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Latest News - January 2018
- Apple iPhone 6 Plus Battery Replacements Delayed Until Spring Due To Strained Supplies
- Western Digital Promises My Cloud HDD Updates To Address Lingering Remote Backdoor Vulnerability
- SpaceX Says Don't Blame Us After Secret Zuma Military Satellite Fails Shortly After Falcon 9 Launch
- Bitcoin Tumbles As South Korea Mulls Closing Cryptocurrency Exchanges
- Latest macOS Security Flaw Allows App Store Preferences Unlocking With Any Password
- Ubuntu Update For Meltdown And Spectre Chip Flaws Leaves Some PCs Unbootable
- WhatsApp Flaw Compromises Security Of Encrypted Group Chats
- Jimmy Iovine Finally Denies Rumors Suggesting He Is Leaving Apple
- Samsung Announces Aquabolt 2nd Gen HBM2 With 50% Performance Boost
- Intel 8th Gen Core CPUs Show 10% Slowdown In JavaScript-Heavy Tasks After Spectre, Meltdown Patches
- T-Mobile's BOGO Sale Gives Massive Discounts On Samsung, LG And Apple Flagships Including iPhone X
- ThinkPad X1 Carbon And Miix 630 Hands-On At Lenovo CES 2018 Suite Tour
- Apple Finally Joins Alliance For Royalty-Free AV1 Video CODEC That Could Ease Load On Data Plans
- Windows 8.1 Mainstream Support Ends, Free Windows 10 Upgrade Still Available
- Apple To Implement Robust Parental Controls To Help Protect Children From iPhone Addiction
- Meltdown And Spectre Chip Flaws Have Cloud Companies Looking For Intel Alternatives
- Vivo Debuts First Smartphone With In-Display Fingerprint Sensor At CES 2018
- Samsung Confirms Galaxy S9 And S9 Plus Reveal Set For MWC 2018
- Razer Mamba HyperFlux Gaming Mouse: Wireless, Battery-Less And Self-Charging
- Huawei Mate 10 Pro To Be Sold Via Major Retailers In U.S. Starting At $799
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All News for January 2018
If you're still rocking an original 2014-era iPhone 6 Plus, chances are that you're are experiencing reduced performance due to throttling mechanisms that Apple first implemented with iOS 10.2.1. Ever since Apple first came clean about the practice late last year, and reduced the price of battery replacements from $79...
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We are big fans of network attached storage (NAS) solutions, which in recent years have become far more sophisticated and capable. Western Digital's My Cloud products have generally been a solid option in the NAS arena. Unfortunately, it was recently discovered that several My Cloud devices were susceptible to a...
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There's a brewing controversy surrounding SpaceX's recent launch from Cape Canaveral late Sunday night. The flight seemed to go off without a hitch, although we weren’t given full access to video throughout the entirety of the flight or detailed telemetry data considering that this was a classified mission for the...
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Bitcoin's value dropped to below $13,000 earlier today, sliding around 14 percent after South Korea's government announced plans to ban cryptocurrency trading altogether. While perhaps a knee-jerk reaction and a temporary blip in the long run, there is cause for some concern, as South Korea is a major global hub for...
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There is a security flaw in the most recent edition of macOS High Sierra, version 10.13.2, that allows users to unlock the App Store menu in System Preferences without knowing the password. The only caveat is that the exploit seems to only work on administrative-level accounts—attempts to reproduce the buggy behavior...
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Sometimes the cure is worse than the disease. Just ask the affected users of older AMD systems who had their PCs bricked after downloading and installing a Windows update that was supposed to protect them from Meltdown and Spectre. It is not just Windows users who are suffering, either. Some Ubuntu Xenial 16.04 users...
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WhatsApp is a communications tool that is used by people all around the world to stay connected for personal and business use. The big draw to the app for many is that it has an encrypted group chat feature, so you don’t need to worry that someone is listening in on what you are saying. However, security researchers have recently found a flaw
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Last week a rumor was making the rounds with sources claiming that Apple's Jimmy Iovine was leaving the company. According to those rumors, Iovine's departure was timed to coincide with his stock options vesting -- a deal that is tipped to be worth $700 million to Iovine and Dr. Dre for their sale of Beats to Apple...
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Not only has Samsung ramped up production of its sought-after 8GB HBM2 chip, today the company has announced Aquabolt, its significantly faster 2nd generation HBM2. Aquabolt boasts the fastest data transmissions speeds, delivering 2.4Gbps data transfer per pin at 1.2V.
Today’s announcement marks a leap forward in...
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There has been a lot of talk in recent days about what kind of performance impact that security patches for Meltdown and Spectre would have on overall system performance, with some reports suggesting that some systems could face up to a 30 percent hit. When Intel made its first comments on the matter a week ago, it...
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It's the start of a new year, and T-Mobile with the latest iteration of its Buy One, Get One (BOGO) Free offer on some of the hottest flagship smartphones on the planet. This time around, there is at least one newcomer to the fold when it comes to smartphones that qualify for the offer.
The promotion requires that...
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Lenovo had a lot of new products on display at CES 2018, and we were on hand to get a hands-on look at what the company has in store for the first half of the year. Of course, the stars of the show were no doubt the newest members of the ThinkPad X1 family. These include the X1 Carbon, X1 Yoga and X1 Tablet. All of...
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The Alliance for Open Media was formed a little over two years ago in an effort to push a royalty-free video technology called AV1. It is backed by some pretty big names in tech, all of which are focused on reducing the storage footprint of online video through fancy compression technologies. Though several tech...
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When we look back at Windows operating systems over the past decade or so, it's commonly understood that Windows Vista was loathed, Windows 7 was seen as a return to Windows 2000's glory days (and is still popular to this day), while Window 8.x was greeted with a collective "meh". Windows 8 was first released in late...
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Apple found itself having to defend its parental controls on iPhone devices and other mobile gadgets after investors wrote an open letter criticizing the company's efforts. At the same time, Apple said it constantly looks for ways to improve its devices, adding that new features are in the pipeline that will make its...
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There is a lot of buzz surrounding Meltdown and Spectre, two recently disclosed chip vulnerabilities that have hardware and software makers scrambling to release patches to deal with the situation. What is not fully known yet is what performance impact these patches will have. Regardless of how all it shakes out, some...
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Sing it with us now—'Vivoooo Las Vegas!' Wait, that doesn't sound right. However, Vivo is a name to pay attention to, assuming you are not already familiar with the Chinese brand. That's because Vivo just unveiled the world's first smartphone to sport a fingerprint sensor embedded into the display. No small feat, that...
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Samsung already told us that the Galaxy S9 family would not be ready in time for a CES 2018 reveal, so speculation pointed to the next potential high-profile electronics show: Mobile World Congress 2018 (MWC 2018). That speculation has now been validated, with Samsung mobile chief DJ Koh confirming that the Galaxy S9...
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Razer has been rolling out some very nice gaming peripherals for years now, and at CES 2018 the company has unveiled a wireless mouse that needs no cord and no battery to operate. The mouse is called the Mamba HyperFlux and it works in conjunction with the Razer Firefly HyperFlux mouse mat. These two products are the...
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Earlier this week, we talked about Huawei's deal with AT&T falling through, with the America's second-largest wireless carrier backing away from selling the Mate 10 Pro smartphone. The reason the deal fell apart according to sources familiar with the deal was pushback from the House and Senate intelligence committees...
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The Wi-Fi Alliance has announced that it has added new enhancements and features to WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) that will make the feature more secure. The new features include configuration, authentication, and encryption enhancements across the portfolio to ensure that Wi-Fi Certified devices are using state of the...
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Today at CES, Lenovo announced the world's first standalone Daydream VR headset, which is called Mirage Solo with Daydream. Given that it has all of its processing hardware and a battery incorporated into the headset itself, you don't have to worry about attaching your smartphone or connecting to your PC with HDMI...
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