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Back in August last year, Samsung first aounced the Samsung Galaxy Book S. After several delays, Samsung started taking pre-orders of this laptop last month. Today, Samsung has started shipping this...

It’s day seven of Epic’s 12 Free Games Event and Totally Accurate Battle Simulator is here to liven up even the most boring Christmas party.Picture it: you’ve opened your presents and you’re currently...

Apple has seen its share price plunge more than 30% over the course of the last 6 months, largely due to the company signalling in many ways that the oomph has gone out of its iPhone business. Now in ...

Samsung today aounced the updated Notebook 9 Pen 2-in-1 PC with improved S Pen, latest Intel processors and much better battery life.The Notebook 9 Pen comes with an edge-to-edge diamond cut metal...

At RSA Conference today, 34 global technology companies including Microsoft, Facebook and others signed a Cybersecurity Tech Accord to advance online security and fight cyberattacks together. These companies have agreedto defend all customers everywhere from malicious attacks by cybercriminal enterprises and nation-states.The 34 companies include the followi...

Update: The first batch of April’s original Xbox backward compatible games are now live.Original: Inside Xbox promised news on original Xbox backward compatible games and they sure did not disappoint. Though five titles leaked earlier today before the official aouncement, they weren’t the complete list. A total of 19 original Xbox games will be playable on...

Microsoft today officially aounced details about this year’s Build developer conference. Microsoft has scheduled Build 2018 developer conference for May 7-9 and the conference will be held at Seattle same as last year.Just like last year, Microsoft is expected to discuss about cloud, artificial intelligence, mixed reality and more at this year’s developer conference.Join demos, meetups, deep dives, celebrations, or take a break to catch some live music. However you like to think, lea, work and play, your schedule is yours to build.Short sessions or long, instructor-led or on your own—pick the mix of leaing opportunities that fits your flavor.Bounce ideas off industry experts, hang out with n...

Lenovo today aounced that they arevoluntarily recalling some ThinkPad X1 Carbon 5th Generation laptopsin the interests of public safety.Lenovo has found that someThinkPad X1 Carbon 5th Gen laptops may have an unfastened screw that could damage the laptop’s battery causing overheating, potentially posing a fire hazard.Lenovo’s investigation and analysis determined that an unfastened, small screw, left in the unit during manufacture, could damage the surface of the lithium ion polymer battery and cause a short, leading to rapid cell discharge of the battery. This defect has led to three failures in the field.Lenovo has not received any reports of a fire.It is important to note that not all Thi...

Another day and another battle royale has been aounced. This time, former S.T.A.L.K.E.R. developers have partnered with Focus Home Interactive to bring players a new post-apocalyptic battle royale later this year (via Focus Home).DuringLe What’s Next de Focus, an aual press event for the publisher in Paris, developer Vostok revealed that it has been working on a battle royale game called Fear the Wolves for several months. Fear the Wolves means to offer a new and original take on the battle royale genre that has grown increasingly popular over the last year with the release of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds.As described in its aouncement, the game drops players—either in squads or as lone wol...

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has received its 8th patch in Xbox Game Preview today. While it’s not large and just addresses some minor issues, it’s a step towards further improving and balancing different elements of its gameplay.The last patch issued for PUBG in Xbox Game Preview increased damage done to vehicles, and this latest update tweaks that element a bit more. Over on PUBG’s forums, the patch was detailed and states that the developer has revertedback to increased damage if a player is struck by a vehicle. Full patch notes can be read below.GameplayWe received a lot of great feedback following the changes made to vehicle/player damage. We continue to tune and balance this element o...

It’s rather hard when your biggest success is also your biggest millstone, but for Microsoft the x86 Win32 platform has been both their biggest blessing and biggest curse, leading to their ubiquitous presence in every office and most households around the world, and also leaving them with an insecure platform which is difficult to monetize and manage.Microsoft has been trying since Windows 8 to move Windows users onto a more controlled platform, but efforts like Windows RT and Windows 10 S have invariably floundered due to the lack of power offered by the Windows Store when compared to the estimated 8 million Win32 apps available easily and often freely on the inteet.Microsoft is not well kn...

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds may only be in Xbox Game Preview, but it’s still boasting some impressive player numbers. Two weeks ago it passed over 3 million players on Xbox One, and today the developed aounced that over 4 million players are now enjoying PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds on Microsoft’s console (via Major Nelson).“Today we’re excited to aounce another milestone forPlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds(PUBG): the community of players on console has now grown to over 4M players!We’re thrilled to see the community continue to grow and have been inspired by everyone’s enthusiasm for the game – with your ongoing support and feedback we will continue to evolvePUBGand create the best experien...

Inteet Association which has most of the popular web technology companies including Google, Facebook and Microsoft as its members has aounced yesterday aounced that it will fightFCC’s net neutrality repeal in the court. Inteet Association President & CEO Michael Beckerman issued the following statement on the publication of the “Restoring Inteet Freedom Order” that will gut net neutrality protections for consumers, startups, and other stakeholders: “The final version of Chairman Pai’s rule, as expected, dismantles popular net neutrality protections for consumers. This rule defies the will of a bipartisan majority of Americans and fails to preserve a free and open inteet. IA intends to ...

Ahead of CES 2018, Samsung today aounced the successor to theNotebook 7 Spin 2-in-1 PC. The newNotebook 7 Spin (2018) is powered by latest Intel Core i5 Quad-core processor,8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, a 360-degree13.3” FHD PLS touchscreen with support for digital pen andfar field microphone for enhanced Cortana experience. Device Highlights: 360-Degree Rotating Touchscreen –Provides the flexibility to view content as preferred, whether it be as a tablet or as a traditional PC in landscape mode Active Pen-enabled –Perfect for attending meetings, conference calls or lectures, the Active Pen (sold separately) lets users create a sketch or jot down notes on the fly Secure Fingerprint Log-in– Through s...

HP yesterday aounced a worldwide voluntary safety recall and replacement program for certain laptop batteries. These batteries may overheat posing a fire and bu hazard to customers. If you own an affected HP device, it is extremely important to get it replaced from HP. The following table provides a list of HP products affected by this recall. ProBook HP Probook 640 G2 HP ProBook 640 G3 HP ProBook 645 G2 HP ProBook 645 G3 HP ProBook 650 G2 HP ProBook 650 G3 HP ProBook 655 G2 HP ProBook 655 G3 ZBook HP ZBook 17 G3 HP ZBook 17 G4 HP ZBook Studio G3 x360 HP x360 310 G2 Pavilion HP Pavilion x360 Envy HP ENVY m6 11 HP 11 Notebook PC In some of the above devices, the batteries are inteal, which m...

Fortnite wasn’t the only game attempting to cash in on the battle royale craze. Hi-Rez Studios, the developer behind Paladins, has aounced that the free-to-play hero shooter will be getting its own battle royale mode, aptly named Battlegrounds (via IGN). Paladins: Battlegrounds drops 100 players onto a large map for 20-minute matches where they are free to fight over loot located at over four dozen outposts. As encroaching fog limits the playable area, the last team standing will win. Hi-Rez says that Paladins: Battlegrounds was “designed from the ground up to be played in teams.” [embedded content] This game mode will launch later in 2018. Before that, a new content update coming out later...

Apple has been asked to provide information about how Brazillian consumers can purchase the new battery replacements at their discounted pricing. Cupertino had previously admitted to throttling performance on phones with weak batteries of the iPhone 6 and newer in order to preserve battery health and prevent unexpected shutdowns. In response to consumer outcry, Apple is allowing users with depleted batteries to replace their iPhone batteries for $29, as opposed to the $79 it would normally cost worldwide. Procon-SP, a Brazilian State agency has reached out to Apple to request that it provides a clear explanation about how consumers can take advantage of this discount in Brazil. Apple has on...

Less than 1 in 20 PC users use the Microsoft Edge browser, but unlike other ventures, Microsoft is not ready to cede the browser battle to Google’s Chrome, which has around 60% market share. Microsoft has been touting battery life advantages for the native Windows 10 browser for some years now, but in the interim, there have been updates to both Firefox and Chrome designed to address the issue. Microsoft has now retued with a new video claiming that with the Fall Creators Update version of the Edge browser you can stream video up to 63% longer than with Firefox and 19% longer than Chrome. This could make the difference between watching the end of a Netflix movie or ending on a premature cli...

Apple had a pretty bumpy weekend when it finally and inadvertently confirmed the longheld old conspiracy which claimed that the company slowed down old iPhones via OS updates. The company did, however, attempt tocompensate for it by providing a reasonable excuse to the extreme step and started a program to offer a flat $50 discount on replacement batteries to fix the issue. The program allows customers to get new batteries at just $29 instead of $79. While Apple tried to make things right, lawyers are descendingwith a pile of class action lawsuits against the company for intentionally slowing down old devices. Although this is a big deal it won’t affect you much since be the time it is all ...

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds recently introduced new 3D replay tools in its PC version, allowing players to view the recording from any perspective they wish. This technology isn’t just standard video capture, though. It’s a data capture system developed bySouth Korean company Minkonet (via Engadget). Within replay mode, players are free to scan a1-kilometer radius of their character. With tons of data points collected, a slice of the battlefield is recreated for players to experience in a whole new way. According to Minkonet’s COO and CFO Gilbert Kim, other video game companies have been calling them non-stop since PUBG’s aouncement of its repay feature. “We’ve been getting a lot of calls...