gigabit speeds. (credit: Intel) Central to the promise of a new generation of Windows 10 on ARM PCs (the first two of which were announced yesterday) is the idea of being “Always Connected:” that your mobile PC, like your smartphone, is almost […]

Another Windows VR headset enters the fray with Samsung Odyssey

Enlarge / Samsung Odyssey headset and motion controllers. (credit: Samsung) Microsoft announced Tuesday that yet another company is going to build a virtual reality headset for its Windows Mixed Reality platform: Samsung. The Odyssey headset looks to be a cut above the other headsets from Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, and Lenovo: its dual-AMOLED screens are slightly […]

AR/VR Weekly: Apple enters the fray

About time, Apple. Welcome to 2015. This week at its Worldwide Developers Conference keynote, Apple finally jumped into the augmented and virtual reality world. ARKit is Apple’s tool for making AR applications, and it was the first of several announcements that show that the iPhone company is ready to take the next step into a […]

The Tech Industry Joins the Political Fray

However expansive its ambitions to change the world might be, the tech industry is not known as a hotbed of activism. Historically, tech employees went to work, got the job done, and didn’t talk much about politics. But in the wake of Donald’s Trump’s election, political talk is nearly everywhere—at company-wide meetings, in discussions among […]