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Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 specs leaked, rumored octa-core design

On Tuesday, some questionable information leaked from a Chinese website that allegedly provides new information on Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon 835 SoC.
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Don’t throw away your old Macs, use them to create biological art instead

Short of donating them to a museum or tossing them in a landfill, what exactly should you do with a really old PC?
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Microsoft wants to turn quantum computing research into real products

Microsoft is now actively investing in the creation of a real, scaleable quantum computer that can be used to tackle real-world problems,
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Crowdsourced Surface Pro 4 competitor Eve V has already met its IndieGoGo goal

The Microsoft Surface Pro 4 competitor Eve V officially launched on IndieGoGo. All units have sold out and are expected to ship in February.
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Microsoft shipping Surface Studio to earliest adopters this week

Microsoft sold out of its Surface Studio initial production run almost immediately, and and now those early adopters can expect their orders to arrive soon
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November 2016 driver update for Surface Book to bring improved stability

Microsoft pushed yet another firmware update for the Surface Book with Thursday's release bringing new GPU, UEFI, and Intel Precision Touch drivers.
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Teardown shows 15-inch MacBook Pro (2016) is as hard to repair as its smaller siblings

The larger sibling in the 2016 MacBook Pro line, the 15-inch model, is also incredibly tightly-designed and built and so is hard to teardown and repair.
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Apple to show off new Swift Playgrounds coding app at 2016 Hour of Code

Apple is introducing its Swift programming language to young coders at Hour of Code, and developing tools for educators to use in their own environments.
AMD's new Trinity family of processors looks to take on Ivy-Bridge in the low-end CPU market.

Liquid silicon chips could integrate hardware, software for performance boost

One group that is taking a particularly unusual approach to performance are researchers looking at "liquid silicon" at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Eero mesh networks upgraded to TrueMesh, and adds in Amazon Alexa support

Today, Eero is announcing an upgrade to its products that both improves the network's performance and reliability and adds in Amazon Alexa skill support
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Microsoft Cortana gets a new list skill just in time for the holidays

Now, Cortana is hoping to make the task of managing the hectic process of matching loved ones and others with their wish lists a little bit easier.
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Microsoft demonstrates its commitment to open source by joining Linux Foundation

Microsoft provided significant support for Linux as the company announced it has joined the Linux Foundation as a platinum member.
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Google Earth VR lets you cruise the globe like Superman

Google Earth VR has been announced on Steam for the HTC Vive, to allow users to explore the entire planet in virtual reality with guided tours and more.
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Latest MacBook Pro gives up repairability to be so thin, teardown reveals

The MacBook Pro is a marvel of engineering and construction but it is also built in such a way that it is almost impossible to fix, according to iFixit.
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Unreal Engine 4.14 released with a slew of new features and improvements

Today, Epic announced the latest update to the Unreal Engine, bringing it to version 4.14 and adding in a host of features, improvements, and fixes.
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Seagate’s 8TB drives are among the most reliable, according to new report

Backblaze, cloud backup and storage provider, released its latest drive test results with some good news regarding the reliability of 8TB Seagate drives.
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2016 MacBook Pro inventory starts showing up in Apple Stores

It appears that some Apple Stores actually have stock on hand of the new MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, although availability is sketchy around the U.S.
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Akitio's Node is a Thunderbolt 3 external GPU dock for mobile gaming

Peripheral maker Akitio has introduced a reasonably priced Thunderbolt 3 GPU dock to bring portable power to notebooks with moderate specifications,
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Pixelmator uses the MacBook Pro Touch Bar to make editing images more efficient

Pixelmator, the popular graphics editing application for MacOS, received an update to version 3.6 with Touch Bar support and other enhancements.
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Virtual currency, real crime: FBI alleges theft of millions of dollars in FIFA coins

In-game currency can be sold for real dollars, meaning that titles like FIFA Ultimate Team Football can attract real criminals, and the FBI is on the case.
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2016 Macbook Pros becoming more versatile as Touch Bar receives more app support

Apple's Mac App Store is listing MacBook Pro Touch Bar-enabled applications, and there are currently 15 apps being highlighted as supported.
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China leads the way as world’s supercomputers get 60% faster than they were in 2015

Massively parallel systems with hundreds of thousands or millions of cores keep getting more powerful, and China leads this year's supercomputer race.
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Lenovo Yoga 910 vs HP Spectre X360: So alike, and yet just different enough

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Windows 10 Anniversary Edition aims to knock down ransomware

Microsoft is aware of the impact of ransomware on its customers and has taken significant steps to combat the problem in Windows 10th Anniversary Edition.
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FBI battling child pornographers with darknet honeypots and Tor malware

The FBI has been taking aggressive actions against child pornography sites on the darknet, from running sites itself to spreading malware to gather info.
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Spotify to fix app that writes gigabytes of junk data to storage devices

Unfortunately, some Spotify users are reporting a rather pernicious problem with the Spotify app running on Mac, Linux, and Windows machines.
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Apple seemingly getting some 2016 MacBook Pro orders ready for shipment

Apple is apparently starting to get the 2016 MacBook Pro ready for shipment to the earliest buyers, meaning that the machines should start arriving soon.
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Google and Microsoft partner to ensure Office Mobile experience on Chromebooks

Microsoft is not blocking Office Mobile apps from downloading on Chromebooks, but rather working closely with Google on optimizing the experience.
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Eve V crowdsourced 2-in-1 receives its final specs and they are awesome

Eve announced the specifications for the upcoming Eve V crowdsourced Windows 10 2-in-1 machine and it's a Surface Pro 4 owner's wishlist.
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Edward Snowden to discuss Donald Trump's potential impact on privacy issues

Edward Snowden will be holding a live Q&A session starting at 1:30 p.m. (PT) where he will discuss the potential impact of a Donald Trump presidency.
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Despite complaints, initial sales of Apple's 2016 MacBook Pro have been incredibly brisk

In spite of a chorus of complaints around the lack of real innovation in its recent MacBook Pro release, Apple is still enjoying incredibly brisk sales.
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Electionland Google Trends map helps voters visualize polling station issues

Of particular interest to anyone concerned about issues with voting, the Electionland Google Trends map will provide a way to visualize polling information.
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Government in Indiana pays up after ransomware stifles operations

As the county government in Madison County, Indiana, discovered, ransomware is a very serious type of attack with real and often unavoidable consequences,