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Latest News - June 2016
- Ringing Bells' $4 Freedom 251 Android Smartphone With 4-inch Display And 1.3GHz SoC Ships June 30th
- Meet Cozmo, The Game-Playing AI Robot Love Child Of Wall-E And Eve
- Microsoft Research Uses Low-Cost Hand Tracking To Interface With Emerging VR Worlds
- EA And Dice Announce New Battlefield User Interface As Well As A DX11 And DX12 Toggle
- Google Rumored To Launch Self-Branded Premium Android Smartphone In Late 2016
- Intel Ponders Sale Of McAfee-Sourced Cyber Security Division Amidst Restructuring Campaign
- U.S. To Field 200 Petaflop ‘Summit’ Supercomputer In 2018 Doubling Performance Of Chinese Rivals
- Samsung Galaxy Note 7 With 64GB Storage, Iris Scanner, 5.7-inch Display Confirmed Ahead Of August Launch
- Wolfenstein Developer Releases Dopa Episode For Quake Anniversary, Free On Steam
- Microsoft Windows 10 Anniversary Update Tweaks Take Hassle Out Of Reactivating After A Hardware Upgrade
- Google Takes Aim At Amazon Mayday With Android Nexus Live Support Screen Sharing
- Destiny's Rise Of Iron Expansion Introduces Major Changes For 'Legacy Console' Players
- Apple Makes Differential Privacy Feature In iOS 10 Opt-In
- Major Halo 5 Expansion Pack ‘Warzone Firefight’ Arrives Next Week, Free Play Promotion Locked And Loaded
- Start-Up Zume Wants Robots To Make And Deliver Your Pizza, Become The ‘Amazon Of Food’
- Microsoft Ending Surface 3 Production Later This Year, Is Surface 4 On The Horizon?
- Self-Driving Cars Will Likely Have To Deal With The Harsh Reality Of Who Lives And Who Dies
- Oculus Quietly Removes DRM Checks, Reopens Door For Rift-Exclusive Games On HTC Vive
- Google Chrome OS Gains A Handy Storage Manager With Files App
- Blizzard Works To Restore Overwatch 21:9 Resolutions After Gamers Revolt
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All News for June 2016
There's been a lot of skepticism over whether a startup called Ringing Bells could deliver on its promise to build the world's least expensive smartphone, but not only does the firm say it's achieved that goal with the Freedom 251, it says the handset is nearly ready to ship. When it does, it will cost consumers in...
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If you've ever wanted to know what the offspring of Wall-E and Eve would look like, the answer has just been birthed thanks to the help of Anki. If you’re familiar with Anki’s Overdrive — which is a modern take on slot car racing — then you know that the company has a penchant for designing intelligent, robotic...
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We're finally starting to see the world of virtual reality unfold to an eager and (so far) receptive audience. While most of the attention to this point has been on gaming, the technology itself is the most interesting part, especially since we're still at a relatively early stage of VR. One of the things to keep an...
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Electronic Arts and Dice are busy putting the final touches on Battlefield 1 in preparation for its release on October 21, but it's not the only Battlefield title receiving attention. There's a new user interface in the works, one that's currently rolling out in beta form to a small audience playing Battlefield 4...
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Is the Nexus line of smartphones not Googley enough for you? Well, it looks as though Google is putting the finishing touches on a new Android smartphone that will bear its name instead of the familiar Nexus branding.
This latest report of a Google smartphone comes from The Telegraph, citing “sources familiar with...
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Intel, the world's largest chipmaker, is reportedly mulling a sale of its cyber security business, depending on how much it's worth on the open market. The Santa Clara outfit would like to recoup the nearly $7.7 billion it paid for McAfee in 2010. Now known as Intel Security, it could be an enticing option for private...
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There is one constant in the world of supercomputers: no one is going to be 'fastest' for long. In fact, some supercomputers can seem downright slow after only a couple of years, as hardware continues to become faster and more dense.
Take for example Oak Ridge's TITAN supercomputer. Launched in 2013, this...
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A couple of days ago, notorious mobile leaker Evan Blass took to Twitter to reveal the official naming of Samsung's next phone: Galaxy Note 7. Despite the phablet moniker being thrown around a lot with this phone, it's actually only a 5.7-inch device.
As you might have guessed, we now know the specs as well thanks...
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Quake fans rejoice! MachineGames, developer of Wolfenstein: The New Order and Wolfenstein: The Old Blood, just released a new episode of Quake. “Episode Five: Dimensions of the Past” or “Dopa” honors the game's twentieth anniversary.
The new episode will come with with nine small- to medium-sized levels with...
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Microsoft is cooking up some nifty feature enhancements to Windows 10 that will roll out with the much anticipated Anniversary Update later this summer. One of the newest tweaks will make it easier to perform hardware upgrades, such as a motherboard or hard drive, as you won't have to dial up a support representative...
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Google is currently building a live support app with screen-sharing capabilities for its Nexus line of smartphone. The goal is to create a feature similar to Amazon’s Mayday button found on Fire tablets and the defunct Fire Phone.
In the past, Google support has been particularly challenging for those who have...
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It's been a pretty interesting year for Destiny so far, for better or for worse. The year kicked off in a rather interesting way when Bungie's president Harold Ryan stepped down, being replaced by Pete Parsons, the company's former COO. The move caused a bit of concern among those in the Destiny community, but when...
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Apple Inc. announced at last week’s developer conference that it will start collecting user data with iOS 10. The company wants to make Siri and iPhones better at predicting and suggesting information a user may need, but this will strictly be an opt-in feature.
The company stated that it will use “differential privacy” in order to collect
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2016 has been a great year for Halo 5: Guardians so far, as it's received five great content updates which have included new game modes, new maps, and of course, new REQs to seek out. The next update, though, called Warzone Firefight, looks like it will be the biggest of the eight updates released so far.
As we...
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Robots can drive cars, perform experiments on Mars, and carry out delicate surgeries, but did you also know that they can spread a mean marinara? Zume Pizza, a food delivery startup, currently uses two robots to help make pizzas at its Mountain Valley, California location.
Zume Pizza was founded by Alex Garden...
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If you've recently tried shopping for a Surface 3 tablet, you may have noticed that your options have dwindled. Over at the Microsoft Store, the only SKU that's in stock is the model with 64GB of storage, 2GB of RAM, and Wi-Fi + 4G connectivity. The other three models are sold out and it's anyone's guess if they'll be...
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We talk about self-driving cars and advanced artificial intelligence (AI) on an regular basis here at HotHardware. At this stage in the game, self-driving cars are in fact a reality and currently roaming streets in and around Silicon Valley. These are, of course, prototype vehicles that still have a human driver...
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Oculus just made a change to its software which removes a controversial “feature” that it added last month. The company has disabled its DRM that checked to make sure that Rift hardware was actually connected to a PC before games purchased and downloaded from the Oculus Store could be played.
This DRM in effect...
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Google just added a new feature to Chrome OS -- the company is experimenting with adding a storage manager that has been added to the latest developer update of the software. This update comes on the heels of the addition of Android apps and games to Chromebook devices.
When Chromebooks were initially released...
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A couple of weeks ago, Blizzard rolled out a patch to the PC version of its mega-hit Overwatch that removed support for ultrawide resolutions (which would include multi-monitors). That move spurred a huge discussion on whether or not ultrawide resolutions give too much of an advantage over those using regular displays...
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There's a first time for everything, as the saying goes, and the Alienware 13 OLED is a first for us without question. Though there were a couple of OLED (Organic LED) display driven laptops at CES 2016 this year, Dell's Alienware division is the first in the door here at HotHardware with a retail ready product. OLED displays offer better...
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It’s just about time to close out another week, but before we go, we’ve got a fresh batch of HOT deals, direct from our friends at TechBargains. On the menu for you all this fine Friday, we have deals on a Dell Inspiron 3650 Intel Core i7-6700 based desktop system, a Dell Inspiron 17 5000 series laptop, a Perfect...
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