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- CoinDash Hacker Reportedly Makes Heist Of Over $7 Million In Ethereum, Wallet Address Exposed
- Samsung Boosts 8GB HBM2 Production To Fuel Next Gen GPUs From AMD And NVIDIA
- Nokia 8 Leak Reveals Android Flagship’s Zeiss Dual Camera System
- Amazon Alexa Voice Integration Comes to HTC U11 Android Flagship
- CoinDash ICO Hacked, Ethereum Price Plummets And Used GPUs Flood The Market
- HTC Blindsides Users With Ads In Its TouchPal Keyboard, Apologizes For Error
- Apple iPhone 8 Final Design Seemingly Confirmed In Leaked CAD Renders
- WikiLeaks Exposes CIA’s HighRise SMS Spying Tool In Latest Vault 7 Dump
- Intel Atom ‘Clover Trail’ PCs Blocked From Receiving Windows 10 Creators Update
- IBM Announces Z Mainframe With Comprehensive End-to-End Data Encryption For Enterprise
- Meet Ataribox, Atari’s Retro-Themed Gaming Console Based On PC Tech
- Call of Duty WWII Zombies Trailer Leaks, See What Sledgehammer Devs Would Rather You Didn't
- Facebook Launches ‘Explore Feed’ To Show Customized Posts Based On Your Interests
- Chinese Scientists Channel Star Trek And Beam Quantum Entangled Photons Into Space
- DRL RacerX Drone Breaks Guinness World Speed Record At A Screaming 163 MPH
- Lenovo And Disney Join Forces To Unveil Star Wars: Jedi Challenges AR Experience
- Amazon Developing 'Anytime' A Cross-Platform Messaging App On Steroids
- Nintendo Switch Gamers Get Your Splatoon 2 Ink On Today For 4 Hours Only, Starting NOW
- Here's How To Make Sweet Animated GIFs Using Facebook's Built-in Camera
- Doomfist Dominates With A Serious Beat-Down In His First Pro Overwatch Match
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All News for July 2017
The topsy turvy world of cryptocurrency got a bit more interesting yesterday, thanks to a multi-million dollar Ethereum (ETH) heist. As we reported earlier, CoinDash was rocked by hackers Monday during its Initial Coin Offering (ICO), which is basically a crowdfunding effort that allows investors to purchase...
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Samsung is currently the only memory chip maker that is producing 8-gigabyte (GB) HBM2 (second generation high bandwidth memory) chips. In order to keep up with demand from a growing field of customers and applications, Samsung is ramping up production of its 8GB HBM2 chips, which will find their way into systems...
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Here is the best look yet that we have received to date showcasing the upcoming Nokia 8 flagship Android smartphone. The smartphone, which is produced by Finnish company HMD Global, will be going head-to-head against the brightest stars in the Android smartphone market including the Samsung Galaxy S8 and the LG...
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HTC's flagship U11 smartphone offers a lot of perks, but if you're an Amazon Alexa fan, you could very well find yourself loving the device even more thanks to the AI's introduction. This isn't a mere Amazon app found on the device, but an officially supported implementation from HTC.
Whereas on other non-Amazon...
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Ethereum is continuing its downward spiral from its June high, as was witnessed by a particularly nasty dip that occurred on Sunday. On Friday, we reported that ETH was hovering around the $184 mark, but it dipped below $150 on Sunday to just $137. ETH has recovered somewhat since yesterday, and is now at $169.
This...
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Companies can be a little overzealous when it comes to serving up ads. Even so, HTC appeared to hit a new low when its TouchPal keyboard that comes pre-installed on some Android devices started pushing out ads to users. This did not sit well with affected users, many of which took to posting their grievance on Reddit...
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We have been keeping count of the number of combined rumors and leaked photos showing Apple's unreleased and unannounced iPhone 8 model, which is now more than four million. Just kidding, we have no idea what the actual number is, only that it is not small. Adding to the pile is a collection of iPhone renders that are...
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WikiLeaks has published another set of leaked documents from the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). This latest leak is part of WikiLeaks' Vault 7 batch and details a malicious app for Android devices called HighRise. Also called TideCheck, this app allows a remote hacker to redirect or intercept SMS...
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If you own a PC system that is running one of Intel’s Clover Trail-based Atom processors, we have some rather disappointing news to deliver if you’re running the Windows 10 operating system. Microsoft is no longer supporting these Atom processors when running Windows 10, which means that customers will no longer be...
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In an era where high profile data breaches are becoming far too common, IBM has a solution that could help. The company on Monday unveiled IBM Z, a next generation mainframe that is is billing as the world's most powerful transaction system. Just as importantly, it offers pervasive encryption so that all data is...
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After plenty of teasers, Atari has finally lifted the veil on its upcoming Ataribox gaming console. Given the success that Nintendo found with the NES Classic, and the hype surrounding the upcoming SNES Classic, Atari is definitely introducing the Ataribox to a receptive audience.
Like the NES Classic and SNES...
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This week’s San Diego Comic-Con was supposed to be a rather joyous occasion for the Sledgehammer Games. The dev studio has already revealed its involvement on the latest installment in the Call of Duty franchise, Call of Duty: WWII. However, Sledgehammer has been rather tight-lipped about the game's upcoming zombie...
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Between your relative’s political rants and your friend’s Instagram reposts, it can be difficult to find new and engaging content on Facebook. The social media site recently launched its “Explore Feed” feature and the goal is to connect users with information and content they have yet to discover but that is curated...
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"Beam me up, Scotty!" Chinese scientists just set a record for quantum entanglement distance, and many argue that this experiment expands the possibilities for global quantum communication.
The Chinese team of scientists, led by Ji-Gang Ren at the University of Science and Technology in Shanghai, fired a laser from...
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In case you did not know, professional drone racing is a thing these days. The top dog in the drone racing circuit is the Drone Racing League (DRL), which just recently tested what is officially the fastest racing drone in the world. Guinness World Records was on hand for the record breaking attempt for the "Fastest...
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Every Star Wars fan has dreamed of becoming a Jedi, and every so often we are afforded the opportunity to live out those fantasies in a video game. Advances in technology help make these experiences increasingly realistic, such as using motion controls on the Wii in Star Wars: The Force Unleashed and Star Wars: The...
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When it comes to today’s messaging apps, there are numerous options out to choose from. And if you’re like us, you probably use a number of competing messaging apps at once, ranging from Facebook Messenger to Skype to Google Hangouts to WhatsApp to Snapchat. However, it appears that we may have yet another player...
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If you own a Nintendo Switch, it’s time to drop everything you’re doing and get ready to whip out your inkjets. Wait, what? Not printers, we’re talking about Splatoon 2, of course. Starting at 6PM EST tonight, Nintendo will be holding a demo event in which anyone can jump in and enjoy the game. However, in true...
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It is time to take your Facebook stories to the next level. The social media giant just introduced the ability to make animated GIFs with their built-in camera.
It is incredibly easy to make GIFs on Facebook. Users need to simply go to their Facebook camera and select the GIF option on the top of their screen. They...
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Doomfist, the latest Overwatch character, has made a smashing debut. One professional Overwatch player tested Doomfist out at an exhibition match and wowed the crowd with four quick eliminations.
Overwatch player Kim “Libero” Hye Sung of the professional South Korean team “Meta Athena”, recently played Doomfist in...
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Amid the spectacle of new CPU and GPU architectures that have been dominating the headlines for the past several weeks, Intel has gone and quietly added a handful of new processors to its Kaby Lake and Xeon stacks. These can be seen in the latest update to Intel's 7th generation Core processor family specifications...
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We talked yesterday of an example of how deep learning and artificial intelligence can be used to put words in people's mouths, creating video proof of something someone said, even if they didn't really say it. Prospects like that are downright scary, but so too are the realities of the jobs AI will be able to take...
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