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Latest News - July 2017
- Verizon Admits To Throttling Netflix Streams, Blames Network Optimization Trials
- Dell's UltraSharp U3818DW Now Shipping With 38 Inches Of Curved Infinity Edge Love
- Andy Rubin’s Modular Essential Phone Delayed, Will Launch "In A Few Weeks"
- Briar Darknet Messenger Client For Android Secures Chats With Direct Peer-To-Peer Connectivity
- Apple Gets Help From Microsoft And Google In Legal Battle Versus Qualcomm
- Microsoft Goes After Russian Election Hacker Group Fancy Bear Seizing Control Of 70 Domains
- ASUS X399 ROG Zenith Extreme AMD Ryzen Motherboard Gets Unboxed Ahead Of Launch
- Sony Enlists Copyright Law Muscle To Remove Leaked PS4 SDK From Internet
- Google Motion Stills GIF Creation App Lands On Android
- Nintendo Trademark Filing Hints At Future N64 Classic Edition
- Facebook Patent Reveals Mystery Modular Mobile Hardware Device
- Microsoft Earnings Soar On Booming Cloud Computing Business
- Moto Z2 Force Leak Confirms Snapdragon 835, Thinner Body And Dual Cameras
- Samsung Set To Unpack The Galaxy Note 8 On 8/23 At NYC Event
- Sledgehammer Makes Call of Duty: WW2 Nazi Zombies Official With Glorious Dread And Bloodlust
- ASUS Targets Aspiring Ryzen Overclockers With Crosshair VI Extreme X370 Motherboard
- Intel Launches Movidius Deep Learning AI Accelerator USB Compute Stick
- Gaming Mouse Roundup: Corsair Sabre RGB, G.Skill RIPJAWS MX780, SteelSeries Rival 500
- Apple iOS 10.3.3 Update Fixes Crippling Broadpwn Wi-Fi Hack, Update Now
- Hellish Ultimate DOOM 6.66 Update Unlocks All Multiplayer DLC, Free Weekend Starts Today
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All News for July 2017
Has your House of Cards binge been plagued by lag? Verizon admitted to having recently experimented with capping download speeds to 10Mbps on mobile devices. The test seems to have particularly targeted popular video streaming services like Netflix and YouTube.
Verizon’s cap was uncovered through tests last week...
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If you're maniacal about multitasking, an ultra-wide monitor should be in your future. As luck would have it, Dell has begun shipping its newest entry in the ultra-wide category. Now available is Dell's UltraSharp 38 (U3818DW), a massive 37.5-inch monitor with a curved (2300R curve radius) display. It also features...
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Andy Rubin has a lot riding on his Essential Phone. First announced at the end of May, it was promised that the flagship smartphone would be shipping within 30 days. Well, June has come and gone, and we’re nearly finished with July and the phone still hasn’t shipped. What’s going on?
Well, Rubin is giving an update...
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Do you want to keep your private conversations, well, private? The beta of Briar, a darknet messaging system for Android was just released today. The messaging app is intended for users like activists and journalists who need a safe and secure form of communication.
Briar does not require servers to function, but...
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In the words of the Beatles, Apple is “gonna try with a little help from my friends”. Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Facebook recently filed comments with the United States International Trade Commission in support of Apple. The comments are part of the recent lawsuit saga between Apple and Qualcomm.
Qualcomm is...
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When mischievous hackers cause trouble, the fix sometimes can't be conventional. Microsoft has proven that this week with its move to thwart the efforts of the Russian hacker group "Fancy Bear", whose members have not been unmasked. Fancy Bear was responsible for last year's DNC hack, although politics are not the...
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AMD’s burly Ryzen Threadripper processors are nearly upon us, and we’re going to need some equally badass motherboards to pair with them. Luckily, AMD has a healthy legion of board partners to back its Threadripper launch, with one of the most high-profile players being ASUS.
ASUS has already announced its X399...
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Sony has a reputation for being feisty when it comes to its PlayStation hardware, especially when users try to mod things. Nobody knows that better than George Hotz, the infamous PlayStation 3 modder who was sued by Sony for jailbreaking the console (the two reached a settlement in 2011). Fast forward to today and...
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When Apple introduced Live Photos with its iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus handsets, it also opened the door for developers to think of creative ways of tapping into the feature. It did not take long for Google to jump on board with Motion Stills, an app that stabilizes Live Photos and lets users view and share them as looping GIFs and and videos.
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Is Nintendo looking to bring a third mini “retro” gaming console to receptive gamers? If a recent European trademark filing is any indication, all signs are pointing to yes.
Eagle-eyed observers over at NeoGAF spied the trademark filing and noticed the unmistakable outline of a Nintendo 64 game controller. But how...
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It has been more than four years since the introduction of the HTC First, otherwise known as the Facebook Phone. It ultimately flopped and since then we have not heard from Facebook about taking another stab at the hardware market, but never say never. A patent application filed by Facebook with the United States...
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Microsoft this week reported earnings for its fiscal fourth quarter ended June 30, 2017, and what a quarter it was. Non-GAAP revenue came in a healthy $24.7 billion, with earnings per share checking in at 98 cents, beating most estimates. Microsoft's operating income for the past three months was $7 billion, while its profit for the quarter
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The cat is out of the bag when it comes to Motorola’s upcoming Moto Z2 Force flagship. Although the smartphone has been leaked previously over the past few months, this latest info dump gives us a clear look at the smartphone front all angles, along with some pretty disappointing news that follows a recent trend with...
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Samsung has sent out invites for its “Unpacked” event, which is scheduled for August 23rd in New York City. Judging by all of the previous leaks and the image that Samsung sent out (which shows an Infinity Display device with an S Pen), it should come as no surprise that this will be the coming out party for the...
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Activision and Call of Duty: WWII developer Sledgehammer Games hit a bit of a bump in the road over the weekend, when an unfinished trailer for game’s zombie mode leaked to the internet. Sledgehammer co-founder Glenn Schofield took new of the leak hard, writing on Twitter:
You spend almost three years on something...
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Are you planning to go the AMD Ryzen route with your new build and want a motherboard that gives it the "high-end foundation it deserves"? If so, ASUS has got the board for you, with its new Crosshair VI Extreme.
The Crosshair VI Extreme is built around AMD's top-end X370 chipset and boasts aesthetics that any...
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Intel is expanding its reach into the deep learning field today with the launch of the Neural Compute Stick (NCS), which as developed by its Movidius subsidiary. The Movidius NCS is aimed at democratizing deep learning and artificial intelligence, with Intel billing it as “the world’s first self-contained AI...
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Gaming enthusiasts understand the impact that a proper gaming mouse can have on their performance. Whether it be for fast flick-shots in CS:GO or for programming macros in MOBAs, having a gaming mouse tailored to your needs is an absolute necessity. For this review, we compared three newer mid-range gaming mice from a...
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If you own a newer iOS device, you are probably going to want to update to iOS 10.3.3 immediately (if you haven’t already done so). Apple’s iOS 10.3.3 update contains a total of 47 security fixes, but one in particular is gaining attention for its ferocity.
The vulnerability in question is CVE-2017-9417, better...
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Bethesda says "there's never been a time to go to Hell," and that is exactly where the publisher wants to send you. Not literally, of course—Bethesda is talking about its Doom reboot. To make the notion of heading down into the fiery underworld more appealing, Bethesda is rolling out what it calls the "ultimate" Doom...
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Earlier this week, we learned of a troubling bug that was afflicting some OnePlus 5 owners. When trying to report an emergency by dialing 911 (or 999 in the UK), a user’s phone would instead reboot instead of being put through to a dispatcher.
Although the issue doesn’t affect every OnePlus 5 user, it’s a dangerous...
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Several years ago, HBO took the news in stride that its hugely popular Game of Thrones had broken a BitTorrent piracy record. HBO's programming president took it as a "compliment of sorts," further noting that the "demand is there" and that record breaking piracy numbers "certainly didn't impact the DVD sales." It was...
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