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AMD's rumored investment round with Silver Lake may have fallen through.

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Nvidia's new GeForce Now service offers high-quality game streaming if you're plugged into Nvidia's ecosystem.

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New software being developed by researchers at ASU is being used to thwart the spread of terrorism online, but poses dangers of its own.

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Today, Dell is offering up a substantial discount on the Inspiron 15 5000 touchscreen laptop. If you're currently in the market for a new portable powerhouse, this is the perfect time to buy. With a full HD display, a brand new Skylake CPU, and a sizable hard drive, this laptop offers a full-fledged computing experience wherever you go.

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A leader in so many things, Tesla finally joins the shift from sedans to SUVs. Despite more heft and frontal area than a Model S, range is 250 miles.

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A new security report indicates that there are deep flaws buried in TrueCrypt's source code. If you still use the program, it's time to find a different solution.

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Google's Pixel brand expands to Android with the $499 Pixel C tablet -- and it looks like a huge improvement over last year's HTC-built Nexus 9.

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Amazon's Fire HD 10 tablet has launched, but if you're hunting a budget or midrange tablet, you'd do better to hunt elsewhere.

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Google is offering two Nexus phones this year, with fingerprint sensors, laser autofocus, and more.

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French architect Jacques Rougerie come up with a deign for a massive and futuristic floating city capable of housing some 7000 scientists -- or perhaps as the case may be, villains.

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Apple's new A9 has been torn down and analyzed -- and the company is dual-sourcing the part from two different vendors.

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Today only, Amazon is offering some steep deals on internal drives, external drives, switches, cable modems, and wireless routers. If you're looking to save some serious cash on new gear, don't let this sale pass you by.

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Taken together with nuclear power, the country is now generating almost half of its power with low- or no-carbon technologies.

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Sonos, the venerable multi-room audio company, has just unveiled the Play:5, which unlike most speakers will configure its sound profile to match the room its in automatically.

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Finding gravitational waves would validate general relativity and give an incredibly powerful tool to cosmology -- too bad physicists still can't seem to find them.

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By all accounts, the PlayStation 4 has been a huge success. But it's far from perfect. I've used the PS4 nearly every day since it launched in 2013, and familiarity has most definitely bred contempt.

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The hits keep on coming. Audi and Skoda have both announced an estimated 3.3 million of their vehicles use defeat devices to bypass clean air regulations.

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Sony has effectively stated there will be no Vita 2, citing tough market conditions -- but the larger problem is the way Sony has treated the platform since it launched.

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The Model X will be a mid-size SUV to complement the Model S sedan. Pricing and performance will be the same: $70K to $100K.

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In a brave entry into civilian robotics, Volvo proposes to begin replacing garbage men with robots.

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Another week, another report damning VW's engine emissions. It's now clear that certain people at the company knew about problems as far back as 2007, before the latest round of clean diesel technology had even been offered for sale in the United States.

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NASA has announced that it has discovered flowing liquid salt water on Mars, in what is the biggest indication to date that the planet either has already supported life, or can support life in the future.

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If you're looking to snag a nice barebones server on the cheap, check out today's deal from Dell. The PowerEdge T110 II will take a bit of DIY effort to get it up and running, but since this model costs less than 250 bucks, that's definitely a worthwhile compromise.

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Real, DIY email encryption can be intimidating. Here's a basic rundown on how it actually works.

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A new hack shows how to create whitelists for the PS TV that allow it to play a number of games it previously couldn't.

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A new hydrogel protects stem cells inside the body, making existing therapies a lot more effective.

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It's no digital Cosa Nostra, but it could actually end up perpetrating far more crime around the world.

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Could new regulations spell the end of DD-WRT? The FCC says no, but evidence on the ground is mixed.

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Samsung's phone business has been taking a lot of heat recently, but its semiconductor, display, and storage business have being going gangbusters. We take you behind the scenes for a tour of their massive new USA headquarters.

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In the wake of the VW scandal, the EPA is going on the warpath.

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Earlier today, Apple finally unleashed the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus to the rabid public. With 3D touch, an improved 12 megapixel camera, and faster internals, these new smartphones are thoroughly impressive. But are the improvements worth investing in if you already have an iPhone or Android handset?

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The theory of 'temes' posits that machines are moving rapidly along an evolutionary course beyond the scope of human ethics or control.

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Great discounts are assured if you buy a diesel. VW likely will fix the car, refund some of the purchase price, and give you a discount on your next VW.

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Motorola goes big for a small price compared with Samsung. We dive in deep to find out which phone is better.

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Without so much as a single propeller, the Perlan 2 glider might be able to break records for high altitude flying.

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For a limited time, you can get an entire year of Amazon Prime for just $67 -- a whopping $32 off the typical asking price. Not only does that get you free two-day shipping on countless items, but Amazon's streaming music and video services are included at no additional cost.

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A number of Oculus and VR-related announcements broke yesterday -- here's your quick roundup.

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The amazing new GeoS AI can look at the exact same questions you do, parse them like you do, and answer them -- just as well as you do.

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For those looking for a powerful, but still easy-to-use, set of photo and video editing tools, Adobe's new Elements 14 is hard to beat. In particular, anyone planning on working with 4K videos should take a look at Premiere Elements 14.

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A federal court has ruled that passcodes for cell phones are protected under the Fifth Amendment.

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A new flaw in iOS 9 could allow hackers access to data on a phone without unlocking it first.

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Fallout from the Volkswagen diesel scandal continues to grow, as this morning brings reports of firings at Audi and Porsche, as well as the possibility that BMW has also cheated with at least one model.

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If you’re in the market for a sweet gaming laptop, this deal is too good to pass by. For a limited time, you can save over $200 off the 15.6-inch Alienware 15 R2 gaming laptop from Dell when you use today’s coupon code.Alienware 15 R2 quad-core gaming laptop for $1274.99 (List price: $1499.99 — Coupon…

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Firefox patched an ancient bug today -- and fixed a major problem with Adblock Plus in the process.

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A new DirectX 12 benchmark? We put AMD and Nvidia up against each other and see who comes out on top.

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Scientists leveraged a new photon detectors to teleport data across 60 miles of fiber optic cable, four times farther than the previous record.

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A new Unreal Engine 4 project aims to create a comprehensive tour of the ST:TNG Enterprise-D -- without loading screens or immersion-breaking issues.

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Laptops and tablets are dandy, but neither of them can offer the same bang for your buck as a traditional tower PC. So if portability isn't important to you, you're definitely better off investing in a desktop PC like the XPS 8700 from Dell. It's powerful, incredibly flexible, and it's currently on sale for 24% off of the initial asking price.

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DNA sequencing has been advancing at an exponential rate -- how? And why should we care if that trend continues?

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How did Volkswagen get away with its diesel shenanigans? We investigate.

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