Dell Launches AMD-Powered All-in-Ones, Gaming Desktops

Dell has unveiled new desktops and AIOs in partnership with AMD. These types of deals are critical to AMD's long-term economic health.

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Nest Cam IQ Can Recognize Familiar Faces With its 4K Sensor

It has a 4K sensor, but it doesn't actually stream in 4K. That's a good thing, though.

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Qualcomm Inks Deal to Build Snapdragon 835 PCs With HP, Lenovo, Asus

Qualcomm has announced new mobile systems in partnership with multiple OEMs. After years of dancing around each other, are ARM and x86 finally ready to fight?

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Microsoft Surface Pro Specs and Price

The newly upgraded Microsoft Surface Pro is a 2-in-1 designed to offer a better experience than the iPad Pro from Apple. The Surface Pro 4 successor features a new design, latest Intel processors and a longer-lasting battery. Where to Buy Surface Pro Jumia Nigeria – See Offers | Jumia Kenya – See Offers | Jumia

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ET Deals: Lenovo IdeaCentre Y710 Quad-Core Gaming Cube for $699

If you're looking for a straight-forward, affordable PC gaming solution, the IdeaCentre Y710 from Lenovo is a great bargain. With a quad-core CPU, plenty of speedy RAM, and a Polaris-based AMD Radeon RX card, you can play the vast majority of PC games without spending much.

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Nvidia-powered Max-Q Gaming Laptops Will Be Thinner and More Powerful

By optimizing performance, Max-Q can make gaming laptops with a desktop-class GTX 1080 almost as thin as a standard ultraportable notebook.

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Supreme Court to Lexmark: You Can’t Lock Ink Cartridges to Stop Refills

Does Lexmark's patent on ink cartridges extend to forbidding buyers from re-using or selling them? No way, says a nearly unanimous Supreme Court.

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Intel Announces New Core X-Series, Including 18-Core i9 CPU

At Computex in Taipei, Intel has unveiled the updated Core X-Series with a flagship Core i9 CPU. The top-of-the-line Core i9 has an incredible 18 physical cores with Hyper-Threading for a total of 36 threads.

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ET Deals: Save 90% on Cisco CCNA Training Suite

The Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) is an excellent benchmark for understanding the intricacies and issues surrounding modern networked environments. And if you want to prepare yourself thoroughly for the CCNA, these affordable online courses by Lazaro Diaz are a smart purchase.

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Suffered a Company Data Breach? 7 Initial Steps to Take

Most small business owners are under the mistaken impression that data breaches and cyber attacks are directed only at large corporate giants such as Google, Target, Citibank, and Anthem to name a few. However, Small Business Trendz reports that 43% of cybercrime targets small businesses. Further, 60% of businesses are likely to close down within

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ExoMars Lander Crashed Because It Thought It Was Underground

The Schiaparelli lander encountered issues during its descent and was lost. Now, an analysis from the European Space Agency (ESA) details the failure and makes suggestions as to how the second phase of the mission might avoid a similar fate.

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Andy Rubin, Founder of Android, Reveals Stunning ‘Essential Phone’

Andy Rubin, the founder of Android, has unveiled his first phone -- and it's set to make a real impact at the very top of the industry.

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Samsung Demos Stretchable OLED Display

Samsung has been showing off flexible AMOLED panels for years, but now it's demoing something new: stretchable OLEDs.

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Driverless Cars and Self-Driving Cars: An Introduction

The idea of a driverless car or self-driving car was a thing of fiction years ago. That was the feeling of most people, or probably everybody, when a local bank aired an advert on possibility of anything and featured a self-driving car several years back. Who could have thought there would come a time when

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Smart Home and Home Automation for Beginners

Over the past few years, home automation and smart home devices have become more popular. Many who balked at the earlier exorbitant costs are beginning to embrace them as price for home automation continues to decline. New Startups are no longer the main actors as a number of reputable tech companies have now joined the

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Memo to the Prez: Germans Already Build Cars Here

The President reportedly blasts German automakers for not building in the US. Actually, they already build the better part of a million cars here per year.

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ET Deals Memorial Day Roundup: Save on Dell Core i7 Laptops, 1080p Foscam Wireless Cameras, and More

Just in time for Memorial Day weekend, we've gathered up some of the very best discounts online. Whether you're looking for a new PC, a 4K television, or even a wireless camera, there's something here for everyone.

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Ransomware: What you should know about them

The recent WannaCry cyber attack that targeted Microsoft Windows operating system infecting over 200,000 computers in over 150 countries, has drawn greater attention to ransomware and software security in general. So what is ransomware and what should you know about it? Read on! About Ransomware Ransomware is a type of malware that denies a victim

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Tesla Factory: Unsafe at Any (Line) Speed?

A worker safety group says Tesla's factory is below average on safety. We're getting better, Tesla says. But what happens when it ramps from 80,000 cars in 2016 to 500,000 in 2018?

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Reboot Reality: VR and AR Mark Milestone With New Interactive Exhibit

VR is amazing, but it's tough to try out yourself because of the equipment needed and the prototype nature of so much of the hardware and software. Fortunately, The Tech Museum in San Jose has now opened a permanent exhibit where visitors can experience a variety of VR, AR, and MR projects.

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7.2 Million-Year-Old Jawbone Indicates Oldest Hominin Lived in Europe, Not Africa

New analysis of ancient fossils could upend decades of thinking on when the last common ancestor of humans and chimps lived. Even more surprising, humans may have originated in Europe rather than in Africa.

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How to Protect & Monitor Children’s or Teen’s Social Media

Today’s teens are more social media savvy as compared to ever. Six-year-old kids are as digitally advanced these days as 10-year-olds were 3 years ago. An enormous 80% of kids on the internet use some form of social media, and also they are sharing more info about themselves on social media than ever before. Teenagers

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10 Reasons to fall in Love with Tecno Devices in 2017

Tecno phones popularity started as far back as 2007 with their dual SIM cell phones. At a time, they were dubbed the “#1 Dual-SIM mobile brand in Africa”. But that didn’t steal the attention of young Nigerians that were obsessed with Nokia Symbian as of then. It was the launch and/or announcement of Tecno N3

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NASA Releases Stunning First Science Results from Jupiter Probe Juno

NASA has just published the first data from Juno, and it reveals some fascinating things about Jupiter. For one, it has cyclones the size of a planet.

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The Flash Season 3 Finale ends without The Wedding

Last night’s (May 24) finale of The Flash season 3 threw up a lot of mixed emotions. It started in a happy note as we learn Iris didn’t really die, but the funny H.R. with the help of the shape-shifting tech he built earlier in the season swapped places with her and paid the ultimate

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HTC U11 Specs and Price

HTC U11 is a new high-end smartphone that looks to leave you awed by its look and performance. The HTC U11 is superlative in virtually every respect you can think of. The amazing device features a Quad HD display, an octa-core processor by Qualcomm, 4GB RAM or 6GB RAM, and an Edge Sense functionality that

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This Adorable Little Rocket Just Reached Space for the First Time

This rocket can haul just 150 kg (331 pounds) into orbit, but it's cheap and small -- really, look how cute and little it is.

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Thunderbolt Goes Royalty-Free as Intel Repositions It to Boost Adoption

Intel's future Thunderbolt standard will be royalty-free and open to other companies should they wish to design their own controllers. That's a major change from how Intel has deployed the technology over the last few years.

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HTC One X10 Specs and Price

HTC One X10 is the latest addition to its Taiwanese maker’s One X line-up of mid-range smartphones. Its main selling points include a colossal battery, premium design, powerful cameras and solid hardware. The HTC One X10 is a successor to the HTC One X9. Where to Buy HTC One X10 Jumia Nigeria – See Offers

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Astronomers Pin Down the Orbit of Exoplanet TRAPPIST-1h

Astronomers have finally pinned down the orbit of TRAPPIST-1h and confirmed it's far too chilly for life.

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VW’s Diesel Defeat Devices Finally Located, Cracked Wide Open

It's taken a few years, but researchers have found VW's defeat device code within its vehicles. It's a doozy.

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DJI to Drone Customers: Upgrade Your Firmware or Practically Give Up Flying

DJI has pushed a new app update and firmware for its various drone models, and if you don't download and install it, you won't be flying your drone very far.

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Hackers Use Subtitle Files to Take Over PCs

Security firm Check Point reports a new breed of malware is spreading in fake movie subtitles. You think you're loading a subtitle, but what you're actually doing is giving a hacker full access to your computer.

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Samsung Wants to Lead the Foundry Business to 4nm and Beyond

Samsung has announced its own plans for foundry tech ramp-ups and rollouts, beginning immediately and stretching over the next four years. From EUV and fully-depleted silicon to HBM2 and new packaging techniques, the company is aggressively planning to grow its share of the foundry market.

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Consumer Reports Gives Tesla Model S Partial Credit for a Partial Fix

Tesla lost the top spot in CR's ultra-luxury ratings for auto-braking that wasn't enabled. Finally, Tesla made it work, albeit only at low speeds. As a result, CR gave Tesla half-credit back.

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ET Deals: The Complete Computer Science Bundle for $39

Want to learn to program? Maybe you want to make something awesome with a Raspberry Pi. Today's bundle of online courses from SkillWise aims to help you learn the basics of computer science with a very low barrier to entry.

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DJI Says its New Spark Is the Flying Camera for Everyone

With the Spark, DJI has cut the cost of getting into quality drone photography in half yet again, to $500. That, plus some easier flight modes should make the Spark a popular choice among first-time drone buyers.

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Best Online Backup Solutions

Local backups are a good place to start, but if you're not storing your files offsite as well, they're not really safe. Theft, house fires, and natural disasters could happen at any moment, so adding in an online backup to your routine is the best way to protect your valuable information.

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The 5 Most Important Announcements at Google I/O 2017

At I/O 2017, Google announced new products powered by machine learning, some big improvements to Assistant and Google Home, and it offered up a glimpse of the future of Android in your car.

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Hackers Can Unlock Samsung’s Galaxy S8 Using Fake Irises

Hackers have found a way to break Samsung's biometric authentication systems, and it's not particularly hard to do. Iris authentication isn't the solution it's been sold as.

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Google Can Now Track Your Offline Purchases

Google's hope is that offline purchase data will confirm that the ads you see online do, in fact, influence what you buy in real life.

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AMD Clarifies Vega and Server Rollouts, Talks Zen Follow-Ups

AMD's Lisa Su spoke at the JP Morgan Technology conference this week and shared new details on the company's plans for data center expansion, Vega launch dates, and future iterations of its new Zen microprocessor family.

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Google’s AlphaGo Defeats World’s Top Human Go Player

After defeating several of the top players in the world, the "AlphaGo" AI has now bested Ke Jie, the current Go world champion.

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ET deals: Dell Inspiron 3650 Quad-Core Desktop PC for $599

If you want a desktop PC with a good balance between performance and price, check out the Dell Inspiron 3650. With a quad-core Skylake processor and a substantial amount of memory, this flexible PC is a fantastic bargain when you use today's 47% total discount.

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Ford’s CEO, Now Gone, Didn’t Push Fast Enough Into the Future

Ford's youthful-looking CEO didn't position Ford well for the near future, internal critics say. Mark Fields got blamed for not going there. Yet a predecessor, Jacques Nasser, walked the plank 16 years ago for delving too far into the future.

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Samsung, T-Mobile Offer Buy-One-Get-One Free Deal on Galaxy S8

Samsung and T-Mobile have joined forces to offer a great deal on the Samsung Galaxy S8. Buy one, get one free, with very few strings attached.

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Motorola Moto C Plus Specs and Price

As the ‘Plus’ in its moniker suggests, the Moto C Plus is an upgraded version of the Moto C. The budget-friendly smartphone comes with an improved display, slightly more powerful processor and longer-lasting battery. Where to Buy Moto C Plus Jumia Nigeria – See Offers | Jumia Kenya – See Offers | GearBest – See

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Motorola Moto C Smartphone Specs and Price

The Lenovo-owned company Motorola has finally unveiled its long-expected Moto C. The phone, which looks to compete with budget devices such as Gionee Steel 2 and Samsung Z4, features an FWVGA display and front flash. Where to Buy Moto C Jumia Nigeria – See Offers | Jumia Kenya – See Offers | GearBest – See

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Western Digital Adds Helium-Filled 10TB Drives to Consumer, Business Lines

Western Digital is pushing its business and commercial storage array drives up to 10TB and offering them in helium-sealed flavors as well.

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Dubai Set to Deploy its First Robotic Cop

The oil-rich city is set to deploy its first robotic cop on May 24th. This may only be the first step, though.

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SSDs Vulnerable to Deliberate, Low-Level Data Corruption Attacks

A new type of attack against NAND flash can destroy data on planar MLC SSDs, which happens to be a significant percentage of the SSDs on the market.

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Mercedes Joins Tesla in Selling Whole-House Battery Power

Mercedes-Benz leverages its expertise in EV batteries to provide storage for home solar systems. Just like Tesla.

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ET Deals: Save 98% off a Lifetime Membership to School of Game Design

Have you ever wanted to develop your own games? Now's an excellent opportunity to finally act on your passion. StackSocial is offering a lifetime subscription to the School of Game Design at a 98% discount, so you can learn the proper skills for a new career.

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Scientists May Be Close to Understanding the ‘Alien Megastructure Star’

It looks like the aliens have fired up their giant machinery again.

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Best Laptops for Photo Editing

Photo editing on the road is always challenging, with the need for a high-quality display, fast graphics, and lots of RAM at odds with carrying a lightweight laptop. Here are some of the best laptops we've found for the road-warrior photographer.

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Hands On With the Synology DS1517+ NAS: Affordable 10Gbps

Storage for small offices has been a tradeoff between network-accessible and high performance. Now that there are relatively inexpensive 10 Gigabit options available, its possible to have both.

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Microsoft Set to Unveil New Surface Pro With No USB-C or Thunderbolt

Microsoft is prepping an update to its Surface Pro 4, but the company won't be making any dramatic changes to its hardware.

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AMD’s RX Vega Won’t Launch Until Later This Year

AMD has acknowledged it won't ship its consumer Vega GPUs this quarter -- but while it'll demo the cards at Computex, it isn't providing a new ship date.

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Hands On With the DJI Mavic Pro: A Serious Drone That Fits in Your Daypack

If you've ever considered getting started with drone photography, the Mavic Pro is an awesome choice. Both powerful and portable, it puts the best of the Phantom family's features into a unit that folds to the size of a water bottle.

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ET Deals: Save 90% on the System Administration and Infrastructure Management Bundle

If you're looking to reboot your career, taking a handful of online courses is a good way to feel out what interests you, and find something you're really good at. Today, SkillWise is offering up a bundle of SysAdmin and infrastructure management courses, and it's shockingly affordable.

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This Week in Space: From Paranal to Proxima B

In this issue: SpaceX's most recent launch, something unexpected about Mars, and scientific speculation on whether Proxima b might be habitable. Plus, some bonus ESO eye candy.

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Intel Puts the Kibosh on Reports It Will License AMD GPU Technology

Intel has directly refuted rumors of an AMD-Intel graphics team-up. Doesn't look like we'll see the two firms working together any time soon.

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