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By Devin Coldewey The iPhone 8 Plus’s reign as “the best smartphone camera” was a mighty short one. DxOMark, the testing outfit many look to for fair evaluations of cameras from DSLRs to phones, gave Samsung’s Galaxy S8 a 94, tying the iPhone and in some ways exceeding it. Read More …read more Source:: TechCrunch…

By Darrell Etherington Honda has a new bipedal robot, which isn’t perhaps as charismatic as Asimo, but which could be a lot more useful. The robot is a disaster relief model, dubbed E2-DR (very Star Wars) which has flexible, articulating joints, a waterproof design and a 2km/h walking rate. The robot can climb ladders, crawl…

By Romain Dillet If you just bought an iPhone 8 or iPhone 8 Plus, you may have encountered a rather annoying issue. Some new iPhone users could hear crackling sound during calls. Apple just released iOS 11.0.2, which includes a handful of bug fixes, including a fix for this bug. Many users have been reporting…

According to October’s Android distribution numbers, the adoption rate for Oreo is now at 0.2 percent. Meanwhile, Marshmallow and Lollipop are the current top dogs of the chart. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Darren Allan Western Digital has launched the world’s biggest hard drive which weighs in at 14TB and uses 4th-generation HelioSeal tech. The HGST Ultrastar Hs14 is aimed at the likes of data centers and heavyweight cloud applications, with the helium-filled drive offering 40% more capacity than its predecessor – and double the sequential write…

By Darren Allan Some folks who’ve bought Ryzen 5 1600 or 1600X processors have found that their chips have two more cores than expected, which can only be described as a massive win on the CPU lottery. These CPUs should have six cores and 12 threads, but reports on Korean forums (spotted by Wccftech) say…

Both the Google Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL have now leaked ahead of their supposed unveiling on Oct. 4. They have odd but interesting designs, plus a revamped user interface to boot. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Matthew Lynley Boxee co-founder Idan Cohen’s most recent stint may have been in the smart TV space — but now he wants to build a box that’ll help you grow some lettuce outside your home. That might seem weird, but after many dinners spent feeding guests with vegetables grown from his roof, he and…

By Emma Boyle There’s a Star Wars Battlefront been drawn between two Star Wars Battlefronts – just ahead of the launch of the open beta for EA’s upcoming Star Wars Battlefront 2, Disney has restored multiplayer support to the 2005 Star Wars Battlefront 2. Created by Pandemic, the 2005 version of Star Wars Battlefront 2…

By Gerald Lynch It’s another Star Wars-heavy Christmas approaching, with the next Skywalker Saga sequel, The Last Jedi, set to hit cinemas before Christmas, and Star Wars Battlefront 2 heading to PS4, PC and Xbox One in November. If you want to get your gaming fix from a galaxy far, far away early (and with…

By Abbas Jaffar Ali Despite making you face the horrors of a nuclear holocaust head-on, fully immersed, Fallout 4 VR is one of the most hotly-anticipated virtual reality games on the way before the end of the year. And now, as an HTC Vive exclusive, it’s just got even easier to get for VR newcomers.…

By Darren Allan Some new research questioning esports viewers on their hobby has produced some interesting responses, including the fact that there was a split decision among fans when it comes to whether esports should be considered as an actual sport. The survey by Nielsen – the renowned research firm’s first statistical dive into esports…

By Mark Pickavance Most people these days are accumulating increasingly large amounts of personal data. Housing it on just one computer drive is inadvisable for obvious reasons, so we’re drawn to archive this data either to the cloud, NAS storage or external backup drives. As a hard drive manufacturer, Western Digital is keen to support…

By Matt Hanson The Asus ROG G20CI is a gaming PC that certainly stands out – but not because it looms over your desk. Instead, it has a compact chassis with some visually-arresting design flourishes. It also comes with a fine pedigree; Asus, and its Republic of Gamers brand, are held in high regard when…

Apple has not yet launched its premium smartphone, but Samsung has already won the Galaxy Note 8 vs. iPhone X rivalry. This is because Samsung stands to earn a lot of money from its intriguing relationship with Apple. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones