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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...

If you’re on the lookout for a premium quality Bluetooth-based wireless Headphones that produce awesome sound and provide great noise cancellation, then look no further than the Sony WH1000XM3 Bluetoo...

A couple of weeks back we reported that Google is working on Global Media controls for Chrome which will allow users to control media from a single place. Unfortunately, the Global Media controls supp...

After losing a battle in China, Apple has now lost in another court in its ongoing feud with Qualcomm. The firm has now been found to be infringing on Qualcomm’s power-saving patents in a court in Mu...

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...

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...

Microsoft has releasedKB4469342 for Windows 10 October 2018 Update. The cumulative update was released to Windows Insiders onRelease Preview Ring earlier and is now rolling it out to all the users....

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...

Today, Microsoft is releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17723 (RS5) to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring and Build 18204 (19H1) to Windows Insiders who have opted in to Skip Ahead.Going forward...

If you don’t want to mess around with Canary builds but still want to try out Chrome’s new Material Design UI you can now activate it in the stable version of Chrome by just selecting a drop-down in 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...

Today’s the big day! Xbox’s E3 2018 press conference is finally upon us, and here’s everything you’ll need to know going into the event.You can watch the press conference through Xbox’s official chaels on Mixer (above), YouTube, or Twitch. If you already own an Xbox you’ll probably want to watch through Mixer as that will grant you some MixPot goodies cons...

While the Windows 10 April 2018 update was part of a massive beta test using the Windows 10 Insider programme, it seems some serious issues still slipped through.The latest one to come to our attention is pretty serious and involves Explorer.exe crashing every 3-5 seconds, rendering a user’s machine more or less unusable.The issue appears related to the new ...

With the latest April 2018 Update, Microsoft has added the ability to download and install Fonts directly from the Microsoft Store. Currently, users can download fonts from third party websites and install using Control Panel.However, with April 2018 Update, this will change as Microsoft will make fonts available directly in the Microsoft Store. This will ha...

We are a mere 2 weeks away from Microsoft’s biggest developer show, Build, which will be ruing from the 7th to 9th May 2018 in Seattle.Attendees can now use the Schedule Builder to plan and prioritise their visit from the 434 sessions that will be available.There are nearly 100 Windows-basedsessions, but the majority of the effort is expected to be around cloud infrastructure, Microsoft’s very successful direction over the last 4 years.Microsoft will be streaming many sessions live, and all the sessions should be available within 24 hours to view remotely for those who can not attend.See the schedule here.Via Neowin.net...

Minecraft is certainly no stranger to tie-in packs, and another one was just added to its list. This time, players can jump into Minecraft and ado the looks of their favorite Final Fantasy XV characters.The Final Fantasy XV Skin Pack released on the Minecraft Marketplace today with a whopping 43 character skins from the popular series. This pack includes F...

Microsoft is updating the AndroidMicrosoft Launcher beta app to version4.8.This is a minor troubleshooting, code cleanup, crash fix, and performance tuning update readying the newest features for public release.Besides the bug fixes, the changelog remains the same as version 4.7.6 beta, including:First installation experience – New first installation exper...

You can now save $200 on Surface Pro Intel Core i5/128GB SSD model, finally it is available for just $799. You can also save more when you buy it along with Surface Pro Type Cover, sleeve, 2-year warranty, and 1 year of Office 365.The new Surface Pro delivers even more speed and performance thanks to the 7th Gen Intel Core processor and it offer 50% more bat...

Steam’s Hardware Survey numbers are out for February, and while they are useless for PCs at present, they do give us a look into the market share of the various VR headsets, due to Steam’s cross-platform support and attractive library of VR games and other applications.This month’s numbers, for February 2018, show slow growth for Windows Mixed Reality device...