Lilbits: Sony exits the Blu-Ray business, Google acquires part of HTC's XR team, and a smaller Surface Pro and Surface Laptop on the way?

Verizon (VZ) stock reported strong Q4 results with 1.6% sales growth, reaching $35.70B. Adjusted EPS of $1.10 was in line with analyst estimates. It added ~1M subscribers and expects 2.0%-2.8% growth ...

Six years ago, today Taiwanese phone maker HTC sold part of their struggling smartphone business to Google, now they are selling a shareholding in their xtended reality (XR) headsets and glasses ...

It marks HTC’s second major deal with Google, which bought part of the Taiwan company’s smartphone operations for $1.1 ...

Google’s current focus at the moment outside of AI is their new Android XR platform, where they see an opportunity to jump at ...

TikTok got a short reprieve to make a deal. Project Stargate, a $500B AI plan from OpenAI, Oracle, and Softbank, pushes Musk, Microsoft, aside. Google buys HTC VR tech.

This partnership between Google and HTC signals a new era of innovation in XR technology, setting the stage for an intriguing ...

Google has announced its strategic acquisition of a segment of HTC’s extended reality (XR) business for $250 million. This move marks a significant step in Google’s efforts to enhance its Android XR ...

The HTC 8X is one of the first phones to run Windows Phone 8. WP8 is a significant rewrite of Microsoft's smartphone platform. We've gone over the major changes in our full review of Windows Phone ...

OpenAI's Operator AI agent. Google Android 16 beta 1 released. Acer Aspire 3 laptop launched. Google Identity Check for theft ...

Google is officially launching a new Android security feature for Pixel devices with Android 15 to prevent phone thieves from accessing your digital accounts. The feature, called Identity Check, ...

It's available for Pixel 6 and newer Google devices enrolled in the Android Beta Program. Following a pair of developer betas ...