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Vodafone now blocks unwanted calls before they reach you

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Nuisance callers are having a tough time of it already this year, with Ofcom banning them from withholding numbers and helping to create a simple, text registration option for the UK's leave-me-alone database. But Vodafone's decided to go even furthe... Go To Full Article

WhatsApp adds user mentions so you can't ignore group chats

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Anyone who has been included in a group chat knows how annoying they can be. You end up muting the thread to keep the notifications from driving you crazy. Sometimes you do need to see a message and WhatsApp is… Go To Full Article

Hasselblad's V1D camera concept is a modular dream

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With Project Ara, Google learned how to build a modular smartphone, and then discovered that nobody actually wants one. Cameras are different, though -- photographers love to accessorize with battery grips, handles, DSLR rigs and more. Hasselblad tak... Go To Full Article

MakerBot's Replicator+ promises bigger, faster 3D prints

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MakerBot has had its fair share of woes lately, but the company isn't slowing down. It's launching a whole bunch of products, including a printer, revamped software and new materials. The Replicator+ is available beginning today, but price is still… Go To Full Article

Sainsbury's to close its digital entertainment business

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First it was Tesco, now it's Sainsbury's. The British supermarket will soon be closing its streaming and digital storefront services, called Entertainment on Demand collectively. These covered eBooks, music, movies and TV shows, and digital magazines... Go To Full Article

China's first space station will burn up in late 2017

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Officials in China have conceded that Tiangong-1, the nation's first space station, has now settled into a decaying orbit. That's a sanitized, polite way of saying that the 18,753 pound craft is now hurtling towards Earth with no way of… Go To Full Article

First details on AMD’s Vega GPUs emerge

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AMD has announced that it will unveil its next-generation Vega GPUs in early 2017, and we’re now starting to see details emerge regarding the upcoming architecture. Vega 10 will be AMD’s high-end offering, and will go head to head against… Go To Full Article

Microsoft hopes AI will find better cancer treatments

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Google isn't the only tech giant hoping that artificial intelligence can aid the fight against cancer. Microsoft has unveiled Project Hanover, an effort to use AI for both understanding and treating cancers. To begin with, the company is developing...… Go To Full Article

Complete specs of the BlackBerry DTEK60 flagship surface online

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The successor to Priv and BlackBerry’s next flagship smartphone, so far known as “Argon”, made an appearance on the company’s US website earlier today. Apparently, the smartphone will be marketed as the DTEK60, in line with the previous smartphone release… Go To Full Article

Opera’s free unlimited VPN service is now available to everyone

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Opera rolled out a VPN service in its developer channel of the browser earlier this year, and the changes are now making their way to the stable release. Opera 40 is now available for download, and the major highlight is… Go To Full Article

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