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Slash Gear - 17 Jan 2017 06:00Pokemon GO Update: Easter Egg Event clues inside
Slash Gear - 17 Jan 2017 19:01
This morning the folks at Niantic updated Pokemon GO apps for both iOS and Android devices. That means updates for Samsung Galaxy devices, LG, HTC, Sony, Motorola, and the lot – and iPhones of all sorts. This new updat...
Microsoft urges enterprise customers to drop Windows 7
Slash Gear - 17 Jan 2017 17:07
The Windows 7 wind down has begun: on January 14, 2020, Windows 7 will lose all forms of support, including security updates that are crucial for a lot of customers. Microsoft is wasting no time in urging its enterprise ...
Should we get our hopes up again for cloud gaming?
Engadget - 17 Jan 2017 17:00
"We, in no way, take credit for the idea." LiquidSky CEO Ian McLoughlin knows video game streaming isn't a new concept. For years, various companies have promised players they'd be able to load up any game on any device ...
Mastercard built a mobile marketplace for farmers in East Africa
Engadget - 17 Jan 2017 08:00
More than two billion people across the world continue to stay unbanked. One of the biggest reasons for that exclusion is accessibility. In developing countries in particular, low-income groups tend to get left out of th...
2017 MacBook Pro might finally have 32 GB of RAM
Slash Gear - 17 Jan 2017 05:15
MacBook Pro owners might have something to really look forward to this year if Ming-Chi Kuo is on the mark. The renowned analyst from KGI is predicting that this year's generation of MacBook Pros will finally break throu...
The 'Titanfall' mobile game will die on the vine
Engadget - 17 Jan 2017 03:24
If you managed to get access to the Titanfall: Frontline beta, congratulations: You're playing a mobile game marked for death. "We've learned an incredible amount in the beta test of Titanfall: Frontline, but in the end ...
BLAST military project can detect brain injury from explosions
Slash Gear - 17 Jan 2017 03:04
The Office of Naval Research is funding a new project to develop BLAST, the Blast Load Assessment Sense and Test technology. This system, once created, will help identify potential traumatic brain injuries in soldiers an...
AMC unveils James Cameron docuseries on the evolution of sci-fi
Slash Gear - 17 Jan 2017 01:34
The television network AMC has announced an upcoming documentary series (docuseries) from James Cameron that'll explore the origins and evolution of science fiction. The series currently has the working title "Story of S...
Heroes of the Storm is getting a new hero: Valeera Sanguinar
Slash Gear - 17 Jan 2017 23:30
Blizzard's Heroes of the Storm is getting a new update, and with it will come a new character: Valeera Sanguinar. Blizzard first announced the news in a tweet a couple days ago, and has further detailed the character in ...
President Obama commutes most of Chelsea Manning's sentence
Engadget - 17 Jan 2017 23:28
President Barack Obama on Tuesday commuted the majority of Chelsea Manning's remaining prison sentence, and she is now scheduled to be released on May 17th, 2017, rather than in 2045. Manning is the former army intellige...
Obama Will Let Chelsea Manning Out of Jail in May
Gizmodo - 17 Jan 2017 23:27
President Barack Obama is commuting a bulk of the remaining prison sentence for Chelsea Manning, the Army intelligence analyst responsible for a major 2010 military leak, according to a New York Times report. Manning is ...
Pokemon GO January APK teardown: New moves, evolution items, Gen2
Slash Gear - 17 Jan 2017 23:20
The first update for Pokemon GO of the year and we’ve found a whole bunch of new moves for Pokemon from Gen2. This first update for the game had very little in it for the everyday user – a bit of an update for walkin...
Roku mobile app v4.0 for iOS and Android streamlines navigation
Slash Gear - 17 Jan 2017 23:04
Roku‘s mobile app is getting an update today on iOS and Android, and streamlining is the name of the game. The update adds a number of shortcuts to the main screen, putting some of the more popular Roku features front ...
Auto and oil industries want to pit hydrogen cars against EVs
Engadget - 17 Jan 2017 23:00
A consortium of companies from the car and power industries are teaming up to push hydrogen as the fuel of the future. Plenty of big names are involved, including Toyota, Daimler, BMW, Honda and Hyundai representing the ...
NASA video simulates Huygens' historic descent and landing on Titan
Slash Gear - 17 Jan 2017 22:46
NASA has released a video showing a simulation of the Huygens probe's descent and landing on Saturn's moon, Titan. This probe's landing is notable as the most distant landing to ever take place on another celestial body,...
Zotac's tiny gaming PC is powerful enough to play in VR
Engadget - 17 Jan 2017 22:35
A major obstacle currently facing VR is the fact that the headsets themselves (generally) have to remain tethered to a bulky desktop tower. With the new Zbox Magnus EN1070K from Zotac, however, that tower is now barely b...
Google smartwatch reportedly packs a "Digital Crown," launches February 9
Ars Technica - 17 Jan 2017 22:30
Evan Blass has more smartwatch news: flagship LG hardware with LTE, GPS, and NFC.
Scientists Can Now Sequence DNA With a Smartphone
Gizmodo - 17 Jan 2017 22:15
It was not so long ago that sequencing even tiny snippets of DNA was a costly, cumbersome process that required access to a state-the-art lab. Today, we are inching close to putting a DNA sequencer in every pocket.
AT&T no longer works with your 2G phone
Engadget - 17 Jan 2017 22:13
We hope you weren't planning to use your old-school iPhone or BlackBerry Pearl on AT&T's network for nostalgia's sake -- unfortunately, you're not going to get anywhere. As promised way back in 2012, the carrier has conf...
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Gizmodo - 17 Jan 2017 22:09
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The CIA Just Dumped 12 Million Declassified Documents Online
Gizmodo - 17 Jan 2017 22:03
After years of fighting with FOIA requesters, the CIA has finally uploaded over 12 million documents to its website. While many of the documents have been declassified for some time, the pages were intentionally hard to ...