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- Samsung To Unveil Flexible OLED Dual-Display Galaxy X Smartphone Concept Soon This Year
- It's Happening, Microsoft Is Blocking Updates On New PC Platforms with Older Versions Of Windows
- Microsoft Surface Event Confirmed For May 2 In NYC With A Focus On Education
- Microsoft Confirms Xbox Project Scorpio Unveil At E3 In June
- Dell's Drool-Worthy 30-Inch UltraSharp 4K OLED UP3017Q Monitor Now On Sale
- Microsoft Has Gamers' Backs Now Offering Self-Service Refunds On Xbox One And Windows 10 Games
- US Air Force Demonstrates F-16 Wingman Drone That Can Take Out Targets Autonomously
- Two and a Half Geeks: Ryzen R5, LG G6, Samsung Galaxy S8, Dell Inspiron 15 7000 And More
- Google Says No Whopper For YOU! Shuts Down Burger King’s Google Home Hack
- Mario Makes Magnificent Debut On Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition May 11th
- Bezos Declares No Bio Breaks Or Barfing On Blue Origin Space Tours, Suck It Up Buttercup
- Pay What You Want For The Ultimate Android Development Bundle In The HotHardware Shop
- Silicon Valley Titans Google, Amazon And Facebook Plead With FCC To Save Net Neutrality Rules
- Google AutoDraw AI Turns Your Amateurish Doodles Into Worthy Art
- Sneaky Burger King Commercial Takes Google Home Hostage To Promote Whopper Sandwich
- Facebook Messenger Platform Balloons To 1.2 Billion Monthly Active Users
- Microsoft Offers Up Windows 10 Creators Update Gaming Features Walkthrough Guide
- Huawei CEO Still Doesn't See The Point Of Smartwatches In A Smartphone World
- Project Scorpio Dev Kits Boast 24GB GDDR5, OLED Display And 1TB SSD
- Dodge Challenger SRT Demon Breathes 840 Horsepower And Rips 9.65-Second 1/4 Mile Runs
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All News for April 2017
Will Samsung soon unveil a flexible OLED smartphone? Lately the answer to that question may be as reliable as a Magic 8 ball. One source, however, has leaked that Samsung will likely reveal its dual-screen smartphone prototype sometime in the next few months.
The dual-screen smartphone may be a preliminary...
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Microsoft made headlines early last year when it announced that users of Intel Skylake (and newer) processors, would need to run Windows 10, as support would be dropped on older versions of Windows. After that initial announcement, there wasn't much additional news related to the story. That is until last fall, when...
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Microsoft has begun inviting members of the press to a media event scheduled for May 2, 2017, in New York City. Details on the event are light other than Microsoft saying it will be focused on education. Several sites are speculating that it will involve Microsoft's Surface products, though do not expect a new...
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Xbox Project Scorpio's hype train has been moving at a good clips for months, but we suspect that it's about to kick into a higher gear. In a new blog post, Xbox chief Phil Spencer reveals that the console's full unveiling will take place at the upcoming E3 expo, just a mere two months from now.
Spencer reiterates...
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Get out those wallets. Dell’s visually enticing 30-inch UltraSharp 4K OLED Monitor UP3017Q is now on sale. According to Dell, the monitor provides “incredibly realistic imagery that’s unlike any other panel”.
Dell’s first 4K UltraSharp offers a 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio. The 30 panel comprises some 8 million...
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A couple of years ago, Valve relaxed its rules and regulations for customers being able to get a refund on a game title as a clear result of way too many unhappy customers asking for refunds. At that time, the company began letting people play up to 2 hours of a game, and if it didn't live up to expectations (or it...
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Warfare is evolving at a pace faster than most people could have predicted even just a decade ago. Advances in technology have led to some incredibly high-tech gear on the battlefield and in the skies. In regards to the latter, the United States Air Force has developed an F-16 drone that can not only fly autonomously...
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Join us today for another episode of HotHardware's Two And A Half Geeks webcast. Today we'll be kicking around AMD's Ryzen 5 processors, the gorgeous LG G6 Android phone, Samsung's Galaxy S8, Dell's Inspiron Gaming 15 notebook, a sneak peek of the Gigabyte Aorus GeForce GTX 1080 Ti and details on how YOU could win a...
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Google is not the least bit amused by Burger King's attempt to engage with Google Home smart speakers using the wake phrase "Okay Google" in a new ad campaign. In an interesting twist, Burger King, which did not collaborate with or involve Google in its marketing stunt in any way, claims that Google made changes to...
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Some things are just meant to go together. Peanut butter and jelly, sea salt and vinegar on kettle cooked chips, Bill Belichick and Tom Brady—you get the idea. You can add to the list Minecraft, one of the most popular games of all time, and the Nintendo Switch, the new hybrid console that has a legitimate shot at...
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Perhaps one day space travel for tourism will be a common thing. In the here and now, there are select few companies pushing the idea, including Blue Origin, a privately-funded aerospace manufacturer and spaceflight services firm founded and run by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. For the right amount of money—a lot of...
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If you’ve ever wanted to learn how to code and build apps for Google’s Android platform, we’ve got a deal running in the HotHardware Shop you’ll definitely want to check out. An Ultimate Android Development Bundle, with over 88 hours of training and materials, is part of a “pay what you want” promotion. You can save a...
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Silicon Valley is pushing back against Washington D.C., and for good reason. A lobbying group representing tech titans such as Google, Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, and Microsoft recently released a document in favor of net neutrality. The Internet Association (IA) indicated that it supported the 2015 Open Internet...
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It is time to take your stick figures to the next level, as you can now transform your scribbles into professional-level art. Google’s AutoDraw uses artificial intelligence to determine what the user is drawing and then offers to “improve” it.
Users first scribble with their finger an image on their phone, tablet...
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We’ve heard plenty of stories about Google Home and Amazon Echo being unintentionally set off by TV commercials that trigger their “wake words”. Most recently, Google Home devices were awakened by a 60-second Google Super Bowl commercial that featured the AI assistant. Given that “OK Google” was said 16 times...
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It seems as though Facebook has been continually improving its Messenger platform over the past few months with little tweaks here and there. All of these feature additions are coming for a good reason — Facebook needs to feed the beast. Facebook’s David Marcus just announced that Messenger now has over 1.2 billion...
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With the Windows 10 Creators Update having just launched, Microsoft decided to create a quick guide that explains its numerous gaming-related features, such as Beam game recording/streaming, Game Bar, Game Mode, and the countless number of settings now found inside of the OS' "Settings" control panel.
Of all the...
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I have a confession to make—I like smartwatches. Not the janky ones that are little more than glorified fitness bands and cheaply made (to ether their own), but classier looking timepieces. It took some time for me to come around to them, as I didn't see the point in slapping a clock to my wrist when there's a...
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Although it’s not quite the final production spec Project Scorpio that we are all eager to see, we are at least today getting a glimpse at the dev kits that are being used to create a new generation of Xbox One games. Right now, the dev kit looks quite similar to the current Xbox One S, although there are some key...
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Dodge turned a lot of heads (even Jay Leno's) when it rolled out its 707-horsepower Charger SRT Hellcat and Challenger SRT Hellcat in 2014, two of the most powerful muscle cars ever. Now three years later the automaker has outdone itself. The company's 2018 Challenger SRT Demon is, as it sounds, hellaciously fast and...
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There was once a pretty wide divide between dedicated game consoles and PCs. That is no longer the case. Today's consoles are increasingly PC-like in their makeup. That will be more true than ever when Microsoft starts shipping Project Scorpio, which is essentially an upgraded Xbox One designed for 4K gaming. In...
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What’s better than one router to blanket [most of] your home with internet coverage? How about two or three to evenly spread coverage to every nook and cranny of your humble abode — even in your dank basement?
We’ve seen the rise of mesh router systems like the Netgear Orbi, Linksys Velop, Google WiFi and many...
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