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The best way to play 'Splatoon' is with a hacked water gun

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Researchers and makers over at Kougaku Navi in Japan have been working hard on a playable Splatoon gun since March, and the latest model really looks the part. It combines a Wii U GamePad, controls transplanted inside a Splatoon-themed water… Go To Full Article

Apple left iOS 10's core code unencrypted on purpose

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Apple is infamous for guarding its secrets tightly, so it came as a big surprise that the preview version of iOS 10 it released at WWDC has an unencrypted kernel. According to a spokesperson, though, Cupertino did it on purpose,… Go To Full Article

Google Fiber buys a gigabit ISP that uses fiber and wireless

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Hoping Google Fiber will come your way soon? The Alphabet subsidiary just made an acquisition that could help it roll out high speed internet faster. It agreed to purchase Webpass, a company that currently has "tens of thousands" of customers… Go To Full Article

Computer simulations point to the source of gravitational waves

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Since the first gravitational waves were successfully detected last September by the earthbound Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), scientists have wondered what made them. Today, researchers from the University of Warsaw publ... Go To Full Article

Brainwavz XFit XF200 Noise Isolating Sport IEM Earphone Review

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Brainwavz Audio started a few years ago, primarily making earphones, headphones and DACs. The company mostly competes in the budget space and their earlier offerings I heard were very good and value for money. The earphone reviewed here is the… Go To Full Article

Yuneec's 3D-sensing drone is available for pre-order

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Have you been curious to see how a drone fares when it has Intel's depth-aware RealSense tech onboard? You now have a chance to find out first-hand. Yuneec has started taking pre-orders for the Typhoon H, its first drone with… Go To Full Article

'Quake' marks its 20th anniversary

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Attention gamers of a certain age: you're about to feel very, very old. June 22nd, 2016 marks the 20th anniversary of the original Quake, id Software's classic first-person shooter. It may not be quite as genre-defining as the Doom games… Go To Full Article

Electric race car sets an acceleration world record

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Electric cars are quick off the mark as a matter of course, since they're both very efficient with energy and always operate at peak torque. You probably haven't seen a road-going machine this fast, though. Swiss students have shattered the… Go To Full Article

Facebook brings VR Reactions to 360-degree videos

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In between shooting up enemy spaceships in Eve:Gunjack and watching your favorite shows in virtual reality, you can also use your Gear VR to browse 360 Videos on Facebook. Now, in addition to viewing them, you can also show what… Go To Full Article

OCZ RD400 PCIe NVMe SSD Review

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These days, better performance can be achieved with a PCIEx4 SSD in the m.2 form factor, mounted on a simple PCIe adapter card (that you don't have to use if your motherboard has an m.2 slot). Today Benchmark Reviews checks… Go To Full Article

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