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Latest News - July 2019
- Microsoft Patents Project xCloud Controllers That Convert Mobile Devices For Gaming Glory
- Google And Amazon Settle Spat, YouTube Comes Back To Fire TV, Prime Video Hits Chromecast
- Security: Your Mac Under Zoom Attack Could Be Camera Hijacked
- G.Skill Trident Z Neo Memory Cranks Blistering DDR4-3600 Speeds For AMD Ryzen 3000 And X570
- Fortnite Update Adds Air Strikes To Bomb Your Opponents Into Oblivion
- Score A Ring Video Doorbell Pro And Echo Dot For $169 With This Epic Hot Deal
- Apple Gives Entry-Level MacBook Pro 8th Gen Intel Core And Touch Bar, Kills 12-inch MacBook
- Sound Blaster AE-9 Review: Pristine High Def PC Gaming Audio
- Google Vows To Keep Stadia Games Playable For Users Even If Developers Pull The Plug
- AMD Confirms Custom Radeon RX 5700 Card Designs Arriving Next Month
- This Hallmark Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Feature Could Be Stifling Design Innovation
- IBM Patents Foldable Wacky Transformer Watch That Unfolds Into A Big Wrist Tablet
- Razer Adds Chroma Support For AMD Ryzen 3000 Wraith Prism CPU Coolers
- Microsoft's Windows 1.11 App Bends Time With Trendy Stranger Things Tie In
- Over 1000 Android Apps Busted For Siphoning User Data Without Permission
- Destiny 2 Moments Of Triumph Kicks Into Gear July 9th With New Challenges And Rewards
- Steve Wozniak Thinks You Should Dump Facebook If You Are Concerned About Privacy
- AMD Radeon RX 5700 Image Sharpening Comparison Shows Impressive Visuals, Minimal Performance Hit
- Bill Gates Likens Steve Jobs' Business Acumen To Casting Spells On People
- MSI Preps AMD Radeon RX 5700 Navi Graphics Card Arsenal With Custom Board Designs
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All News for July 2019
Back in late 2018, we first talked about the controller prototypes for Microsoft's Project xCloud game streaming service that were meant to make gaming on smartphones and tablets more enjoyable. Controls are a crucial part of allowing gamers to enjoy the games xCloud offers anywhere, and few are happy with touch...
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Amazon and Google have settled their spat that has been going on for over a year now. YouTube was pulled from Amazon Fire TV devices back in late 2017. Google pulled YouTube from Fire TV devices in part because of Amazon's business practices that involved not selling Google products like Chromecast and not offering...
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A significant security issue with a popular Mac video conferencing company Zoom has surfaced. The security issue was made public by a researcher named Jonathan Leitschuh after a 90-day grace period to give Zoom time to fix the problem. The vulnerability could impact a variety of browsers running on Mac computers...
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With AMD's new Ryzen 3000 processors making the rounds, we're seeing support from the company's hardware partners who are delivering fresh products including a slew of new X570 motherboards and new DDR4 memory kits. G.Skill is jumping into the fray with its new Trident Z Nero Series DDR4 memory kits that were...
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Epic Games is giving Fornite players the ability to call in explosive air strikes on their opponents with the latest content update. Appropriately enough, the new item is called Air Strike, and it is available with the v9.30 Content 3 patch that has already begun rolling out. Fortunately, the Air Strike item is of the...
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It will be another week before Amazon kicks off its annual Prime Day extravaganza, but there are deals to be had ahead of the big event. Today, for example, you can snag Ring Video Doorbell Pro with Echo Dot (third generation) for only $169. This combo typically sells for around $249, so you are saving $80 on this...
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After letting its entry-level 13-inch MacBook Pro languish for the past two years without any major updates, Apple is finally "making it rain". Just in time for Back to School season, the base 13-inch MacBook Pro is gaining a number of features previously reserved for its more expensive siblings.
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As most of you are probably aware, Creative Labs, is one of the Founding Fathers of PC Audio and has manufactured sound cards and other audio-related hardware for 30 years. The original Sound Blaster was the de facto standard for DOS gaming audio almost right from its release in 1989. As high-profile PC games like...
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The unsettling fact of the digital age is that we do not truly own any of our purchased content. Having access to movies, music, and games purchased in digital form rely on a number of factors, and there are plenty of examples where things have gone sideways. That said, Google is promising that users of its Stadia...
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Following the retail launch of AMD's Radeon RX 5700 XT and Radeon RX 5700 cards over the weekend, there are a spattering of models available to purchase, but none so far that use custom cooling designs. That is going to change. The question is when, and the answer, according to AMD, is around the middle of...
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The Galaxy Note 10 will be the latest in a long line of pen-equipped, large-screen smartphones from Samsung. The original debuted back in 2011 with a massive (for its time) 5.3-inch display. The upcoming Galaxy Note 10, which will launch on August 7th, will reportedly be available in two display sizes: 6.3-inches and...
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Foldable devices seemed like the way of the future as manufacturers like Samsung and Huawei rushed to get them into production. The high profile failure of the Samsung Galaxy Fold seems to have put a damper on that rush, however. IBM has filed a patent for a wearable that can be a smartwatch, a smartphone, and a...
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AMD's third-generation Ryzen processors are finally here, and they deliver on nearly all of the promises made during the company's Computex 2019 announcement. All of AMD's Ryzen 7 and Ryzen 9 processors come with a Wraith Prism cooler in the retail box, which of course supports RGB LED lighting.
Razer is now...
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Early last week, Microsoft started to talk up the "all-new" Windows 1.0 with MS-DOS Executive, clock, and more. We all wondered at the time what exactly the deal was. Rumors suggested that Windows 1.0 was going to be a tie in with Netflix's third season of Stranger Things which landed on July 4. The Stranger Things...
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How much data are Android apps gathering from your device? A recent study concluded that over 1,000 Android apps are able to take a user’s data even if that user has denied permissions. These apps are able to harvest geolocation data and other identifiers.
Researchers at the International Computer Science Institute...
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Bungie has announced that it will be kicking off Moments of Triumph to celebrate Bungie Day 2019. Starting on July 9, moments of Triumph for Year 2 of Destiny 2 will become available. Players will be challenged to complete triumphs that span across the solar system from the Dreaming City to EDZ. Bungie says that this...
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Do you think Facebook is listening to your conversations, through your smartphone or any other gadget? There is an easy solution—stop using Facebook. That is the advice Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak says is appropriate for "most people," himself included (he actually did quit Facebook last year, due to the amount of...
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As you already know, yesterday was a big day for AMD. Not only did the company officially launch its Ryzen 3000 family of desktop processors (which performed admirably in our tests), but also its all-new 7nm Radeon RX 5700 family of graphics cards.
One of the features that we didn't get a chance to really do a...
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In a recent interview, Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates described his one-time arch nemesis Steve Jobs as a wizard of sorts, saying he was adept at "casting spells" during his time at Apple. Gates was not speaking literally, of course, but to the style of leadership that Jobs used, compared to his...
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The initial flurry of Radeon RX 5700 XT and Radeon RX 5700 graphics cards that are available at retail sites like Amazon and Newegg are all based on AMD's reference design, with the stock blower-style cooling shroud. Navi cards with custom cooling solutions are coming, though, as leaked slides by MSI confirm.
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A fresh set of Pixel 4 XL renders have hit the web, and if they are to be believed, Google will in fact ditch the display notch in favor of a traditional bezel this time around. That is a bit of a surprise, given that smartphone makers have largely favored moving on from the bezel, whether utilizing a notch, a...
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"America's Sports" car is getting its most radical makeover in its 60+ years of existence for its 8th generation (C8). The Corvette has always been a front-engine, rear-wheel-drive vehicle, but that all changes for the 2020 model year which sees the car shift to a mid-engine configuration.
General Motors has...
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