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Updated: Batman v Superman had the biggest worldwide opening for a superhero movie

Batman v Superman has been panned by critics, but it had the biggest worldwide opening of any superhero film in history.
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Mobile AMOLED displays just got cheaper than LCD

The ongoing struggle for your attention between LCD and AMOLED might have reached a breaking point as mobile AMOLED gets cheaper than LCD.
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Pokémon will be where you'd expect in Pokémon GO

Niantic's Pokémon GO will have you capturing Squirtle and Staryu by the waterside to fight in gyms belonging to one of three in-game teams.
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Microsoft slashes the price of Xbox One bundles, and games

Microsoft welcomes the spring with a fitting sale and takes $50 off the Xbox One which puts the console at $299.
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3Digify wants to provide cheap and high-quality 3D scans

This might be one of the best value versus performance 3D scans possible on the market, whether 3Digify lives up to its promises or not remains to be seen.
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Alucard and Dracula clash on Xbox One thanks to backwards compatibility

Xbox One gets backwards compatibility for Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Pac-Man, and Alan Wake after an update from Microsoft.
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Firewatch is a huge success with 500,000 sold copies in one month

Following the success of Jonathan Blow's The Witness, Firewatch is causing a ruckus by reaching over half a million sold copies.
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Screw Farmville — you can now ride a snorting, drifting farm tractor in VR

Samsung's Gear VR has already gotten its first VR advertisement. Fortunately, it's a farm tractor drifting at high speed through the fields.
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Here are this year’s obligatory golden Galaxy S7 and S7 edge

Where there's a flagship phone release, the golden treatment is sure to follow, as is the case with Samsung's Galaxy S7 and S7 edge.

SteamVR will offer a VR experience for traditional games through a virtual display

SteamVR will eventually come to support playing traditional games on a virtual desktop display. It will be coming to GDC 2016.
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TP-Link will block router frequency customization in June

TP-Link will block frequency customization this summer in accordance with a recent FCC ruling. But don't fret, modding as a whole isn't going anywhere.
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Look at all the things Origin can cram into its latest Chronos SFF mini desktop

Performance enthusiasts looking for a hardcore desktop that doesn't make much noise could be interested in Origin's latest small form factor Chronos SFF PC.
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Report: The Galaxy S7 edge is pretty cool but TouchWiz still stutters

An initial report has found that the Galaxy S7 edge performs better than most phones on the market, but old habits die hard and TouchWiz still seems faulty.
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Asus new $200 notebook has a Cherry Trail processor, now up for order

After first putting it up on the storefront in January, Asus latest lightweight laptop is up for order in the U.S.
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Feeling cold? Nest and Amazon Echo will turn up the heat

Nest partners up with Amazon Echo to help you cool down when the summer heat strikes.
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Dragon Front is Oculus’ first collectible card game

High Voltage Software's develops Oculus' first VR card game. It will be released on the Oculus platform with a slated release in the first half of 2016.
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PlayStation VR might skip the PS4 and head for the clouds

A recent patent filing from Sony show glove controller for PlayStation VR. It also shows signs of becoming a standalone cloud based platform.
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Don’t worry, the backdoor to your data already exists

As Apple and the FBI continue to argue over encryption, a pre-existing and obsolete security measure comes to light.
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The next Raspberry Pi knows Wi-Fi

A new Raspberry Pi model known as Raspberry Pi 3 Model B is making rounds around the internet. The biggest new feature is undoubtedly Wi-Fi support.
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HTC packs mid-range internals into an all-metal chassis with the One X9

HTC reannounced the One X9, a midrange smartphone that hopes to fight above its weight class with an all-metal build and reasonably powerful internals.
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Shut off your shared account on Instagram — bug reveals personal notifications

Shared accounts on Instagram suffers from a major bug that reveals personal notifications to the other account holder.
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McFarlane Toys inadvertently reveals Titanfall 2 release window

The sequel to 2014's critically acclaimed Titanfall might get a sequel this coming winter. That's ... ten months from now, not the winter we're now in.
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Interview: Feeling the beat in YouVisit’s VR music videos

YouVisit is a virtual reality company with a broad spectrum of content in its baggage, next up it's moving into VR music videos.
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Qualcomm reveals next generation of budget processors

This year's range of budget Qualcomm processors in the low- to high-end spectrum has been revealed.
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The Binding of Isaac’s abused boy gets rejected by Apple

Despite critical appraise and a good amount of sales, the religiously based child abuse in The Binding of Isaac might be too much for Apple.
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Amazon’s first Super Bowl ad campaign puts Echo on display

Amazon's voice controlled digital assistant was made available to everyone last summer, now it's targeting the masses with its first Super Bowl ad campaign.
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Europe might get the Note 6 instead of the S7 Edge Plus

Despite doing the complete opposite last year, a source claims that Samsung skips the Edge Plus in favor of the Galaxy Note 6 in Europe this year.
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Asus announces the winged GK2000 premium keyboard

Keyboards don't often come with wings, but don't underestimate aesthetic purchase incentives. Asus new keyboard both looks stylish and seems functional.
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Report: Youths want virtual reality

In a recent report from Greenlight VR a majority of youths are interested in getting their hands on a virtual reality head-mounted display.
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Microsoft Edge’s incognito mode isn’t so incognito

Microsoft's latest web browser saves users' Web browsing history while they're in incognito mode, defeating the entire purpose of the feature.
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Piracy might make Jonathan Blow use DRM in his next game

The creator of critically acclaimed The Witness voices concerns that the game garnered high popularity on a torrent website not mentioned by name.
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The Asus VivoMini VC65 is a mini PC that’s not small on storage

Backpack-friendly desktop computers are becoming increasingly common but they're hard-pressed for high-performance hardware. Hence cometh Asus.
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Paul Thurrott on Surface brand: ‘Microsoft, you’re f@#$ing up.’

Microsoft still hasn't fixed its recent Surface lineup. The recognized journalist Paul Thurrott offers his thoughts: "Microsoft, you’re f@#$ing up."
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Samsung enters entertainment industry with VR movie studio

Samsung ramps up its virtual reality game by opening up its very own virtual reality movie studio in New York.