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- What The NUC? Intel Patches Serious Security Flaws In Mini PCs, Software Utilities
- TCL Announces 8-Series 4K Roku TVs With QLED And Mini LED Tech Undercutting Rivals On Price
- Surface Pro 6 And Surface Book 2 Are Throttling To 400MHz, Microsoft Working On A Fix
- Huawei Mate X Delayed Again As September Launch Ruled Out For Flagship Folding Phone
- Major 2019 Apple iPhone Pro Leak Tips Rainbow Finish And Storage Bump
- Chevy's 2020 C8 Corvette Stingray Badass Mid-Engine Supercar Officially Priced From $59,995
- Google Assistant Can Now Set Timed Reminders For Your Family And Friends
- AMD 3rd Gen Ryzen Threadripper Sharkstooth 32-Core, 64-Thread Zen 2 CPU Benchmarks Leak
- Logitech Unleashes G915 Lightspeed, G815 Lightsync RGB Low-Profile Mechanical Gaming Keyboards
- Google Angers Nest Camera Owners By Forcing Status Light To Stay On
- PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT Red Devil Review: Custom Navi Arrives
- Motorola One Pro And Motorola One Zoom Leak With Quad Cameras
- Upgrade To The Refreshed Nintendo Switch For $75 At GameStop With This Hot Trade-In Deal
- Toshiba BG4 SSD Review: Mini But Mighty NVMe Storage
- Xbox, PS4, And Switch Gamers Can Now Experience PCMasterRace Greatness With PC Building Simulator App
- EA Burns Rubber With Need for Speed Heat Hitting The Pavement This November
- OnePlus Confirms Android-Powered OnePlus TV Family With Up To 75-Inches Of Love
- Massive Suprema Biostar 2 Security Flaw Leaks Biometric Data On 1 Million Users
- Android Google Play Services Could Be Killing Your Battery Life, Here's A Fix
- Blue's Clues: Four New BlueKeep-Like Wormable RDP Exploits Target Microsoft Windows
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Not long after Microsoft issued a bevy of security updates for its products during Patch Tuesday, Intel is holding its own "patch party" for its hardware and software products. Products affected include Intel's lineup of NUC mini PCs and Compute Sticks along with a few of its software utilities.
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TCL has just revealed its 2019 lineup of 4K Roku TVs, and as usual, the company is bringing a wealth of features at price points that undercut its rivals. The new big screen televisions include the all-new 8-Series along with updates to the exiting 5-Series and 6-Series lineups.
Both the 6-Series and 8-Series...
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It appears as though a recent firmware update is causing Surface Pro 6 and Surface Book 2 devices to heavily throttle the processor to well below where it should be running. Multiple users who own one or the other device have reported seeing their CPU speeds stuck at 400MHz, and in some cases, the throttled state...
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Huawei is taking some extra time to tweak (and possible redesign) its folding Mate X smartphone before it launches. As such, it will no longer launch in September, though Huawei is confident it can get a product shipping to consumers before the end of the year. This latest delay means Samsung can still beat Huawei to...
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Lots of details have leaked over the last several months that claim to give us some insight into what the next-gen iPhone models will look like. The new iPhone 11 models will be unveiled next month, and rumors so far have highlighted hardware including the camera and the SoC inside the device. A new leak has surfaced...
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In what could be one of the best performance bargains in the sports car/supercar market in quite some time, General Motors has officially announced pricing for its 2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray. True to its word, the Corvette Stingray is priced "below $60,000", and it just barely makes the cut at $59,995 (including...
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Not all feature updates have to be groundbreaking or big in scope. I'm reminded of this today with Google announcing a nifty new capability coming to Google Assistant. In short order, Google Assistant users will be able to assign reminders to family members and friends. There are several ways this could come in...
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What appears to be another third-generation AMD Ryzen Threadripper processor has made an appearance on Geekbench, this time wielding 32 physical cores and 64 threads to throw at workloads. The entry points to a "Sharkstooth" part with a 3.6GHZ base frequency and 128MB (16MB x 8) of L3 cache, along with 16MB of L2...
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Logitech this morning announced two new mechanical keyboards for hardcore gamers, or just about anyone that likes excellent tactile feedback when typing. The two keyboards are the G915 Lightspeed Wireless and the G815 Lightsync RGB.
Both keyboards share the same overall design aesthetic and feature Logitech's new...
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Google is working on being more committed to privacy, and part of that commitment is being sure that Nest and Dropcam users know when they are being recorded. To make that possible, Google has announced a big change to the Nest cameras, Nest Hello, and Dropcam that has left some owners of the devices unhappy...
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A little over a month ago, AMD launched the Navi-based Radeon RX 5700 series to mostly good reviews. The cards offered competitive performance at their respective price points, with power efficiency that was vastly superior to AMD’s previous-generation Vega-based Radeons. One of the things some folks took issue...
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Motorola has a pair of new smartphones coming soon, and some details on the devices have leaked from reputable leakers. The smartphones are the Motorola One Zoom and the Motorola One Pro. The devices are variants of the same smartphone and details were leaked by Evan Blass and Roland Quandt, both notable for their...
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If you have an original Nintendo Switch, now might be the opportune time to upgrade to a new upgraded model. The folks over at GameStop are running an enticing trade-in offer on the original Nintendo Switch, which will get you an additional $25 bonus added on to the console's trade-in value.
Usually, GameStop will...
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Toshiba announced its next-generation BG4 solid state drive all the way back at CES in early January of this year. The diminutive, little Toshiba BG4 isn’t about the latest and greatest in bleeding-edge solid state storage performance and pushing the envelope in terms of throughput. However, it does still represent a significant step...
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Having trouble convincing your console brothers and sisters how easy and rewarding it can be to assemble a PC? Find new friends! Just kidding (maybe). Rather than kick your console friends and family members to the curb, let them know that PC Building Simulator is now available on the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and...
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Do you feel the need… the need for speed? Ghost Games, an EA Studio, just announced the upcoming release of Need for Speed Heat. The game will reportedly include more customization options and a more immersive narrative.
Need for Speed Heat will take place in the fictional city of “Palm City”. Players will race in...
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OnePlus is getting ready to launch a line of big screen televisions, and after a year of collecting feedback from its users, has decided on a name: OnePlus TV. The company decided to keep the branding simple, though the decision was "harder than you could imagine" due to receiving "so many creative names" since...
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Unfortunately, we have another security breach to report on today, and this one involves biometric data on over million people that improperly secured. The system in question is the Suprema Biostar 2 platform, which is used to secure commercial and government building around the globe.
Vpnmentor security...
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Have you noticed your Android handset depleting its battery at a faster clip than usual? If so, the culprit could be a recent update to Google Play Services. There have been multiple reports of unusually fast battery drain on various Android phones running Google Play Services 18.3.82, suggesting there is a bug with...
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Microsoft is warning Windows users of several new "wormable" exploits similar in style to BlueKeep, two of which are tagged as critical Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerabilities. As with BlueKeep, which Microsoft patched a few months ago, the exploits exist within the Remote Desktop Services protocol (formerly known...
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Sony has been surprisingly vocal about its upcoming PlayStation 5, first giving us details about the game console back in April. We know that the PlayStation 5 will be a 4K gaming beast, it will be based on AMD Ryzen 3000 and Navi architectures, and that it will have an incredibly fast SSD to dramatically lower game...
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Apex Legends fans are not happy with EA and Respawn Entertainment thanks to high prices for that the loot being doled out in the current Iron Crown event. The problem that gamers have is in how Apex Legends has priced the items and how they are handed out.
It costs players about 700 Apex Coins to open each Iron...
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