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Bungie recommends a GTX 970 or better for the 'Destiny 2' PC beta

Bungie revealed the launch dates for the PC beta of Destiny 2 alongside new details about its minimum and recommended specifications.
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Scientists use laser beams to turn simple crystals into transparent electronics

Researchers have used a laser to 'draw' circuits onto crystals, potentially helping to create transparent electronics in the future.

Microsoft’s bug bounty system now offers up to $15,000 for finding Windows flaws

You can now earn up to $15,000 in Microsoft's Bug Bounty for Windows Insiders on the Slow ring, or $250,000 for Hyper-V remote code exploits.
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Stolen Mt.Gox funds allegedly laundered through $4 billion bitcoin scheme

The alleged owner of Bitcoin exchange, BTC-e, has been arrested and faces charges of money laundering and fraud.
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Techland to push unique downloadable content through new Gemly online store

Gemly is the new online games store from Dying Light developer Techland. It offers a relatively small selection of handpicked games.
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Blizzard's Overwatch clean-up crew is here to stamp out griefing

Blizzard is targeting trolls with a new focus on griefing in Overwatch and will be cracking down on bad behaviour heavily moving forward.
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Eat while you game with KFC’s newest Gamer’s Box Bluetooth controller

KFC's Gamer's Box 2.0 is now available through its social media accounts, and offers chicken, Mountain Dew, and a Bluetooth gamepad.
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Disney’s Magic Bench brings animated characters to life, no AR goggles needed

Disney will show off its Magic Bench augmented reality platform at this months' SIGGRAPH show in Los Angeles.
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Real money loot crates are coming to 'PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds' on August 3

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is set to introduce some real-money loot crates with a chance to find Battle Royale outfits.
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Ferrari models dominate first list of ‘Forza Motorsport 7’ cars

The first 167 cars of a total 700+ for Forza Motorsport 7 have been revealed, with a large number of Ferraris and Porsches detailed.

HP’s new Pavilion all-in-ones hide and disable the camera and mic when not in use

HP's new range of Pavilion all-in-ones is marketed as a PC that is good for all the family, whether they're paying bills or doing homework.
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Facebook drives 360 video with new 4K support and Gear VR integration

Facebook has updated its Live 360 recording platform to enable support for 4K video, as well initiating a camera certification system.
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IBM wants to change IoT and car security by testing throughout the product's life

IBM is combining its Watson platform with X-Force Red penetration testing to offer new, pro and reactive security testing for IoT devices.
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Whether you want bass or surround sound, Razer's Tiamat V2 range has you covered

Razer has launched a new range of Tiamat headsets, offering true-surround-sound and heavy bass in equal measure.
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Check out this awesome working D.Va mech cosplay

A D.Va mecha cosplay suit built for the designer's daughter has heads turning with its lights, sound, and smoke effects.
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Windows 10 Fall Creators Update moves MS Paint to Windows Store

Microsoft's upcoming Windows 10 Fall Creators Update will end the development of Microsoft Paint and it's now moving to the Windows Store.
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Alleged Intel Coffee Lake CPU specifications leak online

Some allegedly leaked specifications for Intel's Coffee Lake CPUs have appeared, showing us what they might be capable of.
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Lenovo Yoga 920 could take fight to Surface range with powerful internal hardware

Lenovo's Yoga 920 looks to be quite the powerhouse, as leaked specifications on the FCC site show it to have an i7 CPU and up to16GB RAM.
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Valve patches ‘Team Fortress 2’ bug that could install a trojan when you died

Valve has fixed a bug discovered in various Source games that made it possible to install exploits using custom map downloads.
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Google tests confirm VR-based employee training trumps video guides

Google has used an HTC Vive to provide VR training in how to use an espresso machine and it was far more effective than how-to videos.
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Mega Man feature film to be helmed by ‘Catfish’ directors

A feature film based on the Mega Man franchise is set to enter production, with co-directors of Catfish and Nerve to direct.
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Head into orbit as Google Street View now lets you explore the ISS

Google has added a number of images taken aboard the International Space Station, letting you explore it in Street View at your leisure.
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Bummed that Bitcoin doubled video card prices? Manufacturers are upset too

Cryptocurrency mining has driven up graphics card prices, and not every hardware manufacturer is happy about it, as several insiders told us.
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Push your Ryzen system to the max with AMD’s detailed memory tweaks

AMD has detailed some new memory-tweaking options in a recent update of its Ryzen motherboards, helping to make the most of your system.
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Apple opens digital journal to showcase its machine learning developments

Apple has put a lot of time and effort into improving machine learning and has now opened up a blog to detail those developments.
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$20 antennas can now help breach 256-bit encryption standards

Researchers at Fox-IT have developed a technique for cracking AES-256 encryption without the key and from up to a meter away.
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Blizzard's War Chest to crowdfund 'StarCraft II' world championship prize pool

Blizzard has borrowed from Valve with its new War Chest system, using Battle Pass-like crowd funding to bolster its prize pool for BlizzCon.
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Obfuscation umbrella corporation — IBM’s new servers encrypt everything

IBM's new Z mainframes encrypt all data as standard, making sure that no one can access information without the correct key.
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Medium update brings VR sculpting to the multiplayer masses

Medium's 1.2 update has introduced a new way to collaboratively sculpt anything you like with a friend, sharing your creaitons as you go.
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Disney and Lenovo’s Star Wars-themed AR headset to introduce ‘Jedi Challenges’

Lenovo and Disney have produced a new augmented reality headset specifically designed for Star Wars: Jedi Challenges.
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Despite frame rate dips, Persona 5's PC emulation plays perfectly well

Persona 5 is now playable from start to finish without bugs on the PC with the RPCS3 emulator, and it only took six months.
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No more camera tricks — first-person-only servers coming to ‘Battlegrounds’

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds will introduce the option of first-person-only servers with the next monthly update.
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Nine Inch Nails uses rare, unreleased copy of 'Polybius' in video

Trippy PSVR exclusive Polybius makes up most of the footage in Nine Inch Nails' new music video: Less Than.
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Microsoft's USB Type-C connector patent could bring reversible USB to Surface range

A newly awarded Microsoft patent for a USB Type-C dongle raises questions of whether we'll see the connection for Surface laptops.