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Back in July, Apple aounced its plans to acquire Intel’s smartphone modem business for about $1 billion.“This agreement enables us to focus on developing technology for the 5G network while ret...

Quick Pad is a NotePad replacement which is designed to quickly jot down notes. It offers features such as the ability to use Rich Text and support for emojis, but its main selling point is support f...

TechCrunchhas managed to break Qualcomm’s embargo and leak details of Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 855 processor a few hours early. Qualcomm said the 855 processor is “the world’s first commercial mobi...

When Ori and the Blind Forest released, it quickly became a prime candidate for speedruns thanks to its tight controls and excellent platforming. Developer Moon Studios appears to have taken note of t...

Update:Telltale has confirmed earlier reports about its partnership with Netflix. Minecraft: Story Mode is coming to Netflix this fall and Telltale will publish a game based on Stranger Things for consoles and PC at a later date.Separately, we're thrilled to confirm that Telltale is developing a game based on Stranger Things that we'll publish to consoles a...

American chip manufacturer Qualcomm has officially aounced the Snapdragon x50 modem based on 5G technology. With this, Qualcomm also revealed a list of 18 OEMs who will be using the x50 modem and 5G technology in their upcoming hardware.The latest x50 modem will operate at around 6 GHz frequency and will be able to maintain a stable 4G network and also coect to the 5G network.Qualcomm also emphasizes that the enormous transmission rates may even make fiber optic coections obsolete.Qualcomm Technologies is deeply committed to helping our customers deliver next-generation 5G mobile experiences to consumers, which requires enhanced mobile broadband 5G NR coectivity enabled by 5G NR networks, mo...

With Fortnite’s growing popularity thanks to its battle royale mode, Epic Games has laid out a road map for the coming months. In this ‘State of Development’ post it was revealed that a 60FPS mode is coming to consoles.The aouncement can be read below.Later this month we plan to add an optional 60 FPS mode for Battle Royale on consoles (PS4, PS4 Pro, Xbox One, Xbox One X). This 60 FPS mode is tuned for each console to maximize frame rate while minimizing loss of visual quality.In addition, Fortnite Battle Royale is set to get new cosmetic items and weekly updates to improve the experience for all players. Some of its upcoming quality of life fixes are as follows:Improved building controls on...

Microsoft’s Windows 10 is an operating system that powers devices ranging from phones to consoles to tablets to laptops. While it has been argued before that an operating system that tries to do too much will inevitably be mediocre at most things, Microsoft touts Windows 10 as an example. Indeed, the best selling device that the firm puts out hardware wise is the Surface Pro hybrid device which is by all accounts a tablet-focused device.When all is said and done, however, there’s no denying that Microsoft has left the Windows 10 tablet mode in a dire state, and there’s no sign of that changing in the near future.Tablet mode in Windows 10 was introduced with Continuum, the term Microsoft coin...

A handful of games release on Xbox One every week, ranging from AAA titles to lesser-known indie games.Xbox Wirecompiles many of these releases, but misses a few and does not give any recommendations. Here are some of the games coming out the week of January 22 through January 28 that we think you should check out. Among the releases next week include the simultaneous worldwide release of Monster Hunter: World and Assassin’s Creed Origins’ first major story expansion. Monster Hunter: World Monster Hunter: World marks the first time the series will launch simultaneous worldwide. This entry in the franchise is Xbox One X enhanced and features much larger maps compared to its predecessors. Yo...

Acer has updated its Swift 7 laptop, which they tout as the thiest in the world, with new specs and features. The laptop is only 8.98 mm thick but features a 7th gen Core i7 processor, 8 GB of RAM, 256 GB of PCIe SSD storage, a bigger 14-inch 1080P screen and now also includes an Intel LTE model for always coected LTE coectivity. As with most electronics, you will pay for all that sleekness, with the laptop clocking in at a healthy $1,699. Acer will be showing it off at CES 2018, with availability by March 2018. Via the Verge ...

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...

Yesterday we reported about the Back and Front Panels leaked online which confirmed the design of the upcoming Flagship Galaxy S9. Now a Twitter user who goes by the name “Zyad” shared the benchmark results from Geekbench which confirms Snapdragon 845 as the processor.The device is listed asSamsung SM-G965U1 in Geekbench and did confirm other details as well. Galaxy S9 will come with Android Oreo out of the box and will have 6 GB RAM. The Geekbench leak finally gives us a sneak peek at the technical specs of the devices.As for the scores,Galaxy S9 + reaches a single-core score of 2122 points, while it comes to a total of 8351 points in the multi-core test. It should, however, be noted that t...

When Qualcomm aounced their new Snapdragon 845 processor it was clear they had their eye on more than smartphone applications, with numerous features designed to support Mixed Reality.These included thenew Adreno 630 visual processing subsystem architecture which enablesroom-scale inside-out 6 degrees of freedom (6DoF) with simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM)—for features such as wall-collision detection. Additionally, Snapdragon 845 introduces “Adreno foveation,” which substantially reduces power consumption, improves visual quality and boosts XR application performance.Other features such as theSnapdragon 845’s third-generation AI mobile platform allows for elements such as scene ...

Just last week Microsoft aounced a major redevelopment at its headquarters in Redmond, Washington. The project will include the removal of 12 existing buildings and the construction of 18 new buildings along with new ruing and walking trails, open spaces and sports facilities. Today, Microsoft aounced another major office infrastructure project. It has begun a major modeization of its Silicon Valley Campus in the San Francisco Bay Area. This project is scheduled for completion in December 2019.Major Design features:Iovative neighborhood and courtyard concept that creates a continuum from outdoor to indoor spaces designed to improve employee health and wellbeing with easy access and...

Microsoft brought Edge browser to Android and iOS last month as a part of providing their services to all the customers on all the major platforms. Since then, they have been working really hard to make Edge stand out and did roll out an update last week with the support for password syncing. Now the company has rolled out another update for Microsoft Edge on iOS which brings a handful of new stuff. As per the changelog posted, here is what is changed:Battery usage optimization: some of you told us that your phone heats up or otherwise consumes more battery when you use Edge. We looked under the hood and found a few optimizations. Let us know if you continue to experience high battery consum...

Asus’s monster laptop with integrated Xbox One wireless controller module has passed through the FCC.The laptop features a massive 17.3 inch screen with a 144 Mhz refresh rate, 7 ms response time andNvidia’s G-Sync technology.It also offersNvidia G...

Ubisoft’s open world sports game Steep is getting a new expansion adding a story mode, the company aounced today in a press release.Steep: Road to the Olympics will be an official licensed product of theOlympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018. Available on December 5, 2017 for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC,Steep: Road to the Olympics will have an in-game story mode featuring a young athlete t...

Rockfish Games today aounced the Everspace: Encounters for Xbox One and PC. The major expansion will add over 10 hours of extra gameplay to the core game. As the project has to be migrated to an updated engine to support Xbox One X, it will hit the Xbox One family in early February 2018, together with a free update of the core game, supporting 4K and improved graphics at 1080p on Xbox One X.The ...

Every week a handful of games release on Xbox One and many elude owners of the console due to their timid marketing.Xbox Wiremakes sure you know about them but can’t provide gamers with recommendations. Additionally, their lists are usually incomplete. A lot of these titles are absolutely phenomenal and it’s a shame that they aren’t noticed. Here are some games coming out between October 2 and O...

Today, Ubisoft aounced that a new game mode is coming to Assassin’s Creed Origins, called Discovery Tour by Assassin’s Creed: Ancient Egypt, in which players can explore the diverse landscapes of Ancient Egypt and lea about its rich history from audio guided tours. Discovery Tour will be a free update for all Assassin’s Creed Origins owners available in early 2018. Assassin’s Creed Origins wil...