Nvidia announced the GTX 1080 Ti this evening at GDC. It packs almost all the horsepower of the Titan X, with few compromises.
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Samsung is abandoning one of its long-term design conventions.
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Spoiler: It works, but it's also broken in some interesting ways.
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In search of an affordable desktop that has plenty of room for upgrades? Take a look at the XPS 8910 tower PC from Dell. With a sleek modern design, a Skylake CPU, space for three 3.5-inch drives, and support for up to 64GB of DDR4 memory, this PC is up for almost anything.
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Investing in a VPN is a smart choice right now, but the options are vast. To help narrow things down a bit, we've rounded up five of our very favorite consumer services.
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Self-driving cars are supposed to make us safer, but Roborace plans to pit them against each other in high-speed gladitorial challenges. This week the team introduced its completed car design.
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SpaceX says the flight will include a crew of two private citizens who have paid a "significant deposit" to charter the mission.
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Twitch could become more of a money-printing machine than it already is.
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It's been a long wait, but Samsung has finally gotten serious about a new flagship large-format Android tablet with stylus to replace the aging Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition.
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Have you ever wanted a secondary phone number to give out to people and organizations that you don't entirely trust? Today, the folks at Hushed are offering a lifetime "burner" number that you can use with an app on nearly any iPhone or Android phone.
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Drifting out of lane? LDW warns when you drift, while lane keep assist corrects your course automatically. As long as you keep your hands lightly on the steering wheel, the best systems will turn your car into a self-driving car.
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Google temporarily broke a large number of routers recently thanks to an error in its cloud services.
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Cloudflare has been accidentally leaking user information to any number of potential bad actors, and some of the information was apparently indexed on Google's search engine. Change your passwords now.
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Rather than cold-calling victims, the perpetrators of this new support scam disable the PC and have the victim call for help.
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Uber is facing a lawsuit from Google over claims its self-driving car technology was stolen from Google's Waymo and has been used to accelerate Uber's own development.
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Keeping multiple copies of your important data is vitally important, and an offsite solution is definitely your best bet in case of catastrophic damage (like hurricanes or floods). And thankfully, you can save 20% off of Amazon's cloud storage with today's coupon code.
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NASA dominates the news this week, but theirs isn't the only name. In this issue: Dawn, Juno, SpaceX, Spitzer and the ESO.
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The LG G6 will appear a bit earlier, but it'll be at a disadvantage when the Galaxy S8 arrives.
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Samsung's new Exynos 9 8895 will be the first 10nm chip to market -- and it's packing second-generation custom CPU cores.
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Sony has launched a new lineup of SD cards that push the envelope on what current microSD standards can offer, as far as performance. But be advised -- buying a fast SD card doesn't matter if you don't have a camera that can push it.
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Missing: One sample of metallic hydrogen. If found, please call Harvard.
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A Russian man has been sentenced to 9.5 years in prison after murdering a former friend over which company, AMD or Nvidia, made better video cards. Whatever happened to punching people you disagreed with?
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5,000 Model 3s a week by end of year, 10,000 per week sometime in 2017. 375,000 in line for a Model 3. Not all will get the tax credit.
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The NES Classic is fast becoming the gaming emulator of your dreams.
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Looking to deck out your living room or den with a new TV? Need to enhance your existing TV with a sound system or game console? Dell is offering up a bevy of great deals on home theater equipment, and you can even end up with a $500 gift card with the right purchase.
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Feds threatened DIY self-drive hardware/software seller Comma.ai. So the company made plans for linking hardware (Android phone) and software free.
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Buckle your space Boötes and head straight on til Dawn: NASA and the UCLA both just independently reported that they've found "the building blocks of life," off-world.
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It won't cooperate long enough for us to measure its properties, so nobody has any idea what to do with it, but it sure does aim to misbehave.
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Today, Dell is offering up a substantial discount on the Inspiron 15 5000 laptop. If you're in need of a powerful 15.6-inch device, this is the perfect time to buy. With a full HD display, a Skylake CPU, a dedicated graphics card, and a sizable hard drive, this laptop offers a complete computing experience wherever you go.
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It's much smaller and cooler than our sun, but all seven of those planets are clustered in very close, which would make for an incredible view.
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Ready to replace your aging PC with something new? Dell is currently offering up a 42% discount on the XPS 8900 desktop. With a quad-core Skylake CPU, lots of speedy DDR4 memory, and plenty of room for expansion, you'll be hard-pressed to find a better tower with a price this low.
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The good news: experts say it probably wasn't a bomb. The bad news: we know very little else.
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Hold on to your hats, ladies and gentlemen -- things are about to get real interesting in the PC market.
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True wireless power is still a no-go in consumer technology, but Disney Research has developed a version that might work in the future.
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A new process for obtaining uranium from seawater could make the process cleaner, cheaper, and more accessible to countries around the world.
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Can Apple make people want iPads again?
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Harman-Ultrahaptics prototype projects inaudible sound waves onto the driver's hand in mid-air. The driver senses a pressed button, turning knob, or an alert.
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Looking to start a career in white hat hacking? Well, you'll definitely want to consider investing in today's ethical hacking bundle from Skillwise. Not only will you learn vital skills for understanding web security, but you'll learn how to translate those skills into a real career in penetration testing.
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In light of engine troubles, NASA scientists decided that a limited orbital itinerary was best for the spacecraft.
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Uncharted 4, The Last Guardian, and Gravity Rush 2 have all garnered significant praise in recent months, and the latest title out of Dutch studio Guerrilla Games is another standout exclusive for Sony's platform. Horizon: Zero Dawn tells a fascinating sci-fi story in an open world that can thoroughly impress on both the base PS4 and the PS4 Pro.
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The Ioniq comes in three flavors, including America's best mileage (58 mpg) and highest efficiency (136 MPGe) cars. The 124-mile EV range will puzzle some; 200 miles arrives in 2018.
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The CSIC chip can spot virus particles in the blood a mere seven days after infection at concentrations 100,000 times lower than existing tests.
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New research into a copper-graphene interconnect design could dramatically boost performance and cut waste heat.
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Thermaltake has launched a new high-end PCI-Express capable of extending your GPU by up to three feet. Case modders and design enthusiasts take note.
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National Safety Council says deaths are up 9% in two years. (It's more like 5%.) But it is up. Smartphones and texting are being blamed.
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An area that might have required a rotating network of hundreds of balloons before might only require dozens now.
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With a slim form factor and a focus on flexibility, these highly portable laptops are excellent fits for most consumers. Unfortunately, they tend to be on the pricey side, but we've just found a superb bargain from Dell. With the use of today's coupon code, you can save a total of $250 on a Dell XPS 13.
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India, Europa, and Proxima b saw major developments this week. Proxima b may not as habitable as we had hoped, but NASA is planning to attempt a landing on Europa -- and it's just received a report on the best way to make that happen.
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With this week's release of TensorFlow 1.0, Google has pushed the frontiers of machine learning further in a number of directions.
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Sony isn't killing PlayStation now, but it's drastically curtailing the number of supported devices. Bravia TVs, Blu-ray players, Vita, PS3s, and Samsung TVs are all getting the ax.
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