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On Nintendo's 130th birthday, here are five books about its history

Today is Nintendo's 130th birthday. No, that's not a typo. The company's been around since before video games or even televisions. It started way back in 1883 making hanafuda — that's a type of playing card with flowers on it. In fact, the comp… Source: engadget

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Alexa’s Show and Tell feature IDs objects for blind and low-vision users

For people with vision impairments, figuring out what's in a can or jar of food without opening it can be difficult or impossible. Amazon thinks it has a solution to that and other daily challenges that its blind and low-vision users face. Today, the… Source: engadget

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Apple will manufacture its new Mac Pro in Texas

Apple hinted that it wanted to manufacture the redesigned Mac Pro in Texas, and now it's official. The company has confirmed that it'll assemble the workstation at the same Austin, Texas plant that has produced the cylindrical Mac Pro since 2013. T… Source: engadget

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Google's Play Pass app subscription service is now available

Subscription services have taken over music and movies, and now they're coming to games and apps too. In August we heard that Google was in the final stages of testing its new Android app subscription service called Play Pass, its equivalent of Apple… Source: engadget

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Hyundai teams with Aptiv to put self-driving cars on the road by 2022

Hyundai is getting particularly serious about its self-driving car strategy. The Korean car maker has formed a joint venture with Aptiv to foster Level 4 and Level 5 autonomous technology (that is, completely self-driving in some or all situations)…. Source: engadget