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Affordable HTC Desire 530 Heads To US, Rocking ‘Unique Micro Splash Design’

Affordable HTC Desire 530 Heads To US, Rocking ‘Unique Micro Splash Design’

HTC announced that its colorful and affordable Desire 530 is coming to the U.S. The handset will be available from HTC itself, as well as Verizon and T-Mobile, sporting a ‘unique micro splash design.’ …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

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In Depth: 4 VR headsets that could blow away Oculus Rift and HTC Vive

In Depth: 4 VR headsets that could blow away Oculus Rift and HTC Vive

By Jon Porter Introduction Thanks to the release of the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift the age of VR has already begun, but there’s still a lot more to look forward to on the horizon. From the debut of console VR with the PlayStation VR to Razer’s open-source headset, there’s much more that we haven’t…

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OnePlus 3 Tops AnTuTu Top 10 Performance Smartphones For First Half Of This Year

OnePlus 3 Tops AnTuTu Top 10 Performance Smartphones For First Half Of This Year

The latest AnTuTu Top 10 Performance Smartphones for the first half of 2016 is out, and the winner may surprise some. The recently launched OnePlus 3 ranks on top, outperforming all other contenders. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

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ZUtA demos its mobile robotic printer

ZUtA demos its mobile robotic printer

By Katie Roof After finding success on Kickstarter, ZUtA Labs is piecing together its mobile robotic printer. Small enough to fit into the palm of your hand, the four-inch wireless device makes it easy to produce images on the go. The printer rolls back and forth over a piece of paper, until the on-screen image…

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Up close with Fujifilm’s new X-T2 mirrorless camera

Up close with Fujifilm’s new X-T2 mirrorless camera

By Brian Heater If you’re going to show off the followup to your well-loved mirrorless camera two years after release, you might as well do it in style – classic cars, rail-thin models, terrible music, the whole nine yards. Fujifilm’s X-T2 interchangeable lens camera made its flashy Manhattan debut at the borough’s Classic Car Club,…

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No Man’s Sky is finally finished

No Man’s Sky is finally finished

By Lewis Leong The ambitious space exploration game, No Man’s Sky, is finally done. No Man’s Sky has been in development for four years and had to deal with a delayed launch and legal battle over the game’s name. Sean Murray, the founder of development studio Hello Games, shared a picture on Twitter that showed…

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This artificial stingray has a gold skeleton and light-activated rat muscles

This artificial stingray has a gold skeleton and light-activated rat muscles

By Devin Coldewey Mimicking nature’s most elegant designs has become a popular method for creating equally elegant robots (close, anyway) — but using nature’s raw materials, too? That’s what researchers at Harvard’s Wyss Institute have done, creating a tiny light-controlled stingray with a solid gold skeleton that moves using reconstituted rat muscles. O brave new…

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Penn engineers’ start-up XEED puts wearables to work against Parkinson’s disease

Penn engineers’ start-up XEED puts wearables to work against Parkinson’s disease

By Devin Coldewey The internet of things, and wearables in particular, may not be quite living up to the hype, but it turns out they may be just the thing for people suffering from Parkinson’s disease. A pair of engineering students from the University of Pennsylvania have started their own company to pursue the possibility.…

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Art Mécanique kickstarts a mechanical watch with a few high-tech trimmings

Art Mécanique kickstarts a mechanical watch with a few high-tech trimmings

By John Biggs There is, to be sure, nothing new under the horological sun. However, by putting all of the old pieces together in new ways you end up with a watch that is both interesting and unique. Art Mécanique is a Swiss company that is crowdfunding a watch with a face made of concentric…

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Apple just released the first iOS 10 beta to everyone

Apple just released the first iOS 10 beta to everyone

By Romain Dillet It’s here. The first public beta of iOS 10 is now available to download. You can download it, even your neighbor can download it. And the good news is that you won’t have to pay $99 a year for a developer account. But remember, this is a beta. If you can’t wait…

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Amazon Echo users can finally choose Spotify or Pandora as default music service

Amazon Echo users can finally choose Spotify or Pandora as default music service

By Jordan Crook I love my Amazon Echo. And alongside checking the weather, I mostly use the voice-powered smart speaker to play music. That said, I’m not much of an Amazon Prime music user. I don’t know anyone who really is. And still, the device has defaulted to Amazon Prime Music with every single request,…

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The first macOS Sierra public beta is coming today

The first macOS Sierra public beta is coming today

By Romain Dillet If you have a useless Mac lying around, today is your lucky day. Apple is releasing the first public beta of macOS Sierra later today — it’s probably going to be available at some point over the next couple of hours. This first public beta is likely based on the second developer…

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iOS 10 preview: Apple breaks down its walled garden

iOS 10 preview: Apple breaks down its walled garden

By Romain Dillet As our phones become our primary computing devices, major iOS updates affect the workflow and lifestyle of hundreds of millions of people. Even minor changes can have major implications. So let’s dive into iOS 10 with an early look at Apple’s next mobile operating system. iOS 10 will be released this fall…

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Nvidia’s GTX 1080-stomping Titan to be revealed next month

Nvidia’s GTX 1080-stomping Titan to be revealed next month

By Darren Allan Nvidia’s new Pascal-based graphics cards have got a big thumbs-up, generally speaking – and certainly from our expert reviewers – but there’s a new Titan offering in the pipeline which will apparently blow away the GTX 1080, and it’ll be launched as soon as next month. Yes, the GeForce GTX Titan P…

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Nvidia’s GTX 1080-stomping Titan to be revealed next month

Nvidia’s GTX 1080-stomping Titan to be revealed next month

By Darren Allan Nvidia’s new Pascal-based graphics cards have got a big thumbs-up, generally speaking – and certainly from our expert reviewers – but there’s a new Titan offering in the pipeline which will apparently blow away the GTX 1080, and it’ll be launched as soon as next month. Yes, the GeForce GTX Titan P…

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