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IoT Group revives a power plant to fuel a blockchain applications complex

IoT Group teamed up with Australia's Hunter Energy to revive an old coal-fueled power station located in Hunter Valley. Inside the facility will be a Blockchain Application Complex serving up power at wholesale cost. This will be a cheap alternative to running blockchains on Australia's power grids.
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Windows 10 Stocks, Weather, and other apps may retire in favor of web versions

Unnamed sources indicate that Microsoft is pulling developers away from secondary Windows 10 apps to work on Microsoft Edge features. The company is also adding developers to the Edge team who previously worked on canceled features previously planned for the upcoming Windows 10 Redstone 5 update.
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Major web browsers will support web-based fingerprint, facial authentication

The World Wide Web Consortium said on Tuesday that Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla are currently working to incorporate the new WebAuthn standard into their browsers. This will enable web-based biometric authentication without the need for additional software.
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HP’s mainstream Pavilion PCs refreshed with latest AMD Ryzen, Intel Core CPUs

HP refreshed its entire family of Pavilion-branded devices spanning its 2-in-1s, laptops, and tower desktops. The devices now support new eighth-generation Intel Core and second-generation AMD Ryzen processors, depending on the model. You'll also find plenty of discrete graphics options, too.
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Leap Motion’s prototype augmented reality headset includes hand tracking

Leap Motion revealed a new prototype headset combining hand tracking with augmented reality. The open source community will have access next week.
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HP targets gamers on a budget with new Pavilion notebooks, desktops, and more

HP introduced a new family of notebooks, desktops, and even a 32-inch display under its Pavilion Gaming brand.
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Infected online chat service stole payment info at Best Buy, Delta, Sears, more

A number of companies are reporting that a chat client service used on their websites was found infected with malware and stole payment info.
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Asus just rolled out the world’s slimmest gaming laptop with GTX 1070 graphics

Asus dumped a load of new Republic of Gamers notebooks and laptops on PC gamers this week, including the world's slimmest laptop with a GTX 1070 GPU.
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Windows 10’s Mail app may display an Office 365 ad for some users

Windows 10 device owners are jumping on Reddit to reveal that they're seeing an advertisement for Office 365 in the Mail app.
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Get your zSilver ready: Razer now has it’s own online game store

Razer introduced the Razer Game Store, a new digital distribution platform selling keys for Steam and Uplay.
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Samsung goes on a gaming Odyssey with new Core i7 CPU, GTX 1060 graphics

Samsung introduced the upcoming Notebook Odyssey Z packing the latest Intel Core i7 CPU for laptops, and Nvidia's GTX 1060 graphics.
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Microsoft ‘excited’ about its secret hardware built for artificial intelligence

Harry Shum of Microsoft's A.I. and Research group says he's very, very excited about the company's upcoming hardware driven by A.I.
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Chrome’s built-in scanning tool is now causing a privacy uproar

Privacy concerns now surround the Chrome Cleanup component in Google Chrome, causing users to question the scans.
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Google plans to ban cryptocurrency mining extensions from the Chrome Web Store

Google is cracking down on Chrome extensions with a cryptocurrency mining component, blocking new submissions starting now.
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Dell rebrands Inspiron gaming laptops to G Series, serves up four new models

Dell rebranded its Inspiron gaming laptops as the G Series. The company has introduced four models across the new Dell G7, G5, and G3 brands.
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Intel Announces The Xeon 5100 Microprocessor For Servers

First Spectre, now BranchScope — another vulnerability in Intel processors

If Intel didn't have enough to worry about, researchers discovered another vulnerability in the way processors predict ahead to speed up tasks.
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The Bank of England is testing blockchain tech to support domestic payments

The Bank of England is now testing a Proof of Concept designed to advance its real-time gross settlement service in England.
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Hackers could attack 1 million websites in a content management system flaw

The team behind the Drupal content management system is releasing updates and patches to fix a highly critical vulnerability.
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Acer’s stylish new all-in-one PC packs a built-in Qi wireless charging station

Acer introduced its stylish new Aspire S24 all-in-one PC based on Intel's latest eighth-generation Core i5 processor.
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Support for external graphics on MacOS finally arrives, but on select devices

As promised, Apple introduced support for external graphics cards in MacOS, but not all Macs have the hardware to handle this feature.
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Piracy causes Google to yank Kodi from its autocomplete list in search results

Google reportedly removed the Kodi term from its autocomplete list of search suggestions. The list now points to Kodiak-related search results.
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Nvidia’s next gaming cards could be the GTX 11 Series, pack GDDR6 memory

The latest rumor surrounding Nvidia's upcoming graphics cards for gamers is that they will be the GTX 11 Series, not the GTX 20 Series.
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Origin PC’s latest notebook packs Intel’s Core i7-8750H CPU, Nvidia Max-Q GPU

Origin PC introduced two new laptops: the EVO15-S and the NT-15. Both rely on Intel's just-revealed Core i7-8750H CPU and Nvidia "Max-Q" GPUs.
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ASRock’s four add-in graphics cards are based on AMD’s Radeon RX 500 Series

ASRock introduced its Phantom Gaming series, a family of graphics cards based on AMD's Radeon RX 500 Series released in 2017.
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Microsoft’s Windows 7 Meltdown update granted access to all data in memory

Microsoft reportedly fixed an issue on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 that enabled applications to access all data stored in memory.
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Nvidia hits the brakes on public autonomous tests after fatal Uber crash

Nvidia put a halt on testing autonomous vehicle technology on public roads after Uber's deadly incident in Arizona.
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You need a GeForce GTX 1070 or better to get the best out of HTC’s Vive Pro

HTC updated its system requirements for the upcoming Vive Pro headset for virtual reality, listing hardware for the best experience possible.
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Microsoft updates Code of Conduct to crack down on offensive content

Microsoft distributed an email over the weekend alerting customers to its updated Code of Conduct rules starting May 1, 2018.
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Here’s how you can watch Nvidia’s GTC 2018 keynote kicking off at 9 a.m. today

Want to watch Nvidia's keynote at GTC 2018? We have the link to the stream plus a little speculation about what the company will reveal.
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Chrome OS may jump straight to eating Android Pie rather than munching on Oreo

Notes posted on the Chromium boards suggest that Android support on Chrome OS may jump to v9.0 "P" rather than move to v8.x "Oreo."
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Craigslist, Reddit prep for legal woes from FOSTA sex-trafficking bill

Preparing for censorship, Craigslist and Reddit buckle down as the controversial FOSTA bill heads to the White House for President Trump's signature.
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The very first Chrome OS tablet makes its debut as the Acer Chromebook Tab 10

Acer formally introduced the Chromebook Tab 10, the very first Chrome OS tablet designed for students. It supports Google Play, too.
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Mysterious ‘Ataribox’ console finally gets a name and pre-order window

Atari released the official name of its upcoming "Ataribox" console along with the month when the company reveals its pre-order details.
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Oculus Go and Santa Cruz will have a 72Hz mode for smoother mobile VR

The upcoming Oculus Go and "Santa Cruz" mobile VR headsets will have 72Hz refresh rate modes for a more fluid experience.
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