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Latest News - July 2015
- Apple Stores Send Google’s Nest Thermostat Packing As It Focuses On HomeKit
- Google Voice Neural Network Update Slashes Transcription Errors Rate By Nearly 50 Percent
- Facelifted 2016 Honda Accord Gains Android Auto And Apple CarPlay Support
- Bethesda Drops Nuke Full Of ‘Fallout’ Titles With Anthology Collector’s Edition
- Microsoft’s Flagship Windows 10 Mobile Smartphones Detailed In Fresh Leak
- NVIDIA Bundles Metal Gear Solid V With Select Graphics Cards And Notebooks
- $669 Lenovo Z51 Gaming Laptop, 30% Off ASUS VS287Q-P Ultrafast 27” Monitors, And Playstation Gaming Deals
- Asus STRIX Radeon R9 390X Review: Hawaii Gets 8GB
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 Multiplayer Beta Arrives In August For PC, PS4 And Xbox One
- Third Gen Moto X Poses For Paparazzi, Shows Off 5.5-inch Display And Front Flash
- Electronic Sports League Introduces Drug Testing Following Adderall Scandal
- Acer One 10 2-in-1 Windows 8.1 Tablet Debuts At Reasonable $199
- Appeals Court Rules Butt Dialing Tosses All Expectations Of Privacy Out Window
- Special Effects Wizardry Uses Digital Botox To Erase Years From Woman’s Face
- Huge Discount On A Raspberry Pi Hacker Bundle In The HotHardware Shop
- YouTube's Fascination With 360-degree Videos Extends To Ads
- Twitch Begins Transition To HTML5 As Adobe Flash Exodus Continues
- Pocket-Sized SCiO Spectrometer Analyzes Chemical Composition Of Anything, Displays It On Your Smartphone
- Sony Trims UI Bloat With ‘Stripped Back’ Android Concept For Xperia Smartphones
- $499 Lenovo Edge 15 Touchscreen Laptops, 35% Off SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB Flash Drives And More
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All News for July 2015
Just as you can't walk into a McDonald's and order a Whopper, you can no longer waltz into one of Apple's retail stores or visit the company's online shop and pick up a Nest thermostat, which is owned by rival Google. They've been yanked from store shelves, both physical and virtual, to make room for products that tap...
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Visual voicemail is a wonderful thing...in theory. The idea of being able to read our voicemails in text form is both convenient and awesome, though in practice, it's not usual to stare at a jumble of words trying to figure out if the caller was drunk or if it was simply a poor transcription. Even Google is not shy of...
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In late May, Hyundai became the first automaker to officially support Android Auto with a software update to its 2015 (and newer) Sonata midsize sedans. At the time, Hyundai said that it would add support for Apple CarPlay at a later date. This week, however, Honda announced that is refreshed 2016 Honda Accord, a...
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Leave it to Bethesda to knock it out of the park with collector’s editions for its games. If your recall, the company kicked off Fallout 4 pre-orders with the Pip-Boy edition which included a wearable Pip-Boy that hooks up with your smartphone, a capsule case, a Robco Industries stand, and of course a copy of the game...
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Microsoft has sky-high ambitions with Windows 10, due out next Wednesday, and that goes for mobile just as much as it does for the desktop. It needs to have some attractive smartphones on the market if it's going to make a real impression on people, and beyond that, they need to boast higher-end specs. No one gets...
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The highly anticipated Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is set to land on September 15th for PCs (it launches on September 2 for the PS3, PS4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One). For those PC gamers looking to pickup the game, you’ll be glad to know that NVIDIA is now bundling Metal Gear Solid V for free with the purchase of...
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Welcome back for the latest installment of HOT deals, straight from the good folks at TechBargains. In store for you today, we’ve got deals on a Lenovo Z51 15.6" gaming notebook with Broadwell and discrete AMD graphics, an ASUS VS278Q-P Ultrafast 1ms 27-Inch LED-Lit monitor, a Sony PS4 500GB Batman Arkham Knight...
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AMD has certainly kept our test benches busy lately, with the debut of two Fiji-based flagships, namely the liquid-cooled Radeon Fury X and its surprisingly capable air-cooled little brother, the Radeon Fury. Now it’s time to turn our attention to the Radeon R9 390X, specifically Asus' handsome STRIX offering. Don’t Call It Hawaii! “Rebadge”...
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After a string of disappointing game launches (some of which were possibly made worse by inadequate testing), it’s good to see Activision and developer Treyarch running a large-scale beta ahead of its Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 release. Scott Lowe of Activision announced this week that that the companies will run a...
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Motorola is getting ready to unveil new mobile devices, which we know because it's been sending members of the press invitations to a livestream event scheduled to take place on July 28 (next Tuesday) at a bright and early 6 AM Pacific. While nothing has yet been confirmed, it's generally believed that Motorola will...
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Unlike sports like baseball and football where the use of performance enhancing drugs has been a major issue at times, you would think that electronic sports would be immune from such issues. You'd also be wrong. To ensure a level playing field among participants, the Electronic Sports League (ESL) -- one of the...
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It’s back-to-school season, which has traditionally been a good time to pick up a laptop or tablet at a decent price. Asus just released a low-cost Chromebook that is worth a look, but Windows users are getting some love, too. The Acer One 10 is a 10.1-inch Windows tablet (with a keyboard) that rolls in at just under...
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We all have that one friend or family member that's notorious for accidentally calling from their smartphone every so often without realizing it. Known as butt dialing (or pocket dialing if you want to be a little more tactful), the polite thing to do once you realize what happened is to hang up the phone so you don't...
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Using special effects to “de-age” actors is nothing new. Hollywood has put this tech to use (with varying degrees of effectiveness) in movies like X-Men: The Last Stand, The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttons, Tron Legacy, and more recently in Ant-Man.
However, those movies had the help of highly capable visual...
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If you’ve thinking about picking up a Raspberry Pi, but have no idea where to start or what to do with it, we’ve got a bundle for sale in the HotHardware Shop that may be just what the doctor ordered. For the next week, a Raspberry Pi Hacker Bundle loaded with lectures and other information is available for only $39...
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If you've never watched a 360-degree video on YouTube, you should check one out, they're pretty nifty. They're so neat that Google is extending the functionality to advertisers so they can deliver more immersive ads on Chrome and the mobile YouTube app for Android and iOS devices, the company announced in a blog post today.
For advertisers
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Adobe Flash is going down! Flash has been a boil on the butt of the Internet for years, but we’ve just put up with it despite the often horrid performance and numerous security lapses. However, some recent high-priority hacks using Flash as a conduit have only increased the number of people calling for the demise of...
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Is that a tricorder in your pocket or are you just happy to see me? While we’ve seen handheld devices that mimic the look and feel of Star Trek Communicators, the handheld SCiO will truly make you feel like a member Dr. McCoy’s medical team.
The SCiO turns science fiction into science fact by shrinking mass...
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Many Android users I know like to stick with Google's official Nexus phones, and every single one of them cite the same reasons for it: a clean user interface. It's true; Nexus devices are the go-to for experiencing Android as it's meant to be, similar to how Microsoft sells "Signature" desktops and notebooks that...
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Welcome back for the latest installment of HOT deals, direct from our friends at TechBargains. On tap for you all today, we have deals on a Lenovo Edge 15 Intel Core i3-5005U-based laptop with touch, a SanDisk Ultra Fit CZ43 32GB USB 3.0 flash drive, a Dell S2340M 23in LED LCD Widescreen Monitor, and more. Details for...
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T-Mobile is launching some new functionality for its smartphone users today, and surprisingly CEO and President John Legere hasn’t gone on the warpath against rival carriers when making the announcement. Instead, Chief Technology Officer Neville Ray took to the company blog to announce that T-Mobile has become the...
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Vertical videos are proof that we're in over our heads with smartphones. Here we have these wonder pocket-sized gadgets that can capture precious moments like little Johnny getting his first hit in baseball or your sweet niece Sarah reciting the alphabet. Unfortunately, too many of these memories are ruined by holding...
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