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By Brian Heater Today’s the big day at Amazon headquarters in Seattle. The company promised a day of big announcements, kicking things with the announcement of a high end Echo, a long awaited replacement for the first generation device. The product is a higher end version of the original home assistant, designed to compete with…

By Emma Boyle After taking a year off to find itself, the Assassin’s Creed franchise returns this October with a brand new title called Origins. Set in ancient Egypt, Origins takes players further back in time than any previous game AC title, with the game’s developers promising it’s a complete reinvention of the series. In…

By Matt Burns Starting October 1, passengers on most Delta will have free access to WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and iMessage. To access the feature, a passenger will have to log into Delta’s in-flight wifi portal powered by Gogo. This is first time an airline has offered such a service throughout its fleet. Traditional SMS messages…

By Damien McFerran This week sees the launch of the SNES Classic Mini, the high-anticipated micro-console which not only packs in 21 amazing 16-bit classics but also gives the world its first official taste of Star Fox 2, a title which was supposed to launch more than two decades ago but was cancelled at the…

By Damien McFerran The SNES Classic Edition (or SNES Mini, if you prefer) launches this week after months of hype and expectation, and we dearly hope you’re reading this as one of the lucky few who actually managed to secure a pre-order, thereby avoiding the agonising process of having to sift through countless eBay listings…

Even the former CEO of Microsoft can’t be bothered to use a Windows Phone. Bill Gates has now confirmed that he’s using an Android phone, one loaded with Microsoft apps. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Alex Cox There are literally hundreds of 14-inch laptops on the market. If you want your kit to stand out, it’s a sector where innovation absolutely matters. Lenovo hasn’t thrown traditional laptop design out of the window with the IdeaPad 720S, and nor should it have done, but this is far from a run…

By Brendan Griffiths SNES Mini stock alert! UK buyers will have another chance to pre-order the imminent SNES Mini tonight, from 8pm. We’ve seen stock refreshes since the original batch sell out in minutes over the last few months, and we expect tonight to be no different. UK retailer John Lewis is saying stock will…

By TechRadar Pro As a gamer, there are always upcoming new releases or next-gen consoles to look forward to. However, as game consoles have become more advanced, their prices have increased significantly making the question of which console to buy all that more difficult for consumers. Selling your old consoles and games is an easy…

By Mike Williams ZoneAlarm Anti-Ransomware is a standalone tool which runs alongside any antivirus package to keep your system ransomware-free. The program doesn’t use signatures, or waste your time and bandwidth with constant updates. Instead, it monitors process activities to detect and block anything suspicious, allowing it to catch even the very latest ransomware strains.…

By Mufaddal Fakhruddin,Kevin Lee As cross-platform play finally makes its way to consoles, the best gaming laptops continue to bear a competitive edge against their living room-based rivals. For one thing, you don’t have to pay for the online multiplayer – there’s almost never a subscription fee required to play games purchased through Steam, Origin…

By Nick Pino Atari made headlines today when it announced the first real details about the Ataribox, its first home console in over two decades. The console will run on a Linux PC platform, come stocked with a mid-grade custom AMD processor and cost, believe it or not, between $250 and $300 (around £185 and…

By John Biggs Bitcoin-powered cellphones – basically phones that can securely hold and send cryptocurrencies – have long been a fascinating if undeveloped concept in the crypto community. When phones talk to each other using BTC or other currencies – whether its to pay bills or send money to friends – you open up an…

By Kevin Lee In the last few months, we’ve seen an explosion in affordable gaming headsets, with products like the $99 (£109, AU$169) Logitech G433, $79 (£54, AU$99) Astro A10 and $99 (£84, AU$159) SteelSeries Arctis 5. Though HyperX already introduced the Cloud Stinger ahead of this new pack, it’s now introducing a slightly more…

By Darrell Etherington The upcoming Ataribox retro gaming console will indeed ship with a selection of classic Atari games, as many suspected when the thing was initially announced – but it’ll also have a Linux OS on board and the ability to play games from other platforms, since it’s going to keep the “open” nature…