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• Brand new Best Buy MacBook deal saves you $300 when you buy AppleCare

  26-01-2017 23:49
  
  Best Buy has a great deal for anyone shopping for new MacBooks from Apple, as long as you don’t want to purchase any of Apple’s new MacBook Pro models. In fact, those MacBook fans out there who are due for an upgrade but don’t want to deal with dongle hell might actually appreciate Best Buy’s new offer. Starting Thursday and running all the way through Saturday, Best Buy customers who buy a select MacBook Pro or MacBook Air with a 3-year AppleCare plan will save $300 on t
  
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• Google Maps now shows parking availability in ’25 metro areas’

  26-01-2017 23:45 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Google Maps now shows you the best places to park, but only in 25 metro areas in the U.S., including New York City, Los Angeles, and Boston. Parking availability is ranked in three levels: Easy, medium, and limited.The post Google Maps now shows parking availability in ’25 metro areas’ appeared first on Digital Trends.
  
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• The MagBlend is an easy-to-clean cup that lets you take smoothies on the go

  26-01-2017 23:44 via digitaltrends.com
  
  MagBlend is a new product on Kickstarter that uses magnetic technology to let you blend drinks to a smooth consistency. It is compact and portable, so you can blend whenever and wherever you want.The post The MagBlend is an easy-to-clean cup that lets you take smoothies on the go appeared first on Digital Trends.
  
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• Obsidian announces 'Pillars of Eternity 2', Fig crowdfunding campaign

  26-01-2017 23:39 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Obsidian Entertainment's first sequel is being crowdfunded on Fig, with the $1.1 million goal. The game is expected to release early 2018 for PC. In 2012, Pillars of Eternity set a then-Kickstarter record of nearly $4 million.
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• Obsidian announces ‘Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire’; needs crowdfunding help

  26-01-2017 23:39 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Obsidian Entertainment's first sequel is being crowdfunded on Fig, with the $1.1 million goal. The game is expected to release early 2018 for PC. In 2012, Pillars of Eternity set a then-Kickstarter record of nearly $4 million.
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• Asus launches LTE version of the ZenPad 3S 10 with an improved processor, battery

  26-01-2017 23:36 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Asus has taken the wraps off of a new LTE version of the ZenPad 3S 10, featuring an improved battery and a Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 processor. The device is available in Malaysia and comes with a price tag of $405.
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• Asus launches LTE version of the ZenPad 3S 10 with an improved processor and battery

  26-01-2017 23:36 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Asus has taken the wraps off of a new LTE version of the ZenPad 3S 10, featuring an improved battery and a Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 processor. The device is available in Malaysia and comes with a price tag of $405.
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• 'Rare Replay' will never be the same with a Xbox One controller from Hyperkin

  26-01-2017 23:31 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Hyperkin has unveiled new Xbox One controllers that look like the love child of a normal Xbox One controller and a Sega Genesis gamepad. It's small and for the retro-focused gamer.
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• Hyperkin’s new retro-focused Xbox One controllers fit the nostalgia bill

  26-01-2017 23:31 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Hyperkin has unveiled new Xbox One controllers that look like the love child of a normal Xbox One controller and a Sega Genesis gamepad. It's small and for the retro-focused gamer.
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• Apple aims to help you sleep better with MacOS Sierra 10.12.4 beta

  26-01-2017 23:24 via digitaltrends.com
  
  May devices offer a night mode that reduces the amount of blue light being projected, shifting colors to a warmer state that might allow us to go to sleep more naturally. Apple is now implementing Night Shift mode in MacOS Sierra.
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• Our favorite Samsung Gear VR apps might just turn you into ‘that guy’ on the bus

  26-01-2017 23:20 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Before you put on your cool new Gear VR headset, you should know which apps and games are worth a download. Thankfully, we've put together a list of the best available right now, to ensure you can start enjoying VR straight away.
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• Legendary game designer Hideo Kojima gives peek at extravagant Tokyo studio

  26-01-2017 23:18 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Veteran game designer Hideo Kojima gave a rare public glimpse at his new Kojima Productions office in Tokyo this week, revealing that the studio features a massive motion capture setup in addition to several large open workspaces for his employees.
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• Google’s AR translator turns Japanese into English in real time

  26-01-2017 23:18
  Google has made it easier than ever to read Japanese: all you need is a phone. Using the Google Translate app’s camera feature, users can point their phone at a bit of Japanese text and see it on their screen in real-time, only with English where the Japanese text previously existed. In that way, it functions essentially as an augmented … Continue reading
  
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• Xiaomi Mi 6 news and rumors

  26-01-2017 23:16 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Rumors of a successor to Xiaomi's 2016 Mi 5 flagship smartphone have begun to heat up, but the company has cooled off any hype by announcing that it will skip Mobile World Congress this year.The post Xiaomi Mi 6 news and rumors appeared first on Digital Trends.
  
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• Airthings Corentium Home radon detector review

  26-01-2017 23:15 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Invisible and odorless, radon is a silent killer. The Corentium Home radon detector can tell you instantly if you’re being poisoned.
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• Samsung Galaxy S8 leaks: Tiny bezels, moved fingerprint sensor, more

  26-01-2017 23:13
  The Samsung Galaxy S8 has been caught in the wild, ahead of the new flagship smartphone’s release in just a few months time. The hotly-anticipated Android device has been the subject of fierce speculation in the months since Samsung was forced to recall the Galaxy Note 7 following its battery meltdowns, with questions as to whether Samsung would condense Note … Continue reading
  
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• ‘Scrabble’ with slang words is the best way to describe Ludacris’ new game

  26-01-2017 23:08 via digitaltrends.com
  
  On Thursday, Ludacris helped release Slang N' Friendz, a mobile game that "gives players of all ages the chance to communicate using their favorite words by incorporating a dictionary database of slang words compiled from across the globe."
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• Mozilla directs Firefox to disable Web of Trust add-on due to user data concerns

  26-01-2017 23:06 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Mozilla's Firefox browser is apparently disabling the WOT add-on and marking it as suspicious, after removing the WOT add-on from the catalog in November 2016. Now, those users who still have WOT installed in Firefox are no longer able to use it.
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• Pearl RearVision Backup Camera review

  26-01-2017 22:45 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Tired of convoluted and invasive backup camera systems, a team of ex-Apple engineers developed RearVision, an entirely wireless backup camera with an integrated solar panel for keeping it charged.The post Pearl RearVision Backup Camera review appeared first on Digital Trends.
  
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• realMyst, the classic puzzle game, arrives on Android

  26-01-2017 22:30
  The iconic, beloved, and now-classic puzzle game Myst has made its way onto the Android platform via the new mobile game, realMyst. In it, players can head out into Myst Island, where studio Noodlecake Games says they can ‘explore anywhere, unfettered, and in realtime.’ You’ll find beautiful scenery throughout the island’s various regions, including lakes, forests, and other landscapes. The … Continue reading
  
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• Amazon, too, is by sea — online retail giant looks into ocean freight

  26-01-2017 22:28 via digitaltrends.com
  
  It's got planes, it's got drones, and soon, it looks like Amazon will also have ships. Building upon its ever expanding arsenal of shipment methods, the online retailer has reportedly taken to the high seas.
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• Cricket customers now get more data for the same low price

  26-01-2017 22:20 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Cricket has long been a solid option for those looking for maximum coverage at a relatively low price, who don't mind slower data speeds. Starting tomorrow, the company will raise high-speed data allowances across several of its plans.
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• Watch what happens when NFL quarterbacks are ‘replaced’ with drones

  26-01-2017 22:19 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Just how good are the Pro Bowl receivers? A new drone drop competition is aiming to find out at tonight's Skills Showdown, tossing down footballs from quadcopters hovering 200 feet in the air.
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• Watch Josh Gad interrogate Star Wars star Daisy Ridley about ‘The Last Jedi’

  26-01-2017 22:10 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Frozen and Pixels actor Josh Gad ambushed his co-star on the upcoming Murder on the Orient Express movie, Daisy Ridley, to try to get some details on the next installment of the Star Wars saga, The Last Jedi.
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• Nintendo Switch is okay with you playing in the bathroom

  26-01-2017 22:10
  Nintendo‘s German arm has produced a second Switch commercial, barely a week after showing us the first. While the first Switch commercial centered around The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, this new one features Mario Kart 8 Deluxe heavily. More specifically, it shows off all the different locations you’ll be able to play Mario Kart 8, and one … Continue reading
  
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• Google wants to add AI to Raspberry Pi gadgets | PCWorld - PCWorld

  26-01-2017 22:09
  
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• The Rosetta Disk will last 1,000 years, contains mankind’s most important books

  26-01-2017 22:06 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Containing thousands of pages of information in hundreds of languages, the Rosetta Wearable Disk is two centimeters in diameter and contains all the books you need to start civilization over!
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• Thousands of ‘Sun’ and ‘Moon’ players have been banned for hacking Pokémon

  26-01-2017 21:54 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Nearly 6,000 Pokémon Sun and Moon players have been banned by the Pokémon Company from much of the games' online functionality for possessing altered save data, or "illegal" Pokémon.The post Thousands of ‘Sun’ and ‘Moon’ players have been banned for hacking Pokémon appeared first on Digital Trends.
  
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• Stanford researchers cure diabetes in mice using rat-grown organ

  26-01-2017 21:47
  Researchers with Stanford University and the University of Tokyo have announced a new breakthrough treatment that successfully cured mice of diabetes using a rat-grown mouse pancreas. The achievement could help lead to future treatments — or possibly even a cure — for diabetes in humans. Even better, these lab grown organs are genetically matched to the recipient, meaning anti-rejection drugs … Continue reading
  
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• The 2018 Aston Martin Vanquish S Volante is drop-dead gorgeous

  26-01-2017 21:42
  Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but I suspect it’d be an unusual critic that called the 2018 Aston Martin Vanquish S Volante anything other than stunning. The droptop version of the (hardly ugly) Vanquish S that made its debut last November, the Volante version chops off the roof for some open-air cruising. Just like its coupe … Continue reading
  
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• Size matters not: KDE Slimbooks measure 0.70 inches with sixth-gen Intel CPUs

  26-01-2017 21:34 via digitaltrends.com
  
  The KDE community announced the launch of a KDE-branded Slimbook packing a sixth-generation Intel Core i5 or Core i7 processor. They're based on the KDE Neon platform and the KDE Plasma Desktop interface, which is built for Linux PCs.
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• Our absolute favorite HTC Vive games

  26-01-2017 21:30 via digitaltrends.com
  
  So you’re considering an HTC Vive, but don't know which games you should pick up on SteamVR? Check out these 10 titles, whether you're into rhythm-based gaming, interstellar dogfights, or something else entirely.
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• I/O, here we come! CEO Pichai confirms May 17-19 as dates for Google event

  26-01-2017 21:29 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Google's annual developer conference is just a few months away. Google I/O will take place in May, and will likely be the launchpad for many exciting new Google projects. Here's all the news and rumors you need to know.
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• Verizon just ate Time Warner, and it might have Charter for dessert

  26-01-2017 21:18 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Verizon is looking to gain a firmer foothold in the wireline internet business. It's reportedly in talks to merge with cable company Charter, which recently purchased Time Warner Cable.
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• Verizon eyeballs Charter in bid to become the second largest cable company in the U.S.

  26-01-2017 21:18 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Verizon is looking to gain a firmer foothold in the wireline internet business. It's reportedly in talks to merge with cable company Charter, which recently purchased Time Warner Cable.
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• Luma Surround WiFi review

  26-01-2017 21:15 via digitaltrends.com
  
  The Luma WiFi system isn't the newest kid on the block, but it's certainly one of the smallest mesh-based kits. How does it perform?
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• Verizon eyes Charter cable as mergers hit fever pitch

  26-01-2017 21:10 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Also today: Facebook re-jiggers how your Trending Topics will work, and they also brought in a heavy hitter to jump-start their VR business.
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• Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 news and rumors

  26-01-2017 21:08 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Boasting a better processor than the Galaxy Tab S2, the Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 could be one of the best Android tablets of the year. Here's everything we know about the upcoming device so far.
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• Avenza Maps can guide your outdoor trek when you don’t have network access

  26-01-2017 21:04 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Avenza Maps, for iOS, Android, and Windows, downloads high-quality maps to your mobile device that utilizes location tracking even when your gadget doesn't have a network connection.The post Avenza Maps can guide your outdoor trek when you don’t have network access appeared first on Digital Trends.
  
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• Trends with Benefits: Facebook’s latest VR move and the Tostitos breathalyzer

  26-01-2017 20:40 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Facebook hired Hugo Barra away from Xiaomi to bolster its VR and AR efforts, so what will this mean for Facebook users? Also, why is Tostitos putting breathalyzers in bags of chips?
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• Lenovo Moto Z 2017 news and rumors

  26-01-2017 20:25 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Lenovo is deep in development for the 2017 Moto Z, and already rumors have been surfacing online, including that it could feature an iris scanner. Here's everything we know about the new phone so far.
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• LG’s latest mobile photo printer is now as light as your smartphone

  26-01-2017 20:18 via digitaltrends.com
  
  LG's latest Zink mobile photo printer now weighs only about as much as the typical smartphone with an inkless printing design. The updated printer launched this week in international markets.
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• 3D TV is officially dead, but a band of fanatics won’t let go

  26-01-2017 20:00 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Manufacturers seem to be finally phasing out 3D after years of letting it struggle for any kind of relevance. Fans of the technology are protesting the decision, but it might be time to let it go.
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• The latest version of Google Chrome now disables Flash content for all users

  26-01-2017 19:51 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Google released the latest version of its Chrome browser this week, bringing its new Flash-blocking HTML5 by default feature to the masses. The updated browser also now supports WebGL 2.0 for richer web-based 3D experiences and games.
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• BenQ introduces another monitor aimed at creative professionals

  26-01-2017 19:50 via digitaltrends.com
  
  The BenQ PD2710QC is the latest in the company's PD line, and is aimed at those who need precision and solid color support. The 27-inch IPS LED display covers 100 percent of the sRGB color gamut with Technicolor certification.
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• Sony could unveil five new phones, some packing Snapdragon 835, at MWC 2017

  26-01-2017 19:37 via digitaltrends.com
  
  It looks like Sony might have a big year at Mobile World Congress 2017. In fact, reports suggest that the company could launch a hefty five new phones at the show, ranging from flagship models to budget phones.
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• Apple releases iOS 10.3 public beta 1

  26-01-2017 19:36
  
  Apple released a fresh new iOS beta on Tuesday, but iOS 10.3 beta 1 was initially made available only to developers. Why? While it is true that Apple typically releases developer betas and public betas at the same time, the company always waits a while between a developer release and a public beta release with the first beta for each new iOS version. Since public betas are installed on iPhones and iPads owned by end users while developer betas are theoretically only installed on test d
  
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• Biometric research suggests monitoring your mental well-being for authentication

  26-01-2017 19:31 via digitaltrends.com
  
  In a new paper, a researcher has presented a novel method of biometric authentication by collecting brainwaves from a person to determine that they are of a sound state of mind before granting access to a system or account.
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• ‘The Flash’ script is apparently not up to speed — complete rewrite ordered

  26-01-2017 19:24 via digitaltrends.com
  
  King Arthur: Legend of the Sword screenwriter Joby Harold is rewriting the script for The Flash movie while the film is currently on hold due to the departure of its director, Rick Famuyiwa, due to creative differences.
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• WWII and amphibious car collectors take note: 1944 VW Schwimmwagen on eBay

  26-01-2017 19:14 via digitaltrends.com
  
  From 1942 to 1944 VW produced 14,265 Schwimmwagens, of which only 189 are known to exist. One of the amphibious vehicles is listed on eBay. With only 100 miles on the vehicle since restoration, the VW is ready for its next collector owner.
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