The Windows 10 Store now supports offline gameplay, but Microsoft has a long way to go to compete with Steam on this front.
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A pardon for Snowden isn’t just good policy, it’s a move to neutralize a looming threat from an ever-more aggressive Moscow state department.
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If you love to learn, check out the outstanding classes at Udemy. Thousands of online courses are being discounted right now, so you can invest in a new skill -- even if you're on a budget. Whether you want to learn how to design a business logo or how to speak Arabic, there's something here for just about every area of interest. And if you're trying to brush up on your development skills, here are some top-notch recommendations.
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Microsoft has over-reached with its big-brother policies that inflict the worst parts of Windows Update on every Windows 10 user -- like it or not. Here's how it could fix that.
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High-res photos from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shed some light on Schiaparelli's last moments, while raising questions at the same time.
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One of the major problems with multicore scaling is the communications bottleneck associated with cache coherency. These issues may be addressable -- and if they are, it could significantly improve multi-core scaling in the future.
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Was it a moment of clarity, a disgruntled employee, or a hack? No matter what the answer is, it doesn't bode well for the company.
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Skyrim's new Special Edition promises a graphics overhaul, but how does it compare with the original -- or the original's mods?
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China is nearing completion of another major facet in its push for a quantum phone at the capital building: a 2,000-kilometer fiber-optic line for ferrying quantum encryption keys.
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We still can't explain why KIC 8462852 (aka Tabby's Star) is dimming, but focusing the combined power of Earth's most powerful radio telescopes on the distant star should help us uncover its mysteries.
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Samsung's mobile division took a shellacking this past quarter thanks to the Note 7's double-recall, but the Korean company believes the problem is behind it, with no long-term impacts on its mobile divisions market share or popularity.
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This week in space: Juno is back in fighting trim, DARPA is working with Australia to weaponize kangaroos (just kidding, they actually built a space debris telescope), we found a new trans-Neptunian object, and no -- despite how awesome it would be, there probably aren't aliens building a Dyson sphere around Tabby's Star.
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Ready to go for a swim? The biggest swimming pool in this section of the galaxy could be just 24 trillion miles away.
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Apple refreshed its MacBook Pro products yesterday, shifted the positioning of its older MacBook Pro SKUs, and introduced new hardware featuring AMD's Polaris GPU. The Mac Pro, however, is still stuck on 3.5 year-old chips.
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Russia has unveiled a new heavy ICBM with the ability to deliver a 40-50MT warhead and a 10,000km range. But while this does represent a major new design for Russia, more than anything it's a sign of Russia's interest in exerting pressure on the American electorate.
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For a limited time, Dell is offering up a massive discount on the Inspiron 3650 desktop PC. With today's coupon in play, you'll snag this powerful quad-core tower PC for 47% off the sticker price.
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At today's special event, Apple will likely show off a handful of major Mac updates. New laptops are definitely in the cards, but the rumor mill hasn't been very kind to the beleaguered Mac desktop fans among us. The event begins at 1pm ET (10am PT), and we'll be live blogging the entire thing.
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Neural networks can learn to protect the confidentiality of their data from other neural networks.
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Lamborghini wants MIT's genius engineers to help craft the next generation of faster, lighter, safer, and more efficient supercars. It'll look good on their resumes, too.
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Microsoft announced multiple new Surface products yesterday, including the innovative Surface Studio and the updated Surface Book. The company's hardware efforts have been plagued by bugs, errata, and issues -- will this be the launch that finally goes smoothly?
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LIGO famously saw two black holes merging -- but it turns out it may have seen an event even more exotic and intriguing than that.
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Aficionados of creepypasta will find a lot to love here. It's like a visual Markov generator for viscerally horrifying images.
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New findings from Oxford University shed a different light on the Nobel-winning discovery that the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate.
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