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Windows 10 May 2020 Update Rollout Begins – Version 2004 Available Via MSDN 

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Microsoft has today made the upcoming Windows 10 May 2020 Update available on MSDN for download. After months of wait, ...

Apple’s $700 Mac Pro Wheels Used on a Skateboard – Here’s How it Performed

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In a way that Apple would have never imagined, $700 Mac Pro wheels were used to create an actual skateboard ...

Original Assassin’s Creed and Origins Composers Return for AC: Valhalla Alongside Vikings TV Series Soundtrack Creator

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The composer on the original Assassin’s Creed installments, Jesper Kyd, will be returning for the upcoming Assassin’s Creed Valhalla alongside ...

Samsung offers a closer look at how the brushes help keep dust out of the hinge

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On early Wednesday, Samsung released a piece that looks deeper into the Galaxy Z Flip’s Hideaway Hinge. This is the ...

Motorola switches its stance and promises two major Android OS updates for Edge+

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Motorola’s Edge+ is the company’s first smartphone flagship since the MotoMod-clad Moto Z series. This flagship, a Verizon-exclusive with a ...

Nest Aware rolls out for $6 per month, Nest Home now permanently $89

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Google is announcing that an updated pricing structure for Nest Aware plans is now rolling out in 19 markets. Starting ...

Chinese market resurges in April, 5G phones account for nearly 40%

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The Chinese smartphone market rebounded in April, as per government figures. A total of 40.8 million phones were shipped, which ...

Samsung Galaxy Note20’s display to be capped at 60Hz refresh rate, only Note20+ gets 120Hz

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Yesterday a rumor told us that both the upcoming Galaxy Note20 and the Note20+ would feature screens with 120Hz refresh ...

Slack was down and the timing couldn’t have been worse

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UPDATE: May 12, 2020, 5:47 p.m. PDT And just like that, service is back up! You can all press pause ...

Facebook will pay moderators $52 million settlement for psychological harm

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Facebook has agreed to pay $52 million to its content moderators as compensation for mental health issues caused by their ...

RIP Google Play Music: Users told to migrate to YouTube Music

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Google today finally released details about the demise of Google Play Music, and launched a quick-transfer button inside YouTube Music for those ...

Elon Musk thanks Trump for supporting Tesla factory reopening

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President Donald Trump waded into Elon Musk’s Tesla drama, and the CEO appreciates the presidential support. Trump tweeted in favor ...

There’s finally an easy way to see ‘Retweets with Comments’ on Twitter

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Jack Dorsey might be spending his quarantine going rogue on Periscope, but Twitter’s product team is still on the ball. ...

Slice, an online ordering and marketing platform for pizzerias, raises $43M

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Global investment firm KKR is betting on the pizza business — it just led a $43 million Series C investment ...

RenovAI helps retailers offer automated interior design advice to their customers

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Alon Gilady, CEO of RenovAI, told me his startup is trying to solve the problem that many of us face ...

Sonantic is ready to convince listeners that synthetic voices can cry

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When you think of voice assistants like Amazon’s Alexa and Apple’s Siri, the words “emotional” and “expressive” probably don’t come ...

(Update: it’s back) Slack is currently fixing performance issues that prevented some users from connecting

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Update: Slack says connection issues are now fixed for everyone. Everyone should be able to connect to Slack now. Please ...

VanMoof raises $13.5M to capitalize on e-bike boom in wake of COVID-19

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VanMoof, the Dutch e-bike startup which launched in 2009, is now officially a “scale-up” after attracting a €12.5M / $13.5M ...

Hamilton is coming to Disney+ over a year earlier than expected

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The Disney+ streaming video service and it just launched in November. Verizon is giving its unlimited subscribers a free year ...

Ting Mobile wants to break you away from the shackles of big carriers, gives you $25 credit to try it

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The 14nm Kirin 710A is SMIC’s first chip made for Huawei

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TSMC is the largest contract chip manufacturer in the world. Companies like Apple, Huawei, Qualcomm, and others send their designs ...

Leak strongly suggests that a 5G Apple iPad Pro could arrive this year or next

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Apple ‘kinda-sorta’ pulled a fast one when it unveiled the refreshed and versions of the iPad Pro in March. Instead ...

Work from home is Twitter’s new normal forever

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Twitter employees can for as long as they want, said CEO Jack Dorsey in an email. So, even after the lockdown ...

Green Man Gaming Birthday Sale Unwraps Deals on Resident Evil 3, ESO: Greymoor, and More

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Looking for some new PC games to keep you busy as the COVID-19 pandemic stretches into the warmer months? Well, ...

Save $150 on Samsung POWERbot R7065 Robot Vacuum in Satin Titanium 

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Carrying a badge of approval from Consumer Reports, Samsung POWERbot R7065 is one of the top 10 robot vacuum cleaners getting a ...

Sledgehammer Games Now a “Multi-Project” Studio, Looking to Hire 100 New Devs This Year

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The last couple years have been tumultuous for Activision developer Sledgehammer Games – in 2018 co-founders Michael Condrey And Glen ...

New AirPods Studio Could Arrive With Head, Neck Detection Technology & Custom Equalizer Settings

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Apple’s upcoming premium over-ear headphones will be called AirPods Studio, according to a new report. Apart from being the company’s ...

HP Releases The HP EX900 Pro M.2 SSD

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HP has released the HP EX900 Pro M.2 SSD line, this line of SSD features three different capacities of 256 ...

DxOMark scores the Samsung Galaxy S20+, ranks tenth in smartphone photography

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DxOMark has just released their review of the Samsung Galaxy S20+’s camera system. Unlike the S20 Ultra – which uses ...

New LG “Wing” rumored to have a rotating dual-screen form factor

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A new LG smartphone has surfaced in reports, and a (questionable) image gives us an idea of what the this ...