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Latest News - October 2017
- Plex Live TV Expands To Roku Streaming Platform With Partial DVR Support
- Lockheed F-35, P-8 And C-130 Classified Data Stolen During Defense Contractor 'ALF' Hack
- Microsoft Admits Xbox One X Isn't For Everyone As It Goes All In To Crush PS4 Pro
- Equifax Website Hacked Again, Distributes Fake Adobe Flash Plugin Spreading Malware
- Razer's First Smartphone Teased Ahead Of November 1st Debut
- Google Permanently Kills Key Feature On All Home Mini AI Speakers Over Privacy Concerns
- Qualcomm Rocked By $773 Million Antitrust Ruling In Taiwan, Plans Vigorous Appeal
- Microsoft CEO Says Customers Have Spoken, We Can't Beat Apple And Google In Smartphones
- LG Reportedly Developing Folding OLED Display Panels For Apple's 2020 iPhone
- Amazon Alexa Gains Voice Identification To Recognize Who's Talking
- Facebook Reveals $199 Oculus Go Standalone Wireless VR Headset
- Western Digital Unveils MAMR Hard Drive Tech To Enable Density To Scale North Of 40 Terabytes
- NVIDIA And Parvum Sponsor Jaw-Dropping Custom Ultimate GeForce Gaming Rig With Embedded Acrylic Water Cooling
- Intel Unleashes 17-Qubit Superconducting Test Chip For Quantum Computing
- Amazon Unveils Waterproof Kindle Oasis For Poolside Leisurely eReading Or Listening With Audio
- Microsoft's Patch Tuesday Update Is Big, Fixing Serious Office Flaws And Windows DNS Vulnerability
- Game Boy Mini Classic Might Be Latest Entry In Nintendo Retro Console Pipeline
- OnePlus OxygenOS Caught Collecting Sensitive User Data Without Permission
- T-Mobile Website Glitch Allowed Hackers To Access Private Customer Data For Months
- Toshiba TR200 SSD Review: Affordable SATA Solid State Storage
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All News for October 2017
Over the summer, Plex Live TV arrived in beta form for all Plex Pass subscribers. Unlike services like YouTube TV or Sling TV, this isn't a streaming service from a content provider. Instead, Plex Pass subscribers have to hook up an over-the-air (OTA) antenna to a compatible digital tuner, after which you can access...
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Late last year a hack was perpetrated on what is called a "partner organization" that worked with the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD). The unnamed organization notified the ASD that it was hacked in November of 2016, and that outside parties gained access to its network. The small organization has only 50...
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We have less than a month to go before Microsoft releases its powerful Xbox One X console to retail. Priced at $500 in the United States, the Xbox One X is an upgraded version of the Xbox One that is built to tackle 'true' 4K resolution gaming at 60 frames per second. The added graphics and processing muscle will also...
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Come on, Equifax, you're killing us here. We were already positively dumbfounded when Equifax reported that a security breach resulted in the personal information of over 140 million Americans -- including social security numbers – has been stolen via a website security vulnerability. What was even more unfathomable...
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Either Razer is faking everyone out on the web, or the peripheral maker is getting ready to unveil its very first smartphone in a few weeks. The company teased the latter, both on its website and on Twitter, by posting a picture of young man excitedly holding what appears to be a smartphone, the glow of which splashes onto his neck and lower
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What was supposed to be a temporary workaround that was doled out to Google Home Mini smart speaker owners has now turned permanent, effectively disabling a key feature of the device. Users can no longer activate the speaker's Google Assistant by tapping on the unit's touch panel. Following the latest update, the only...
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Qualcomm has been hit with a hefty NT$23.4 billion (around $773 million in US currency) imposed by Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission over violations to Taiwanese competition law, and specifically over licensing fees on mobile phone processors and patents that it collected over the past 7 years. Naturally the...
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We got a preview of Satya Nadella's thoughts on the mobile industry when his book landed late last month, and now the Microsoft CEO is giving a bit more insight into why the company's mobile aspirations have fizzled. According to Nadella, Apple and [especially] Google have so far cornered the market when it comes to...
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A new iPhone rumor is making the rounds about what the device could look like in the future. This comes before the highly anticipated iPhone X even lands for consumers early next month. The new rumor claims that Apple has teamed up with LG Display to bring a foldable iPhone to market with production tipped to start in...
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Amazon has updated its voice assistant Alexa with a cool new feature that many people who have an Echo device with multiple users have been wanting. That new feature is the ability to identify voices and allow access to your own messages, playlists and other content without having to tell the Echo device specifically...
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We've been hearing rumors of a cheaper, standalone wireless VR headset on the way from Oculus for quite some time. Today, Facebook revealed to the world what it has been working on, and it is called the Oculus Go.
As expected, Oculus Go is a self-contained headset that doesn't require a physical connection to a...
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In case you have noticed, our data storage needs are growing at an exponential rate. Data centers have an increasing need to store huge amounts of information to power our digital world. Although there is an increasing shift towards solid state drive (SSDs) for their blazing fast performance and low-power profile...
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When it comes to gaming rigs, we love it when OEMs (and enthusiasts who build their machines) throw everything but the kitchen sink at their systems. Excess is best when it comes to NVIDIA, which commissioned high-end PC case maker Parvum to some up with the Ultimate GeForce PC.
The main requirement was to design a...
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Coffee Lake is not the only thing Intel has been brewing up. The world's largest semiconductor company announced the delivery of a 17-qubit superconducting test processor for quantum computing to QuTech, its quantum research partner based in the Netherlands. Intel fabricated the chip with a unique design to improve...
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The original Amazon Kindle was likely the first introduction that many of us had to a modern e-reader. Over the years, the Kindle has gone through a number of transformation (most for the better), culminating with the launch of the Oasis in 2016. Today, however, Amazon is giving the Oasis a significant upgrade that is...
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Every second Tuesday of every month Microsoft releases a batch of security updates to keep Windows and its core services in tiptop shape. Dubbed Patch Tuesday, yesterday's release for October was a pretty big one in the grand scheme of things (though not as big as the one this past June), containing fixes for dozens...
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Almost everything that was cool or hip a long time ago eventually comes back in style. So it goes with retro gaming, and no company knows that better than Nintendo, which has been rebooting classic games with miniaturized versions of legacy consoles, including its original Nintendo Entertainment System (NES Classic...
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A software engineer has discovered that OnePlus is actively collecting certain data on its users without their knowledge or permission. Chris Moore, owner of a UK-based security and tech blog and a finalist at Cyber Security Challenge UK, published an article detailing the Chinese electronic company's data collection...
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Until recently, a bug on a T-Mobile website gave hackers access to personal details relating to wireless subscriber accounts. What's really surprising about this particular attack vector is that hackers only needed a T-Mobile customer's phone number to gain access to private account details.
Karan Saini, a...
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Toshiba has announced an array of products featuring various flavors of its 64-layer BiCS 3D flash memory. We previously took a look at the speedy Toshiba XG5 NVMe M.2 SSD, and found it to be a capable performer. Today, however, Toshiba takes its 64-layer BiCS 3D flash technology in another direction with the...
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Earlier this month Google rolled out some new products that took aim directly at Amazon and the Echo line of devices. Those new Google devices include the Google Home Mini and Google Home Max. The Home Mini is set to launch on October 19 and ahead of that official launch, as Google and other manufacturers normally do...
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There are a lot of car guys and gals out there that dream of making enough money to have an entire collection of Porsche cars and SUVs. It's undeniably appealing to have a Cayenne or Macan for ferrying the kids around during the week or schlepping coworkers to and from meetings. On the weekends, having a sexy Cayman S...
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