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In January 2019 last year the US Department of Justice charged Huawei and a number of US subsidiaries with a large number of offences, including money laundering, bank fraud and more.Now the DoJ has u...

If you are looking for a decent business laptop, check out this new deal from Lenovo. The Lenovo ThinkBook 13s is thin and light, the durable all-aluminum chassis of this laptop comes with a stuing ...

According to a new report by Digitimes, Huawei’s Mate X2, a successor to the last year’s Mate X, will be released sometime in the second half of 2020. The small-volume trial production for components,...

Huawei is set to launch the Mate 30 soon. The company has been working on the device even though there has been plenty of issues recently due to the trade conflicts between the US and China. The compa...

Lenovo in collaboration with Google has aounced its first smart clock powered by Google Assistant at the CES 2019. With the latest launch, Lenovo plans to expand its smart home lineup which current...

To commemorate the holiday season,Microsoft has released a new pack of free wallpapers with a Christmas Holiday theme. Titled Winter Holiday Glow, the description of the high-quality wallpaper selec...

Nero kicks some ass in the latest gameplay footage from Devil May Cry 5. Along with a trailer, IGN also has 15 minutes of demon-slaying gameplay ruing on an Xbox One X.[embedded content][embedded co...

Just because it’s E3 week doesn’t mean you need to make a big aouncement during a press conference. Square Enix evidenced this perfectly as the company aounced Kingdom Hearts III’s release date… in the dead of night in the United States. Because why not.Kingdom Hearts III will release on January 29, 2019 for Xbox One and PlayStation 4. It’s nice to final...

You can now get the Lenovo Explorer Windows Mixed Reality Headset with Motion Controllers for just $199 (was $399) from Microsoft Store US.In this Lenovo Explorer, Inside-out tracking is built into your headset to deliver precise movement fidelity with no need to install hardware on your walls. Spatial audio lets you hear sounds from specific locations just ...

Microsoft today released KB4089848 cumulative update (OS Build 16299.334) for Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (Windows 10 Version 1709) users. This update does not include any new features, but it includes several quality improvements. Find the full change log below.Addresses issue with a GDI handle leak in the Windows Ribbon control.Addresses issue where us...

Microsoft today released OS Build 14393.2155 and OS Build 15063.994 to Windows 10 Aiversary Update (Windows 10 Version 1607) and Windows 10 Creators Update (Windows 10 Version 1703) users respectively.These cumulative updates does not include any new features, but they include several bug fixes. Find the full change log below.March 22, 2018—KB4088891 (OS ...

Microsoft today released Cumulative Update Build 16299.248, Build 15063.909, Build 14393.2068 and Build 10586.1417 to Windows 10 users ruing Fall Creators Update (Windows 10 Version 1709), Windows 10 Creators Update (Windows 10 Version 1706), Windows 10 Aiversary Update (Windows 10 Version 1607) and Windows 10 Version 1511 users respectively.These updates does not include any new features, but they include several bug fixes. Find the full change log below.February 13, 2018—KB4074588 (OS Build 16299.248):Addresses issue where child accounts are able to access InPrivate mode on ARM devices even though their browsing and search history is sent to their parents. This occurs only on Microsoft acc...

You can now save up to $650 on popular Lenovo Yoga devices in the US. Some of the Yoga models included in this sale include Yoga 920, Yoga 910 and Yoga 720 13-inch. These devices offer incredible value when compared to Microsoft’s Surface lineup. For example, the new Yoga 920 with 8th gen Core i7 processor, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD and 4K display costs only $1799. If you configure a similar spec Surface Laptop from Microsoft, it will cost you around $2,699! Find some of the available deals below.Yoga 720 13″ With Pen:8th Generation Intel Core i7-8550U Processor (1.80GHz 8MB)13.3″ UHD IPS AntiGlare Multitouch (3840×2160) with integrated camera16.0GB DDR4 2133 MHz (Onboard)1TB PCIe SSDDeal price: $1,...

Since its release back in 2012, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has been one of the most played games around the world. The popularity was enough for it to be considered as a competition with real prizes. The latest ELeagueMajor was won byCloud9 who walked away with a total prize of over $500,000, following which someone spent $61,000 for a CS:GO weapon skin (Yes! you read that number right).With all this popularity, Valve has been workingcontinuously to improve the gameplay and the overall experience. The latest update for CS:GO was released today with an improved Nuke map and many changes to other maps as well. You can read below to check the official changelog for the update.[ GAMEPLAY ]...

We posted a week ago about a new vulnerability in the Adobe Flash Player which was apparently being used by North Korean operatives against South Korean researchers in “limited, targeted attacks against Windows users.”The malware can be delivered by web pages, but also by email or in Office documents.Most browsers and versions of Windows (and even Linux and MacOS) were affected, but Microsoft has today made a patch available for the issue.Microsoft notes the Adobe Flash Player KB4074595 for Windows 10 includes important security fixes, and notes:“This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player that is installed on any supported edition of Windows operating system.”The upd...

After a delay last fall, Dontnod Entertainment has revealed the release date of its upcoming supeatural action-RPG. Vampyr is set to launch on June 5, 2018 for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC (via Eurogamer).Vampyr will be Dontnod’s first title since the release of Life is Strange in 2015, and it couldn’t be more different. Set in 1918, Vampyr follows a doctor-tued-vampire in London during the Spanish Flu epidemic. While your vampiric nature compels you to thirst on blood, you don’t actually need to kill anyone in order to complete the game. Therein lies the moral dilemma at the center of Vampyr; do you give into your base desires, destroying the city in the process, or do you ignore them an...

Microsoft today released the preview of the February feature update for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for Windows 10 Mobile devices. With this v17.9029 update, you can easily find out who has edited your presentation and what changes they’ve made by checking out the slides that have a green highlight.What determines whether changes are highlighted:This feature works on shared documents stored in OneDrive and SharePoint.Changes are highlighted only when the person who makes the change is using PowerPoint 2016 version 8403 or later.Changes aren’t highlighted if revision data has been tued off for the document in the Trust Center Privacy Options:If you are an Office Insider, you can download thes...

Last month, Intel pulled back its Spectre patches for some platforms as it caused rebooting and other unexpected issues in PCs.Intel today aounced updated Spectre patches for Skylake-based PCs. They have released them to OEM customers and industry partners, they will test Intel’s patch and then release it to general customers.It is highly recommended to update your PCs with these patches.According to the Department of Homeland Security’s cyber-emergency unit, US-CERT, as many as 85 percent of all targeted attackscan be prevented with regular system updates.“I can’t emphasize enough how critical it is for everyone to always keep their systems up-to-date. Research tells us there is frequently ...

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...

Microsoft last night released a new Windows 10 Build to Insiders in the Fast Ring. This Build 17093 comes with newstreamlined pairing experience for Bluetooth peripherals which will allow users to start pairing and coecting supported devices in a single click.Here’s how it works:Put the Bluetooth peripheral in pairing modeIf the peripheral is close by, Windows will show a notification to the userSelecting “Coect” starts pairingWhen the peripheral is no longer in pairing mode or is no longer nearby, Windows will remove the notification from the Action CenterA user can also tu this feature off in the “Bluetooth & other devices” page. However this new experience will work only with select acces...