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• The best ‘Game of Thrones’ theories

  10-08-2018 23:38 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Season 8 of Game of Thrones is still on the horizon, meaning there's still time to brush up on the best 'Game of Thrones' theories. Whether you're one of the last adherents of the Cleganebowl, or a King Aerys truther, here are our top theories.
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• Head Tesla engineer leaves for Apple to possibly reboot self-driving car

  10-08-2018 23:35 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Apple's self-driving car project could get the reboot as a former chief engineer for Tesla Motors left the company to go back to Apple. Doug Field, who worked at Tesla from 2013 until last month, will go back to Apple.
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• Alfa Romeo’s working on a new 8C gas-electric plug-in hybrid supercar

  10-08-2018 23:30 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Despite the untimely and sad death of former FCA CEO, Sergio Marchionne, the show must go on and Alfa Romeo's reportedly working on a new mid-engined, gas-electric plug-in hybrid supercar called the 8C.
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• Spotify tests unlimited ad skips for free users

  10-08-2018 23:12
  In its current form, Spotify offers free ad-supported access to its music library. These advertisements are short but cannot be skipped, forcing users to sit through a brief clip before their music returns. The company is testing a major change to the way that system work, allowing users in Australia to skip as many advertisements as they want without any … Continue reading
  
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• Photo FOMO: Leica Elpro turns plain lenses into macro, Fujifilm Fest returns

  10-08-2018 23:07 via digitaltrends.com
  
  In this week's photo industry news, Leica launches a way to turn plain lenses into macro lenses. Artificial Intelligence keeps growing with new uses with Getty Images and the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 camera.
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• Facebook’s less cluttered friend list feeds are no more

  10-08-2018 22:56 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Facebook friend feeds created a more curated news feed -- but not anymore. Facebook discontinued the feature, saying it wasn't widely used. The move will help the network focus on improving the news feed, the company says.
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• Samsung’s Galaxy Home will live or die by AI

  10-08-2018 22:49
  Samsung’s Bixby speaker didn’t look like anything we expected, with the Galaxy Home a bulbous alien egg promising to take on Apple’s HomePod, Amazon’s Echo, and Google’s Home. Announced at Unpacked 2018 in Brooklyn this week, alongside the Galaxy Note 9, the unusual smart speaker has already been compared to a sci-fi movie prop, a cauldron, and even cyborg cow … Continue reading
  
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• Here’s how and where you can watch the best 4K content

  10-08-2018 22:44 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Searching for content for your new 4K UHD TV? Look no further. We have every major source of the best 4K content, along with the cost, hardware requirements, and features that make each service worth a look.
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• Earn a trove of 200 skins and victory poses in ‘Overwatch’ Summer Games

  10-08-2018 22:40 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Blizzard has unveiled the Summer Games 2018 running from August 9 to 31. It includes three Lúcioball stadiums, over 200 cosmetic loot box items, nine new skins, and a smattering of new game options.
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• Fix Facebook after the latest update

  10-08-2018 22:39
  Facebook today began removing Friends Lists Feeds from their main app and web browser site. This feature is one of a collection that’ll be removed from the mix this year due to a culling of the weak of sorts. As a Facebook representative suggested, “We’re shutting down this lesser-used feature to focus our efforts on improving the main News Feed … Continue reading
  
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• How to convert VHS to DVD, Blu-ray, or digital

  10-08-2018 22:35 via digitaltrends.com
  
  There's no reason you should have to lose those precious home videos just because VHS is a dying format. Here, we'll show you how to convert VHS tapes to a digital format, and save those memories forever.
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• Engineers in the U.K. unveil the world’s first graphene-skinned airplane

  10-08-2018 22:35 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Engineers at the U.K.'s University of Central Lancashire have unveiled Juno, the world’s first graphene-skinned airplane, at an international air show. Here's why it is so exciting.
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• Flipkart Sale Continues: The Best Flipkart Big Freedom Sale Deals Still Available

  10-08-2018 22:32
  Flipkart Freedom Sale is continuing and here are the best mobiles and other tech deals still on offer.
  
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• No Man’s Sky NEXT finally got me to take the plunge

  10-08-2018 22:22
  As far as gaming redemption stories go, there are few that are as incredible as that of No Man’s Sky. Developers – and more specifically excited studio leads – mess up all the time when it comes to hyping up a game, but few did it to the astonishing degree that Hello Games founder Sean Murray did with No Man’s … Continue reading
  
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• Amazon Sale: The Best of Amazon Freedom Sale Offers

  10-08-2018 22:18
  Amazon Freedom Sale has now entered its third day and here are the best deals still on offer.
  
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• Flipkart Sale Continues: The Best Flipkart Freedom Sale Deals Still Available

  10-08-2018 22:15
  Flipkart Freedom Sale is continuing and here are the best mobiles and other tech deals still on offer.
  
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• Top 10 Products Every Dog Owner Should Own

  10-08-2018 22:12 via shutupandtakemymoney.com
  You have to give the world to man’s bestfriend.We’ve collected ten products that we definitely think that you should have if you’re a dog lover. They’re all awesome and it would be a sin to not have them for your beloved best friend.
  Doggy Superhero Costumes“It’s a bird! It’s a… errr.. It’s my dog..”
  There are several superhero costumes up for grabs for your beloved canine and this Batman pet costume is just one of them. Itincludes 4
  
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• Olympus PEN E-PL9 review

  10-08-2018 22:09 via digitaltrends.com
  
  With a healthy dose of style, solid performance, and beginner-friendly controls, the E-PL9 is the perfect camera for the smartphone generation. Well, other than an actual smartphone.
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• NBCUniversal may give viewers gift cards for streaming its shows

  10-08-2018 22:09
  Most video streaming services come in three varieties: free with ads, as a subscription with ads, or as a subscription without ads. NBCUniversal is planning something entirely different, according to a new report, that not only won’t charge for a subscription, but will actively reward viewers who stream content. Planned content reportedly includes NBCU’s own shows and third-party videos. According … Continue reading
  
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• Galaxy Note 9 wallpapers are all right here

  10-08-2018 21:51
  The Samsung Galaxy Note 9 was put on pre-order this morning, right around 24 hours after the device was initially revealed. This smartphone is now in the process of being torn apart in more ways than one. Right this minute we’ve got a gallery here with the various wallpapers included in the smartphone, now freely available to all users who … Continue reading
  
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• You’ll need $68,000 to land a tech-rich 2019 Audi A7 in your driveway

  10-08-2018 21:23 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Have you been eyeing the latest rendition of Audi’s tech-savvy A7 Sportback? Well the deal just got a little sweeter as Ingolstadt’s finest just announced the pricing list for the new 2019 Audi A7.
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• Google Cameos helps celebrities post answers to the internet’s questions

  10-08-2018 21:19 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Google released a new app on iOS, but you might not be interested in downloading this one. The app is called Cameos, and it's essentially for celebrities to post video answers to the internet's most-searched questions.
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• Quake Champions is now permanently free to play

  10-08-2018 21:18
  At QuakeCon earlier today, Bethesda announced that Quake Champions, the game it launched as an early access title last year, is now available for free. The game will remain free for the entirety of its existence, giving everyone the chance to play the latest evolution of Quake, the hit shooting game originally launched in 1996. Quake Champions is a first-person … Continue reading
  
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• DOOM Eternal’s brutal gameplay revealed at QuakeCon 2018

  10-08-2018 21:11
  QuakeCon 2018 is officially underway, and perhaps the biggest part of Bethesda’s keynote address was the reveal of DOOM Eternal gameplay. We were first introduced to the game back at E3 2018, but what was announced then amounted to nothing more than a teaser. Today, however, we received our first real look at the game, and it’s looking just as … Continue reading
  
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• U.S. Navy wants to ‘weaponize slime’ to stop enemy ships

  10-08-2018 21:07 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Researchers at Utah State University have been awarded a U.S. Navy contract to create synthetic weaponized slime, which could be used to fire at enemy vessels to stop them in their tracks.
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• Here’s how App Actions in Android 9.0 Pie work, and how to control them

  10-08-2018 21:00 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Google's latest operating system, Android 9.0 Pie, comes with App Actions -- a feature that suggests shortcuts based on your smartphone habits. Here, we break down how to use App Actions including how to turn the new feature on or off.
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• 160m year old coral algae symbiosis is being killed by this sunscreen

  10-08-2018 20:52
  It would seem that the symbiotic relationship between coral and algae is 100 million years older than previously believed. That’s what’s said by a bit of new research published this week in the scientific publication Current Biology. This is the same relationship – and creatures – destroyed by a couple of popular sorts of sunscreen effectively banned in Hawaii just … Continue reading
  
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• Former Tesla engineering chief returns to Apple

  10-08-2018 20:40
  Doug Field, who stepped down as the senior vice president of engineering at Telsa Inc last month, is returning to Apple Inc, Apple told Reuters on Thursday.
  
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• Play Snake In The Real World On Nokia Android Phones

  10-08-2018 20:39 via youtube.com
  
  
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• NASA’s Parker Solar Probe launches tonight to ‘touch the sun’

  10-08-2018 20:27
  NASA’sambitious mission to go closer to the Sun than ever before is set to launch in the small hours between Friday and Saturday — at 3:33 AM Eastern from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, to be precise. The Parker Solar Probe, after a handful of gravity assists and preliminary orbits, will enter a stable orbit around the enormous nuclear fireball that gives us all life and sample its radiation from less than 4 million miles away. Believe me, you don’t want to get much closer th
  
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• NASA’s Parker Solar Probe launches to ‘touch the sun’

  10-08-2018 20:27
  Update: Launch successful!
  NASA’sambitious mission to go closer to the Sun than ever before is set to launch in the small hours between Friday and Saturday — at 3:53 AM Eastern from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, to be precise. The Parker Solar Probe, after a handful of gravity assists and preliminary orbits, will enter a stable orbit around the enormous nuclear fireball that gives us all life and sample its radiation from less than 4 million miles away. Believe me, you don’t
  
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• Here’s how Stanford scientists measured the speed of death

  10-08-2018 20:22 via digitaltrends.com
  
  For the first time, scientists at Stanford University have been able to observe the speed at which death spreads across a cell once the self-destruct "trigger wave" has been initiated.
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• ‘Fortnite’ Hit a golf ball from tee to green challenge guide

  10-08-2018 20:08 via digitaltrends.com
  
  One of the new weekly challenges this week is the Fortnite hit a golf ball from tee to green challenge. We are going to guide you through where to find the golf ball and tees and how to successfully hit it to the right location.
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• The Note 9 is an island in a sea of notches and trends

  10-08-2018 19:54
  At times, it can feel like the smartphone industry is all sharing the same bucket of ideas. Notched displays, dual camera arrays, and increasingly skinny devices with as few ports as possible: maybe Apple had one idea first, or some other company, but eventually they spread across the board. Turns out, though, the Galaxy Note 9 has a bucket of … Continue reading
  
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• New material design stores energy like an eagle

  10-08-2018 19:48
  Auxetics are materials that store energy internally rather than bulging out. In this way they can store more energy when squeezed or struck and disperse it more regularly. Historically, however, these materials have had sharp corners that could break easily with enough pressure. Now researchers at Queen Mary University of London and University of Cambridge have discovered a way to use auxetics in a more efficient and less fragile way. In this way you can create systems that store energy and rele
  
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• Marc Jacobs Riley Touchscreen Smartwatch review

  10-08-2018 19:43 via digitaltrends.com
  
  The Marc Jacobs Riley is Marc Jacobs’ first fully-touchscreen smartwatch for men and women. It runs Wear OS, has a large 1.19-inch display, and a sleek design. At almost $300, we take a closer look to see if it’s worth it.
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• This vast hydrogen wall could be the glowing border of our solar system

  10-08-2018 19:11
  A vast wall of hydrogen could mark the limits of our solar system, with new analysis of data from the New Horizons probe helping explain our place in the galaxy. The interplanetary spacecraft launched in 2006 as part of NASA’s New Frontier’s program, reaching Pluto in 2015 and then headed out further into the Kuiper belt to eventually beam back … Continue reading
  
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• Why stop at one? Nvidia’s rumored GTX 1180 might double down on cooling fans

  10-08-2018 19:10 via digitaltrends.com
  
  A rumor stemming from the leaked printed circuit board for the GeForce GTX 1180 graphics card claims that Nvidia redesigned the drum fan to accommodate a dual-fan design. This rumor focuses on the Founders Edition model.
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• Shadow of the Tomb Raider gameplay revealed: Peruvian PS4 play in effect

  10-08-2018 18:56
  This morning we’re getting a look at the latest in Shadow of the Tomb Raider gameplay. This video was recorded on a PlayStation 4 Pro, or so PlayStation suggests. This is a PS Underground video, after all, and there’s no true way of knowing what’s up until we get the opportunity to play the game on our own, on our … Continue reading
  
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• BlackBerry KEY2 LE leak tips a keyboard for the masses

  10-08-2018 18:26
  BlackBerry is readying a new, more affordable version of its KEY2 smartphone, for those who want a physical keyboard but are turned off by the premium price tag. Expected to launch as the BlackBerry KEY2 LE, the new device is yet to be officially revealed, but details are already leaking. Ever since TCL acquired and rebooted the BlackBerry brand, we’ve … Continue reading
  
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• ‘Madden NFL 19’ Ultimate Team progression guide

  10-08-2018 18:25 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Our Madden NFL 19 Ultimate Team progression guide walks you through the ins and outs of Training, the new upgrade system in the card-collecting online mode, and provides tips for quickly improving your team.
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• Grand Seiko is an homage to watchmaking’s past

  10-08-2018 18:25
  The 1960s were a beautiful time for watches. Horology was in its prime and the great names we know and love today – Rolex, Omega, Cartier – were just one of many watchmakers churning out commodity products to a world that needed to tell the time. Their watches – simple, elegant, and mechanically complex – were the ultimate in mechanical efficiency and design and no one did it quite as well as Seiko. This mechanical golden age ended in the late 1970s with the rise of the q
  
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• A brand-new Mac can be hacked remotely during its first Wi-Fi connection

  10-08-2018 18:12 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Researchers discovered a security flaw affecting versions of MacOS prior to 10.13.6 that allows hackers to take control of a Mac during first-time setup and device provisioning. Malicious code can then be injected into the Mac.
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• Fortnite app download warning: How and Why to wait

  10-08-2018 18:07
  To download the official Fortnite beta app this week, you won’t need a Samsung device. But you will need to be prepared to cry forever. This is because all those devices found playing without a Samsung device identifier will be banned by Epic Games – forever. That’s not something your device comes back from, ever. You’ve been warned Each smartphone … Continue reading
  
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• Paid Nintendo Switch Online subscription service kicks off next month

  10-08-2018 17:58 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Nintendo Switch Online, a service initially scheduled to kick off in 2017, will finally launch in the latter half of September. It will be required to play online games once it becomes available.
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• Munich and Shanghai are getting their own Nvidia esports boot camps

  10-08-2018 17:56 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Nvidia has been running an esports "boot camp" in Silicon Valley for the last few years, giving players a chance to hone skills before events, and the hardware giant will soon open two boot camps in Shanghai and Munich.
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• 2019 Range Rover P400e plug-in hybrid luxury EV gets its price

  10-08-2018 17:42
  Range Rover has priced up its high-end hybrid, the P400e, the first time a plug-in hybrid has been offered on the automaker’s plush SUVs. Both the 2019 Range Rover and the 2019 Range Rover Sport will be offered in P400e form, with up to 31 miles of all-electric range and zero emissions. The P400e drivetrain combines a four-cylinder Ingenium gas … Continue reading
  
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• These are the best 2019 wagons on sale today in the U.S.

  10-08-2018 17:41 via digitaltrends.com
  
  While minivans seemed to have fallen out of favor for the SUV and the crossover SUV with just a few available today, wagons remain relatively popular, particularly with a strong cult following. These are the best wagons on sale today that you can buy in the U.S. for 2019.
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• The best wagons of 2018

  10-08-2018 17:41 via digitaltrends.com
  
  While minivans seemed to have fallen out of favor for the SUV and the crossover SUV with just a few available today, wagons remain relatively popular, particularly with a strong cult following. These are the best wagons on sale today that you can buy in the U.S. for 2019.
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• How to Gameshare on an Xbox One

  10-08-2018 17:27 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Sharing games on modern consoles is possible, but it takes a few steps. Here's how to start sharing games on your Xbox One console, so friends and family can easily access your library.
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