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Asus preps 87 motherboards for next-gen Intel CPUs

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Kaby Lake isn't coming to desktop systems until sometime next year, but Asus has already released UEFI BIOS updates for 87 of its LGA 1151 consumer desktop motherboards in anticipation of Intel's "optimized" 14-nm CPU line. More of the company's… Go To Full Article

Oculus' next headset is a cross between the Rift and Gear VR

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Virtual reality is kind of stuck between two markets right now: an extremely mobile but lower quality, phone-powered experience, and an very high end, expensive, wired PC experience. Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg says neither is really good enough for t...… Go To Full Article

Oculus shows off how you'll hang with friends in VR

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Back at F8 earlier this year, we saw a demo of a couple of people interacting with each other via virtual reality -- sort of like VR Skype. Now, at the Oculus Connect event, CEO Mark Zuckerberg shows off a… Go To Full Article

GAMDIAS launches its latest RGB gaming peripheral lineup

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Gaming brand GAMDIAS has launched its new lineup of gaming peripherals, featuring RGB LED illumination. The lineup consists of two mice (ZEUS P1, ZEUS E1), three mechanical keyboards (HERMES P1, HERMES M1, HERMES E1), and two gaming headsets (HEBE M1,… Go To Full Article

Giphy Cam finally arrives on Android

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After 14 months of breathless waiting, Android users can finally experience the Instagram of GIFs. Giphy released its Giphy Cam app to the Play store on Thursday. The app allows you to record GIFs, apply various filters and fades, as… Go To Full Article

Samsung goes to the AI assistant party with Viv

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Samsung has decided to join the AI assistant party with its purchase of California-based Viv Labs, whose staff includes members of the team that created Apple's Siri. The eventual product of this acquisition is a platform to compete with Amazon's… Go To Full Article

Watch the Oculus Connect 3 keynote at 1PM ET

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Oculus' developer conference is going down in San Jose, California this week and today the keynote address will reveal the big news. You can stream all of the announcements as they happen at Oculus Connect 3 on Twitch or if… Go To Full Article

Google wanted to sell intelligent robot arms (but didn't)

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Google (and parent company Alphabet) build a lot more hardware than fancy new smartphones and AI assistants -- it's just that a lot of it doesn't make it out of the lab. Take these advanced robotic arms, for example: Alphabet's… Go To Full Article

DJI's Goggles put you in the cockpit of a drone

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No, this isn't another VR headset. These are video goggles from DJI. Why would you want a headset from DJI? Because it connects wirelessly to the company's new foldable Mavic Pro drone, giving you a live, bird's eye view from… Go To Full Article

Learn a new language with Duolingo's chatbots

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Duolingo has been offering language learning tools for a while now, but today the company debuted a new tool inside its iPhone app that could make the task a bit easier. Thanks to AI-powered chatbots, the language-learning app offers a… Go To Full Article

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