By Hugh Langley Battlefield 1 When the fog of war becomes a literal fog, the ears are the closest ally. Right now all I hear is the screaming, the gunfire and distant explosions, as the fog completely obscures my vision, and all I think to myself is, “100 years ago people experienced something just like…

Google has reportedly partnered with HTC to build its next-generation Nexus smartphones. Specs for a handset believed to replace the Nexus 5X, code-named ‘Sailfish,’ have leaked. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

The unlocked 32 GB BlackBerry Priv is currently on sale. The smartphone can be purchased for $299.99 for a limited time, a considerable savings over Verizon’s $720 and AT&T’s $639.99. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Brian Heater I do the same thing every time I get a waterproof device – I take it home, fill up the sink and dunk it. It’s a strangely cathartic, a sort of gadget baptism, and nicely refreshing for someone who spends so much of his time cautiously handling expensive hardware devices. The only…

By Stefan Etienne As you can already tell, this is an electric skateboard. It’s not my first rodeo on one either, and it won’t be my last. But here’s something I learned the past few days: Acton’s budget-friendly electric skateboard has been the least fulfilling of the electric rolling planks I’ve ridden. Summed up, it’s…

By John Biggs Whoda thunk it? A tourist/cybersecurity expert Benjamin Tedesco was hanging out in Vienna when he walked up to an ATM. Because he trusts no one he decided to give the reader a little tug and came away with a working skimmer designed to look exactly like the card slot on the original…

By Devin Coldewey An Oculus update posted today quietly removes a feature that blocked Oculus software from being played on other headsets — something that the community has been up in arms about for a month. The removal is essentially a mea culpa from Oculus, which over the last few weeks has faced hard questions…

By Kevin Lee Introduction and design Desktop performance in a gaming laptop is something we’ve chased forever. Last year, the 15-inch Origin EON15-X was first machines that came closest to reaching that level of performance. Thanks to the best mobile graphics from Nvidia’s Maxwell line and a desktop-grade Skylake processor, it puts up some of…

By Kevin Lee Introduction and design Desktop performance in a gaming laptop is something we’ve chased forever. Last year, the 15-inch Origin EON15-X was first machines that came closest to reaching that level of performance. Thanks to the best mobile graphics from Nvidia’s Maxwell line and a desktop-grade Skylake processor, it puts up some of…

By Cameron Faulkner Oculus has stepped back from enforcing its Oculus Rift headset-checking, DRM-like feature. This controversial software was originally put in place to prevent HTC Vive owners who were using a homebrew application called Revive to access previously blocked-off Oculus Rift exclusive titles. But, as we pointed out last month, that plan backfired, to…

By Cameron Faulkner Oculus has stepped back from enforcing its Oculus Rift headset-checking, DRM-like feature. This controversial software was originally put in place to prevent HTC Vive owners who were using a homebrew application called Revive to access previously blocked-off Oculus Rift exclusive titles. But, as we pointed out last month, that plan backfired, to…

By Matthew Lynley Are we living in a simulation? For whatever reason, this is a hot topic in Silicon Valley these days. It all more or less started when Tesla Motors CEO (and soon to be SolarCity CEO — check one off for the simulation argument there) Elon Musk made a claim at the Code…

A new leak claims that iPhone fans are in for a 32 GB base model, which will replace the 16 GB one. The 32 GB model of the iPhone 7 Pro will be priced at $1,075 and will also be available in a 256 GB option. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

The factory unlocked 16 GB variant of the Moto G4 Plus smartphone is now available for purchase in the United States from Amazon. The GSM-compatible model will set consumers back by $339.99. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

If you recently bought the OnePlus 3, you may have encountered slow performance issues and a somehow lacking screen display. Fortunately, the company behind the handset will be releasing a patch fix that should address such concerns. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones