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Latest News - May 2017
- WikiLeaks Reveals CIA Man-in-the-Middle LAN Hacking Tool Archimedes
- Intel Apathetically Suggests Core i7-7700K Users Stop Overclocking To Prevent Temp Spikes
- Moto Z2 Play Adopts Snapdragon 626 And Trades Some Battery Life For Thinner Frame
- Incoming AMD Ryzen Microcode Update Expands DDR4 Memory Module Support
- Updated: Amazon Leak Reveals Echo AI Device With Touch Display And FireOS Interface
- OnePlus 5 Confirmed For Summer Debut, Snapdragon 835 And 8GB RAM Rumored
- MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Gaming X 11G Review: Blazing-Fast And Custom Cooled
- Windows 10 Redstone 3 Build 16188 Debuts With Defender Application Guard And Ninjacat Hijinks
- Former TSMC Engineer Charged With Stealing 28nm Silicon Tech Trade Secrets From NVIDIA And AMD
- ‘Prey’ Reboot Blasts Onto PC, Xbox One And PS4 Today
- Microsoft To Unveil New Windows 10 Surface Hardware On May 23rd
- Tablet Market Shrinks For Tenth Straight Quarter, Apple iPad Still Leads The Pack
- Facebook Shutters Award-Winning Oculus VR Movie Studio
- Google Unveils Tasty 'AIY' Do-It-Yourself AI Voice Kit For Raspberry Pi
- Intel Announces Xeon Scalable Processor Family Based On Skylake-SP
- Apple Commits $1 Billion To Fund US Expansion Of Advanced Manufacturing
- Windows 10 Version 1507 Will No Longer Receive Security Updates After May Patch Tuesday
- GE ’Sol’ Alexa-Powered AI Smart Lamp Lights Up In September For $200
- T-Mobile Discounts LG G6 By $150, Throws In Free Google Home And G Pad X Tablet
- Microsoft HoloLens Creator Claims Smartphones Are Already Dead
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All News for May 2017
WikiLeaks isn’t done exposing the CIA’s arsenal of hacking tools used to infiltrate computer systems around the globe. Last month, we told you about Weeping Angel, which targeted select Samsung Smart TVs for surveillance purposes. Today, we’re learning about Archimedes, which attacks computers attached to a Local Area...
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Is it hot in here or is it just your Intel Core i7-7700K? Users have been complaining for months that their 7th Gen Kaby Lake Core i7 processors are experiencing alarming temperature spikes. Intel’s ever so helpful response? Stop overclocking.
Intel’s Core i7-7700 and 7700K are both quad-core chips with...
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Size matters, at least when it comes to smartphones. The Moto Z2 Play is rumored to be slimmer than its Z Play predecessor, but will sacrifice coveted battery life as a result. The device will also likely include an upgraded Qualcomm Snapdragon 626.
The Moto Z2 Play will be slightly under 6 millimeters in thickness...
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AMD has risen in rank thanks to its Ryzen launch and is once again a competitive force in the enthusiast market, but the roll out has not been without some bumps in the road. There are two main issues working to undermine Ryzen. One is that gaming performance is not where many thought it would be, and the second is...
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Back in early March, we were given an early glimpse at an upcoming Amazon camera courtesy of AFTVnews, which stumbled across a picture of the device sitting on Amazon’s servers. Two months later, that product was revealed to be the Echo Look camera.
Today, a small image of what could be a touch-screen Amazon Echo...
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OnePlus has been on a bit of a roll since... well, its inception. All of its flagship devices have been well-received and have sold well, leading us to believe that its next major launch could continue the tradition. Even though the phone hasn't been officially announced yet, we know that it's going to be called...
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Custom variants of NVIDIA's mighty GeForce GTX 1080 Ti are finally available -- more so than the initial run of the stock clocked Founders Editions. As always, however, fortune favors the prudent buyer or simply those more recently flush with cash. In this custom 1080 Ti offering, MSI marries old form with new...
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Windows 10 Redstone 3 is off to a brisk start, as Microsoft is shipping new builds to the Fast ring at an impressive pace. A week ago, Microsoft delivered Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 16184, and today the company has released Build 16188.
Despite the seemingly minuscule jump in build numbers, there are plenty...
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In the high stakes game of semiconductors, technologies related to processor nodes are closely guarded secrets as companies try to trump one another with die shrinks and other advances in silicon research and development. As you might imagine, espionage can be a problem. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company...
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It is finally time to fight the invasion. Again. Fans of the original Prey released in 2006 were teased with a sequel for several years, but as the IP rights changed hands and development shifted from one studio to another, the long-awaited followup seemed increasingly unlikely. It was eventually cancelled in 2014. Game over, right? Not so
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Are you ready for more Surface hardware? Microsoft earlier this week announced the Surface Laptop, which is a premium Kaby Lake machine that is slathered in Alcantara and features a 13.5-inch PixelSense touch display.
However, it looks as though Microsoft has additional Surface hardware in store for us later this...
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It was not all that long ago when analysts and tracking firms were predicting the demise of the PC in the wake of rising tablet shipments. Like the creatures from Wayward Pines, it was expected that tablets would overwhelm traditional computers with sheer numbers and wipe out the populace of PCs. We knew better all...
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Critics had a lot of good things to say about Henry, a short film based around the first original character designed for virtual reality. The protagonist is a less-than-cuddly hedgehog who is lonely and in search of friendship, and he captured the hearts of viewers. Henry ended up winning an Emmy award for Outstanding Original Interactive
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Are you a do-it-yourself fiend that is always looking for a new project to tackle? Well, Google is calling out to you with its new Artificial Intelligence Yourself (AIY) Projects initiative, which will allow Makers to get their hands dirty with DIY AI projects.
The first fruit produced by Google’s AIY program is...
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AMD is looking to make a big impact on the enterprise market with its upcoming Naples platform. Naples will bring tons of memory bandwidth and up to 32 cores, so many have been wondering what Intel has up its sleeves to counter it. Overall, the blue team still has the fastest IPC and single-threaded performance, so it...
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What is a company to do when it is sitting on a $256 billion pile of cash? If you’re Apple, you peel away a tiny sliver of that money to reinvest in the United States. That’s coming straight from the horse’s mouth, or in this case, Apple CEO Tim Cook.
In an interview this week with CNBC’s Jim Cramer, Cook explained...
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If you (or your business) for some reason are still running the initial release of the Windows 10 operating system, you might want to think about upgrading to a newer build. Windows 10 was originally launched during the summer of 2015 with version 1507. Since that time, Microsoft has introduced a number of updates...
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GE and Amazon are hoping to light up your life. The two companies just released more information about their Alexa-powered smart lamp, including a new name, release date, and price tag.
Jeff Patton, General Manager of Connected Home Products for GE Lighting, remarked at the product's announcement six months ago...
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The new G6 from LG is a really good Android phone in its own right, but if you were on the fence, T-Mobile and LG have a pair of offers that you might find too good to refuse. Starting with T-Mobile, the spunky "uncarrier," as it likes to call itself, is offering the LG 6 for $20 per month for 24 months, plus a $20...
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If you own a smartphone running Windows 10 Mobile, you’re a small fish in a very big pond. The market is overwhelmingly dominated by smartphones running the Android operating system (81.7 percent), with iOS taking a distant second place (17.9 percent) according to Gartner. Smartphones running Microsoft’s mobile...
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The ongoing dispute between Apple and Qualcomm is heating up in a big way. These two companies have been arguing over licensing fees and rebates, with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) getting involved earlier this year. As the squabble continues, it is being reported that Qualcomm is planning to ask the...
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Sony Pictures may be feeling a little blue about UHD Blu-ray. The Smurfs 2 just emerged on a torrent site and could have the distinction of being the first pirated UHD Blu-ray film (without the use of screen capturing tools). The Smurfs 2 was uploaded to private torrent trackers UltraHDclub and IPT. The film is tagged...
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