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Latest News - August 2016
- Sprint Targets T-Mobile With Unlimited Freedom Plans, CEO Calls John Legere Copycat ‘Con Artist’
- Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Teardown Reveals Intricately Assembled Device, Nightmarish Repair Score
- Comcast Gigabit Internet Service Launches In Chicago
- MSI And EVGA Pounce On NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 1060 3GB With Custom Graphics Cards
- Electric Frontier Foundation Calls Out Microsoft’s Blatant Disregard For User Privacy In Windows 10
- Next Gen Apple Watch Reportedly Won’t Feature LTE Due To Battery Life Concerns
- Facebook Enlists Unity Engine For New Desktop Gaming Platform To Compete With Steam
- Crispy EXTRABACON Cisco Router Exploit Exposed By NSA Cyber Toolkit Heist
- Intel Throws Full Weight Behind USB-C To Kill The 3.5mm Headphone Jack
- $250 Gift Card With 2016 Samsung Curved 55" 4K HDTV, Up To 30% Off Computer Accessories At Amazon And More
- Uber To Offer Free Rides In Its Self-Driving Volvo XC90 Later This Month
- Nokia Trims $15,000 From Its OZO VR Camera, Still Costs More Than A BMW 3-Series
- T-Mobile ONE Eliminates Data Plans And Doubles Down On Unlimited Data For All
- Cisco Cuts 5,500 Jobs As It Pivots To Bolster Software And Services
- Gigabyte BRIX Gaming UHD Combines Core i7-6700HQ With GeForce GTX 950 Graphics
- 97% Off CompTIA Linux+ Certification Exam Prep In The HotHardware Shop
- AMD Further Unveils Zen Processor Details And An Impressive Benchmark Showdown Versus Intel Broadwell-E
- Intel Teases Next-Gen Knights Mill Xeon Phi Processor Optimized For Deep Learning
- Intel Silicon Photonics 100Gbps Network Modules Now Shipping For Next Gen Datacenters
- Acer Infuses Its Predator Gaming Notebooks With NVIDIA's Latest GeForce GTX 10-series GPUs
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All News for August 2016
Things are getting pretty nasty in the wireless carrier wars. Verizon Wireless and AT&T recently revamped their mobile plans with little fanfare — both companies juggled prices and data allotments while dropping overage charges (in exchange for throttled data speeds) in an effort to become more...
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At long last, the Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 is here and available to order, provided you have $880 to spend on a smartphone (subsidized pricing and monthly installment plans are available too). One thing you might want to consider if picking up Samsung's latest phablet is warranty coverage, as based on the results of a...
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Congratulations people of Chicago, Comcast just expanded the availability of its 1-gigabit broadband Internet service to your area. That sounds like reason for celebration, right? It should be except that compared to same service in Atlanta and Nashville, it costs twice as much for the speedy Internet connection.
In Atlanta and Georgia,
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NVIDIA just announced a new, cheaper variant of its Pascal-based GeForce GTX 1060 graphics card. While the standard GTX 1060 comes with 6GB of memory and retails for $249, NVIDIA is launching a 3GB variant that costs just $199.
All other specs remain the same, which means that you’ll find 1152 CUDA cores, a base...
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The Electric Frontier Foundation (EFF) is calling out Microsoft for disregarding user privacy in Windows 10. The foundation is concerned that in Microsoft’s race to get Windows 10 on a billion devices by 2018, it has put user privacy on the back burner.
Microsoft first installed an app in users’ system trays that...
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If you’ve been itchin’ for an upgrade to the Apple Watch that would allow you to make calls from your wrist without a wireless tether to your phone (something that Android Wear- and Tizen-based smartwatches are capable of); you’re gonna have to keep on waiting. According to a new Bloomberg report, Apple won’t be...
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It looks like Steam is about to get a little bit more competition. Facebook and Unity Technologies have teamed up to create their own PC-gaming platform. The collaboration builds a new functionality in Unity that helps it to easily export and publish games on Facebook.
Elliot Solomon, Unity’s Vice President of...
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We wrote a couple of days ago about a huge treasure trove of alleged NSA-derived exploits that were hitting the market. That gold mine was accessed by a group calling itself Shadow Brokers, and it's been said that their source was Equation Group, which is believed to be an extension of the NSA.
At that time, there...
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There are plenty of rumors floating around claiming Apple is ditching the 3.5mm port on its next flagship handset, presumably called iPhone 7, in favor of using its Lightning cable port for connecting headphones and earphones, but the Cupertino outfit isn't alone in wanting to banish the traditional audio jack. Intel...
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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 Samsung UN55KU6500 55" Curved 4K UHD HDR Smart HDTV, a Dell Inspiron 3650 Intel Core i7-6700 based desktop system, a Logitech G13 Programmable Gameboard, and more. Full details...
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Self-driving cars might be the future of transportation, but for Uber, the time to pounce is now. Uber's ultimate goal is to replace the ride service's more than 1 million flesh and blood drivers with autonomous vehicles, and it wants to do it as soon as possible. While it seems premature to think about such a thing...
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Here's a bit of good news for budding filmmakers who want to create virtual reality experiences. Nokia just slashed $15,000 off the price of its funky looking Ozo, the first VR camera system specifically designed for professional production. Now brace yourself for the bad news—the price cut brings the cost down to...
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Verizon Wireless and AT&T may have revamped their data plans during the past month and dropped overage fees, but that’s small potatoes to third-place wireless carrier T-Mobile. The boys and gals in magenta killed overage fees long ago, and today CEO John Legere is looking to stab a stake through the heart of the two...
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As part of a restructuring plan, Cisco is laying off 5,500 employees, which represents approximately 7 percent of its global workforce. The announcement comes at the tail end of a successful quarter that saw the networking company post a profit of $2.81 billion, or 56 cents a share, up from $2.32 billion, or 45 cents...
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We’ve previously talked at length about Gigabyte’s BRIX small form factor PCs here at HotHardware, but we were able to lay our eyes (and hands) on a new member of the family at this week’s Intel Developer Forum (IDF). Rather than the traditional BRIX shape, which spreads most of its visual mass horizontally, the BRIX...
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If you’re looking to learn the inner-working of Linux and get certified, we’ve got a deal running in the HotHardware Shop that may be right for you. A CompTIA Linux+ Certification Exam Prep e-Learning Bundle is discounted by over 97% and available for under 20 bucks...
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AMD President And CEO Dr. Lisa Su AMD has been slowly releasing information about its next-generation Zen processor core architecture since mid-last year. Complete specifications haven’t been officially released, but we do know that initial Zen-based processors will be manufactured using a 14nm FinFET process...
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Today’s opening keynote at the Intel Developers Forum focused on a number of forward-looking AI, deep learning, connectivity and networking technologies, like 5G and Silicon Photonics. But late in the address, Intel’s Vice President and General Manager of its Data Center Group (DCG), Diane Bryant, quickly dropped a...
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Intel's Diane Bryant Holds Up New Silicon Photonics Module At IDF Day 2 Keynote
The Vice President and General Manager of Intel's Data Center Group (DCG), Diane Bryant, took to the stage at IDF 2016 in San Francisco this morning to showcase various technologies that the company has developed to enable the...
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One thing is for sure: if you're in the market for a new gaming notebook - especially one featuring NVIDIA's brand-new GeForce cards - you're not going to suffer from a lack of choice. We've written about a handful of different vendor notebooks so far, and not to be forgotten, Acer has finally tossed its hat into the...
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It’s fair to say that AT&T pays close attention when the number one wireless carrier makes changes to its data plans (and vice versa). Last month, Verizon Wireless raised prices, bumped up its data buckets, and eliminated overages fees. Today, AT&T is making those same changes to its own mobile plans.
First of all...
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If you love Suicide Squad, this summer’s blockbuster is only the tip of the iceberg. Anti-heroes Harley Quinn and Deadshot will be featured in Injustice 2.
Harley Quinn is returning with her trademark attitude, sidekicks, and moves. The trailer begins with Batman telling Quinn that she is out of control, with Quinn...
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