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Reading Time: 5 minutesAmazon’s (AMZN) cashier-free grocery store is coming to San Francisco and Chicago, and one of the biggest differences shoppers there can expect is an emphasis on foods from local businesses, the Seattle tech giant tells Yahoo Finance. “Here in Seattle, we have a lot of things from local bakeries and local food…

Reading Time: 4 minutes‘Call of Duty: Black Ops 4’ is going all in on multiplayer. More The biggest shooter in the world is going through some big changes. During a reveal event in Los Angeles, Activision (ATVI) and developer Treyarch took the wraps off “Call of Duty: Black Ops 4.” Due out October 16 for…

Reading Time: 5 minutesFor the 7,000 people in the audience for Google’s (GOOG, GOOGL) I/O keynote last week, the Google Duplex demo was a mind-fryer. CEO Sundar Pichai had said to his phone, “OK Google, book me a haircut appointment on Tuesday between 10 a.m. and noon.” And then, silently and invisibly (to him), Google…

Reading Time: 7 minutesMicrosoft stumbled into the accessibility market about three years ago, with the launch of the Xbox One Elite controller. The Elite wasn’t designed to help people with disabilities play video games — in fact, it was built for hardcore players who wanted more mapping options by adding rear paddle buttons, more sensitive…

Reading Time: 2 minutesGoogle’s new digital well-being initiative is aimed at making sure you spend More Google’s new digital well-being initiative is aimed at making sure you spend more time with friends and family instead of your screens. Android and YouTube will soon include things like usage stats and notification reductions to make tearing yourself…

Reading Time: 3 minutesNot since The Dress has the internet ripped itself in half over a sensory puzzle like this. In case you haven’t been online in the last 24 hours, that puzzle is a two-syllable sound clip that appeared on Reddit and has since gone viral. When you hit the Play button, a computer-generated…

Reading Time: 6 minutesThere are a lot of options for people looking to cut the cord these days, but live sports remains a big hurdle to getting rid of cable. Sure, the likes of Sling TV and others offer streaming access to sports on a range of networks. Those services can cost $30 or more…

Reading Time: 2 minutesApple has more than doubled the number of its self-driving cars, the Apple has more than doubled the number of its self-driving cars, the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has confirmed. Since obtaining a permit to test autonomous vehicles, Apple’s fleet size has steadily risen — from a scant three test…

Reading Time: 2 minutesThings are going from bad to worse for Kaspersky Labs, the Russian anti-virus More Things are going from bad to worse for Kaspersky Labs, the Russian anti-virus software developer. The Dutch government says it’s planning to phase out the use of the software „as a precautionary measure“, and is proactively suggesting other…

Reading Time: 10 minutesAt the college level eSports are set to explode as more school-supported programs sprout upeveryday. But officially sanctioned high school esports are essentially nonexistent. Many teachers (and parents) still see video games as a waste of time. Teens looking for competitive team play could previously only find it in the unsung volunteer…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteEarly results from Facebook’s app audit are in. After examining „thousands“ of apps to see if any had misused personal data, the social network has found 200 nefarious applications and suspended them. Names of the offending apps have not yet been released. The social network said that when it does find…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAbout a year ago, Nintendo announced that it was effectively killing the popular NES Classic Edition. Several months later, however, fans rejoiced when the company reversed itself, saying the product would once again ship in 2018. Now we know exactly when: The retro 8-bit console will arrive on June 29th, and…

Reading Time: 4 minutesGoogle is trying to make the world of smart home devices more secure. (Image: Reuters/Beck Diefenbach) More MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Connected “internet of things” gadgets, like connected thermostats, cameras and speakers, suffer from security updates that arrive late or never. So Google (GOOG, GOOGL) has a solution in mind, and it…

Reading Time: 5 minutesGoogle (GOOG, GOOGL) is a massive company, with its fingers in a thousand pots. There’s Google Docs, Google Maps, Google Assistant, Google Home speakers, Google Photos, Gmail, Android, self-driving cars, and on and on. At its annual Google I/O developer conference, then, the company has adopted a clever system for putting these…