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Latest News - August 2016
- Windows 10 Mobile Anniversary Update Reaffirmed For August 9th Launch
- Windows 10 Anniversary Update Locking-Up After Login For Some Unlucky Users
- No Man’s Sky Embargo Broken, Sony Claims Online Game Footage An Unfair Depiction Of The Game
- High Tech Thieves Steal 30 Dodge Vehicles With A Laptop And Software Hack
- Decades Old Windows Password Flaw Is Still Haunting Windows 10 Users
- Apple Ups Its AI Game, Acquires Machine Learning Start-Up Turi For $200 Million
- Hacker Creates Fake Boarding Pass QR Code App Granting Access To Elite Airline Lounges
- Windows 10 Anniversary Update Allows Only 10 Days To Revert Back To Older Windows Versions
- Doom Unto The Evil DLC Chainsaws Its Way Onto Xbox One, PS4 And PC
- Niantic Explains Why It Put Kibosh On Popular Pokemon GO Trackers
- Quake Champions Wants To Rocket Jump Into Your Heart With Blood-Splattering Gameplay Trailer
- NPD Claims Pokemon GO Release Resulted In Portable Battery Sales Surge
- Valve Opens HTC Vive SteamVR 3D Tracking Tech To Third-Party Devs Royalty-Free
- New Matter MOD-t 3D Printer Review: Low Cost, User-Friendly Creation
- $459 Dell Inspiron Core i5 Laptop, 4K Vizio 43" HDTV For $360 And More
- Samsung Galaxy Note 7 With 6GB RAM And 128GB Storage Headed To China
- Amazon Rolls Out First Boeing 767 Decked Out In Prime Air Livery For Its Cargo Fleet
- Apple Arrives Late To Bug Bounty Arena, Offers Up To $200K For Serious Vulnerabilities
- Samsung Brazenly Files Watch Band Patent Featuring Apple Watch Design Drawings
- Microsoft Plans Two Major Windows 10 'Redstone' Updates For 2017
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All News for August 2016
Windows 10 has been out for almost a year and Microsoft is likely getting ready to release one of its most important updates. The Windows 10 Mobile Anniversary Update should start rolling out on August 9th for unlocked Lumias and other Windows Phone devices. Phones sold through carriers are likely to receive the...
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As a rule of thumb, it's a good idea to back up your important data prior to installing any type of major update. That includes the Anniversary Update for Windows 10, essentially a modern day Service Pack, which seems to be tripping up some systems. If you head over to reddit, you'll find several complaints of PCs not...
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Even if the action-adventure survival game No Man's Sky isn't your kind of game, it's hard to argue that the title has lead to one of the most interesting development cycles we've seen in recent years. It's a game that half a year ago went under most people's radar, but today? It can't stay out of the news, and for a...
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Some people take Grand Theft Auto V a little too seriously, either that or just live that sort of life for real. Houston police officers have just announced that they have arrested two men accused of stealing at least thirty Dodge and Jeep vehicles with a laptop computer and a simple software hack.
Michael Arce...
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It's no surprise that a number of exploitable security holes still exist in the operating systems we use each and every day. It's just the nature of the beast; we're talking about software that has hundreds of millions of lines of code. Despite a developer's best efforts, it's virtually impossible to release...
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Apple is obviously trying to up its AI game to compete with the likes of Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Facebook. The company just acquired Turi, a machine learning platform startup, for $200 million USD, which should help bring in some much needed IP.
Turi began as an open-source project at Carnegie Mellon...
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Let's face it, for the most part, air travel can be a hassle. Long security lines, having to walk what feels like 10 miles to make a connection, and the lugging around of our belongings while we deal with all of it can be a drain. It's for that reason that airline lounges can be a wonderful place to decompress - to...
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Another word of warning before you proceed with installing the Anniversary Update for Windows 10—you only have 10 days to decide if things are working out or whether you want to roll back to a previous build. After 10 days, Windows 10 locks you into the Anniversary Update for good, whereas previously Microsoft allowed...
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First announced at E3 2016, Doom’s Unto the Evil DLC is now available for download on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One platforms. The download, which is actually the first DLC for Doom, brings with its three new multiplayer maps (Offering, Cataclysm and Ritual) to keep you busy.
If that wasn’t enough, there’s a new...
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Many Pokémon GO trainers were incredibly frustrated last week when Niantic disabled popular trackers. Some reddit users even commented that they had demanded refunds from Apple and Google Play since the game no longer functioned like it originally did. Niantic recently responded to angry trainers with an explanation...
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Quake Champions, are you ready to ruuummmbbbllle? If not, the latest Quake Champions trailer should get your blood pumping. The trailer features fast-paced gameplay, tricked-out weapons, and a lot of spurting blood.
Quake Champions was announced at Bethesda’s E3 2016 showcase. Tim Willits, Studio Director of id...
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It seems as though every new generation of smartphone comes to the market with a larger battery (well, unless you’re Apple) to boost battery life or at least hold the line due to the addition of new features (like a larger high-resolution displays, faster processors, etc.). But when your smartphone’s internal battery...
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Valve has been no stranger to sharing some of its home-brewed technologies, and now that's being extended to VR, a market that the company is very serious about. The company has just decided to release its 3D tracking technology to anyone who wants it, and the best part is: it's royalty-free.
In its press release...
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3D printers have come a long way since our first round-up review in 2012. This exciting technology has created everything from toys to running shoes, to prostheses for amputees. Is 3D printing, however, practical in a home office or in a classroom use case? The New Matter MOD-t 3D printer claims to be the most...
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It is just about time to close out another week, but before we go, we’ve got a fresh batch of HOT deals direct from TechBargains. On tap for you all today, we have deals on a Dell Inspiron 15 5000 Intel Core i5-6200U based notebook, a Vizio E43U-D2 SmartCast 43" 4K UHD LED LCD Smart HDTV, a Vilros Raspberry Pi 3...
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During the run-up to the release of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7, there were rumors that the smartphone would ship with 6GB of RAM and perhaps a Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 processor. However, when the Galaxy Note 7 was officially introduced earlier this week, its specs more closely aligned with the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7...
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Drones aren't the only thing taking flight with Amazon's Prime branding plastered on the side. The world's largest online retailer now has its first ever branded cargo plane, a Boeing 767-300 that's operated by Amazon's air cargo provider Atlas Air. Amazon unveiled the aircraft during Seafair's Air Show in its...
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Even Apple's software isn't immune to security holes and vulnerabilities. An admission of such by Tim Cook and the gang comes in the form of a new bug bounty program Apple announced at the Black Hat conference today in Las Vegas, Nevada. The program kicks off in September and will offer cash rewards for certain...
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Well this is a little awkward. Apparently Samsung invented the Apple Watch design, or so it would seem based on the South Korean electronic maker's recent patent filing with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The patent is for a wearable device and included in the filing are several sketches that...
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Microsoft has been working overtime for the past few months as it put the finishing touches on the Windows 10 Anniversary Update. As we got closer to July 29th, Microsoft was issuing new builds seemingly every day in preparation.
Now that the Anniversary Update has been pushed out to Windows 10 users, Microsoft is...
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Rechargeable batteries are great. They allow us to save money by being able to reuse the same set of batteries multiple times, and they're obviously better for the environment than one-use batteries. But like all awesome things, there's a downside—rechargeable batteries don't last forever. Researchers at UC Irvine have developed a rechargeable
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Google knows that Chrome has a power consumption problem; users definitely know that Chrome has a power consumption problem; and Microsoft has made it a point in recent months to harp on the issue. Microsoft has blasted Chrome for pulling up the rear in a series of benchmark tests that show it lagging far behind...
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