Want to learn how to program while helping out charity? This week's Humble Book Bundle with partner No Starch Press is a great way to spend some cash. You'll find coverage on many different languages, and it won't put much of a dent in your wallet in the process.
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Intel has issued a manufacturing update on its 14nm shortfall and 10nm ramp.
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Just as the undisputed king of episodic gaming collapses, Dontnod and Square Enix are back with a brand new season of the fan-favorite Life is Strange series. This round, the time-bending Max Caulfield is gone in favor of telekinetic teen Sean Diaz.
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It's not every day that a robot sends back footage from the surface of an asteroid, but today is such a day.
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The first Android smartphone with 10GB of RAM should hit the market soon, but there's precious little reason to buy that much memory in a phone.
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Elon Musk has been charged by the SEC, which seeks his removal as CEO and his seat on the board of directors.
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The Pentagon is now in the early planning stages of deploying a cloud computing platform called JEDI, but it's still looking for a contractor to build and maintain it. If you want to throw your hat in the ring, you'll need a DVD burner.
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'Oumuamua is a slender, cigar-shaped comet that could have come from almost any nearby star. However, scientists have pinned down the four most likely origins for 'Oumuamua.
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Whether you're looking for a killer gaming laptop, a console bundle, a 4K TV or a radon detector to help ensure that your living situation is safe, today's deals are hard to beat. Scroll through this lengthy list of sales, and there's definitely something shiny here that will catch your eye.
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Could AMD gain up to 30 percent of the desktop market this holiday season? Intel's CPU shortages could leave the firm a real opportunity.
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Manned space missions have been confined to low-Earth orbit for decades, but NASA is looking to change that.
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No more Manhattan cityscapes for branding Cadillac. GM wants its flagship nameplate back in Michigan, closer to R&D facilities. The new marching orders: Branding is nice, but first, build great cars.
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Microsoft has been promising to add support for this hardware to the Xbox One since the middle of 2016. Now, it's finally happening. Well, sort of.
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A Japanese startup called Ispace is shooting for the moon, and SpaceX is going to help.
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Sony has bowed to the inevitable and agreed to enable cross-play in Fortnite.
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Nvidia's RTX 2070 will drop on October 17, but will it be worth buying?
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Oculus has announced its new standalone Quest headset -- inside-out tracking, no PC required, and new touch controllers, all for $399.
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Even discounting the Volkswagen-style cheating, diesels may still pose a health hazard from NOX (nitrogen oxide). Study author Steven Barrett says the solution is electrification, not cleaner diesel.
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Google has heard your complaints loud and clear, so Chrome v70 will add additional sign-in controls.
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Knowing where the rover ended up is a nice development, but it doesn't get us any closer to reviving Opportunity.
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NASA says it has now pinned down three causes for this shift. As expected, the loss of polar ice is a major contributor.
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We've found dust storms on Titan -- just the third place they are known to occur in our solar system.
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According to a newly filed lawsuit claims the firings ran afoul of the WARN Act, which requires companies to tell employees in advance of mass layoffs.
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The first examination of solar road power and performance is in. The data isn't encouraging.
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Qualcomm has accused Apple of stealing trade secrets related to its modem technology and giving the tech to Intel.
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For those looking for a powerful gaming rig that's actually affordable, the iBuyPower Elite is being sold on Amazon right now for just $799. With a Ryzen 7 1800X processor, a 4GB Radeon RX 580 graphics card, and 16GB of RAM, this machine will handle modern games quite well.
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Public health agencies have worked to reduce mosquito populations, but researchers from Imperial College London have developed a genetic technique that could control mosquito populations with much greater effectiveness.
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VIA's subsidiary and Chinese government partnership, Zhaoxin, has announced a new x86-compatible CPU architecture built on TSMC's 16nm FinFET process.
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AMD may be prepping another Polaris refresh to take on Nvidia's Pascal family.
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A year ago, Google rebranded Google Now to the Google Feed. The new name recognized the renewed focus on news rather than predictive search. Now, Google is changing the name once again and adding some more features.
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Changes made in Chrome 69 make it harder to tell if Google is syncing data across your browser sessions or not, and the changes are deliberate.
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In his characteristically off-handed way, Musk noted on Twitter that he thinks SpaceX can have a Mars base built by 2028.
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Toyota has famously refused Google's advances. A new report claims that Toyota is finally ready to play ball, though.
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If Intel's CPU production issues are causing a shortfall in the PC market, can AMD step in? We investigate.
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These robots are just the first of many instruments Hayabusa2 will drop off on the surface, but the ultimate goal of the mission is to return samples of Ryugu to Earth.
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Nvidia's stock price slid last week as Wall Street reacted to the disappointing Turing launch.
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Intel's manufacturing woes are having an impact on other companies, with Micron projecting lower revenue for the rest of the year.
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For a limited time, you can snag ten great games on Steam while helping out the SpecialEffect charitable organization. For just $9, the Humble One Special Day Bundle is an outstanding value.
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Phones already dominate photography. How far can they go in pushing into the current market for high-end cameras?
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The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) only started operating over the summer, but NASA reports it has already spotted two potential exoplanets.
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Like all life at the time, Dickinsonia were soft-bodied and therefore didn't fossilize often.
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Astronomers have learned new facts about how black holes devour material thanks to newly detected features in accretion disk structure.
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If you enable handwriting recognition in Windows 8.1 or Windows 10, all of your text files -- including typed documents and email -- are dumped into a single invisible location and stored thereafter.
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Intel's tick-tock is moving in reverse as the company maneuvers to get out of a manufacturing crunch.
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The new tariffs imposed by the Trump Administration on China are going to hit a lot of PC components.
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The company just unveiled 11 new Alexa devices including a smart microwave and upgraded Echos.
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If your home or office is in need of a powerful PC with a superb screen, you should absolutely consider the ASUS Zen AIO Pro.
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Apple's new Watch 4 includes ECG and AFib monitoring capabilities, but their accuracy hasn't been proven as comprehensively as one might like.
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It pre-announced the blockchain-powered HTC Exodus several months ago, and now HTC's Phil Chen is talking more about how the phone will work.
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The new Switch Online service will run you $20 per year and includes features like online play, cloud saves, and a selection of classic games. You may be thinking you already had some of that, and you'd be right.
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