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By Dom Reseigh-Lincoln For a very long time franchise games have been king of the proverbial castle. Sat upon a throne wrought from multi-million dollar advertising campaigns, lucrative energy drink tie-ins and over-indulgent celebrity launch parties, they surveyed the industry like a conquered kingdom. But those days, it seems, are numbered. Some of the biggest…

By John Biggs Robots are good at a few simple things. They can lift and carry huge objects, fly around like dragonflies, and murder our families while we watch, their cold circuits flitting with nascent feelings of remorse and anger. But they can’t stack rocks very well. This is because rocks are all different. However,…

The OnePlus 5 release is just around the corner, as more leaks confirm the June 15 unveiling. OnePlus has also been dropping teasers and the last one comes from CEO Pete Lau, who touts the slimmest flagship yet. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

TCL President Steve Cistulli shared that the BlackBerry KEYone released to huge demand in the U.S. It was sold out in almost all retailers and many consumers were unable to purchase a unit due to shortage. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Scott Stein The Moto GamePad brings full game controls to the Moto Z with one magnetic snap. …read more Source:: cnet Cell Phones

By Brian Heater Plenty dismissed modularity (the concept of making a phone’s innards swappable and upgradeable) the first time around. And for good reason. Like just about every other gimmick in smartphoneland, the idea has been tried and abandoned more times than anyone cares to mention. With the announcement of the second generation Moto Z,…

By Darrell Etherington Media streaming app Plex has been around (and great) since before set-top streaming boxes were even properly a thing, but on Thursday it added Live TV integration and DVR capabilities, which make it even more useful. Nvidia is doing everything it can to make its Shield streaming Android TV box the best…

By Dong Ngo Available in 2TB and 4TB capacities, the new drive also includes 1- and 2-month Xbox Game Pass membership, respectively. …read more Source:: cnet Camcorders

By Ashlee Clark Thompson The $1,000 Rotimatic mixes, kneads and bakes a type of Indian flatbread automatically — and it connects to Wi-Fi, too. …read more Source:: cnet Camcorders

By Kevin Lee Acer has always been one to bring us surprisingly well equipped laptops at affordable prices and the Acer Spin 1 is one of the best examples of this. The 11-inch 2-in-1 laptop has an incredibly low $329 (about £260, AU$440) starting price with a Full-HD display and an all metal chassis. That’s…

By Natasha Lomas Security firm BullGuard has launched a consumer-focused Internet of Things product in the U.S., following its acquisition of Israeli startup Dojo-Labs last year. Read More …read more Source:: TechCrunch Gadgets

By Emma Boyle I feel pretty comfortable in stating that most of us at some point in our youth had a fascination with pirates. I don’t mean web surfing digital downloaders, I mean the real, historical wave-riding pillagers. Romanticized, of course, so that they’re less smelly and more noble. My interest started around the time…

The OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T have been confirmed to receive Android O by the smartphone maker’s CEO and founder Pete Lau. However, the OnePlus 2 won’t be getting the long-awaited Android Nougat update. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Emma Boyle Outside of special editions tied to specific games or competitions, it’s not often we see PlayStation consoles released in colors other than white or black anymore. That could be about to change, however, if there’s any truth behind recent images of a gold PS4 Slim that have appeared online. Sony hasn’t announced…

By John Biggs The old song tells us that leg bone is connected to the hip bone how are we to know if the articulated cam can connect to the brushless motor? There are, sadly, no songs designed to tell us how to build robots. Luckily CMU’s Ruta Desai has us covered. His project, “Computational…