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Latest News - October 2017
- Apple's Supply of iPhone X TrueDepth Camera Components For Face ID Is Now Stable Says Analyst
- Microsoft's Xbox One Will Soon Save Your Console Settings In The Cloud
- Speedrunner Beats Wolfenstein 2 In Under 80 Minutes And How To Skip Intro Scenes
- Facebook Once Again Forced To React To Rumors It's Eavesdropping On You
- Apple Terminates RF Engineer After Daughter's iPhone X Video Goes Viral On YouTube
- Final Fantasy 15 Minimum PC Specs Reveal Modest Min And Recommended Configs
- Comcast And Big Telecom Spend $200K To Block Small Colorado Town From Exploring Municipal Broadband
- Amazon Granted Wholesale Pharmacy Licenses Fueling RX Drug Domination Rumors
- Leaked Kohl's Black Friday Ad Highlights Killer Deals On PS4 And Xbox One S
- Gigabyte’s Armor-Plated X399 DESIGNARE EX Ryzen Threadripper Motherboard Now Available
- San Francisco, Seattle Planning To Launch Citywide Fiber Networks To Bury Telecom Monopolies
- WannaCry Ransomware Attack That Crippled UK Hospitals Could Have Been Avoided With Basic IT Security
- Saudi Arabia Grants Citizenship To A Female Robot While Real Women Fight For Equal Rights
- Pixel 2 Pre-Orders Doubled Year-Over-Year According To Google CEO Sundar Pinchai
- Intel Delivers Blowout Q3 Earnings Despite AMD Ryzen Insurgency, Shows Strong Data Center Growth
- Apple iPhone X Preorder Deliveries Slip To 6 Weeks, Best Buy Tacks On Bogus $100 Upcharge
- PCI Express 4.0 Specs Released Doubling Bi-Directional Bandwidth To 64GB/s
- LG V30 Review: Setting The Record Straight For A Great Smartphone
- Intel Optane SSD 900P Series Leverages 3D XPoint Memory For Blazing Fast Performance
- AI Inspired By Human Visual Cortex Demolishes Annoying CAPTCHA Prompts
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All News for October 2017
One of the biggest factors that has led to alleged issues with iPhone X production is said to be a shortage of functional TrueDepth camera components, which are used for Face ID. At one point in the production of the camera hardware, it was said that only 20% of the dot projectors, a critical component for Face ID...
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One of the great things about the current generation of consoles like the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One is that both Sony and Microsoft have steadily improved their capabilities with software updates over the years. In the case of Microsoft, it has just released a new alpha firmware update to Xbox Insiders that...
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There are two camps when it comes to FPS titles today, there are those who are only in it for the multiplayer action and those who only want a sweet and long single player campaign and story line because getting fragged by foul-mouthed trash-talkers online ruins the fun (or maybe that's just me). It's only been a few...
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Perception can be more powerful than reality, and right now there is a strong perception that Facebook spies on its users, even going so far as to listen in on conversations using a device's microphone. But is that really the case? The answer is no, according to Facebook—Rob Goldman, the social network's vice...
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Over the last few weeks you might have seen a video floating around from a girl whose father worked for Apple. The first video that started all the hubbub centered on the girl and her father, who at the time was employed at Apple as an RF engineer (and states in the video he worked with Apple Pay on the iPhone X)...
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Well here is some good news for fans of the Final Fantasy franchise. When Final Fantasy XV: Windows Edition finally arrives on PC next year, it will not require a monster setup to run. Square Enix revealed the game's minimum and recommended system requirements on the title's listing in the Microsoft Store, and by the...
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Monopolies and wild animals are similar in that when you corner them, they will attack. While a bear will eat you, the big telecom monopolies that exist in many states will attack with money spent trying to block anything that might mean more competition for their services. In many areas of Colorado, Comcast is the...
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Amazon has been a massively disruptive force in the retail industry and has changed the way that people shop online. Prime members get free video streaming and free two-day shipping on many items making Amazon one of the top shopping destination online. It seems that soon Amazon could be expanding its offerings with...
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The biggest shopping day of the year is nearly upon us. We are of course talking about Black Friday, the annual shopping bonanza where stores lure hordes of eager customers with deep discounts. Surprisingly enough, some of the best deals in tech might be found at Kohl's. A leaked flyer outlining so-called doorbuster...
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If you're planning to go the Ryzen Threadripper route with your new build, but haven't yet settled on a motherboard choice, Gigabyte has thrown yet another option onto the pile. While most Threadripper motherboards released up to this point are noteworthy in their own right, the new X399 DESIGNARE EX does manage to...
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When you think of the availability of high-speed internet access in the United States, not many people have a wide range of options to choose from. You might have one large cable provider (i.e. Comcast, Charter) to choose from, and if you're lucky (if you can call it that) a second-tier option like AT&T DSL. Customers...
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WannaCry Ransomware Attack That Crippled UK Hospitals Could Have Been Avoided With Basic IT Security
You might think that the massive number of security breaches that have happened in recent years would push corporate giants and medical facilities out there to take a look at their own security and ensure that their networks are protected. We are only a few months removed from the massive attack that breached Equifax...
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It might not quite be Skynet, but Saudi Arabia this week made an announcement concerning one of its newest citizens. However, we aren't talking about a human in this case; Saudi Arabia has granted citizenship to a humanoid robot named Sophia. The announcement was made at the Future Investment Initiative in Riyadh, and...
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There is something to be said from ordering an Android device with Google's own branding. For one, you do not have to worry about a bunch of third-party junk being pre-installed and custom overlays—Google phones deliver an unadulterated Android experience. You also get immediate access to new Android builds. Those...
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Intel's semi-pivot from a PC-centric operation to one that is focused on the data center, machine learning and self-driving cars is paying off, and in a big way. The Santa Clara chipmaker announced record earnings per share of $0.94 during the third quarter, a 36 percent jump versus the same quarter a year ago. It...
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Earlier this morning at 12:01 AM PST, Apple opened up pre-orders for the highly anticipated iPhone X. But as is often the case with a new Apple flagship, actually securing one for delivery on launch day was difficult for some customers. The online Apple Store and the Apple Store app were inaccessible for some fans for...
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The PCI standards group PCI-SIG (Special Interest Group) comprised of AMD, Intel, NVIDIA, and other technology bigwigs announced it has finalized the specifications for the PCI Express 4.0 standard. It has previously announced in June at the group's DevCon event that the spec was feature complete and undergoing...
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If there's a sleeper phone that's been on our radar for a while here, it's the LG V30. LG has been teasing this phone for what seems like an eternity. We actually got our first hands-on time with it a couple of months ago in August. However, LG has been conservative with its last couple of handset roll-outs, taking...
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We have been hearing a lot about 3D XPoint memory (now called Optane) over the past couple of years, and more recently we have seen some related products emerge, including a PCIe-based solid state drive for enterprise clients, the Intel Optane SSD DC P4800X. Intel today is following that up with the Optane SSD 900P...
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If you spend any amount of time on the Internet, you have certainly run across CAPTCHA on a few occasions. CAPTCHA is the security device that forces you to read squiggly words and type them into the box to prove you are a person and not a spamming robot sent from the future to troll forums and steal all of our memes...
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Google's response to its investigation into reported screen burn in issues with the Pixel 2 XL most certainly won't make owners happy. If you were expecting a fix for the issue, sadly one may not be coming. Google has published an update on the Pixel 2 XL to its product forums and has basically said the burn-in issue...
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Amazon launched its Prime Exclusive Phones program for people who dislike smartphone contracts and prefer to buy a device outright, unlocked for a reduced price. In the past, Blu has been on that program and was booted from Amazon due to spyware concerns, only to return shortly after. Buyers can now choose from...
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