There’s a new Gran Turismo Sport version of the PS4

From The Verge: Sony has unveiled a shiny new limited edition Gran Turismo-themed Playstation 4, featuring a faceplate bearing the GT logo and a customized wireless controller. The 1 TB system will be available for sale on October 18th across the UK, Europe, Australia, and Asia.

The release...

HTC Vive Price Drops $200

From PC Mag: Back in July, Oculus VR announced it was cutting the price of the Oculus Rift plus Touch bundle to just $399 for a limited time. When that deal finished at the end of the summer, the price will only go back up to $499. Oculus and parent company Facebook clearly want to sell a lot more...

Intel bets on a big speed boost for 8th-gen Core chips

From CNET: Intel is very concerned that you may be using a five-year-old computer. The company claims there are at least 450 million computers still in service that are five or more years old.

So, one of the big selling points for the just-announced 8th generation of Core i-series CPUs is that...

V-MODA Remix Review (Page 1 of 4)

In the beginning of the winter semester this year, I was assigned teaching assistant duties to a fourth-year electrical engineering class. Since lab attendance was optional, I decided to cancel all the scheduled sessions and had the students contact me if they needed any help. Most students in their last year of engineering do not require much assistance, if at all; as such, I never met most of the students in my class in person, although I have...

SilverStone Raven RVZ03 Review (Page 1 of 4)

Recently, I joined the wearable crowd and purchased a fitness tracker that doubles as a smartwatch. Previously, I have not really been big into wearing these kind of things. I saw those who buy it as people who just want notifications all the time, but are too lazy to pull out their phone to actually do anything about it. However, once I started using one, I began to appreciate a few things about it. I can say I quite like the physical benefits...

Noctua NF-A Series Review (Page 1 of 4)

For most of this summer, I worked at a camp. It was, as usual, a great experience. Although it was a crazy hot summer in southern Alberta, the temperature made for a great summer filled with plenty of fun activities. But the heat also made the cabins became extremely hot. This was the worst at night, where it was almost impossible to sleep. We had to think of different ways to cool down the cabin. Some people thought it would be a good idea to...

Facebook Takes Aim at Video Clickbait

From PC Mag: Have you ever click on what looks like a video in your Facebook News Feed only to discover that what you clicked was actually an image disguised as a video? The social network is taking action to prevent this from happening in the future.

As part of its ongoing efforts to foster...

Sprint's BlackBerry KeyOne will stop reinstalling its bloatware

From The Verge: Sprint says the BlackBerry KeyOne’s horribly annoying behavior of constantly reinstalling bloatware apps, even when owners remove and disable them, is a bug and shouldn’t be happening. But it doesn’t have a perfect fix yet.

In a statement to Phone Arena about the issue, which is...

China cracks down on VPN sellers on Alibaba, other e-tailers

From CNET: The Chinese government has issued a warning to websites selling virtual private networks.

The Cyberspace Administration of China on Thursday demanded that five websites remove vendors that sell VPNs, which the country outlawed in July. Officials in China aim to stop people from using...

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