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A research group funded by the United States army has discovered evidence of the Majorana particle, first hypothesized in 1937. This particle would facilitate the future of Quantum computing, which would boost technology forward exponentially.
Xiaomi Black Shark Gaming phone officially revealed! We now know that the device is available for pre-order, and a powerful device. it contains a Snapdragon 845 @ 2.8GHz with an Adreno 630 GPU, and packs LPDDR4X RAM in 6GB and 8GB configurations.
Recently released iOS 11.3 has killed touchscreen functionality in iPhone 8 devices that have undergone a screen repair by a 3rd party. Companies have reported several thousand cases that have required a re-service and shipment to sort it out.
The latest 0.6.2 update for mGBA is now available for download! It includes bug fixes and stability improvements for multiple platforms, including a poor audio quality fix for Playstation Vita devices running the emulation via Homebrew.
All OnePlus 5T devices made for North America have been sold, and there are no plans to continue production. OnePlus 5T units will no longer be stocked for the U.S. market, as confirmed by Engadget in communication with OnePlus directly.
The CEO of well known 'Phantom Secure' has been arrested for allegedly selling Blackberry devices to Drug Cartels. The charges claim that this activity may have spanned from 2008 to February of this year.
Google is blocking custom overlays for its upcoming mobile operating system, Android P. Substratum is trying to ensure this decision is reversed, by initiating a powerful petition on change.org. With over 10,000 signatures, it continues onward.
Plattsburgh, a small town in the U.S with a population of 20,000, may be seeing a temporary ban on Bitcoin mining while the city figures out what to do with their energy problem. 10% of the city's electricity is being used on Bitcoin operations.
Upcoming Chromebook 'Nami' to ship with powerful specs, possibly superior to the Google Pixelbook. With what appears to be CPU cooler preparation in a recent commit, the device would pack a powerful processor especially for a Chromebook.
Android Auto head units are typically expensive and only shipped with newer cars (as the technology is still fairly new). A developer has decided to tackle the problem with a Rasberry Pi, touchscreen, and a Linux OS.
Craig Wright, who claimed to be the creator of Bitcoin in early 2016, is now being sued for over 1 million bitcoins — currently at a net worth of over $10 billion. The lawsuit was filed in the state of Florida, on February 14th of this year.
Android Oreo TV was seen on both the Xiaomi Mi Box and NVIDIA Shield TV at the Mobile World Congress this year. Along with that was dozen of other Android devices, including Samsung's flagship Galaxy S9 and S9+ devices and Sony products.
Chrome OS may be getting official support for Linux containers and terminal in the next few months. We're seeing these features available to some users who have the latest Chrome OS developer build.
Elon Musk is officially stepping down from the organization he co-founded in 2015, OpenAI. His role as chair of the board comes to an end as he pursues AI technology at Tesla. OpenAI stated that Elon will continue to advise and donate in the future.
The Homebrew Launcher has officially been released for Nintendo Switch! It requires a Nintendo Switch running firmware 3.0.0 to work, and can be installed in just a few easy steps.
A new game 'MonteCrypto: The Bitcoin Enigma" is releasing on Steam tomorrow, February 20th, with a huge treasure hunt: The first to beat the game will receive one bitcoin, which is currently valued at over $11,000 USD. The game is puzzle-oriented.
Analogue has opened pre-orders for the new Nintendo Nt! Nintendo Nt is a console that runs classic SNES games in modern style. The console runs at a $189.99 price tag, but is compatible with over 2,000 original SNES games.
A developer has ported Android Wear to the Ticwatch 2. It's in an early alpha version and thus missing some functionality (most notably microphone and vibration support) but it may be the start of a powerful community-driven project in the future.
Version 2.0 for psvpfstools has been officially released! It runs on both Windows and Ubuntu OS's with detailed instructions on how to setup and use the toolset. The tool allows you to decrypt the PFS filesystem of the Vita.
T-Mobile is sending out a mass notification to its customer base to alert them of a hijacking scheme that has been affecting customers industry-wide. T-Mobile has added some additional security measures that customers can use to keep safe.