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• Dark Souls 3 launches April 12: new gameplay video arrives

  04-12-2015 23:45
  
  Bandai Namco Entertainment has dropped a load of Dark Souls III information today, not the least of which is its precise availability date in North America and South America: April 12, 2016. On that date, the game will arrive for the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and on Steam. Bandai is encouraging fans to pre-order the title; those who buy the … Continue reading
  
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• Spotted, a Dark Matter creche and its monstrous baby galaxies

  04-12-2015 23:18
  
  A creche of monstrous baby galaxies, swaddled in dark matter and billions of light years from Earth, could help answer questions about how the known universe formed. Monstrous galaxies, rapid stellar incubators, are no longer a feature of the universe, though ten billion years ago they pumped out new stars up to thousands of times the rate of current production. … Continue reading
  
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• Report: Toshiba in talks to spin off PC business

  04-12-2015 23:00
  
  Sources say Toshiba, in a bid to further rid itself of unprofitable units, is considering spinning off its PC business and having it merge with a different PC maker. Speculation has it that Vaio, formerly of Sony, could get involved in this, but the company has denied such rumors. As with many in the industry, Toshiba has failed to make … Continue reading
  
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• Ferrari spinoff gets Prancing Horse out of Mom’s House

  04-12-2015 22:23
  
  Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (FCA) has approved the spinoff of Ferrari NV in an effort to reduce the amount of debit that FCA is carrying. FCA voted 98% in favor of splitting Ferrari off and will distribute the 80% of Ferrari NV that it owns to investors starting in 2016. Exactly when the selloff begins we don’t know. While FCA … Continue reading
  
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• ESA astronaut Tim Peake will run London Marathon on ISS

  04-12-2015 22:22
  
  For many people, being on the International Space Station would be a good excuse to put off running that marathon you’ve been planning for a few years. Not so for ESA astronaut Tim Peake who plans to run the London Marathon next April…from space. He’ll do so on a treadmill located in the International Space Station’s Tranquility Node while a … Continue reading
  
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• Returning to the golden age of travel

  04-12-2015 21:57
  
  For many people, spending time at an airport is something they would avoid as much as possible. With the right lounge access, though, what might normally be a miserable wait can actually be anything but. In fact, since I added the American Express Platinum Card to my wallet, I've found there are times I actively want to get to the … Continue reading
  
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• Chiron too mainstream? Check out Bugatti’s super-luxe sport yacht

  04-12-2015 21:46
  
  What do you do when a Bugatti car isn't sufficiently rare and expensive to single you out? You buy a Bugatti boat instead. The supercar manufacturer has taken just enough time out from working on the upcoming Chiron to team with motor yacht builder Palmer Johnson, and the result is the Niniette series, a line of open carbon-fiber sport yachts. … Continue reading
  
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• Google Photos update brings Photo Sphere viewing to the web

  04-12-2015 21:35
  
  Google Photos has been updated to bring Photo Sphere viewing in the web. Fire up your regular desktop browser and you’ll be able to view your uploaded photo spheres using Google Photos, no mobile device necessary, though a mobile web browser and the Android app can also be used. If you don’t have your own uploaded spheres, you can also … Continue reading
  
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• How do I use Facebook Live Video?

  04-12-2015 21:13
  
  Once the preserve of celebrities, Facebook Live Video is now opening up to everyone on the social network. Whether or not you think it's a Periscope clone, there's no denying that - if you're already a keen Facebook user - there's a lot to be said for the convenience of embedding a video stream right into your profile for friends, … Continue reading
  
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• ‘Gone’ is a VR TV series for Samsung’s Gear headset

  04-12-2015 20:55
  
  Virtual reality is for more than games. Movies and television studios will no doubt move to embrace the technology — 3D movies are already popular, after all, and at least one movie made for Oculus already exists. Gone, though, may prove to be the first successful episodic series produced for viewing through a dedicated headset…in this case, Samsung’s Gear VR. … Continue reading
  
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• Native Union made an iPhone DOCK worthy of Jony Ive

  04-12-2015 20:31
  
  Native Union has revealed its latest iPhone, iPad, and smartphone dock, and it's so handsome you'd expect it to come from Apple's design studio. The simply-named DOCK opts for clean lines and solid materials, a solid chunk of dark aluminum for the base and a slice of the metal with a lighter finish to support the phone or tablet. Of … Continue reading
  
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• The FTC just put an EFF board member in charge of explaining tech

  04-12-2015 19:54
  
  Things at the US Federal Trade Commission could take a sharp turn toward pushing privacy, as the government agency makes a high-profile EFF member its Chief Technologist. Lorrie Cranor, who sits on the board of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), has been named the new Chief Technologist for the FTC, where she will be "primarily responsible for advising Chairwoman Ramirez … Continue reading
  
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• Steam Controller iFixit teardown reveals highly repairable modular design

  04-12-2015 19:03
  
  While the teardown experts iFixit have been busy lately with a number of new Apple products, they've found time to open up and offer a peek inside the Steam Controller, Valve's new gaming accessory that offers a completely different experience with its dual trackpads. iFixit found that at first glance the internal components weren't that different from what in other … Continue reading
  
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• Nokia HERE deal closes as German automakers grab robo-car tech

  04-12-2015 19:00
  
  Nokia's deal to sell digital mapping and location services specialist HERE to a trio of German automakers has closed ahead of schedule. The agreement, announced back in August, was initially expected to get regulatory approval sometime early in 2016, but that came through sooner than expected and Audi, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz parent Daimler wasted no time in inking the contract. … Continue reading
  
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• Hello Barbie, hello another kid security nightmare

  04-12-2015 18:19
  
  Connected kids toys continue to face growing pains, with Mattel's Hello Barbie the latest to show worrying flaws that could leave children exposed to hacks. The talking, WiFi-connected doll was announced earlier this year, as Mattel attempted to bring its iconic dress-up toy into the 21st century by allowing her to react to and learn from the child playing with … Continue reading
  
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• Steam finally lets you permanently delete games from your library

  04-12-2015 18:10
  
  Valve's Steam has turned into a behemoth of a digital marketplace for PC games, selling just about any title that sees release today. That means some gamers have amassed huge collections, including games they may never play again, or never really wanted in the first place, whether they were bundle extras or redeemed gifts. Unfortunately, Steam has never really made … Continue reading
  
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• GoPro HERO4 Session price cut to $200 for action on a budget

  04-12-2015 17:53
  
  GoPro has again slashed the price of its most affordable action camera, cutting the GoPro HERO4 Session to under $200. Now just half of the price it launched at back in July, the cube-shaped video camera still records up to 1080p60 video or 8-megapixel stills, with a streamlined control system that aims to make filming stunts, parachute jumps, and other … Continue reading
  
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• Sony confirms $155M purchase of Toshiba image sensor business

  04-12-2015 17:29
  
  Following rumors and negotiations over the last few months, Sony has confirmed today that it is buying the image sensor business of fellow Japanese tech giant Toshiba for 19 billion yen, or roughly $155 million. This comes after Sony's decision in early October to spin off its own sensor division into a separate company, now called Sony Semiconductor Solutions. This, … Continue reading
  
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• Volvo turns dump truck into RC car, gives 4-year-old the controls

  04-12-2015 16:31
  
  There's probably a dozen different ways to advertise a dump truck, and they're probably all boring compared to this. Volvo has unveiled its new FMX, an 18-ton, 540hp, 8x6 all-wheel-drive construction dump truck. In order to promote the thing, Volvo basically turned it into a remote-controlled car, able to be driven from a remote location via custom-made controls, and then … Continue reading
  
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• Porsche Mission E gets go-ahead to battle Tesla for real

  04-12-2015 16:20
  
  Porsche dropped jaws back in September with its Mission E concept electric sedan, and now the company has given the EV the green-light to battle Tesla. Distinctly Porsche-esque in its design, with space inside for four, but implementing a brand new powertrain, the Mission E concept promised a 0-62 mph time of under 3.5 seconds. That's courtesy of more than … Continue reading
  
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• Apple TV 5th-gen tipped to enter production in early 2016

  04-12-2015 15:44
  
  It's well-known that Apple isn't known to waste time when it comes to moving ahead on production of forthcoming devices, even when a brand-new model was just introduced to consumers. Case in point: the new, fourth-generation Apple TV was just released in October, following three years without an update, but now Apple is prepping to begin production of a fifth-gen … Continue reading
  
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• Recon Instruments app binds GoPro HERO4 with Oakley Airwave snow goggles

  04-12-2015 15:00
  
  Winter is coming. That cliche might be ominous for some, but for snowboarding fans, it's the reason and season to be jolly. But in this hi-tech age of action cams and live streaming, snowboarding is no longer something you can only watch from the sidelines. But snow and wind are unpredictable as weather and don't always play nice with our … Continue reading
  
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• Samsung will finally pay Apple more than half a billion dollars for copying the iPhone

  04-12-2015 14:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Nearly five years after Samsung was found guilty in a California court of copying certain aspects of Apple’s iPhone and iPad without permission, the South Korean tech giant will finally pay up. While it’s not the $1 billion Apple was initially awarded in the years-long trial, court documents state that Samsung has agreed to pay Apple more than half a billion dollars to settle the case. Of course, the news sadly doesn’t mean that this saga has ended — there are a few cavea
  
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• BlueStacks 2 adds app tabs and quick action bar

  04-12-2015 14:30
  
  Fans of the BlueStacks App Player will be glad to hear that a new and updated version of the player has been launched. The new version is called BlueStacks 2 and it has some nice updates to how it operates. One of those updates is multi-tasking capability. App Player now works more like a browser interface with users able to … Continue reading
  
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• Samsung to pay Apple $548M settlement in patent case

  04-12-2015 14:08
  
  In 2011, Apple first filed a lawsuit against Samsung for infringing on its smartphone patents, and after what seems like an endless five years of trials, appeals, retrials, and so on, Samsung has finally agreed to a $548 million out of court settlement. The two companies filed a joint statement to the US District Court for the Northern District of … Continue reading
  
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• Prototype sodium-ion battery unveiled for laptops

  04-12-2015 14:00
  
  Research has been going on into making batteries using sodium rather than lithium for decades. Back in 2013, we talked about a battery that used sodium and wood. Fast forward to late 2015 and a group of scientists and researchers have now unveiled a prototype sodium-ion (Na-ion) battery that is designed to be used inside laptop computers. The battery prototype … Continue reading
  
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• Virgin Galactic adds “Cosmic girl” 747-400 jet to fleet

  04-12-2015 13:30
  
  Virgin Galactic has announced that it has added a new aircraft to its fleet of space access vehicle. The new aircraft is a 747-400 and it is dubbed "Cosmic Girl" by Virgin. The aircraft will be used as a dedicated launch platform for the LauncherOne orbital vehicle. Part of the plan to cheaply place satellites into orbit that Virgin Galactic … Continue reading
  
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• LG K7 specs leak highlighting low-end hardware

  04-12-2015 13:00
  
  Some details about a new low-end LG smartphone have leaked ahead of the official unveil of the device. The rumors claim that the smartphone will be called the LG K7. The specs of the device are clearly low-end and the device should be inexpensive for people to purchase. The K7 will have a 5-inch screen with a resolution of only … Continue reading
  
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• Telltale Games announces episodic Batman title for 2016

  04-12-2015 12:41
  
  Video game developer Telltale Games has been maintaining an unbroken streak of hit games for more than a few years now, honing their style of releasing titles in episodes, several weeks apart, starting with Back to the Future, two Walking Dead games, and The Wolf Among Us, moving up to their latest releases like Game of Thrones and Minecraft: Story … Continue reading
  
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• Galaxy Note 5 heads to UK in late January

  04-12-2015 12:30
  
  In the US fans of Samsung smartphones have been able to get their hands on the Galaxy Note 5 phablet since the device launched back in August. Fans across the pond in the UK have yet to have the opportunity to purchase the latest phablet Samsung has to offer. Fear not UK Note 5 hopefuls, your day is coming in … Continue reading
  
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• Pac Man Ghost Lamp

  04-12-2015 10:20 via shutupandtakemymoney.com
  
  This awesome lamp actually changes colors to the beat of your music!
  
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