Chrome OS change means Android apps will sometimes be offered in lieu of web apps – 9to5Google

Chrome OS change means Android apps will sometimes be offered in lieu of web apps

Chrome OS has become one of the best operating systems on the market today by its ability to seamlessly combine traditional web browser experiences with progressive web apps, Android apps and Linux apps. Now, Google is looking at shaking up the Chrome OS experience, for better or worse, by sometimes preferring Android apps over web…

Hulu, Xbox Live and Reddit go down Wednesday afternoon – CNET

Hulu, Xbox Live and Reddit go down Wednesday afternoon

Hulu, Xbox Live and Reddit were down Wednesday afternoon Pacific, according to Down Detector.  Ted Soqui/Corbis via Getty Images In internet-fail news, it looks like streaming service Hulu, gaming service Xbox Live and self-described “front page of the internet” Reddit all experienced outages Wednesday afternoon. Down Detector recorded over 10,000 reports about Microsoft’s Xbox Live being…

Xiaomi caught ripping off an artist’s work — including art commissioned by LG – The Verge

Xiaomi caught ripping off an artist’s work

Elon Musk may not be capable of crediting an artist, but there was never any question that infamous picture of Nier: Automata’s 2B wasn’t his. Chinese consumer electronics giant Xiaomi, on the other hand, appears to have blatantly stolen and combined not one or two, but three pieces of art from the same 3D artist…

Samsung eyes Galaxy Note 10 launch on Aug. 7 in New York – CNET

Samsung eyes Galaxy Note 10 launch on Aug. 7 in New York

Samsung’s successor to last year’s Note 9 will debut Aug. 7 in New York.  Sarah Tew/CNET Samsung will show off its Galaxy Note 10 during a flashy Unpacked event on Aug. 7 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, according to people familiar with the company’s plans. The venue is the same place the South Korean…