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Army exoskeleton prototype helps soldiers learn to shoot

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Foot soldiers thrive on their shooting skills, but learning expert marksmanship can take a long, long time. US Army researchers could soon have a robotic shortcut to improving those skills, however. They're working on MAXFAS, an arm exoskeleton that ... Go To Full Article

Squid skin could help make color-changing gadgets

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Not happy with the color of your clothes and devices? Eventually, you might get to change those hues on a whim. UC Santa Barbara researchers have discovered that the color-changing California market squid (aka opalescent inshore squid) manages its op... Go To Full Article

Bitcoin miners create invalid currency after a botched upgrade

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Digital currencies are only as reliable as their software, and some Bitcoin users are learning this the hard way. Thanks to a "problem" with an upgrade that applies a new rule, some Bitcoin mining pools (namely, those that don't usually… Go To Full Article

China nails Samsung and Oppo over smartphone bloatware

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A minor Chinese consumer protection group has filed lawsuits against Samsung and Oppo to contest the pair's use of bloatware on their smartphones. The Shanghai Consumer Council believes that the two companies install far too many additional apps on t... Go To Full Article

BMW has a hydrogen-powered 5 Series

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Battery-powered EVs are in the spotlight right now, but that doesn't mean car manufacturers aren't looking at alternative fuel sources. At its "Innovation Day" in France, BMW unveiled a prototype 5 Series GT that uses a hydrogen fuel cell to… Go To Full Article

MSI GTX 980 Ti Gaming 6GB

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The MSI GTX 980 Ti Gaming 6GB video card is on the test bench at techPowerUP! today. NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 980 Ti was released just a few weeks ago. It is built on the same GM200 GPU as the GeForce… Go To Full Article

Transcend introduces StoreJet 35T3 external HDD with up to 8TB storage

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Transcend has introduced the StoreJet 35T3 USB 3.0 external HDD with up to 8TB storage capacity. The 3.5” external hard drive comes in a black casing in the 3.5” form factor. One of the major highlights of the new product… Go To Full Article

'Shenmue 3' Kickstarter will offer PS4 copies on disc

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It's safe to say people are excited about Shenmue 3: Just 48 hours after legendary developer Yu Suzuki launched a crowdfunding campaign, the game smashed its $2 million fundraising goal, pulling in more than $4 million, and setting a couple… Go To Full Article

Purported Xiaomi Mi5 and Redmi Note 2 pictures show up online

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Recently a report reiterated that Xiaomi’s Mi5 flagship would arrive with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 SoC. The first leaked spy shots of the smartphone have leaked online today, revealing a dual-camera setup at the back. Not much else is very… Go To Full Article

LG G Pro 3 to arrive by year end with Snapdragon 820 & 4GB RAM

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The latest LG G Pro 3 leak has revealed some new info about LG’s flagship device for the second half of this year. One of the main highlights will be the use of Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 SoC. The report published… Go To Full Article

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