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HTC sales fell off a cliff

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All is not well at HTC. It today posted another difficult earnings report detailing its fourth consecutive quarter of losses. The Taiwanese manufacturer, which has just released its latest flagship smartphone, the HTC 10, lost roughly $148 million be...… Go To Full Article

Asus MG248Q 144Hz Adaptive Sync Display Review

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The Asus MG248Q is one of the most interesting displays we’ve seen recently. It’s a 24-inch 1080p gaming display with a TN panel and a 1ms response time, a 144Hz refresh rate and Adaptive Sync for users with AMD graphics… Go To Full Article

Tim Cook to tell Chinese to stop mucking Apple about

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Fruity cargo cult leader Tim Cook has had enough of the Chinese government mucking his company about and is going over there himself to tell them how they are supposed to behave. The Chinese have been downright… Go To Full Article

Watch a parachute rescue a drone in free fall

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Drone operators dread the thought of their vehicle losing power mid-flight, and not just because of the expensive crash that's likely to follow -- it's that the drone might hit something or someone on its way down. ParaZero thinks it… Go To Full Article

Scientists hope to save near-extinct rhinos by transforming cells

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The northern white rhinoceros is in far worse straits than most rhinos. There are just three members of the species left, and they can't breed normally -- if nothing happens, extinction is guaranteed. And that's leading researchers to try a… Go To Full Article

My Month Without a Smartphone

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You've probably seen plenty of "I spent a week without my smartphone" articles based on short social experiments. Two things make this article different from all those others. First, I've been without my device for over a month now, not… Go To Full Article

Western Digital RED WD40EFRX 4TB SATA III HDD Review

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Low electrical consumption, temperatures and noise levels along with excellent compatibility are just some of the reasons the RED 4TB HDD (WD40EFRX) by WD comes highly recommended for use with NAS servers. Go To Full Article

African mobile game rewarded its top players with a real cow

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What did your favorite mobile game give you the last time you topped its leaderboard? In Tunisia, the developers of a game called Bagra, which translates to "cow," gave its top players a real, living bovine. To win, the couple… Go To Full Article

PayPal stops protecting you when crowdfunding goes bust

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PayPal won't be so crowdfunding-friendly in the future. The payment giant is dropping Purchase Protection for crowdfunding projects as of a user agreement change coming June 25th. From then on, you back efforts at your own risk -- if a… Go To Full Article

Watch Mercury cross the Sun starting at 7AM Eastern

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Mercury might orbit the Sun every 88 days, but seeing it cross in front of the Sun is much rarer. That only happens roughly 13 times each century, and the technology to safely watch this happen hasn't been widely available… Go To Full Article

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