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Latest News - August 2017
- Google Kills 500 Google Play Apps Caught Using Igexin Spyware
- Apple’s iPhone 8 May Rock 64GB, 256GB And 512GB Storage Capacities With 3GB RAM
- Ferrari's Portofino Is A Drop Dead Gorgeous GT Convertible Pumping 600 Horsepower
- Samsung Launches Galaxy Note 8, A 6.3-inch, Dual Camera Wonder With S Pen
- Elon Musk Reveals First Image Of SpaceX’s First Fully Functional Space Suit
- Researchers Turn Cuddly UBTech Alpha 2 Humanoid Robot Into A Demonic Stabbing Machine
- Google And Walmart Forge Voice Shopping Partnership To Challenge Amazon
- Samsung Spain Leaks Gear Fit 2 Pro Fitness Wearable Ahead Of Schedule
- Alienware Area-51 Gaming PCs Now Shipping With Intel Core-X Power
- Xperia Owners Could Fetch Up To $300 For Sony's False Waterproofing Claims
- Microsoft Project Brainwave Utilizes Intel FPGAs To Accelerate Real-Time Deep Learning
- Hackers Steal $500K In Ethereum From Enigma Catalyst Platform Using Phishing Scam
- Western Digital Launches Massive 20TB My Book Duo Desktop Storage System
- Streacom DB-4 Silent Kaby Lake Media PC Build: The Sound Of Silence
- Verizon Unlimited Data Plans Now Throttle All Video To 720p Or Less On Phones
- Final Fantasy XV Windows 10 Edition Arrives In 2018, Hoards 170GB Of Disk Space
- HP Omen X Gaming Laptop Is A Master At Overclocking, Flaunts Core i7-7820HK And GeForce GTX 1080
- Nintendo Fuels SNES Classic Hype With Two Action Packed Trailers
- Samsung Bixby AI Assistant Launched Globally On Eve Of Galaxy Note 8 Reveal
- Nintendo SNES Classic Preorders Sellout In Minutes Via Best Buy’s Website
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All News for August 2017
Just last weekend, we wrote about SonicSpy, a grossly robust piece of malware that infected hundreds of apps on the Play Store. Google is always quick to remove this awful junk when it is detected, but the fact that we keep talking about the issue means it's not going away.
It was security research firm Lookout...
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Today is Samsung’s time to shine in the spotlight with the launch of the Galaxy Note 8 Android flagship. However, that isn’t stopping the Apple rumor mill from working overtime, with the latest report hinting at three new storage tiers for the upcoming iPhone 8.
For a little background information, the current...
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It’s hard to think of “Ferrari” and “entry-level” in the same sentence, but you have to start somewhere when climbing up the ranks of the Italian marque’s riproarious supercars. The new Portofino — named after the coastal city of Portofino, Italy — replaces the unloved California/California T as the company’s least...
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The wait is finally over; the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 is finally here. Unfortunately for Samsung, nearly every detail about its latest flagship smartphone was leaked in the months leading up to today, but there is still plenty let to talk about with regards to this stellar new smartphone.
We now have confirmation of...
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Elon Musk is determined to make recreational space travel a thing. He is also involved in resupply missions, with plans of expanding those efforts. If you are wondering what an astronaut would look like when all geared up for travel above the earth's atmosphere on a SpaceX flight, Musk answered that question by...
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There is something eerily frightening about watching a toy robot puncture a tomato with a screwdriver while laughing hysterically to a soundtrack of Chucky, the possessed doll from those cheesy Child's Play horror flicks from the late 1980s into the late 1990s. But that is exactly how security researchers at IOActive...
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Google is trying to form a super team in the online shopping space, one that could be considered the Golden State Warriors of e-commerce. In that regard, Google is teaming up with Walmart—the equivalent of adding Kevin Durant to an already stacked squad—to take on Amazon and its Prime shipping service, or LeBron James...
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After the device leaked earlier this month, the Samsung Gear Fit 2 Pro has officially been revealed. In fact, the fitness wearable was posted a little bit ahead of schedule via Samsung Spain, with the official reveal [perhaps] coming in a few short hours at the Galaxy Note 8 press event.
As expected, the Gear Fit 2...
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Dell has gone and abducted Intel's Core-X series processors for its enthusiast Alienware division, affording gamers the opportunity to spec out a beastly system built around some of the fastest and best performing CPUs on the planet. Gamers also now face the choice of running with Intel and one of its Core-X...
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Sony made a number of smartphones and tablets that it claimed were water resistant and could survive rain and spills without damage. There was only one problem though; Sony didn't do ta great job making the devices water resistant. When customers initiated warranty claims citing water damage, Sony didn't do much to...
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Microsoft was on hand at the Hot Chips 2017 show and rolled out a new deep learning acceleration platform dubbed Project Brainwave. Microsoft's Doug Burger says that the platform is a "major leap forward in both performance and flexibility for cloud-based serving of deep learning models." Microsoft says that it...
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If there's one thing that's been made abundantly clear over the past couple of years, it's that if you dabble in cryptocurrency, you really need to do your homework and due diligence to make sure you don't wind up on the opposite end of an attack, or scam. Some Ethereum owners are learning this lesson the hard way...
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If you’re in the market for a ridiculous amount of external storage for your computer, Western Digital has you covered with the latest entry in its My Book Duo storage family. The company announced that it is now offering a 20TB model, which features two 10TB drives operated in RAID.
RAID-1 mode will allow you to...
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The sound of silence -- there’s nothing like it, especially when it comes to a media PC. The last thing anyone wants while binging on the new season of Game of Thrones is the distracting drone of a fan or whir of a hard drive. Silence is precisely what the Streacom DB-4 chassis we'll be featuring here has to offer...
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We can’t say that we didn’t see this coming. Back in late July, Verizon Wireless customers became alarmed when they noticed that their YouTube and Netflix streams were being capped at 10Mbps. At the time, Verizon stated, “We've been doing network testing over the past few days to optimize the performance of video...
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It is finally happening, folks. Final Fantasy XV is trading its console attire for PC digs, Square Enix announced at Gamescom 2017. The game will arrive on PC early next year, bringing with it all available DLC and updates. It will also come dressed to impress with several graphical upgrades, including a bump to...
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Hewlett-Packard is expanding its popular Omen family of gaming PCs and peripherals to a new segment: laptops. The company just announced the beastly Omen X Laptop, weighing in at a punishing 10.69 pounds; although HP isn’t expecting gamers to be lugging this beauty around on a daily basis.
In addition to its portly...
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Nintendo hardly needs to hype its miniature game consoles—it never did end up producing enough NES Classic Edition systems to meet demand, and it looks like history will repeat itself with the Super NES Classic. Nevertheless, Nintendo released a pair of videos highlighting some of the features of the upcoming mini...
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Samsung is finally bring voice control for its Bixby digital assistant to a wide audience. The South Korean electronics maker announced today that Bixby's voice capabilities have expanded to more than 200 countries and territories, which effectively unlocks the feature for millions of consumers who previously were not...
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We are all suckers for nostalgia, it seems, especially when it comes to old school gaming. Our collective desire to relive games of yesteryear was on full display when Nintendo released and quickly sold out of its miniature NES Classic Edition console, and now again with the Super NES Classic Edition, another...
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Attention all Age of Empires fans, we have some fantastic news. Age of Empires 4 is in development for Windows 10 PCs. The announcement was made yesterday that the game is being developed by Microsoft Studios with Relic Entertainment in charge of the project. The franchise has been without a new title since 2005 when...
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DJI has announced that it has a new firmware for the Spark drone coming this week, and it will be mandatory for everyone. The update brings with it enhancements for flight safety and performance, and owners who don't install the new firmware update by September 1 won't be able to fly their Spark drone.
DJI says...
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