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- Microsoft Debuts 'Cortana Show Me' As Windows 10 Spring Creators Update Nears Release
- Far Cry 5 Bizarre Missions Include Bull Testicle Festival, Marvin Gaye And Trump Pee Tape
- MSI H310-F PRO Coffee Lake Motherboard For Cryptocurrency Miners Leaks Ahead Of Schedule
- Apple's New Low-Cost iPad Will Reportedly Debut Next Week At Education-Focused Event
- Huawei Is Preparing A Smartphone With A Monstrous 512GB Of Onboard Storage
- Sources Claim Law Enforcement Is Using Fingerprints Of Dead People To Unlock iPhones
- Siri Is Blurting Out Private Notifications From iPhone Lock Screens As Apple Scrambles For A Patch
- Epic Games Hopes To Bridge Uncanny Valley With Digital Humans In 'Siren' Demo
- Samsung Galaxy S9 And S9+ Owners Complain Of Dead Spots On Infinity Displays
- Netflix Bug Bounty Entices Security Researchers With $15,000 Payout
- ADATA Unleashes XPG SX8200 3D TLC NAND SSD With Blazing Fast 3.2GB/sec Reads
- EA Develops Self-Training AI Players To Throw Down Versus Humans In Battlefield 1
- 2.5 Geeks 3/23/18: DIY Commodore 64, Mate 10 Pro, NVIDIA Raytracing, Atari VCS, Gaming Rig Giveaway!
- Digital Streaming Dominates Music Industry Revenue, Vinyl Outsells Digital Downloads
- NVIDIA Says 144Hz 4K G-SYNC HDR Displays From Acer And ASUS Arriving In April
- Seagate Hits MACH.2 With Multi-Actuator Tech Doubling Hard Drive Speeds To 480MB/Sec
- PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX Vega 56 Debuts With Custom Triple-Cooler Design
- Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon (2018) Review: 6th Gen Workhorse, HDR Brilliance
- Updated: YouTube To Intentionally 'Frustrate' Music Listeners With Ads To Promote Paid Streaming Service
- Mark Zuckerberg Apologizes For Facebook's Failings In Rare Sit Down Interview
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All News for March 2018
Microsoft is now talking up a new feature called "Cortana Show Me”, which the company says is the perfect feature for people who have ever wanted to change a setting but didn’t know how to do it. Cortana Show Me is the guide to Windows 10 settings and can be downloaded via the Microsoft Store using this link. This is...
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Some games push the envelope with cutting edge graphics, while others seek to immerse players with an engaging story line full of plot twists and turns. Yet others introduce innovative control schemes and gameplay mechanics. And then there is Far Cry 5, a game that mixes redneck stereotypes with the already weird...
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Cryptocurrency mining is a phenomenon that many gamers and even some cities are having issues with. Gamers aren't happy because the miners are buying up all the graphics cards out there and making them hard to find and driving prices up. Some cities aren't happy because the miners are slurping up vast amounts of...
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Apple has a new iPad that has finished development, and the device will reportedly make an appearance next week at the company's education-focused keynote at the Lane Technical College Prep High School in Chicago. This will be a decidedly less "splashy" affair than typical Apple keynotes, but the company is looking to...
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Is 256GB of internal storage – as seen on the iPhone X -- not enough for your smartphone needs? Well, it appears that Huawei is looking to leapfrog the competition with 512GB of internal storage on an upcoming smartphone model. News of this storage windfall came courtesy of a listing for an upcoming Huawei filing for...
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The Apple iPhone has become so common with both upstanding citizens and nefarious criminals that law enforcement frequently is faced with trying to unlock the devices of people who are suspects in crimes to gather evidence. For suspects that are deceased, gathering evidence can be a challenge for law enforcement...
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Siri was one of the first digital assistants to be released for smartphones, but it arguably hasn't kept pace with its rivals when it comes to adding new features and overall performance. And earlier this week, it was revealed that Siri has a penchant for reading notifications that are hidden on your lock screen when...
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The gap between real-life scenery and digitally produced visuals is continually shrinking, and one day we might not be able to tell the difference between the two. Working in that direction is Epic Games. Using its Unreal Engine, the development studio has created a digital human called Siren with realistic graphics...
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We have probably said it a million times by now, but Samsung's Super AMOLED displays are some of the best looking panels on mobile, bar none. The same is true of the company's newest flagship phones, the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+, though unfortunately the experience is being marred for some due to an unknown issue that...
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Forget about 'Netflix and chill', how about 'Netflix and make some money!'? Sure, the latter isn't likely to trend as a popular catchphrase, and it's not a euphemism for cuddling on the couch (or bed) and getting intimate. However, it is a possibility now that Netflix is opening up its bug bounty program to the...
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There's been quite a bit of activity in the SSD space recently, and ADATA is catering to gaming enthusiasts with the latest addition to its XPG family. In this case, we've got all the details on the new XPG SX8200, which is an M.2 2280 PCIe SSD family that looks to run with the big dogs when it comes to...
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Artificial intelligence is a concept that has existed for decades and is often used to characterize computer opponents in video games. The effectiveness of AI varies greatly, however, as some schemes are simply programmed instructions of how to act and react in certain situations. Electronic Arts is kicking things up...
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2.5 Geeks 3/23/18: DIY Commodore 64, Mate 10 Pro, NVIDIA Raytracing, Atari VCS, Gaming Rig Giveaway!
In this episode of HotHardware's Two And A Half Geeks podcast, Marco, Chris and Dave explain how to build your own Commodore 64 mini PC with a Raspberry Pi Zero, as well as discuss Huawei’s impressive Mate 10 Pro flagship Android phone, real-time Raytracing coming to PC games via NVIDIA and Microsoft, AMD’s mitigation...
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It's been a while since we heard much out of the RIAA after the organization was frequently in the news during its hunt to force anyone who even thought about illegally downloading music to pay damages. At times, the RIAA filed suits against deceased people essentially making it look like the bad guy to many music...
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Let's rewind the game tape back to CES 2017; it's at this time that we were floored by the ASUS ROG Swift PG27UQ display which measured 27 inches across and featured a 144Hz 4K HDR G-SYNC panel. A few months later, Acer countered with its Predator X27, offering largely the same specs. And after that... crickets. ASUS...
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Back in late 2017, Seagate gave us a taste of what's to come with its multi-actuator technology for modern hard drives. Whereas today's hard drives use a single actuator to sweep across the spinning platters, Seagate actually uses two actuators that move independently around a single pivot point, potentially doubling...
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Things have been relatively quiet on the graphics front in recent months. AMD launched its Radeon RX Vega 56 and Vega 64 cards last summer, then spent months trying to ramp up production. And when production stabilized, the cryptocurrency gold rush once again wiped out supplies. Despite the most gamers being unable to...
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Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 Carbon line has been widely regarded as the company's flagship business-class laptop over the past few years. The previous model, which we pored over in deep-dive detail here, brought a new, more compact chassis design with it, along with thinner display bezels and a refresh of Intel's Kaby Lake...
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Hey, good news everyone, Google is going to be serving up more ads through YouTube in between music videos! Isn't that awesome? Wait, you're not stoked? Well then, that is unfortunate, because apparently the video streaming site will forge ahead with showing a greater number of ads to some users. It's part of an...
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There is a campaign on Twitter to #DeleteFacebook. Even Brian Acton, the WhatsApp co-founder who became a billionaire when Facebook acquired his cross-platform mobile messaging service, is supporting the movement. Facebook is likely to survive the recent turmoil stemming from a scandal involving Cambridge Analytica...
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Ads and videos on website that we frequent are a normal occurrence that we have all gotten used to over the years. However, one thing that really irritates internet surfers are videos that play automatically when we load a page -- especially if they have blaring audio accompanying them.
Google has heard your cries...
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Looking ahead to the next generation of wireless technology, 5G is expected to usher in much faster download speeds, allowing for higher quality streaming and potentially online gaming with less lag. The speed bump is reason enough to be excited for the eventual 5G roll out to the masses, but it's not the only one...
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