LG Says G7 ThinQ Speaker Will Be 10x Louder Than Other Phones

LG calls this design a "Boombox Speaker," employing terminology that many of today's smartphone buyers may never have used.

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New Report Suggests Mercury’s Crust Is Thinner, Denser Than Thought

New data suggests Mercury's crust may be thinner than originally thought -- and that the core may constitute an even larger percentage of the planetary surface.

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Wildlife Photographer of the Year’s ‘Stuffed Animal’ Image Disqualified

Think you can cheat to win a prestigious photo competition? You might want to use your own stuffed anteater or tame wolf instead of borrowing ones that are well-known.

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New MRAM Breakthrough Could Revolutionize CPU Designs

A new breakthrough in MRAM could finally see the technology emerge as a competitor to SRAM.

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T-Mobile and Sprint Are Finally Merging

After years of flirting, T-Mobile and Sprint have announced that they're finally ready to tie the knot.

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Gaia Spacecraft Creates Map of More Than 1 Billion Stars in Our Galaxy

The ESA's Gaia spacecraft has already been studying the Milky Way galaxy for several years, and the second major dataset from Gaia has pinpointed the position and brightness of 1.7 billion stars in our galaxy.

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Stephen Hawking’s 5 Greatest Achievements

In honor of this scientific giant, we've put together a list of his five greatest achievements. It should go without saying that he accomplished so much more throughout his life, but we feel that these best summarize his impact on our world.

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As AMD and Intel Struggle, a Competitive CPU Market Re-emerges

Everything old is new again -- and in this case, what's new are process node problems and transition challenges.

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Microsoft’s Next Windows 10 Update Arrives Monday

After a several-week delay, the Windows 10 April 2018 update is ready to roll.

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Police Use Genealogy Web Service to Catch Golden State Killer Suspect

Joseph James DeAngelo, aged 72, has been living in the same areas terrorized by the Golden State Killer in the 1970s and 80s, and he might have continued to live a quiet and seemingly normal life if not for an online genealogy database.

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ET Deals: Pre-Order Black Panther on 4K Blu-ray

Want your own copy of Black Panther as soon as possible? Walmart now has the pre-order option available for this wildly popular movie on 4K Blu-ray, Blu-ray, and Digital. It ships on May 15th, so you're just a few weeks away from being able to enjoy it in the comfort of your own home.

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Futuremark Adopts Parent Company’s Name, Becomes ‘UL Benchmarks’

The benchmarks aren't going away, but "Futuremark" is.

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Intel Delays Broken 10nm Into 2019, Hires Jim Keller to Fix It

Intel's 10nm has been delayed into 2019, due to ongoing problems with yields.

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NASA, ESA Aim to Bring a Piece of Mars Back to Earth

The first phase of the mission will kick off with the NASA 2020 Mars rover, but the return mission is still in the early planning stages.

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Top 5 Features Apple Stole From Samsung

Samsung doesn't just steal ideas from Apple.

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Bosch: We Can Do Ultra-Low-Emissions Diesels (Without Cheating)

High temperatures (almost 400 degrees) and optimized exhaust gas flow allow diesel exhaust to be 10 times cleaner than today. European diesels should be well under tough 2020 limits.

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Google May Want to Run Android Apps on Its Mysterious Fuchsia OS

New updates to the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) suggest Google is working to port the Android Runtime to Fuchsia. That could mean Android apps running on Fuchsia.

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Troubling News: AMD Moves 7nm GPU Production Back to TSMC

AMD isn't building its 7nm Vega at GlobalFoundries -- and that's cause for concern.

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The 5 Most Promising Companies in AI Development

Whether it's stealing our jobs or helping us diagnose disease, artificial intelligence is going to have a huge impact on the future of humanity.

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Google’s Cloud TPU Matches Volta in Machine Learning at Much Lower Prices

Google and Nvidia both offer competitive machine learning products -- but Google is beating Nvidia on costs, at least in certain tests.

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ET Deals: Amazon Fire HD 10 Tablet One-Day Sale for $100, 200GB Class 10 MicroSDXC Card for $56, and more

For a limited time, Amazon is selling the Fire HD 10 10.1-inch tablet with special offers for just $99.99. You can also snag a discounted 16-Core AMD Ryzen Threadripper CPU, affordable Bluetooth earphones, and more more among today's best deals.

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Belgium Decides Loot Boxes Are Illegal Gambling

Are loot boxes gambling? Belgium has decided that, yes, they are.

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How Space Exploration Has Evolved Over the Years

From Sputnik-1 to TESS, our ability to explore the universe around us has expanded enormously in the past 60 years.

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Man Gets 15-Month Sentence for Selling Windows Restore Discs

Lundgren, a prominent e-waste recycler, says he made the discs to help people fix their old computers rather than toss them, and he worries about the precedent the case has set.

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F-Secure Hack Can Unlock Millions of Hotel Rooms With Handheld Device

These locks are used in more than 42,000 properties in 166 countries.

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AMD Q1 Revenue Surges on Strong Ryzen, Radeon Sales

AMD's financials leapt skyward once again in Q1, despite the typical seasonal downturn.

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The GPU Market Might Finally Be Cooling Off

The GPU market might finally be cooling down as cryptocurrency miners wait to see what kind of performance ASICs deliver.

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Samsung Launches New 970 Evo and 970 Pro SSDs

Samsung has announced new 970 EVO and 970 Pro drives to replace its previous 960-branded flagships.

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ET deals: Dell XPS 9365 13.3-Inch Touchscreen Two-in-One Refurb Laptop for $999

This refurbished Dell XPS 13 is everything a modern laptop should be. It's thin, light, powerful, and extremely flexible. And with a built-in touchscreen, you get to decide exactly how you want to interact with your work and entertainment. There's a lot to enjoy in this tiny laptop, and when you use today's coupon, you'll save a total of 500 bucks off the sticker price.

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The OnePlus 6 Will Be Unveiled on May 16

The big day is May 16th, and there's an event happening in London that's open to fans. It won't be easy to get into, though.

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2019 Toyota Avalon Review: Breathing Life Into the Sedan Segment

The new Avalon is bigger, quieter, smoother, and sportier. The hybrid costs just $1,000 more. And Toyota finally warms to Apple CarPlay, but not Android Auto.

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Google Rolls Out Redesigned Gmail

The new design is rolling out now, and you can give it a shot in a few clicks.

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The Giant Void in the Great Pyramid May Be a Vital Construction Clue, Not a New Chamber

There's an alternate explanation for the huge void inside the Great Pyramid -- and while it's a bit more prosaic than a secret chamber of riches that hasn't seen the sun in thousands of years, it's no less important.

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Scientists Confirm Uranus Smells Terrible

Should astronauts ever make a trip to Uranus, they'll want to hold their breath. Scientists have confirmed that Uranus smells really bad. That's not a joke -- well it is, but it's also a true fact about the seventh planet in our solar system.

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The Exoplanets Most Likely to Harbor Life

There are an estimated 100 billion planets in the Milky Way, at least, but which of them are most likely to support life? We've rounded up the top candidates.

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Update On My Stolen Book (and Job) on Amazon

A week and a half ago, I found out that my first book had been plagiarized by someone and was being sold on Amazon. Here's what's happened since.

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AMD Again Offers UEFI Update Boot Kits for Ryzen 2nd Gen CPUs

AMD is again offering boot kits to anyone who needs to update a motherboard to support a second-generation Ryzen CPU.

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This New MIT Device Controls Your Dreams

Hypnagogia has a reputation for promoting creativity and freedom of thought, so researchers from MIT have been investigating techniques to prolong this state.

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The Shape of a Galaxy May Be Affected by Its Age

Astronomers have long known that the shape of a galaxy can tell us about its past, but for the first time scientists have confirmed another important aspect of galactic shape. It can also tell us how old a galaxy is.

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Microsoft May Plan a Return to Phones With New Windows 10 Lean

Microsoft is building a new specialty variant of Windows 10 -- and it might include mobile support.

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ET Deals: 55-Inch 4K TV for $250, 30 Percent off 23andme Genetic Tests, and more

Looking for an affordable 4K TV? Right now, Walmart is selling a 55-inch Sceptre set for just $250 – 37 percent off the list price. You can also pick up a low-cost DNA kit from 23andme, an all-in-one laser printer, refurb tablets, and more with today's deals.

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Amazon Wants to Deliver Packages to the Trunk of Your Car

The new Key In-Car deliveries allow an Amazon delivery person to drop off an order in the trunk of your car, but only certain cars in certain places.

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Here’s How the Inside of Your Gaming Console Really Works

What's inside a modern Switch or Xbox One X? More similarity than you might think.

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5 Reasons Space Exploration Is More Important Than Ever

If we stop exploring, we stop being human.

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What Computers Could Have Inside Them In the Next 5 Years

What sort of advances and improvements can computing enthusiasts expect over the next half-decade?

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5 Things Samsung Stole from Apple

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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Every Nintendo Switch Can Be Hacked, and Nintendo Can’t Patch It

The Nintendo Switch is vulnerable to hacking in a way that Nintendo will never be able to patch. Can we have saved game backups now?

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AMD Announces 35W Ryzen Desktop APUs

AMD's new Ryzen 5 2400GE and Ryzen 3 2200GE have both popped up online -- they pack the same capabilities as the "G" APUs AMD already launched, but are aimed at much lower-power operation.

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ET Deals: LEGO Star Wars Ultimate Millennium Falcon

The folks at LEGO have outdone themselves. This LEGO interpretation of the Millennium Falcon is massive, highly detailed, and incredibly beautiful. However, it's been going in and out of stock, so if you're interested, be sure to place your order quickly.

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Alien Civilizations on Super-Earths Might Be Stuck There Because of High Gravity

A super-Earth can have a mass as much as ten times that of Earth, and the corresponding 10x increase in gravity would make it hugely difficult to reach orbit.

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