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Yahoo can scan your emails to tell you who's calling

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Yahoo has added two new features to its Mail app, helping users both easily identify phone numbers linked to email contacts and instantly sync photos from their camera roll to their desktop mailbox. The first new addition to Mail --… Go To Full Article

HTC's mobile VR headset won't be a copycat

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HTC is quickly establishing itself as a virtual reality-focused company, and that's evident with its plans to enter the mobile VR arena. In an interview with CNET, company CFO Chia-lin Chang has revealed that it's launching a mobile VR headset… Go To Full Article

Russia-backed malware can now target Macs

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The state-backed Russian group accused of hacking the Democratic National Committee appears to be expanding its repertoire. Bitdefender Labs researchers have obtained a sample of a Mac-native variant of Xagent, the backdoor malware linked to Russia'... Go To Full Article

Adata SX950 SSDs offer 3D MLC flash and fast speeds

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The days of the high-performance SATA SSD may be dimming, thanks to NVMe M.2 drives' ever-smaller physical sizes and prices and their higher overall performance. In a couple of years, most new enthusiast systems will probably boot from NVMe drives,… Go To Full Article

Bethesda's 'Prey' reboot makes you fear everything

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Prey is all about deception. The first-person shooter starts off simple enough: You're a scientist starting a new job at your brother's massive research company. You wake up in your bedroom, do some exploring and board a helicopter on top… Go To Full Article

Sony files patent for Vive-style PSVR tracking device

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Sony is experimenting with its own Vive-style VR tracking device, according to a patent filing from June. The document hints at a tracker working similarly to HTC's current virtual reality tech. Functioning as an external projector, the device would...… Go To Full Article

Google Assistant can share your personal info in Allo chats

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For now, Allo is the one place where regular Android users can get a taste of Google Assistant, the AI helper that's otherwise reserved for Google's own Pixel phones. You can call on it during a chat with one or… Go To Full Article

Aorus X3 Plus v7-CF1 Gaming Laptop Review

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The brand new Aorus X3 Plus v7-CF1 follows the usual Aorus philosophy of packing a good deal of gaming hardware in a laptop chassis that seems impossibly thin. Not, admittedly MacBook Air thin, but Aorus is playing in a different… Go To Full Article

'Team Fortress 2' patch fixes decade-old bug

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Video games with a dedicated developer team periodically release software patches to fix broken things. Sometimes these come at the behest of the title's community, and dedicated users can be counted on to pick apart janky or erratic flaws faster… Go To Full Article

Toshiba Announces MN-Series HDDs: Up to 8 TB

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Toshiba has announced a new family of 3.5" hard drives for home and SOHO NAS devices. The new MN-series HDDs have up to 8 TB of capacity and support some of the features found in Toshiba’s enterprise-class hard drives. The… Go To Full Article

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