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Latest News - May 2018
- Samsung Slapped With $539M Order To Pay Apple For iPhone Patent Infringment
- Google Home Overtakes Amazon Echo For First Time In Booming AI Smart Speaker Market
- Andy Rubin's Essential Cancels Second Gen Smartphone And Considers Sale
- Crabby Apple Blocks Steam Link iOS App Launch Leaving Valve Perplexed
- Apple Knew iPhone 6 Was Prone To Bending According To Court Docs
- Amazon Alexa Allegedly Records Woman's Conversation And Sends It To A Random Contact
- Uber Self-Driving Vehicle Saw Pedestrian In Fatal Crash, But Automatic Braking Was Disabled
- Google Preps 'Kidd' Chromebook With Hybrid Intel-AMD Kaby Lake-G Processor
- Facebook Streamlines Its Two-Factor Authentication Process For Account Logins
- FBI Seizes Russian Botnet After VPNFilter Malware Infects 500K Routers Worldwide
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 SoC Brings Flagship Features And AI Muscle To Lower Cost Phones
- Battlefield V Returns To WWII, Some Gamers' Panties In A Twist Over Women In Combat
- Newest Windows 10 April 2018 Update Build Fixes Intel SSD Crashes, Toshiba SSD Woes
- 2.5 Geeks 5/24/18: QLC SSDs, Razer Blade 15, G-Sync HDR Displays, PS5 Rumors, Ryzen Pro, Trillium And More
- Apple Shells Out $50 Refunds To iPhone Owners Who Paid For Battery Replacements
- Apple And VW Partner For Self-Driving Employee Shuttle Vans
- ASUS Launches ROG Swift PG27UQ 4K 144Hz NVIDIA G-SYNC HDR Gaming Monitor
- The Ferrari SP38 Is A One-Off Gorgeous Road Rocket Based On The Outrageous 488 GTB
- Acer Unveils Premium Chromebook 13 Family With Intel 8th Gen Core To Battle Pixelbooks
- Acer Predator Helios 500 17-inch Beast Laptop Boasts 6-Core Coffee Lake-H And GTX 1070
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All News for May 2018
The latest in the ongoing legal saga between Apple and Samsung is that the latter owes the former $539 million for infringing on smartphone patents, a US jury has found after deliberating for more than a week. Samsung already paid Apple...
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It looks as though Google is turning the corner with regards to its positioning in the growing AI smart speaker market. Ever since Google Home was first introduced in late 2016, it has played second fiddle to the dominant Amazon Echo...
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Andy Rubin is the father of the Android operating system that powers hundreds of millions of smartphones around the globe. Rubin broke away from Google and eventually wound up at a new company called Essential Products Inc. The company's...
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It looks like Android fans have another thing they can hold over the heads of their iOS-using pals. The Steam Link app launched in beta form on Android earlier this month. The app had originally been approved by Apple to launch on iOS, but...
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Apple is currently embroiled in a lawsuit over the "touch disease" that can affect some iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus devices. The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus represented a clean break from a design that started with the iPhone 4 and...
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A woman from Portland, Oregon has claimed that her Amazon Echo recorded part of her conversation and sent it to a random person on her contact list. The woman claims that she learned about the issue when a person who worked for her husband...
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We're now getting some official details on a fatal crash that occurred back in March between an Uber self-driving Volvo XC90 and a woman walking a bicycle across the street. Preliminary findings that were leaked earlier this month claimed...
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We just saw yesterday that Acer is trying to counter Google's Pixelbook with its own premium Chromebook 13 and Chromebook Spin 13. Both Acer Chromebooks are available with 8th generation Intel Core processors, and feature aluminum chassis...
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Perhaps one day in the future we will no longer have to fumble with passwords when logging into sites and services. In the meantime, passwords rule the day, and you can make them more secure by enabling two-factor authentication where...
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The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Justice dealt a blow to a sophisticated Russian botnet that security researchers referred to as VPNFilter. They did it by seizing a key domain used to perpetuate the...
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Qualcomm is rolling out a new mobile chipset for mid-range devices. As the first new system-on-chip in the company's newly minted 700-series Snapdragon tier, Qualcomm's Snapdragon 710 brings upgraded performance to mainstream phones and...
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Developer DICE is bringing the next Battlefield installment back to its roots, with Battlefield V "immersing players in unexpected battles and untold stories of World War 2," publisher Electronic Arts announced. The game promises a fresh...
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Over the past two weeks, we have detailed an ongoing issue that has prevented PCs with certain Intel SSDs from upgrading to the new Windows 10 April 2018 Update. Microsoft was vague about what SSDs were affected at first, but then later...
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In this episode of HotHardware's Two And A Half Geeks, Marco, Chris and Dave kick around some breaking news and tech review headlines like Intel and Micron’s new Quad-Level Cell (QLC) NAND SSDs, Razer's hot new Blade 15 and Core X, ARM’s...
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Apple really stepped in it when it decided to start throttling iPhones with aging batteries without properly informing customers about the practice. When the policy of throttling came to light, many users were outraged and Apple quickly...
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Apple and Volkswagen have announced that they have partnered to build autonomous vans for transporting Apple workers. The announcement of the agreement came Wednesday night and the plan is to take the VW T6 Transporter vans and turn them into autonomous shuttles. The vans will be fitted with...
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Earlier this week Acer officially launched the new Predator X27 gaming monitor that had gamers drooling. That drool dried up quickly when the monitor's price of $1999 was announced. If you want a different option with the exact same panel...
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Unless you're surrounding by Ferraris on a daily basis, it's kind of hard not to do a double take when one passes in front of your eyes. Now Ferrari has a new supercar to take your breath away, although your chances of actually seeing it...
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Chromebooks running Google's Chrome OS seem to be all the rage these days in the education sector. Low prices coupled with functional keyboards make them a cheaper, more productive alternative to Apple iPads. However, there's also a market...
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Way back in March, we got an early glimpse at the latest entry in Acer's Predator family: the Helios 500. Today, Acer officially unveiled the stout new gaming notebook, which packs in a big 'ol 17.3-inch display.
The notebook comes...
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Imagine if at the end of a Cirque du Soleil performance the participants took their bows, then ripped off their faces to reveal a robotic skeleton. That would be incredible, right? As farfetched as that scenario sounds, don't be surprised...
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Smartphone manufacturers are going all-in when it comes to larger displays these days. In the case of devices like the iPhone X and the OnePlus 6, OEMs have taken to minimizing bezels all around and leaving a display notch in the...
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