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Latest News - December 2018
- Microsoft Admits Manual Windows Updates Can Make You A Test Guinea Pig
- Amazon’s Sleek Echo Wall Clock Arrives For The Holidays With Alexa Smart Timers
- Gamers Can Now Buy Red Dead Gold With Real Cash But At What Cost
- Microsoft Is Giving Away These Hilariously Ugly Windows 95 Sweaters To Lucky Fans
- BMW And Porsche Unveil 450 kW EV Charger That Provides 60 Miles Of Range In 3 Minutes
- Facebook Confirms API Bug Exposed Photos Of 6.8 Million Users
- 3dfx Rampage GPU Performance Revealed 20 Years After Project's Demise
- Nintendo Is Ending Production Of NES Classic (Again) And SNES Classic
- Facebook Portal Smart Display Updated To Support Games And A Web Browser
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX Ray Tracing In Battlefield V Explored Pre And Post Patch
- Turn Your Amazon Fire TV Into A Genesis With Sega's New 25-Game Bundle
- HP Laptops With AMD Ryzen 3000 Series Picasso APUs Debut In Benchmarks Leak
- Grab A Surface Laptop 2 For $799 And More With Microsoft's Smokin' Holiday Deals
- Vitaminwater Contest Offers $100,000 To Ditch Your Smartphone For a Year
- Apple Readies Software Update To Thwart Qualcomm's Chinese iPhone Sales Ban
- 2.5 Geeks Talk AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 With Scott Wasson
- Razer SoftMiner Cryptocurrency Rewards Program Leads To Confusion For Gamers
- Microsoft Refutes Reports That It Is Covertly Harvesting Windows 10 Activity History Data
- Qualcomm Wants Apple iPhone XR And iPhone XS Added To Chinese Import Ban
- Samsung Galaxy S10 Tipped For February 20 Launch And Up To 1TB Internal Storage
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All News for December 2018
In a new post on its Windows Blog, Microsoft details its Windows Update mechanism, allowing us to peer inside the company process to see how those precious updates are rolled out. While some Windows updates have clearly not gone according...
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Amazon is intent on getting Alexa into just about every object in your home. While the voice assistant started embedded in smart speakers, it has since expanded into devices that are suited to the kitchen like microwaves and now wall...
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Eureka! If you are tired of grinding to earn that Red Dead Online Cattleman Revolver or Arabian horse, you are in luck. Gamers can now purchase gold in Red Dead Online with real life currency. However, is this latest update truly...
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Microsoft is giving away a very special quasi-holiday ugly sweater to a handful of lucky fans on Twitter. The sweater has a sweet retro Windows 95 theme. Although wearing this sweater may not make you cool (or it might if your inner geek...
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The move to electric vehicles seems inevitable, but we are slowly getting there as early adopters purchase vehicles like the Tesla Model 3, Nissan Leaf and Chevrolet Bolt. However, there are three primary negatives that make the buying...
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Some people collect stamps, others collect vintage coins, and some companies collect your Facebook photos. Facebook recently announced that a bug allowed third-party apps to access the photos of nearly 6.8 million users. Facebook has...
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A new book titled "The Legacy of 3dfx" sheds some incite on 3dfx's experimental Rampage graphics card that never saw a public release. A few pictures released early from the book reveal the results of a few benchmark tests that show how...
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The fun Is coming to an end, folks. Nintendo's NES Classic and SNES Classic aren't long for this world according to comments made this week by Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aimé.
While speaking with The Hollywood Reporter...
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Have you been eyeing the Facebook Portal or the larger Portal+? The latest updates for the smart displays may get consumers to bite in spite of mediocre reviews and lingering privacy concerns. Facebook recently added a web browser, news...
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The much anticipated, and sometimes controversial, next installment in the Battlefield franchise is here. There are many aspects to the game, like the World War II setting for example, which have gamers questioning whether or not we need...
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Retro gaming is plentiful nowadays, and retro gaming consoles like SNK's NeoGeo Mini, Nintendo's SNES Classic, and Sony's PlayStation Classic are selling extremely well. Sega is looking to undercut the competition in the retro gaming...
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It looks as though Geekbench is providing us with some pretty good insight on incoming Ryzen 3000 Series processor from AMD. However, these aren't the 7nm Zen 2 monsters that we've been talking about in recent weeks. Instead, the leaks...
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If you're in the market for a top-notch premium notebook, Microsoft is currently running a "12 Days. 12 Faves" promotion which is providing some rather enticing hardware discounts. One of the deals that immediately caught our eyes is on...
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Smartphones are everywhere today; go into any restaurant, school, business, or home, and you are guaranteed to see someone swiping away an app on their smartphone. With this in mind, Vitaminwater is running a contest that is challenging...
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Apple and Qualcomm aren't on friendly terms right now considering that the two firms are currently embroiled in a long-running legal battle over patents and royalties. Qualcomm claims that Apple owes billions in royalty payments, while...
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Be sure to tune in to our 2.5 Geeks Webcast tomorrow afternoon, as we will be having a detailed discussion with Scott Wasson of AMD. For those not in the know, Scott Wasson serves as Senior Manager for Product Management in AMD's Radeon...
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Cryptocurrency has been a hot topic in 2018, and Google claims that “What is bitcoin?” was one of its top questions this year. A lot of people (and companies) jumped on the cryptocurrency train, including Razer. The company is now offering...
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Microsoft is looking to clear the air regarding a Windows 10 "feature" that was widely reported yesterday. Activity History is a feature that allows you to view a log of tasks that you have performed on all of your logged-in devices, and...
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The stakes in the ongoing legal drama between Apple and Qualcomm are getting higher. Earlier this week, a Chinese court sided with Qualcomm, imposing an import and sales ban on Apple products ranging from the iPhone 6s/iPhone 6s Plus on...
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We've seen lots of rumors about the Samsung Galaxy S10, which will be among the first smartphone to launch with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 processor (at least in the United States). Rumors have hinted that there would be multiple S10...
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The year is coming to an end (and what a year 2018 has been), which means that it's time for AMD to deliver a revamped version of its Radeon Software for its family of GPUs. We present to you Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition, which...
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Remembering when texting messaging was generally capped, and it would cost extra to go over your monthly allotment? For the most part, cellphone plans come with unlimited texting these days, though residents in California may still have to...
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