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COMPUTERS 
October 26, 2018 Opinion | Catch a quantum computer and pin it down
Urmila Mahadev has a soft voice with slightly nasal inflections, rounding out what we in India would have no hesitation in describing as a “generic American accent”. With gadgets in each hand controlling her presentation and her microphone, she speaks for an hour and she speaks in English and yet I fully grasp only parts […]
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ELECTRONICS 
December 16, 2016 PlayStation VR Works With Steam VR, but There’s a Catch
HIGHLIGHTS Steam VR is now usable with PS VR via third-party drivers Games that use Vive motion controllers will not work Games that use a keyboard and mouse or conventional controllers work Valve may have acknowledged Sony’s ascendancy by bringing support for the DualShock 4 to Steam, but if it’s virtual reality you’re after, your […]
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NEWS 
October 4, 2016 Halt and Catch Fire: Battery Woes Go Well Beyond Samsung
Halt and Catch Fire: Battery Woes Go Well Beyond Samsung Samsung’s Note 7 isn’t the only gadget to catch fire thanks to lithium-battery problems, which have afflicted everything from iPhones to Tesla cars to Boeing jetliners. Blame chemistry and the fact that the batteries we rely on for everyday life are prone to leaking and […]
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ELECTRONICS 
September 24, 2016 Halt and Catch Fire: Battery Woes Go Well Beyond Samsung
Samsung’s Note 7 isn’t the only gadget to catch fire thanks to lithium-battery problems, which have afflicted everything from iPhones to Tesla cars to Boeing jetliners. Blame chemistry and the fact that the batteries we rely on for everyday life are prone to leaking and even bursting into flame if damaged, defective or exposed to […]
