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Latest News - September 2016
- Apple Opens $45 Million Research Nerve Center In Heart Of ‘Chinese Silicon Valley’
- HL3 Confirmed? JJ Abrams Confirms Portal Movie Unveil Imminent, Half-Life Film In Development
- Microsoft Celebrates Upcoming Gears of War 4 Launch With Two New Xbox One S Bundles
- Lenovo ThinkPad X260 Review: A Sleek, Tough, All-Business Ultrabook
- $449 Dell Inspiron Intel Core i5 Desktop With 12GB RAM, $150 Dyson AM08 Air Multiplier Fan And More
- Exploit Broker Offers A Whopping $1.5 Million In iOS 10 Bug Bounties To Sell To Government Spies
- Disgruntled Apple Store Patron Destroys Thousands Of Dollars In iPhones And Macs In Calculated Rampage
- HTC Viveport App Store Opens For Vive Virtual Reality Headset
- Logitech’s C922 Pro Webcam Is The C920 Successor Video Streamers Have Been Waiting For
- Apple Steals A Feature From Samsung As An Exploding iPhone 7 Surfaces In The Wild
- Microsoft Combines Cortana, Bing And Research Into Powerhouse AI Division
- Microsoft, Google, Amazon, IBM And Facebook Form Partnership On AI To Set Standards, Promote Understanding
- I'm Having A ‘Twitter Moment’, You Can Too
- Android Wear 2.0 Smartwatch Update Delayed Until 2017, Developer Preview 3 Launches Instead
- USB-IF Announces USB Audio Over USB Type-C Standard For Digital Audio
- $419 Dell Inspiron Intel Core i5 Win7 Pro 15.6" Laptop, Up To $65 Of Digital Content With Amazon Fire Stick Preorder And More
- MSI GE62VR 6RF Apache Pro Review: A Pascal-Powered Gaming Laptop
- Akamai SOTI Report Shows Internet Connection Speed Up 14 Percent And We All Should Live In DC
- No Man’s Sky Under Official Investigation Of False Advertising As User Complaints Skyrocket
- A Rare Look Inside Facebook’s Efficient And Frigid Data Center At The Arctic Circle
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All News for September 2016
As most US-based companies have learned by now, it's very difficult to penetrate the Chinese market (just ask Microsoft), with the country's government being at the crux of the issue more so than cultural differences. Apple in particular has had a rough go at feeling comfortable in China, and recently, things have...
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Way back in 2013, it was announced that both a Portal and Half-Life movie would be coming to theaters, although very little additional information was given. Still, the mere announcement set fans off in a frenzy. Could a Half-Life movie mean that HL3 would finally become a reality? No - it sure doesn't look like that...
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Gears of War 4 is set to make its global debut on October 11th, and to commemorate the occasion, Microsoft has announced two new Xbox One S bundles.
The $349 Xbox One S Gears of War 4 Bundle will include a white console with a 1TB hard drive onboard and will be available on October 11th. The bundle will of course...
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Lenovo has done a remarkable job of classing up its business notebooks without sacrificing the features and build-quality that make the ThinkPad line so popular with road warriors. It recently updated its ThinkPad X1 Yoga with an excellent 2560x1440 OLED panel, for example, making it even more attractive to...
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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 to share with you, direct from our friends at TechBargains. On tap for you all today, we have deals on a Dell Inspiron 3650 Intel Core i5-6400-based desktop system, a MyDigitalSSD 512GB OTG USB 3.0 Portable Solid...
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A start-up that sells security exploits to government agencies is willing to pay big money for remote hacks on iOS 10, the latest version of Apple's mobile operating system. Specifically, the top award is now an eye popping $1.5 million, or three times the previous award, for remote hacks that work against up-do-date...
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The customer is always right; or at least that’s a mantra that is usually tossed around at U.S. retail establishments. Perhaps that isn’t the case in France, as one Apple Store patron decided to go on a calm, yet destructive rampage after he claimed that he was not treated fairly by the staff.
According to...
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If virtual reality headsets are going to truly break into the mainstream market, there needs to be a lot of content for consumers to devour, and it has to be easily accessible. In recognition of those requisites, HTC's Vive team today announced the global launch of Viveport, its own app store for a variety of VR...
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If you’re a diehard video streamer, Logitech has just announced a much-improved successor to its incredibly popular C920. The C920 webcam has been with us for nearly five years, and it has served with distinction during that time, but the new C922 Pro is here to carry the streaming torch.
While it keeps the same...
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Oftentimes when a smartphone maker debuts a nifty new idea, its competitors find ways to implement their own version of whatever feature everyone is excited about, whether it's a premium design, a digital assistant, or something else. But spontaneous smartphone combustion? Following Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 debacle...
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Two of the biggest phrases in technology right now are deep learning and artificial intelligence. They're intertwined with one another, and Microsoft is betting big on both, as company CEO Satya Nadella recently underscored during a keynote at Microsoft's Ignite conference for IT professionals. As part of that...
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Artificial intelligence has the potential to be a wondrous innovation or horrifying disaster. Microsoft, Google, Amazon, IBM, and Facebook have formed their own Avengers-like partnership in order to establish best practices and standards for AI development and promote public understanding of this novel...
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Can you spare a moment? How about a Twitter moment? The social media giant has updated “Moments”, a tool that helps to curate collections of tweets centered around specific subjects.
Andrew Fitzgerald, Twitter’s, Global Curation Lead, remarked, “We think it's a really great way for new users to Twitter, users who haven't built that perfect
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If you’re an owner of an Android Wear-based smartwatch and have been eager to get your hands on the final release of Android Wear 2.0, the wait is going to be a little bit longer. Google announced today that its next generation smartwatch operating system has been delayed from fall 2016 to early 2017.
So instead of...
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Are you miffed that the latest iPhone doesn't have a dedicated 1/8" audio jack? Well, Apple likely won't be alone, as other smartphone OEMs may be looking to ditch the venerable headphone jack in order to take advantage of audio over USB-C.
This week, the USB-IF (Implementers Forum) announced "USB Audio over USB...
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Welcome back for a fresh installment of HOT deals, direct from our friends at TechBargains. On tap for you all today, we have deals on a Dell Inspiron 15 3000 Intel Core i5-5200U based notebook, an Amazon Quad-Core Fire TV Stick w/ Alexa Remote, up to 20% off Philips Connected Health Devices, and more. Full details...
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A good rule of thumb when purchasing a gaming laptop is to buy one with the fastest GPU you can afford. Unlike desktop PCs, you usually can't rip out the graphics adapter and upgrade to something faster (not in most cases, anyway), so when that once shiny and fast laptop starts feeling a little sluggish, you're...
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If you want faster Internet service, you should move to Washington, D.C. Or stay right where you are and wait for things to get better, as they have been. According to the latest State of the Internet Report by Akamai Technologies, a content delivery network (CDN) player, the average Internet connection speed around...
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There's been an uproar from gamers about No Man's Sky, one of the most highly hyped games of the year that many feel didn't live up to expectations. Even worse, ticked off gamers have accused developer Hello Games of misleading buyers with descriptions of the game's content and scope that don't measure up to the...
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While an auto repair shop might get away with employing a 25-year-old Commodore 64 to balance drive shafts, to run Facebook, the largest social network on the planet, it takes more modern equipment, and a lot of of it. Unfortunately, most people don't ever get to see it. Rarely do companies like Facebook ever lift the...
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While Volkswagen is in the midst of Dieselgate and is preparing to begin vehicle buybacks in the United States, the German automaker is betting its future on electric vehicles. Although American customers only have one Volkswagen EV to choose from today, the e-Golf, the company is forecasting that 20 to 25 percent of...
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Remember those Southwest Airlines commercials that ask, "Wanna get away?" Samsung probably does—the South Korean consumer electronics company is having a string of horrible luck with its products lately. Following a global recall its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones with battery packs that were prone to catching fire...
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