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YouTube boosts the quality of online VR video

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When you stream VR video online, you usually have to sacrifice visual quality. There's a lot more data, so something has to give. However, that isn't stopping Google's YouTube and Daydream groups from improving what you see. They're introducing a... Go To Full Article

BitFenix Portal compact case is no puzzler

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Almost six years have passed since the last entry in the series, but Valve's Portal games still have a substantial group of fervent fans, myself included. Surely there's some overlap between the aforementioned group and PC builders looking to build… Go To Full Article

Toy drones don't stand a chance against a $3 million missile

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A Patriot missile costs around $3 million. A commercial quadcopter? Let's say roughly $200. But which one would win on the battlefield? General David Perkins, Commander of the US Army Training and Doctrine Command, knows the answer to this hypothetic... Go To Full Article

How one artist is reinventing the music album with VR

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Nick Koenig is no stranger to musical innovation. The artist, better known as Hot Sugar, has been dabbling in the art of "associative music" since his teens. As he describes it, the technique involves taking found sounds and "manipulating them… Go To Full Article

Alexa can now order food from Grubhub

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In the future, as predicted by Star Trek, all you'll need to do is speak and food will be instantly created before your eyes. Since we don't have a way of instantly converting energy into matter in this way, the… Go To Full Article

Uber drivers no longer need other mapping apps

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Few of us think about the driver experience when we hail an Uber. We open the app, summon a car and then clamber into the backseat, peering at our phones or talking to friends until we arrive at our destination.… Go To Full Article

Three finds more customers affected by 2016 data breach

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Three today revealed that a customer data breach it caught wind of last November was more extensive than first thought. Using stolen employee logins, ne'er-do-wells gained access to a database used to manage handset upgrades, comprising customer deta... Go To Full Article

ASUS GTX 1080 Ti Strix OC 11 GB @ techPowerUp

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The ASUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Strix OC is the first custom-design GTX 1080 Ti that we are reviewing. It comes with a newly designed thermal solution that no longer uses DirectTouch heatpipes. Also included is a generous overclock out… Go To Full Article

Google: 4 out of 5 US homes have solar power potential

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A five kilowatt rooftop solar installation now costs just $12,500 on average after tax credits, and pretty soon, installing one might soon be a matter of re-tiling your roof. Whether it's right for you, however, depends in large part on… Go To Full Article

Corporate database leak exposes millions of contact details

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A 52.2GB corporate database that has leaked online compromises the contact details over 33.7 million employees in the United States. The list includes government workers, most of whom are soldiers and other military personnel from the Department of D...… Go To Full Article

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