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By Nick Pino and Jon Porter Breakaway It seems like you can’t look anywhere these days without some company trying to replicate League of Legends or DOTA 2’s success. Character-based arena brawlers and shooters are everywhere. In 2016 year alone, we saw For Honor, Battleborn, Overwatch and will soon get another with Gigantic later this…

Samsung Galaxy S6 edge, S7 and S7 edge smartphones are reportedly overheating and draining battery quickly, but apparently, uninstalling the Oculus app quickly fixes the issues. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

The Huawei Mate 9 could finally be introduced on Nov. 3 at an event in Munich, Germany, where the smartphone maker’s ‘global unveiling of a new flagship device’ is expected to take place. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

T-Mobile is pushing out new a update for Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 edge. The update brings the latest Sept. 1 Android security patches, new Samsung Cloud features and general performance improvements. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

HP has apologized for blocking third-party ink cartridges from being used in its printers. The company is preparing an optional update that will remove the restriction, but the Electronic Frontier Foundation wants HP to do more than that. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Computers

By Jon Porter Not content to be a leading online retailer, streaming service, ebook publisher, and grocery store, Amazon has finally unveiled its ambitious videogame publishing plans. The company announced the news on the eve of 2016’s TwitchCon, a convention surrounding the Amazon-owned livestreaming service. Three games were announced onstage: Crucible, a multiplayer first-person shooter;…

By Darrell Etherington High-end vehicle, chauffeur included? You can see why it makes sense that Volvo would target the luxury end of the market with its upcoming self-driving car. Volvo announced plans to field a vehicle by 2021, thanks in part to a $300 million deal with Volvo that will let it leverage some of…

By Devin Coldewey HP was recently caught in the act using a “security update” to prevent its printers from operating with a number of recycled and third-party ink cartridges. After much outcry the company has relented and is issuing a rollback option — but they’ll be damned if they admit any wrongdoing. Read More …read…

Android 7.0 Nougat may have brought along a new set of remarkable features. But the new Android OS version is also believed to be causing problems in the Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Desire Athow The last time we reviewed a wireless external hard disk drive from Western Digital – the My Passport Wireless – we came out rather unimpressed by the device. This time around, the My Passport Wireless Pro, a souped-up version of the aforementioned wireless drive, landed on our desk for evaluation – note…

By Kevin Parrish Co-op gaming on the couch or over the coax Update: Want to team up with friends to break down walls and snipe random people on the Internet? Don’t we all. Rainbow Six Siege has been added as number 8 on our list! Sometimes, solo play just isn’t all that fun, and there…

An iPhone 7 owner reports that his handheld device caught fire. It is yet unclear what the reason was behind the device burning but — just like the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 — a faulty battery may have been the culprit. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Darrell Etherington Mobile chipmaker Qualcomm is looking to shrink the silicon space a bit further with a potential acquisition of Netherlands-based NXP Semiconductors, in a deal that could be worth over $30 billion according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal. The deal could be finalized in as few as two months…

By Andrew Williams Introduction Update: New to our list is Deux Ex: Mankind Divided at number 11! Sharpen your broadsword and start thinking about your favourite character stat because it is time to look at the PC RPG games you should all be playing. We’re not going to be looking back to the early 90s…

By John Biggs Avast, ye hearties! Prepare for your wrists to be boarded by these massive Bell & Ross mechanical watches. B&R is most famous for the aviation-themed pieces – all of them black and square with huge readable faces and handsome straps. Now they’ve taken that same aesthetic and pushed it out to sea,…