HP Enterprise demonstrates next-generation computing prototype as The Machine comes together

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No Man’s Sky ‘Foundation’ update is live, but don’t expect a whole new game

It would be fair to say No Man’s Sky has been one of the biggest disappointments in modern gaming history. After two years of extraordinary hype, the game launched earlier this year to mostly negative reviews. Many of the features that were promised by...

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Cold, dead fingers: Will motorists give up in-car cellphone access without a fight?

Highway deaths are up in the United States, as is the use of smartphone apps. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration sees a link and last week issued guidelines – not mandates – that would have the major phone-OS developers figure out a way...

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Homeopathic solutions now have to be labeled to disclose that there’s no science behind them

The FTC is playing whack-a-mole with pseudoscience again, and this time it’s targeting homeopathy. Their latest comments contend (PDF) that the standard disclaimer isn’t enough to dissuade consumers from buying this crap, so now not only do homeopathic products...

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New teardown reveals Surface Studio packs ARM CPU core, upgradable storage

Microsoft’s new Surface Studio is an interesting foray into high-end premium hardware, but it’s clearly not intended as a user-expandable system. It’s always interesting to see how companies balance slim, cutting-edge hardware against basic repairability,...

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Replacement Samsung Galaxy Note 7 catches fire on airplane

Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 was supposed to be a cutting-edge halo device with an aggressive set of new features. Samsung’s original plan was to launch the device before Apple could field the iPhone 7, then reap the rewards of positive press while Apple grappled...

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SpaceX blames recent rocket explosion on helium tank breach

Several weeks ago, SpaceX suffered another blow to its efforts to make private spaceflight a viable business when a Falcon 9 rocket exploded on the launchpad during a pre-flight test. The explosion resulted in the loss of the rocket and the payload, a satellite that was to be used for Facebook’s...

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Human skeleton found on shipwreck that held mysterious Antikythera Mechanism

By Jessica Hall on September 22, 2016 at 1:14 pm 22 Comments 314shares Facebook Twitter Google Plus Reddit ...

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Surgeon plans first human head transplant in 2017

Modern medical technology has granted doctors the ability to transplant many of the body’s organs, extending the life of people suffering from chronic diseases. But what about replacing all the organs at once along with the body they are in? That’s science...

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Samsung unveils next-generation 960 Pro, 960 Evo M.2 SSDs with blistering speeds, up to 2TB capacity

Samsung has been pushing the boundary of SSDs for several years — it was the first company to release a commercial 3D NAND drive, and it’s been aggressively pushing the new NVMe and PCI Express-based M.2 drive standard. Now, the company has taken...

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China’s first space station will fall back to Earth in 2017

China launched its first space station in 2011, and managed to successfully use it intermittently for several years longer than originally planned. Now, the Tiangong-1 module is heading for a crash landing on Earth. However, China doesn’t know exactly when...

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Apple A10 teardown sheds light on quad-core SoC, confirms Intel won modem contract

Every time a new Apple device ships, it’s interesting to see how manufacturing technology has advanced. This year is no exception. The Apple device teardown revealed a number of interesting details and confirmed a rumor we’d heard before — Intel did indeed win at least some of the iPhone 7’s modem...

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Missing MH370 pilot conducted suicide flight simulations over Indian Ocean

Last week, we covered how the search for Malaysia Flight MH370 is set to end in the near future, as the last of the 46,300 square-mile search area is due to be mapped shortly. With less than 10% of the search area left still to examine, the chances of finding the plane within its boundaries is very small....

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The Human Connectome Project zeroes in on the firmware of the brain

Is the mind an emergent property of the brain, or is it something… else? Cartesian dualism is a polarizing topic, but like many other ideas that we thought were the province of philosophers, we’re getting light shed on it from a surprising source. Researchers...

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TECNO Camon C9 Eye Scanner, Overrated or Not?

  Upon the release of the Camon C9, a lot of people thought the Camon C8 was the best camera phone, nonetheless, they felt the next phone in the Camon series will be better than the former. What’s peculiarly interesting about the device is the eye scanner feature. Ideally, you need a backup passcode if you are to unlock your phone when there’s blackout. Most people use their phones in...

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Multiple Galaxy Note 7 snapshots leak ahead of Samsung announcement

The Samsung Galaxy Note 5 was a fine device, though fans of the Note series were irked by the smallish battery and lack of expandable memory. Samsung didn’t even give the Note 5 a full release in Europe, leading many to question its commitment to the stylus-packing phablet form factor. Rumors...

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Five Easy Ways To Save Your [Mobile & Computer] Data

  Things you should do right now to conserve your data. Worry less about exceeding your data limit by following these five simple tips for Android users: 1. Reduce the data used by your Android mobile device or computer by turning on Chrome Data Saver Mode. From compressing web pages to removing images when loading a page on a slow connection, you’re able to save up to 70% more data. 2....

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Crypto-heist threatens to tank blockchain-based future

The DAO stands for the “Distributed Autonomous Organization,” and while that could very well refer to anything from a blockchain car-share app to a hive of honey bees, this rather boring title stands for something truly remarkable: the first unmanned investment...

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FBI, cybersecurity experts investigating potential Russian ties to DNC email leak

On Friday, WikiLeaks posted a trove of 20,000 emails procured in a hack of the Democratic National Committee. Today, the FBI announced that it was investigating the hack and the circumstances surrounding it. The hack was first reported last month, by the Washington Post, which said hackers affiliated...

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