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- Samsung Preps Android 7.0 Nougat Update For Galaxy S7 And S7 Edge
- Mark Zuckerberg And Priscilla Chan’s $3 Billion Initiative Aims To Cheat Death, Cure All Diseases
- Yahoo Set To Disclose Massive 2012 Data Breach That Compromised 200 Million Users
- Microsoft And Lenovo Deny Reports That Signature Edition PCs Intentionally Block Linux Installs
- AMD’s Next Gen Vega 10, Vega 11 And 7nm Vega 20 GPUs Detailed In Specs Leak
- Monster 98% Discount Cisco Associate Certification Training Bundle In The HotHardware Shop
- Poisonous Mamba Ransomware Overwrites Your Master Boot Record, Encrypts Your Entire Hard Drive
- Nike’s Self-Lacing ‘Marty McFly’ Sneakers Come Back to The Future November 28th
- HP Sprocket Printer Slips In Your Pocket, Wirelessly Prints 2x3-inch Photos From Your Smartphone
- Microsoft Signature PC Program Allegedly Blocks Installation Of Linux, Or Does It?
- $600 Lenovo Ideapad Intel i5 Gaming Laptop (12GB/256GB SSD/4GB GPU), Up to 30% Amazon Deal of the Day Laptops
- Apple Considers Acquisition Of Legendary Supercar Builder McLaren
- iPhone 7 Hardware Components Estimated To Cost Apple $220 Against $649 Retail Price
- AT&T Taps Power Lines To Deliver AirGig Last-Mile Wireless Gigabit Internet To Homes
- Tesla Issues OTA Security Update After Hackers Wirelessly Engage Model S Brakes From 12 Miles Away
- U.S. Wireless Carriers Selling New Galaxy Note 7 Stock Following Global Recall
- Google Allo Employs Artificial Intelligence To Power Advanced Messaging App
- Samsung Unveils Screaming-Fast 960 Pro And 960 EVO NVMe SSDs At Speeds Up To 3.5GB/s
- Appeals Court Decision Kills North Carolina Town’s Gigabit Internet, Could Your Town Be Next?
- Microsoft Research Teams Leverage AI And Machine Learning To Help Eradicate Cancer
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All News for September 2016
Though Samsung's been a bit preoccupied with its global recall of Galaxy Note 7 devices, it hasn't forgotten about owners of Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge smartphones. The South Korean handset maker is in the process of testing firmware upgrades to Android 7.0 (Nougat) for both phones, though there's no mention of a...
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Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan announced an ambitious initiative to cure, prevent, or manage all diseases within our children's lifetime. It's a lofty goal of epic proportion, and to kick start things, they've pledged to invest $3 billion over the next decade to help scientists cure diseases as part of...
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Yahoo is getting ready to disclose a data breach that exposed account details for at least 200 million users. While nothing is yet official on Yahoo's part, the forthcoming disclosure is likely related to a security breach earlier this summer that Yahoo previously said it was investigating. Since then, a cybercriminal...
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Are Microsoft and Lenovo conspiring to keep Linux off Signature Edition PCs? Not so says both companies. The issue came to light after one user bought a Lenovo Yoga 900 Signature Edition convertible with the intention of installing Linux on it. However, his efforts were thwarted, as the machine refused to install...
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The real battle for GPU supremacy will take place when AMD ships its Vega GPUs starting sometime next year. Yes, AMD only recently announced Polaris, but that's not the architecture that's supposed to compete with NVIDIA's Pascal GPUs, at least not at the high end. That's where Vega comes into play, and a new leak...
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If you’ve ever thought about boosting your IT skills and getting Cisco certified, we’ve got a deal running in the HotHardware Shop you’ll want to check out. We’ve got a Cisco Associate Certification Training Bundle with 11 courses and 153 modules discounted by 98% and available for under 80...
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We’ve seen some rather nasty ransomware making the rounds over the past few months, but a new strain is wreaking havoc on computers around the globe. Brazilian firm Morphus Labs first discovered the Windows-based ransomware, which has been given the name Mamba.
So far, Mamba has been found on computers located in...
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Great Scott! Tying your own shoes is now a thing of the past. Nike is releasing Back to the Future II-inspired self-lacing shoes, the HyperAdapt 1.0.
How do the shoes work? Sensors in the HyperAdapt 1.0 will determine when they are being worn. A "lace engine" in the base of the shoe then controls a system of nylon...
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Printers can be so inconvenient. Most are big, bulky, stationary, and sometimes downright obstinate. HP, however, has just released the Sprocket -- a pocket-sized printer that can easily print 2" x 3" photos from a smartphone.
The Sprocket is 4.53 x 2.95 x 0.87 inches and weighs just 0.379 pounds. It comes with up...
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If you're a Linux fan who's on the hunt for a new notebook, you have plenty of options. As weird as it might sound, even Microsoft's own "Signature" line of machines could prove tempting, as the requirements a notebook needs to obtain that status are very strict. However, as a reddit post highlights, Linux users need...
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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 Lenovo Ideapad 700 Intel i5-6300HQ 15.6" laptop, an LG 65UH7700 65" 4K HDTV, a Tenswall Laptop Cooling Pad, and more. Full details for all of today’s deals can be found below. For...
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Rumors about an Apple-developed electric car had been picking up speed for the past year, before hitting a speed bump earlier this month when it was reported that the company had shelved plans for the car. Word on the street at the time was that Apple was instead focusing its energies on developing self-driving...
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Apple finally bumped up the minimum storage allotment on its iPhone 7, doubling it to 32GB compared to 16GB on several previous iPhone generations, along with also offering 128GB and 256GB tiers for the middle and high-end SKUs, respectively. The Cupertino outfit did it without jacking up the price of the iPhone...
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Deploying fiber cabling throughout cities across the United States isn’t cheap, especially when we’re talking about the “last mile” of fiber that goes directly to homes and businesses. Alphabet arguably got the ball rolling with its Google Fiber rollouts across the country, followed by Comcast and AT&T countering with...
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Researchers from Keen Security Lab in China discovered and demonstrated a vulnerability in Tesla's Model S vehicles that could allow a remote hacker to fiddle with various controls, everything from opening the moon roof and adjusting the power seats to even applying the brakes. The security outfit shared its findings...
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Samsung on Monday announced that more than half a million replacement Galaxy Note 7 smartphones had shipped to carrier and retail stores in the U.S.. Sure enough, a day later they're starting to show as being in-stock at places such as Verizon and Sprint, and we suspect that other wireless carriers (AT&T and T-Mobile...
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If you're looking for yet another way to communicate with your friends and family from your mobile device, you now have Allo, a new and "smarter" messaging app from Google. It's available right off the bat for both Android and iOS devices (sorry, Windows Phone users!) and integrates a preview edition of of the Google...
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Samsung continues to advanced the company's very successful 900 series family of consumer class SSDs today, with the announcement of the Samsung 960 EVO and 960 Pro NVMe PCI Express M.2 Solid State Drives. Built on Samsung's 3D V-NAND technology and employing the new Samsung Polaris SSD controller, the 960 Pro is...
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In early August, we reported that 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) had no authority to prevent states from imposing restrictions on municipal internet. This was a result of the FCC stepping in last year in an effort to use its authority to “remove barriers to...
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Let’s face it, cancer sucks! We’re sure that at all of us knows someone who is battling cancer or has lost a friend of close family member due to the perils of cancer. Given that this disease touches just about all of us, it should come as no surprise that billions of dollars are poured into researching cancer and...
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Rumors about the Nintendo NX have been floating around for over a year. Pokémon Company head Tsunekazu Ishihara just revealed a little more about the mysterious device. He remarked, “The NX is trying to change the concept of what it means to be a home console device or a handheld device. We will make games for the...
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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 UN55KU6300 55" 4K UHD HDR-Premium Smart HDTV, a Dell XPS 8900 Intel Core i7-6700 based desktop system, a Crucial MX300 525GB SATA SSD, and more. Full details for all of...
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