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Here's what our readers think of the Apple Watch

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Long-awaited and eagerly anticipated by many, the Apple Watch finally arrived in April to fairly positive reviews. In our own write-up of Apple's first wearable, we admired its construction, calling it the finest we've ever seen from a smartwatch and... Go To Full Article

SpaceX wants to launch internet-beaming satellites

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Google's Project Loon and Facebook's internet drones could soon see added competition from SpaceX. The Elon Musk-owned rocket company has just petitioned the FCC for permission to launch a pair of experimental, identical Ku-band downlink satellites -... Go To Full Article

NVIDIA Could Capitalize on AMD Graphics CoreNext Not Supporting Direct3D 12_1

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AMD's Graphics CoreNext (GCN) architecture does not support Direct3D feature-level 12_1 (DirectX 12.1), according to a ComputerBase.de report. The architecture only supports Direct3D up to feature-level 12_0. Feature-level 12_1 adds three features over 12_0, namely Volume-Tiled Resources, Conservative Rasterization and… Go To Full Article

White House secretly expands NSA power to collect US internet data

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The Obama administration expanded the NSA's ability to collect Americans' internet data in 2012, with absolutely no notice to the public, The New York Times reports. The Justice Department issued two memos, in secret, to the NSA allowing the agency… Go To Full Article

Google's Sergey Brin opens up about self-driving car accidents

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Accidents happen, but that hasn't stopped people being curious about the sort of scrapes that Google's self-driving cars have gotten into. Sergey Brin recently conceded that there had been a 12th incident involving the autonomous vehicles, one more t...… Go To Full Article

G.Skill Shows Off Phison-powered Phoenix Blade PCIe Gen 3.0 SSD

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G.Skill unveiled a product that makes it abundantly clear that Phison has established itself as not just a cheap SSD controller maker, but one that can cater to the most choosy PC enthusiasts. The second-generation Phoenix Blade PCIe SSD from… Go To Full Article

Sony pledges to be 30 percent 'greener' by 2020

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Like the epic vomiting session after a long evening in Las Vegas, climate change is inevitably coming for us all. Sony has decided to show off its greener side by pledging to shrink both its carbon footprint and the amount… Go To Full Article

NZXT Noctis 450 Review @ Vortez

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Noctis 450 is a mid-tower chassis which has been designed to stand out from the crowd. NZXT has furnished this new case with a stylish aesthetic which delivers a bold statement. System builders will be pleased to discover a range… Go To Full Article

'Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection' brings Naughty Dog's trilogy to PS4

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After Uncharted 4: A Thief's End was pushed into 2016, PlayStation 4 owners hungry for supernatural-tinged archaeological adventure, adequate gunplay and roguish quips were braced for a disappointing year. Then with the easy charm of a cad with his s... Go To Full Article

Popular card game 'Apples to Apples' takes its deck of laughs to iOS

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Enjoy the hilarity of making silly comparisons in Mattel's Apples to Apples card game? Well, you can now play it on iOS devices too -- and not have to futz with a handful of cards. For the uninitiated, the game… Go To Full Article

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