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  • Cheap iPhone deals are a reality in the US now that it’s 2017 and Apple’s decade old phone has hit peak saturation. However, there are even cheaper iPhone deals out there if you look beyond the latest and greatest iPhone 7 series. This cheap iPhone deal includes the new Red iPhone 7, but discounts vary from carrier to carrier. T-Mobile is sending you a free iPhone in a very specific Buy One Get One iPhone SE Free deal. We’ll continue to update this page with cheap iPhone offers that we find, as
    Best cheap iPhone deals in the US for June 2017

  • To celebrate the Xbox Design Lab finally making its way to the UK I had been given a code to make one controller of my choice, and I was in the process of making a complete hash of it. Xbox Design Lab is a Microsoft service that allows you to customize your own Xbox One controller. An inspired choiceRather than try and forge my own design path, I decided to keep it safe and stick to imitating a classic controller design. It was perfect for the Xbox Design Lab. or simply the fact that my body rem
    I used the Xbox Design Lab to (almost) make a GameCube controller

  • Only about 40 percent of adults in the United States get a flu shot every year, despite the potentially severe consequences for their health. That’s why medical researchers have been working for some time on developing alternatives to having a doctor or nurse stick a big needle in your arm. And now, a team from Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology have announced that one of them has passed its first clinical trial. No differences were found between the patients who self-admin
    Getting a flu shot is now as simple as putting on a plaster

  • Ubisoft may have given the Assassin’s Creed franchise a break in 2016 but it’s pushing it forcefully out of the hay bale this year with console title Assassin’s Creed: Origins and a newly announced mobile game, Assassin’s Creed Rebellion. Assassin’s Creed Rebellion will be a free-to-play strategy game for Android and iOS, set during the Spanish Inquisition. Mobile murderSuccessful missions will enable you to unlock new assassins to recruit as well as key items for upgrading and crafting. Though
    Assassin’s Creed is taking a leap of faith onto mobile

  • Apple fans all want to be the first to get their hands on the iPhone 8, and to be honest, we’re no different. Now you can buy a fake version of it, just so you have a surrogate device until the real thing arrives. But if you really need to be the first to feel what iPhone 8 will be like to hold, this is (potentially) a good way to go about it. Our first question upon seeing that this was a thing was ‘Is anyone actually going to buy one of these’? Still, we think we’ll wait for the real thing.
    Want to be first to hold an iPhone 8? You can buy a 3D printed plastic knock-off...

  • That could change in a big way in 2018 though, after Qualcomm announced its own implementation. The technology only works with OLED panels, which means handsets boasting LCD displays won’t be able to take advantage of it. Qualcomm’s under-screen scanner in action on a prototype handset (credit: Engadget)What about the iPhone 8? That means that it won’t arrive in time for the iPhone 8 – hotly tipped to arrive in September or October with an OLED display and under-screen fingerprint scanning tech.
    2018's flagship phones could rival iPhone 8 with under-screen finger scanning

  • It’s going to be demonstrated on a Sony Xperia smartphone and should prove a lot more secure than the face unlock some Android phones have supported for years, as while that just recognizes a 2D image of your face (and can therefore be fooled by a photo), 3D facial recognition maps your entire head. As well as being more secure, it should also work from more angles, recognizing your face and unlocking your phone even when you’re not fully facing the camera. Whether 3D facial recognition will als
    Has Sony perfected smartphone face unlock?

  • Originally we heard word of it being called the Note 7 R, but a new rumor suggests it’ll be the Samsung Galaxy Note FE. Samsung’s refurbished Galaxy Note 7, a discontinued phablet from 2016Samsung’s refurbished Galaxy Note 7, a discontinued phablet from 2016 When is it out? We’ll be sure to update here when we know more about Samsung’s worldwide release plans for the Galaxy Note FE. Samsung Galaxy Note FE design and displayThis phone is set to be hosted in the same body as the original Note 7. S
    Samsung Galaxy Note 7 refurbished: everything you need to know

  • Samsung’s own artificial intelligence assistant is yet to officially launch in the US or UK despite the company claiming it would launch by the end of Spring 2017. Bixby Voice is currently only available in South Korea. The delay is reportedly related to a lack of data for the voice assistant as well as foreign language experts to translate the service from Korean. It seems Samsung wants to ensure the tech is working perfectly before launching it officially but considering the company has teased
    This may be why the Samsung Galaxy S8’s Bixby Voice assistant is delayed

  • Dual-cameras and Bokeh camera effects are currently the reserve of flagship handsets, but with Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 450 chipset you can expect to see a number of mid-range Android phones boasting some fancy features soon. The headline features of the new chip revolve around the camera, with support for dual cameras (up to 13MP + 13MP) and single snappers (up to 21MP) – plus real-time Bokeh effect. Bokeh is the aesthetic quality of the blur produced in the out-of-focus parts of an image, suc
    Mid-range phones set to get camera to rival iPhone 7 Plus

  • Music streaming service Pandora will be shutting down its operations in its only two international markets — Australia and New Zealand — in order to focus on its operations in the US. Pandora’s co-founder, Tim Westergreen, recently announced he was stepping down as CEO as part of this refocusing, along with the departure of the company’s chief marketing officer and president. The business had also made a number of larger financial moves in recent weeks, such as selling off its TicketFly brand an
    Pandora is ending its services in Australia and New Zealand

  • Welcome to our list of the best movies on Amazon Prime Video US – a round-up of the 25 films we think you need to watch on Amazon Video – the movies and TV streaming section of Amazon Prime. Although we’ve likely missed a newer title here and there, we’ve done our best to comb through the entire Amazon Prime Video catalog in the US in an attempt to highlight the best of the best films. It’s great to see Amazon embrace movies in this way, so dive in and we hope you find something you like! Maybe
    Best movies on Amazon Prime: 25 films to stream now on Prime Video

  • The 1MORE Triple Driver in-ear headphones offer stellar audio, great build quality and an attractive design for not much money. Enter the 1MORE Triple Driver In-Ear Headphones. 1MORE offers a range of in-ear headphones but the stand out of the bunch are the Triple Driver in-ear headphones. There’s a slight mid-bass bump that give the 1MORE Triple Drivers a warm tonal balance, even more so than the 1MORE Quad Drivers. Final verdictAfter spending a few weeks with both the 1MORE Triple Driver in-ea
    1MORE Triple Driver In-Ear Headphone review

  • As the Apple HomePod inches ever closer to release, it looks like Apple is also working to make Siri a much more interesting digital assistant to have around the home. Apple posted a job listing today seeking a “Siri Event Maven.” According to the requirements, this specialist will help plan Siri’s “understanding of events for the year” and “provide strategic awareness of cultural happenings in the collective zeitgeist.” It appears that Apple is looking to boost Siri’s understanding of special o
    Apple wants to hire someone to help Siri be hip with the times

  • Mobile chip giant Qualcomm is pushing ahead with its vision for standalone virtual reality headsets, today announcing three new partnerships related to its Head Mounted Display Accelerator Program (HAP). Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 835 VRDK reference design headset also supports the controllers, Senior Director of Product Management for Qualcomm Atheros Hugo Swart tells us. Google also tells us its standalone Daydream VR reference design headset as well as HTC and Lenovo’s standalone headsets feature
    Qualcomm brings controller support to its standalone virtual reality headset

  • Amazon Prime members can now save big on five new Android phones, including the Moto E4 and the newly announced Nokia 6, courtesy of Prime Exclusive Phones. However, what you save on cash is made up with built-in ads and pre-loaded Amazon apps, similar to what Amazon offers with the proprietary Fire tablet. Get ready for more big savings on Amazon Prime Day 2017What are the phones? The most notable of the handsets coming to Prime Exclusive Phones is the Nokia 6, which was just announced for the
    Nokia 6, Moto E4 and more get big discounts through Amazon Prime

  • “As of this morning, the Facebook community is now officially 2 billion people!” WhatsApp, another Facebook property, counts over 1 billion users on its platform. Getting to the next two billionFacebook was launched in 2004 and since then it’s been on a meteoric rise that not only encompasses 2 billion users around the globe but also different products. These include the aforementioned social and chat platforms as well as the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset and various internet connectivity
    Facebook's newest record: 2 billion users

  • Remember the Samsung Galaxy Note 7? Turns out Samsung is looking to revive the Galaxy Note 7 in the form of a ‘Fandom Edition’, according to the The Wall Street Journal (via The Verge). There are a few catches to the Galaxy Note 7 FE launch (relaunch? It’s no secret the botched Galaxy Note 7 launch left a huge stain on Samsung’s reputation. Rumors point to the Galaxy Note 7’s successor, the Galaxy Note 8 , launching in August, and it’s then we’ll see just how far Samsung has been able to put the
    Samsung Galaxy Note 7 'Fandom Edition' is reportedly on the way

  • Windows computers around the world are locking up and displaying the stark, black-and-red message you see above in the wake of another major ransomware attack. According to the BBC, the PetrWrap ransomware has already infected computers within some major national infrastructures and some of the world’s largest institutions. PetrWrap is essentially a sequel to the Petya ransomware that plagued businesses earlier this spring, wholesale repurposing pieces of it to carry out much of the same functio
    PetrWrap: what you need to know about today's global ransomware attack

  • Kieron Sharp of the UK-based Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT) told The Independent that investigators could begin exposing illegal Kodi users in “the very near future.” This has resulted in a cottage industry of selling modified, illicit Kodi streaming boxes online that come pre-loaded with copyrighted material and other illegal add-ons. Investigators may not stop at catching manufacturers of illegal Kodi boxes and applications, however, with Sharp saying that buyers of said boxes may a
    Kodi box owners may face wrath of the law over illegal add-ons

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